Reflections on No-Work Wednesdays
The ABC this week reported that an Australian company’s experiment in doing no work on Wednesdays had “gone global“. According to the article, employees continue… Read More »Reflections on No-Work Wednesdays
employment
On the hazards of being interviewed for work
I mentioned in my previous entry that I’m awaiting the outcome of an interview for some casual work. This is actually the third interview I’ve… Read More »On the hazards of being interviewed for work
On open source software as a job-seeking tool
In my entry reviewing Dave Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, I noted that Graeber suggests that at least some software developers are in the perverse position of… Read More »On open source software as a job-seeking tool
Can the arts and humanities be the professions of the future, part 2
When I checked my notes after writing my previous entry on the future demand for artists and humanists, I realised that I had also intended… Read More »Can the arts and humanities be the professions of the future, part 2
Review: The Electronic Sweatshop
I don’t recall how Barbara Garson’s The Electronic Sweatshop (1988) got onto my reading list—I certainly wasn’t reading such things back in 1988— but it’s… Read More »Review: The Electronic Sweatshop