Article from the Guardian on “near sourcing” to countries like Algeria and Romania. Most interesting to me is that outsourcing is reaching Africa.
Via Notes from Somewhere Bizarre
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Outsourcing to Africa, Central Europe
Sunday, August 22nd, 2004
Business blog, employment and ethics, and Fast Company,
Monday, August 16th, 2004
The Vision Thing is a business blog I’ve just discovered. I like this post skewering the bogus “and generation” hype. But I’m a little confused by their post about Fast Company. Sure Fast Company is gimmicky, and quick to hype new gimmicks (hene the “fast” bit). That’s the nature of the […]
On job training and the economy
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004
Wow. What I meant to be just a quick response ended up being a rant.
I have mixed feelings about thisAlterNet excerpt from Jim Hightower’s new book
Hightower emphasizes that the largest number of job gains between now and 2010 are in unskilled, low paying fields. He doesn’t note that most of the jobs lost […]
Oracle To Add R&D Centers In China
Tuesday, July 20th, 2004
Multinational companies are increasingly shifting sophisticated functions such as research and marketing to China, which is eager to cast off its image as a mere shop floor. (via Slashdot)
From the Slashdot comments
The real protectionism is in “IP” laws. Restrictive licensing prevents people from actually rating Oracle’s databases so comparison is impossible. Worse, I can’t […]
Starbucks workers unionize
Thursday, May 20th, 2004
New York Starbucks workers form union (it's nice to be right every once in a while…)…
Interesting collaborative game
Friday, April 30th, 2004
I'm quite interested in the posibility of using games to get work done, and here's a quite interesting application (from Boing Boing): The game throws up an image in a Java applet, then asks you and an anonymous "partner" elsewhere…
The rise and fall of 21st century jobs
Thursday, March 25th, 2004
Interesting article from Personnel Zone about growth of certain jobs. But how plausible is this?: In 2002 Easy Jet advertised in the national press for a new position as "Head of Fun". Whilst people naturally smile at such a job,…
Fast Company’s blog rocks
Wednesday, March 24th, 2004
I've been meaning to check out Fast Company's blog since it was plugged on Pure Content months ago… finally did because of their SXSW coverage. Wow, there's tons of interesting stuff there. "JetBlued" as verb Should Starbucks buy Meetup? Facinating…
Idea-blogging: games as musical interface
Tuesday, December 9th, 2003
I'm gonna do some idea-blogging over the next few days, trying to get some ideas out there for some feedback (or at least so I don't forget them). I've had this "games as musical interface" idea for a couple years….
Antartica
Friday, October 31st, 2003
Now here's an work adventure opportunity… m'mate Dave passed this on to me… not sure if I could hack it, but I'm certainly thinking about it. Most jobs with RPSC are in Antarctica for four to six months during the…
My job description
Friday, October 31st, 2003
Just came across this on the company web site: Overview of Position: Provides direct support to a Merchant team (Buyer, Planner, Assistant Buyer) by performing data entry, systems support and other clerical functions related to Purchase Order entry, UPC and…
Creative Space
Friday, October 31st, 2003
Via the always wonderful Creative Generalist comes this old Fast Company article: Creative Space: Cloepfil helped by supplying most staff members with 10-foot-long wooden work tables, rather than with standard-issue desks. The sofas in the quads on floors three, four,…
Corporate analysis of social networks
Friday, September 5th, 2003
KM and the Social Network And Thoughts on employees reactions to social network analysis in the workplace. Via Many to Many….
High burnout dims Indian call centers
Saturday, August 16th, 2003
"Over half of all call center staff in India burn out and end up quitting due to tough working conditions, according to a study done by market research firm NFO." (via Robot Wisdom. I find this very interesting. I thought…
Writing Game
Sunday, August 10th, 2003
This message is for Brenden Simpson - I don't have access to ICQ right now, and I'm never sure what your e-mail address is. But, anyone interested is welcome to reply. While I'm waiting for the perfect Live Journal narrative…
Live Journal as an interactive narrative tool
Saturday, August 9th, 2003
Thoughts on the Live Journal interactive narrative idea: 1. I don't want to do "the story game" (where each person writes a piece of the story). 2. I don't want to do a simple novel serialization like Class of 91…
The digital divide, organized labor, and smart mobs
Wednesday, July 16th, 2003
The "digital divide" is being discussed on Margin Walker right now. Josh says: "a) Is the digital divide problem worth becoming involved in? b) If so, is it something we can actually help with? c) If so, what do we…