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XKCD Hits a Nerve?
Popular webcomic XKCD took aim at university websites today.
http://xkcd.com/773/
A little too close to home?
http://xkcd.com/773/
A little too close to home?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Fienen on -
By and large, I think this was pretty spot on, and if anything, could have been even more poignant. It's a great thing when someone involved in academia, but not us, and not the type of person we normally are responsible for supporting, points out the absurdity in a lot of what we do. By and large, the Twitter discussion that followed this comic was positive, supporting the fact that we really do a lot of things that aren't necessarily aimed at supporting our users' actual needs.
The thing is, I think most people can respect Randall Munroe. I'm not personally a huge fan of his strip, but I'd be lying if there wasn't one every now and then that I printed off and hung in the office (this will be added to the collection). He's sharp and savvy, and like it or not, as a generalization his view of our situation was pretty dang accurate.
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