You can almost tell it’s the weekend on FriendFeed as the conversation turns to more general things than tech related. That didn’t stop from finding a few things of interest in the FriendFeed pipeline to share with you.
Water-Starved California Slows Development :: New York Times – water is becoming a precious commodity and yet we spend over a buck or two for bottled water because governments can’t be bothered to make sure we can have clean drinking water from our taps.
I Really Hope Twitter Isn’t Friendster 2.0 :: Ryan Spoon – a few suggestions from Ryan as to how Twitter could take a few lessons from the once extremely popular Friendster social network.
World Of Wifecraft :: The Inquisitr – gotta have something to laugh with on the weekend.
Why you shouldn’t listen to “hasn’t someone done that already?” :: ambient – a good post on why start-ups shouldn’t necessarily listen to old adages.
Warner Has Lost Its Senses In Last.FM Split :: Mashable – the stupidity of old media never ceases to amaze me.
Freelancers Union — Why I’m Already in Love And Why You Should Be Too :: Center Networks – sorry but the mere mention of unions gives me the hives <shudder>
Generation Y – Welcome To Their World :: ReadWriteWeb – I’m still trying to figure out why they think that have all this entitlement in the first place.
Workaround for PCAnywhere Bug with Vista :: The Marketing Technology Blog – I know somewhere Douglas is going to be someone’s hero.
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Gah! Who gave you a 1 star?? Crazy people. Had to five-star (I usually don't rate posts… I'm no Roger Ebert) just to fix that.
At any rate, I'm about as non-union as they come, believing that, except for a few select industries, they no longer serve their intended purpose and only exist to retain a hierarchy based on age and years served, not performance. The Freelancers Union is NOTHING like that, and I've been a member for two years? now. It's not a union in the sense of collective bargaining, etc. but a union in the sense of providing one large group to negotiate better rates on health insurance, etc. than you can get on your own as a freelancer. I promise. No Jimmy Hoffas here.
Darn it. I need nine more comments to pass Louis on your leaderboard. I need to work on that.
Darn it. I need nine more comments to pass Louis on your leaderboard. I need to work on that.
As for the scoring someone went through the front page and scored everything at a 1 … guess someone was bored.
The Freelancers Union might be a cool idea but how much of it is applicable outside of the US?
You guys have socialized healthcare. What do you need group purchasing for.?
As for the scoring someone went through the front page and scored everything at a 1 … guess someone was bored.
The Freelancers Union might be a cool idea but how much of it is applicable outside of the US?
Truest me Cyndy for the average person in Canada our health care is not the Michael Moore image you all saw. It is full of holes and getting leakier all the time as healthcare companies from the US are making friends with the provincial governments. I have seen our health care degrade so much over 30plus years it is enough to really piss one off but like down there no-one in our governments give a shit about those straddling the poverty line unless it's election time.
You guys have socialized healthcare. What do you need group purchasing for.?
fyi – it's not a union in typical union-speak – it's a way to help people who work for themselves get better rates, discounts and education when working together
Steven, believe me… I know what a mess your healthcare is up there. I know people who straddle the border just to get their healthcare HERE. Difference here, though, is that if you don't have health insurance, you just don't get treated, and it's prohibitively expensive for freelancers, who aren't able to negotiate the group rates that businesses are, to get any. That's where something like Freelancers Union comes in.
Truest me Cyndy for the average person in Canada our health care is not the Michael Moore image you all saw. It is full of holes and getting leakier all the time as healthcare companies from the US are making friends with the provincial governments. I have seen our health care degrade so much over 30plus years it is enough to really piss one off but like down there no-one in our governments give a shit about those straddling the poverty line unless it's election time.
fyi – it's not a union in typical union-speak – it's a way to help people who work for themselves get better rates, discounts and education when working together
Steven, believe me… I know what a mess your healthcare is up there. I know people who straddle the border just to get their healthcare HERE. Difference here, though, is that if you don't have health insurance, you just don't get treated, and it's prohibitively expensive for freelancers, who aren't able to negotiate the group rates that businesses are, to get any. That's where something like Freelancers Union comes in.