September 2010
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The World of Remote Work: An Interview with oDesk CEO Gary Swart
Move over, Dilbert. You’ve been outsourced. In a single decade, the working world has been transformed from a Dilbertian cubetopia into a 24-hour for-hire metaverse. Where employers used to fish through reams of resumes, they now drop job bait into a virtual pond to see who bites. Those seeking work can become visible to employers […]
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Movie Review of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
1987’s Wall Street was an instant classic. Its even, flowing pace was peppered by clever dialogue, convincing characters, and clean, almost mythological themes. Charlie Sheen’s Bud Fox, a hot young broker faced with an ethical dilemma, boldly sacrificed his career to do what he felt was right. Michael Douglas’ indomitable Gordon Gekko acted both as […]
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Happy National Coffee Day!
This picture forgot to include joy. Today is National Coffee Day, that annual day where you have a communal excuse to flaunt your usual cuppa. To honor the day, companies are offering you…statistics. Last year’s National Coffee Day was full of freebies, but few providers are ponying up much more than numbers this year. (Scroll […]
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This Week’s Weird Jobs
Image: .A.A./Flickr If you have hideous feet, no acting skills, and a chronically dry mouth, you can’t do most of this week’s weird jobs. But if you’re gullible, there is one opportunity for you to get swindled–err, spend a month in a job and hit it big: 1. Maine: Ex-Car Guy……… After 20+ years as […]
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Mark Zuckerberg “Richer” Than Steve Jobs
Image: Jason McELweenie/Flickr According to Forbes’ latest list of the 400 richest people in America, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is now richer than Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch or Charles Schwab. The list, which ironically came out around the time Facebook went down today, estimated Zuckerberg’s worth at $6.9 billion. Jobs is worth a meager $6.1. […]
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The 50 Best Mind Hacks on the Web
Image: JanneM/Flickr Mind hacks. Ever since Tom Stafford and Matt Webb introduced us to the hidden logic of our upstairs system in their 2004 neuroscience tome, these simple tricks have taken the blogosphere by storm. Nowadays, there’s a hack for everything, from your sex life to your kitchen stove. We compiled the Web’s 50 best […]
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Vatican Bank Under Investigation for Money Laundering
Image: Vvillamon/Flickr Police are investigating Vatican Bank (a commonly-used name for Istituto per le Opere di Religione, or IOR) CEO Ettore Gotti Tedeschi on suspicion of money laundering. From the BBC: Prosecutors also seized 23m euros ($30m; £19m) from the bank’s accounts with another smaller institution. The inquiry was launched after two suspicious transactions were […]
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5 Jobs the Great Recession Made Obsolete
Laid off or lucky: That’s how most employees have felt during the last 2 years of recession. But some jobs were endangered by technology and outsourcing even before the Great Recession. The economic crash accelerated their extinction, leaving hordes of people with unmarketable skills as casualties. Here are five jobs that the Great Recession helped […]
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NBER: Recession Ended in June 2009
What a recovery! In some rather hallucinatory Monday news, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced that the recession–yes, our recession–started in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. From their press release: At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough […]
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This Week’s Weird Jobs
Image: alancleaver2000/Flickr Are you, by any chance, a female Native American horse massager? Are you a good driver to boot? Pay heed. This week is all about you: 1. Dallas: Like High Pressure Environments? The Lazy Need Not Apply! Applicants must have previous experience with photocopying and scanning large amounts of legal documents. Must be […]
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The Student Loan Scheme
To supplement my post on the inflation of higher education, here’s a killer infographic by CollegeScholarships.org: Infographic by College Scholarships.org
