Technological Communication
XCOM/285
9/6/14

Technological Communication Within the article entitled Superhero in the Cubicle the technological advancements, it is speaking of is that which is done via the web. Using the web as a conduit, companies are setting up web based programs to network the company’s employees. One way companies are setting up using record keeping, blogging, and bookmarking. This way it becomes easier to centralize communication and components such as e-mail, voicemail, instant messaging, and chatting are easily accessible and the employees all know where to go to check communication. Furthermore, using this network of communication helps store necessary data that may be translated and compiled to yield useful information. Another form of communication which is discussed in the article is what is known as social computing. Social computing includes blogging and other forms which employees may network and communicate information. This in return lowers cost and rids a company of the involvement of IT. After viewing and analyzing the forms of communication which have been discussed both would show to be a very helpful form of communication for my job. In comparison to each other record keeping is more strictly for data while social computing allows the employees to freely write information that may be shared and expounded upon by other employees as well. For my place of employment web based forms of communication are used, but are very limited. The form in which we use to communicate are via telephone and email. Using social computing could show to very effective because employees would have a chance to communicate to each other tips and mishaps they may have come across which would help other employees share knowledge ultimately improving the quality of our production. Within today’s age both forms of communication are becoming more common as technology continues to move forward and companies continue to move forward with it.