The idea was that mental resources which would have been used for interaction and communication could be redeployed to develop expertise in some arbitrary task.

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"We hope that this training initiative will be the start of an ongoing partnership between the University of Pretoria and the community of Zithobeni, where information and communication technologies could be more and more used for sustainable development, " says Kirstin Krauss, a PhD student from the Department of Informatics, who has piloted the previous UNESCO-funded ICT training project in deep rural Kwa Zulu Natal.

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Such machines could be used for scientific research or surveillance, or as relay stations to transmit communication signals across long distances.

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They did this because letter writing was the mode of communication that everyone used and the most likely to be targeted for theft.

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Rather than automate the year-end performance management process (which is widely hated and questionable in value), Work.com is designed to be used by employees, teams, and managers on a regular basis for goal setting, communication of goals, recognition, rewards, and yes, ultimately, performance appraisals.

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