Archive for March, 2006
If the numbers fit…
Interesting article. Various economists weigh in on the cost/benefit stats to the United States of allowing immigration to continue. Some say it’s a wash. Some say it’s a small benefit, but very small and not worth it in the other costs. Others say it doesn’t matter until the first boomers reach official retirement age (2011).
Given […]Employee-owned newspapers–let’s hope they “get” blogging
Lots of back and forth on the good vs. bad of employees owning newspapers. My first thought was, hey, they’re going to learn what it’s like for bloggers who manage to make their blogs into revenue-generating activities–Small Business Trends is a great example of a blog-that’s-become-an-ezine-that’s-become-a-business.
But then I thought, no, that’s not fair. Newspapers […]Magic: speech without talking
This augurs well for business people, writers, students, and lots of other people who would like to take notes but don’t want to write but can’t speak out loud. A Ph.D. has invented a mechanism for reading the electromagnetic current that comes from your throat when you’re just thinking about saying words. It’s called subvocal […]