[1310] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Quick survey on creativity & connectedness
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Walt Crawford)
Thu Sep 24 13:08:56 1992
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 11:28:26 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
From: Walt Crawford <BR.WCC%RLG.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
Please send responses to Walt, not PACS-L. Thanks, Jill
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A 7-minute spot-check in the midst of the evolution (if you need more
than 7 minutes, it may not be worth the trouble).
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DEFINITIONS:
"Connected" = Using a PC or terminal normally linked to the
Internet/BITNET, where you're aware of inbound messages, at least
occasionally.
"Disconnected" = Using a PC (Mac, NeXT, etc.) *not* linked to
the Internet/BITNET as a rule (e.g., you might check mail once or
twice a day. Ditto terminal used in lieu of such a PC.
"Off" = Not using a PC or terminal at all.
(The same device can be CONNECTED and DISCONNECTED, if that's how
you use it.)
"Creative," "Productive," "Informed" = However *you* define the words.
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1. When (if) you do creative work related to the library field,
do you normally do it: (a) Connected, (b) Disconnected, (c) Off.
2. When (if) you do other creative work, do you normally do it:
(a) Connected, (b) Disconnected, (c) Off.
3. Do you feel that you do your *best* work (in any field):
(a) Connected, (b) Disconnected, (c) Off.
4. Has being connected made you:
(a) More productive, (b) Less productive, (c) Neither/don't know.
5. Has being connected made you:
(a) More creative, (b) Less creative, (c) Neither/don't know.
6. Do you feel that being connected gives you:
(a) More free time, (b) Less free time, (c) Neither/don't know.
7. Do you feel that being connected makes you:
(a) Better informed, (b) Less well-informed, (c) Neither/don't know.
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Please send your answers (you can just send number-letter combinations)
to me: BITNET: br.wcc@rlg.bitnet, Internet: br.wcc@rlg.stanford.edu
==>*by October 9, 1992*<===
If you need more time than that, this survey isn't worth your time!
I will summarize for the list, and may use the results,
*in cumulated form*, in a talk in mid-October.
If you wish to add a brief comment, feel free; if so, let me know
whether the comment may be posted (signed) back to the list or
elsewhere. Otherwise, all results & comments are taken as confidential.
Many thanks.
=Walt Crawford, br.wcc@rlg (BITNET), br.wcc@rlg.stanford.edu=
=Permission to forward or copy granted if signature retained=
=Usual disclaimers apply: my words, my opinions.=
