Sounds good, doesn’t it? I know I’d like to spend less hours with my nose to someone else’s grindstone, and I imagine my American readers feel even more strongly than I do, as studies indicate they work even harder (and longer hours) than we British. Continue reading “The 6 hour work-day”

The idea of telecommuting has been kicking around for a good ten years, at least in practical form, but there’s still been no huge take-up in it. Continue reading “At home in the office”

Wouldn’t you think that kids in countries where technology and scientific endeavour are ubiquitous would be the ones most interested in persuing science as a career? It would make sense to me. Continue reading “Science: Too much like hard work?”

The first to inhabit any new frontier are the pioneers, the early adopters. But it never takes long for the commercial interests to follow suit, seeing opportunity in the form of a space uncluttered by competitors. Continue reading “A new world of opportunities”

An article in the Guardian, written by a former Goth, expounds the view that Goths are quite likely to go on to be successful career-types in later life. Continue reading “Goths get good jobs”

Billy Gates and his troupe of computer-persons have a new project in the offing; they’re developing software to help illiterate Indian women find work. [Beware, this link has a lengthy but skippable intro-ad that even faithful Firefox won't squash.] Continue reading “Microsoft helps the illiterate find employment”