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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Winter is coming
An article by Andy Crouch is getting some attention. He described the COVID-19 pandemic as "an economic and cultural blizzard, winter, and beginning of a 'little ice age' — a once-in-a-lifetime change that is likely to affect our lives and organizations for...
Is telecommuting the post-COVID-19 future for the workplace?
Move data, not people.Years ago, I first heard telecommuting proponents say that. The question appears to be whether the COVID-19 pandemic will motivate organizations to put more of their employees in telecommuting status. A recent City Journal article explored the...
Carrying the cashier around
Via Business Insider: The habit of paying for things on smartphones and tablets is already ingrained in modern consumer society, particularly among young demographics. In the same way digital payments companies like PayPal helped usher in the PC-based e-commerce...
Amazon Prime Is A Threat To Netflix
Via Business Insider: While the combination of critical acclaim and award nominations for "House of Cards" and "Orange Is The New Black" have posed serious competition to HBO's reputation for prestige programming, Netflix is perhaps focusing its attention on the wrong...
Amazon Prime Is A Threat To Netflix
Via Business Insider: While the combination of critical acclaim and award nominations for "House of Cards" and "Orange Is The New Black" have posed serious competition to HBO's reputation for prestige programming, Netflix is perhaps focusing its attention on the wrong...
How I stopped worrying and learned to love my kid’s underemployment
Via Instapundit and Time : …the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study showing that “recent graduates are increasingly working in low-wage jobs or working part-time,” if they’re lucky enough to find work at all. The bright spot, according to the Fed...
How I stopped worrying and learned to love my kid’s underemployment
Via Instapundit and Time : …the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study showing that “recent graduates are increasingly working in low-wage jobs or working part-time,” if they’re lucky enough to find work at all. The bright spot, according to the Fed...
Could Growing Patient Stem Cells on a Synthetic Scaffold Slash Organ Transplant Waiting Lists?
Via Instapundit and MIT Technology Review: Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, or HART, is testing its synthetic trachea system in Russia and has plans for similar tests in the European Union this year. The company is working with the U.S. Food and Drug...