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The Digital Revolution Kills Jobs Faster Than It Creates New Ones
There are two kinds of people: those who complain about disruption and those who celebrate it. The former are the dying indie bookstores, music labels, film industry, little publishing houses unhappy with Amazon’s ToS – the latter are the start-up generation, VC investors, code monkeys and serial entrepreneurs. To those who preach the gospel of the…
On The Net, Everybody’s an Astronaut
Isn’t the internet awesome? We use it for work, entertainment, socializing and as a scapegoat for all our problems. Not only does the web prevent us from getting any serious work done, it also kills our social lives and replaces it with likes and shares. My father in-law recently started using the internet. He has…
Why You Can’t Escape From The Internet
When toddlers are getting addicted to iPads, parents spy on their kids on Facebook and teenagers can’t survive 24 hours offline without experiencing withdrawal symptoms it’s hard not to blame technology. After all, we wouldn’t be experiencing these problems without technology, so it must be technology which causes them, right? “Fitter, Happier, More Productive” While the symptoms…
Code or Die: The Future Of Work?
In a new video designed to spread awareness about the importance of teaching people how to code, big promises are being made. Backed up by talking heads such as Zuckerberg, Gates and many more, the basic premise is that coding is the core asset for tomorrow’s job market. “Want to enjoy the colorful offices and…
“Creating your own Job is sexy – and the Internet makes it possible”
Everyone loves the Internet. It’s a place of endless music, streaming movies, research, shopping opportunities and cat pictures. It enables us to talk with people on the other side of the planet at the tap of a finger. In short, it’s the ultimate content consumption and communication device. But how many of us look at…
The Flipped Office: Work at Home, Relax Outside
The concept of the “flipped classroom” refers to a reversal of traditional teaching, where the lecturing part happens outside of the classroom (i.e. through videos, reading, etc.) and the exercise or interaction part happens inside the classroom. While the “flipped classroom” is sometimes hyped in the manner of tech-evangelists, I believe that the idea is…