On the same day that I saw a journalist in London seeking to speak with people about workplace isolation, a friend in California noted that she wanted to have a little social but found that her real world community was either virtual or non-existent. My friend in California chalked her lack of community down to her being an … Continue reading Work and isolation
Tag: health
Four for Friday (15)
This week's eclectic, interesting reads: The hall of shame? A list of VCs with no female investing partners. One step closer to Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind? The forgetting pill. The case for the e-book as a more intimate literary experience. Mark Zuckerberg as an autocratic dictator? You don't say.
Whose data are they anyway?
What a difference two days make! First, T-Mobile in the UK informed the Information Commissioner's Office that some of its own rogue employees had sold on the firm's contract customer data to third parties. These third parties then ring the contract customers just before their contract expiry to offer deals that may or may not … Continue reading Whose data are they anyway?
Healthcare Services Outsourcing to India?
This post emerged from a question asked by a friend on LinkedIn. The question was: Are (sic) Healthcare services outsourcing from India the next big opportunity? Health-insurance companies based out of the US are giving the option to customers, to get their surgeries / medical procedures done from Indian hospitals. Is it now time to … Continue reading Healthcare Services Outsourcing to India?
Credit crunch and public health
It is no longer a case of the banks and the bankers, although popular media headlines will still have you believe that the crunch was purely of the banks' making and somehow they should pay for it. It is now closer to home. Not only has lending dried up, the housing market has ground to … Continue reading Credit crunch and public health
Obese Britannia
With our love of junk food of both the fish-and-chips and McDonald's varieties and our loathing of exercise, and despite our best intents, we in Britain are slip-sliding our way to Obese Britannia. Want to know our secrets? Click to read today's post on my Obesity blog.
Do Wii agree?
I learnt this morning, via Paul Kedrosky, of Om Malik having suffered a heart attack. Om is 43, and a leading Silicon Valley technology journalist, commentator and writer, whose influential commentary is widely read. It sounds dreadful and sobering that a 43 year old should have a heart attack. Om is also of Indian origin. … Continue reading Do Wii agree?
