2009/05/20

Journalists like to think of their work in moral or even sacred terms. With each new layoff or paper closing, they tell themselves that no business model could adequately compensate the holy work of enriching democratic society, speaking truth to power, and comforting the afflicted....

2009/02/16

BARCELONA (AFN) - De telecomindustrie zet de komende tijd fors in op software voor mobieltjes. In navolging van de Amerikaanse computer- en elektronicafabrikant Apple gaan diverse bedrijven virtuele winkels openen waar gebruikers van een mobiele telefoon softwareprogrammaatjes kunnen kopen....

2009/02/13

We review 15+ internet startups per working day. Vote for the one you think will be a killer.

2009/02/11

Bij bankverzekeraar ING verdwijnen 115 tot 240 ict-functies. De organisatie wil zoveel mogelijk externe ict'ers opvangen door eigen medewerkers. In Nederland werken 6600 ict'ers bij ING.

2009/01/18

In 2008 Google HR set up a private Google Group to ask former employees why they left the company. We’ve been forwarded what appears to be authentic posts to the thread by a number of ex-Googlers, which we reprint below minus identifying information other than their first names....

2008/05/16

2010/09/04

The reality is that management by targets was always going to run into trouble. Wherever there are targets, there are a series of unintended consequences, many of which hit our headlines on a daily basis. From a systems thinking perspective, targets are actually tools and have long been in the frame for damaging improvement, preventing learning and sowing disorder. Here’s why....

2010/09/04

KeyWack is a game for people with babies and small children who like to sit at their parent’s computer and bang the keyboard. KeyWack prevents babies from accidentally opening most programs or documents, and makes banging even more fun by drawing shapes and playing random sounds as the keys are whacked. You can also click with the mouse to place a shape at a particular location....

2010/09/04

(Supposedly) an article from the 50's that describes how a good housewife should behave