Outsourcing to India
OK ... I'm getting sick and tired of this topic in the business news, in the general news -- just about everywhere I look, I see the cries of lost jobs thanks to cheap Indian labour. If you're unlike me, and you haven't got your fill of moaning and whining yet, here are a few news articles to top yourself up with.
BusinessWeek's cover article from their December 8/03 issue covers the topic very well.
BusinessWeek's cover article from their March 1/04 issue is yet another look, yet a slightly different angle -- and yes, it sells magazines!
Wired Magazine even got into the fray with their Feb. 2004 issue.
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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