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RT @zflekacs Helpline Survey: "12% of male & 7% of female simply needed to plug in / turn on their appliance" http://bit.ly/4r6lbn 11 days ago |
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@Jillmz My pleasure...found this just now...LOVED the 1st paragraph. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm 11 days ago |
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read the manual, stupid...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm 11 days ago |
Gender in IT
MacFormat RSS feed —
... – bemoaning articles (such this one) which talk about how men and women interact differently with IT – I thought I'd post an antidote, a column I wrote back in issue 210 as a new, happened-to-be-female columnist started in the magazine. ...
Women more practical in gadget battle of the sexes
T3.com News —
... While this points to man's desire to proudly conquer their gadgets without any help at all from the accompanying literature, 17 per cent of women had nothing wrong with their tech compared to 9 per cent of male callers.
According to the company, its busiest times are Monday's and Boxing Day, and the most common complaints over the last two years have been setting-up newer gadgets like Blu-ray players.
The Gadget Helpline (via BBC)
Women more practical in gadget battle of the sexes
T3.com All —
... issue, compared to just 24 per cent of women. While this points to man's desire to proudly conquer their gadgets without any help at all from the accompanying literature, 17 per cent of women had nothing wrong with their tech compared to 9 per cent of male callers. According to the company, its busiest times are Monday's and Boxing Day, and the most common complaints over the last two years have been setting-up newer gadgets like Blu-ray players. The Gadget Helpline (via BBC )
Girls and Gadgets: women read the instruction booklet
Shiny Shiny —
Yes they do - it's statistically proven. Consequently they are slightly better at using the aforementioned gadgets. This is such universally-accepted truth that the story was carried on the BBC. After reviewing 75000 calls taken in a month between September 25 and October 23, a UK gadget helpline released information about who called it, what was wrong and why. The service found that 64% of its male callers and 24% of its female callers had not read the instruction manual before ringing up. ...
