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Sunday, June 6, 2004
More Cringley on Linux Embedded Hardware Hacking [Slashdot]
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>You've Got Mail -- Tons Of It [Slashdot] comments < 2:41:16 PM
>Is Microsoft Money Crushing Microsoft? [Slashdot] comments < 2:41:01 PM
>A New Look For Firefox [Slashdot] comments < 9:11:12 AM
>IT is not so bad says this hilarious report on tech work in Colorado. It then proceeds to note that only up to 10% of companies' jobs will move offshore (isn't that likely the entire technical staff?). And then concludes by saying that IT workers will need to "move up the value chain" by becoming, essentially, MBA project managers and not IT workers. That's not moving up the value chain, that's changing careers! What a hoot! I often read the foreign press for some very different perspectives than what you'll read in the U.S. The Economic Times of India is typically very interesting. This report out of Korea talks about globalization in truly global terms, such as 30 million global textile jobs likely moving to China. Or that up to half a million U.S. IT jobs have been moved offshore in the past few years (which up to five times more than the ITAA acknowledges). This article concludes with a note that blind faith in free trade may be very, very dangerous - and hints that economic theory might not be what we expect. Excellent article. [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 9:10:43 AM
>I have been doing a lot of reading in an attempt to better understand the current and future of tech employment in the U.S. Several articles follow. This is a really interesting talk, suggesting the ties between economic growth and genuine innovation. He forecast the next tech cycle to occur in 5 to 10 years. But notes that "tech" is likely to be in new fields, other than information technology. That train already left the station and won't be coming back. One does not have to go out on a limb to make that forecast, as tech is a very cyclical industry - always has been! Says U.S. comparative advantage is a functioning financial system and innovation. Other countries now have educated workers; we lost that comparative advantage. He believes China, in particular, has many hurdles to cross to achieve long term success, versus recent short success. [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 9:10:02 AM
>Amateur radio operator invents revolutionary new, compact antenna. [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 9:09:44 AM
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