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Is barcode cheaper than RFID or vice versa?
in The RFID Weblog, on July 7, 2009
...6,500, assuming the store remains open 365 days per year. At Store B, meanwhile, it would take one worker two hours to read all of the RFID tags. The total labor cost each day would, thus, be $20-or $...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
...H-1B visa holders.
The H-1B is a temporary work visa used to allow companies to bring in foreign workers with "rare" talent on a temporary basis. Companies like Google and Microsoft use t...
Employee Compensation Case Law
in China Venture News, on June 29, 2009
China Law Blog had a case study (of sorts) this past week on employee compensation. The article looked at an employee claim for pregnancy leave that was filed after they'd been laid off.
The situation was complicated by the fact that the employee did not have a written contract and that the...
Collabote with Wizehive
in Web 2.0, on June 29, 2009
© Ryan Somma
I came across a pretty decent collaboration tool recently, via TechCrunch . It's called Wizehive , and I spent some time today tinkering around with it to see what it can do.
I was impressed with Wizehive. It's in beta at the moment, so there still are a few bugs in it....
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
...There are few things more controversial in the world of IT HR than the H1B foreign-worker visa program. CIOs, as a rule, are fans; the ability to hire from an increasingly large pool of eager and well...
Bossnapping: it's French for industrial action
in Sox First, on April 8, 2009
...t a labor tactic and very French but it does raise some interesting questions. Over the last month, workers at a 3M plant held their boss for more than 24 hours during a labor dispute, and workers at ...
87 款面向自由职业者和在线工作者的工具与资源
in Wangtam, on March 19, 2009
【工作工具】
[Adobe AIR Apps]
• AgileTracker
• Google Calendar Invoice Creator
• Klok
• Ora Time and Expense
• Sundial
• Timeloc
• Vertabase Timer
[票据]
• BillMyClients.com
• Blinksale.com
• CannyBill.com
• CitrusBill.com
• CurdBee.com
• Endeve.com
• Fluttervoice.co.uk
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Cloud computing killed your future
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2009
...stulates that the introduction of cloud computing to the IT industry will put a lot of information workers out on the streets in the same way that the automation of manufacturing work in the seventie...
New emerging risks of the Chinese supply chains
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
I read a very interesting article in International Herald Tribune on the new risks associated with chinese supply chains (full article here ).
The main discussion line of the article is that, the period of recession and falling demand in the Western countries, has created a serious challenge ...
A More Pessimistic View of Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 2, 2009
...their customers are seeing substantial losses. Also, it is important to remember that an outsourced worker is still more expensive than a laid off worker - and there are plenty of layoffs in the marke...
American Auto Sales Nosedive Again; Union Workers Taking Early Outs
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 3, 2009
...as brought about every conceivable stop gap measure designed to save the industry from extinction.
Worker buyouts were offered to eligible Union members at Ford Company plants; and although Ford decl...
Worker Spreads Peanuts in Peanut-Free Factory
in Allergies, on January 22, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4282905 I agree with food allergy blogger Janeen , this guy ought to be in sued for deliberately scattering peanuts in a manufacturing plant that's supposed to be peanut-free.
Paul Bentley scattered peanuts round his nut-free factory - causing the p...
Wage Freezes Are Latest Tactic To Curb Worldwide Economic Woes
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 21, 2009
... from layoffs to mergers with former competitors.
It was only a matter of time before the ordinary worker was asked to do his or her share to try to save the company and that time has come.
Some of ...
Internet Anonymity and the MySpace Case
in Web 2.0, on November 18, 2008
...n't matter whether you're really a 60 year old gay Republican from South Carolina or a dock worker in Oakland who just likes to pretend they teach at a college.
So all the fuss about the ...
Time to say hello
in Das CIO Weblog, on November 12, 2008
... werte Leser des CIO-Weblogs!
Mein Name ist Falk Hedemann, ich bin - salopp ausgedrückt - Web-Worker und schreibe für Creative Weblogging auch den Web 2.0 - und den Open-Source-Blog . Thematisch s...
Stay Energized During the Cold Weather Blues
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 3, 2008
...s to stay energized . Here's a blurb: "Even if you're a hyper-organized, task-oriented worker with an expansive mind and endless ambition, you won't get a lot done if your mind and bo...
Most Efficient & Effective Worker Bees
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6417554
Selena Maranjian at Motley Fool had an interesting article a couple weeks back that I've been meaning to point out. It's a comparison of profit per employee at large companies .
Topping the list was CONOCOPHILLIPS at over $500,000 pro...
Forrester Research: A Fast-Growing Mobile Workforce
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 9, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto
A new report from Forrester Research says mobile information workers, who either telecommute or travel frequently, account for 20% of workers today - and will ac...
Why Pro Athletes Deserve More Money Than You
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 22, 2008
... to hire people who will make a lot of money for them - and the more money, the better. Therefore, workers who can pull in big bucks for a business will be more sought after (the demand for them will ...
What Kind of Jobs Cannot be Outsourced?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 8, 2008
... competitors will gladly take from us.
The Obama approach is likely more favorable to the American worker. First, disincentivizing outsourcing may keep a few jobs on-shore. Second, rebuilding the inf...
Older IT Workers Bearing the Brunt
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 3, 2008
...sen A recent ComputerWorld Article , discussed the disproportionate effect of outsourcing on IT workers, citing a recent study by Stern and Wharton business schools which found that as many as 8% ...
Legal Things for peace of mind
in Biz Plan Hacks, on September 3, 2008
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yappr： real english, real easy, real fun
in Wangtam, on August 29, 2008
...e worker becomes Internet star
• QuarkBase : Everything about a Website
• McCAINSPACE
• Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs
• PlaydatePal - Kids Connect With Kids
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US taxpayers subsidize CEO pay
in Sox First, on August 26, 2008
...und that S&P 500 CEOs averaged $10.5 million in pay, 344 times the pay of your average American worker. However, hedge and private equity fund managers did even better. The top 50 in this group we...
Let Your Employees Choose the Web 2.0 Service
in Web 2.0, on August 20, 2008
... © h3h
"Projects where workers choose the technology have a much better chance of succeeding than ones where IT chooses" ~ Ben Worthen, The Wall Street Journal
If all your employees l...
Bootstrapper's hall of fame: Printing with promise
in BootStrapMe, on August 19, 2008
...ebsite designed by an employee to offer his first on line printing services while another worker took orders part-time by phone.
• Home made. The database at the heart of the company's all imp...
Stereotypes, and the Price of Rice in China...
in China Venture News, on August 2, 2008
...anies that do business in China. It provides a great deal more job security for the average Chinese worker. It created a standard 40-hour work week and a scale for fixed overtime. And it raised the mi...
The Open at Royal Birkdale
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 17, 2008
Royal Birkdale
The Open begins today. That's "Open" as in British Open. But in the U.K., they call it simply The Open, as in "can there really be another?"
Royal Birkdale is the home of this year's Open. The first ball was struck on Saturday, October 5, 1899.
VoIP Through The Corporate Firewall
in The VoIP Weblog, on July 7, 2008
...le many things, is designed to make communications easier. One of the challenges I face as a remote worker for a large corporation is VoIP-at least in the way it was meant to be used.
My challenge: t...
Modisch und bequem: Tolle Sommerhosen bei quelle.de
in Feschsamma, on July 5, 2008
...re es beispielsweise mit der schönen 7/8 Hose aus Popeline . Das gute Stück kommt im Worker-Style daher, ist modisch breit gehalten und erfreut das Auge mit zahlreichen aufgesetzten Taschen mit Zippe...
WSOP $50K H.O.R.S.E. : Onto Day 4 Team PokerStars Looking Solid at the Top
in Internet Poker, on June 28, 2008
...ney comprises of the best of the best, willingly putting up a yearly salary of the average American worker to play cards for five days in search of the ultimate respect among pros.
Today we're d...
Going South for Omaha
in Internet Poker, on June 25, 2008
... weekend warriors of poker are born and bred and if he/she succeed in taking down their neighbor/co-worker/friend enough they move on to the casino game or maybe even the World Series of Poker. I rece...
Latin America and the New U.S. President
in Latina Viva, on June 8, 2008
...ly the first steps in a comprehensive immigration law overhaul that he hoped would include a guest worker program.- Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Washington Post
We'll see come January....
More Than Half of Retired Women Receive Social Security Benefits Based on Their Husband's Work History
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 2, 2008
...id into Social Security.
This is no small potatoes. Social Security taxes now eat up 6.2% of every worker's paycheck, up to an annual maximum of $6,324 on earnings of $102,000 in 2008, while empl...
Abolish Bank Holidays?
in Wandalust, on May 26, 2008
... out of the nine by the end of May, and then nothing for months.
As a freelance and self employed worker my work schedule is flexible but when I was an employee I must say that I would have preferred...
Rich and poor: the CEO pay disconnect
in Sox First, on May 19, 2008
...ntinued to rise with the average chief executive now making more than 465 times what the average US worker makes. That's in contrast to the differential of 54 times average US worker pay in 1980. ...
RAID Basics-A good tutorial
in On Storage, on April 30, 2008
... what RAID is and the different RAID levels?
Maybe you need to easily explain what RAID is to a co-worker or boss.
LSI has a good nice page dedicated to RAID basics which:
1. Gives a brief descriptio...
Amazon Web Services Lowers Transfer Prices
in Web 2.0, on April 28, 2008
... the burn rates of Web 2.0 companies everywhere who use Amazon to help provide services.
Via Web Worker Daily
...
Bill wins the H1B debate?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 14, 2008
...ience and Technology to appeal for an increase in the number of H1B work visas issued for specialty workers brought in to the US from overseas (in recent years, the "specialty" in question h...
Are Handset Makers Sexist?
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 10, 2008
...umer products. This trend, together with the consumerisation of IT and progressive evolution of the worker population towards younger individuals and women will force user organizations to rethink the...
What The Hell Is This Naymz Thing?
in Web 2.0, on April 8, 2008
...h all these people. I tend to ignore invites to these kinds of services on general principle.
A co-worker of mine sent out an email grousing about this service. His main complaint was that they send ...
Naymz Sending Spam-As You!
in I got Spam?!, on April 8, 2008
...h all these people. I tend to ignore invites to these kinds of services on general principle.
A co-worker of mine sent out an email grousing about this service. His main complaint was that they send ...
What if Dilbert is right?
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2008
...mroll the competition and lead their companies to greatness (while, of course, trampling the common worker beneath them along the way). While I don't make a habit of doing so, I happened to be rea...
SearchTogether: 微软的社会化搜索？
in M2 十字街口, on March 11, 2008
SearchTogether 是微软的一个研究项目，其实也就是一个 Internet Explorer 插件，它会打开一个浏览器的边栏，目的是为了多台电脑的协作搜索。而且它需要使用者登录 Windows Live ID。
Foods You Have to Try in Mexico
in Latina Viva, on March 8, 2008
...orn. More specifically, its white maize cooked with epazote, an very flavorful herb. The corn stand worker squeezes key lime juice on it and adds red chili powder. (Some people prefer mayonnaise, whit...
More Tax Help for Small Businesses
in Bizinformer, on March 5, 2008
...elphia Small Business Association in conjunction with the IRS will hold a webinar entitled, "Worker Classification: Employee vs. Independent Contractor," designed to: avoid common errors ...
Unified Communications - Business-Kommunikation im 21. Jahrhundert
in Das CIO Weblog, on February 27, 2008
...ktion auf die sinkende Erreichbarkeit - so die Experton Group - habe man die "Knowledge Worker" in den letzen Jahren mit einer Vielzahl von Kommunikationsmitteln ausgerüstet, neben PC und Te...
Interview with Brett Curran from Axentis
in Sox First, on February 22, 2008
Had a chat this week with Brett Curran, vice president of GRC and privacy practices at Axentis . He was in Texas, I was in Melbourne, Australia. But it was a great session. We talked about all the issues companies faced struggling with compliance and what they needed to do. Here is the interview...
BP's double standard
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
...P over its negligence that resulted in the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 workers. The outcomes should not pass without comment. The bereaved appeared in court and told Judg...
Why Outsourcing from China Will Cost You More This Year...
in China Venture News, on February 5, 2008
If you haven't figured this out already, let me break the bad news to you: outsourcing from China is going to cost you more this year than it did last year. If your business relies on outsourcing from China, you should plan on that extra expense.
Why? China business success stories poi...
Bodoglife.com "Send A Blogger to the WSOP" Series Starts Tonight
in Internet Poker, on February 5, 2008
...ctually if I mention I'm blogger a female bartender will point at me while chatting with her co-worker as if to "take care of the creppy guy with the Vikings cap on" and I think I manage...
Konolive
in Web 2.0, on February 1, 2008
... Koonolive wants to be the next generation web worker collaboration tool. That's a mouthfull for a little program that aims to create collaboration around (MS) office documents and other applic...
Individual Health Coverage is Great; Just Don't Get Sick
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 24, 2008
...ng employees buy their own coverage. One of the arguments for this system is that it allows healthy workers to get coverage for less money, because under a group health insurance plan, insurance costs...
Funny Wine Label Etiquette
in Celebrate Wine, on January 23, 2008
... I think we'd all agree that there is a time and a place for gag gifts. Your co-worker/poker buddy that you go out with every Thursday night might find the bottle of Fat Bastard hysterical. But ...
Happy Birthday to me!
in BootStrapMe, on January 20, 2008
... idea exactly what that is but sounds like a bootstrap operation to me.
Nick is also a former co-worker of mine from my days at the Republican & Herald newspaper in Schuylkill County, PA , w...
Want to Save Time or Money?
in The Smart PDA, on January 10, 2008
...ore possible every time you discover an effective discount site.
Read more about this on Contract Worker ....
Om Malik Suffers Heart Attack
in The VoIP Weblog, on January 4, 2008
...into the telecom/VoIP space on GigaOm and has created a small network of high-quality blogs: Web Worker Daily , NewTeeVee , Earth2Tech , and FoundRead .
Prior to turning GigaOm into a full-time...
Top Home Based Business Links 12-20-07
in Home Based Business, on December 20, 2007
...s that only think of themselves or are simply confused.
Six Ways to Start Off Secure in 2008 Web Worker Daily must be a psychic for telling what all the online business folks/freelancers sho...
The Gift of Giving
in The Parenting Weblog, on December 18, 2007
...es back" . Buying one of these items could help save the tropical forests, pay a health worker's salary, help fund a soccer league or help fight aids.
...
Bell Mobility Introduces $85,000 Mobile Data Plan
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 13, 2007
...
Canadian oil worker Piotr Staniaszek says he "thought there was probably a mistake" when he opened his mobile phone bill for the month of November to find charges totaling nearly $8...
The Google of Eden: Will All This Data Bring Out The Worst In Us?
in Businesspundit, on December 11, 2007
... but then we are a discontinuity. That belief was first challenged in the mid 1800s when a railroad worker named Phineas Gage was in an accident that sent a railroad spike through his frontal lobes....
Food Allergy Counseling from the Allergic Girl
in Allergies, on December 10, 2007
...ng a good quality of life despite your condition? Allergic Girl Sloanne Miller, a licensed social worker and psychotherapist, is offering private coaching and counseling .
• Do you feel limit...
Korean Miner Killed by Hunk o' Machinery, Not Exploding Phone
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 29, 2007
...o it wasn't an exploding mobile phone... The Korea Times' Cho Jin-seo reports that a co-worker has confessed to having accidentally killed a Korean miner, then making it appear that he had...
TSA Taking Over Background Checks for Aviation Workers
in The Aviation Weblog, on November 28, 2007
...ity at U.S. airports just got tighter. Not for air passengers, but for more than a million aviation workers.
According an article on USA Today , the Transportation Security Administration announced ...
Trumped All Over
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 26, 2007
...") smack in the middle of Trump's project. And he's not selling.
The Scottish quarry worker has turned into an instant 'cause celebre' thanks to the internet and the speed of e...
Olsen Twins On The Loose
in The Celebrities Weblog, on November 25, 2007
...-Kate Olsen has a steady gig as a religious, technically a virgin slut, pot selling, rest home worker, on the HBO show "Weeds" .
In her real life she seems to be on about a par with h...
Go Cold Turkey This Thanksgiving
in The Smart PDA, on November 22, 2007
It goes without saying that most of you, dear readers, are avid smartphone or PDA users. Or at the very least, you can't stay disconnected for long. That's why the challenge I have for you this Thanksgiving is to go cold Turkey (Turkey, get it?!): turn off all your gadgets while you enjoy...
"Your World" no longer home-delivered
in The CIO Weblog, on November 21, 2007
At least not if you are an AT&T employee, according to a recent Network World article. The communications giant, recently merged with other communications giant SBC, is apparently reversing formerly liberal policies regarding working remotely from home, and is bringing drones back into the...
Instant Messaging Productivity Tips
in Home Based Business, on November 15, 2007
...those who would like to improve their productivity while using this great online business tool, Web Worker Daily's Leo Babauta featured an informative blog post about the 17 Tips to Be Productive...
Work from Anywhere Bloggers
in Home Based Business, on November 14, 2007
...om the bits of advice on how to get started she writes about the potential businesses that a mobile worker or L.I.P. can get into, much like the home based business ideas I post here.
This sounds l...
