Holiday Reader
May 28th, 2007 (6:19am) Anne Zelenka 3 CommentsTweet This
McKinsey & Company launches virtual venture competition — Teams of three to six students or “young professionals” compete in creating business operations in Second Life. [McKinsey Virtual Venture Competition]
Share your Wi Fi — WeFi enables a community of wi fi sharing. Download software for Linux, Mac, or Windows and then find and log into open wireless networks nearby. Do you really need social networking on top of this? [GigaOM]
Store your stuff colorfully — Professional organizer Jeri Dansky suggests ten storage pieces available in bright colors. [Jeri's Organizing & Decluttering News]
Choosing freelancing or full-time work — Freelance journalist Savita Iyer considers whether she should return to full-time work. She’s not sure she wants to revamp the logistics of her life. [BusinessWeek's Working Parents blog]
Be careful what you say on your blog — A UK human resources company suggests that many employee bloggers risk losing their jobs through careless blogging. [BBC News]
And think before you blog on company time — Hasan Luongo tells his story of losing his job due to blogging about his startup on company time. [Found+READ]
Against online professional marketplaces — Deborah Ng doesn’t use bidding sites any more because the rates have been bid too far down. Her concerns echo those we heard in the comments on 10 New Ways to Make Money Online. [Work From Home Momma]
Scheduling 2.0, reality edition — Amazon Web Services evangelist Jeff Barr reports on his successful experiment in self-service web-enabled scheduling. He created a wiki to allow people who wanted to meet with him to create his schedule for a trip to London. [Jeff Barr's Blog]
Multitasking can ruin your productivity — Especially if it doesn’t allow you any time to work. [The Onion via StellaCommute]
Web Work 101: How To Escape The Cubicle
In reference to the last link: You know The Onion is a satire magazine, right? They didn’t exaggerate enough to make it clear, but there’s a good chance that Mr. Gossling is completely fictional.
MKR: yes, I know it’s satire. I think most people are familiar with The Onion.
I wasn’t actually sure where you were from, so I had to check. I’ve met a lot of people from other countries who have never heard of it who thought it was serious, or didn’t know about it at all when linked to an article. :P