http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com You can't change the world, but you can blog. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:56:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “No man, proclaimed Donne, is an island, and he was wrong. If we were not islands, we would be lost, drowned in each other’s tragedies. We are insulated (a word that means, literally, remember, made into an island) from the tragedy of others, by our island nature, and by ... http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com/2008/08/26/numbers-dont-lie-but-they-dont-tell-the-whole-story-either/ From Executive Brief: “…thousands of white-collar jobs are being shipped to developing economies as companies search for ways to lower operating costs. These white-collar jobs include customer service, R&D, documentation, and not to be missed, software development. Various emerging markets have since been competing against each other in the ... http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com/2008/08/25/we-are-not-stealing-jobs/ Freedom of choice, tolerance, security, and a great sense of belonging or solidarity played the biggest roles in the life satisfaction of people from the happiest countries in the world, according to World Values Survey. A strong correlation between wealth and happiness still exists, though. Majority ... http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com/2008/08/25/survey-money-doesnt-buy-happiness-but-it-still-matters/ I am an impulsive book buyer, and my weekend is not complete without a foray into Powerbooks, NBS, or the bargain book stores. That explains the number of books that have accumulate on my desk, overflowed to my bed, and added an extra weight to my already heavy bag. This ... http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com/2008/08/24/book-loot/ The environment took center stage in last year’s Blog Action Day. This year, bloggers are invited to write, podcast, or vlog about poverty. Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo. http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com/2008/08/24/because-poverty-sucks/ Original: Unoriginal: Note to whoever made the my|Phone ads: Please don’t insult our intelligence by passing your ads off as originals, assuming that consumers will not know the similarity to Mac ads anyway. I haven’t switched to Mac and I think that Globe’s iPhone 3G deal is insanely overpriced, but I ... http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/myphone-copies-mac-ads/ From TIME: “The ‘Peter Principle’ states that ‘in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence; the cream rises until it sours.’ People who show competence are promoted whether or not they are qualified to perform competently at the next level. Eventually they go beyond their ... http://whenthesongbirdsings.blogsome.com/2008/08/21/hierarchiology/