University burro-cracy
09.22.2004Why does it take 52 hours for a FedEx to deliver a package from Pennsylvania to Friedmann Hall's receiving dock, but 24 hours for the building's shipping/receiving to take things up two flights of stairs? Let's hope I can pick up my package before class tomorrow morning.
And why does the WiFi in my office flicker on/off so consistently? It's extremely frustrating.
At least the university developed a totally unnecessarily cluttered personalized web portal. Too bad it looks like Excite in '97. Oh, wait, it still looks like that, too.
Posted by Miguel at 07:46 PM
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Miguel,
The title to this post is definitly one of the best I've seen. Brilliant.
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at September 22, 2004 09:13 PM
I got it from an old Cantinflas movie ("El ministro y yo"), where he explains the meaning of the word burrocracia (rule by asses).
Posted by: Miguel at September 22, 2004 09:41 PM
I think the web portal looks fine. Simple and neat, although the designer could have chosen a better looking "yellow".
Posted by: Stephanie at September 23, 2004 12:42 AM
Oh, the portal is functional. But copy-cating Excite's look & feel in 2004 seems rather anacronistic. I mean, who still uses Excite for anything?
Posted by: Miguel at September 23, 2004 12:45 AM