Posted: February 15th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: economy, education, students, tuition, work | 1 Comment »
One hears much rhetoric about how education is people oriented - and on the side of the students. It is unfortunate that sometimes the actions do not match the words. With the drastic downturn in the economy, there are some college and university students who are having difficulty paying their second half tuition. Circumstances are such that funds set aside for education simply have to be put to everyday necessities like food and housing. Some families are experiencing unexpected job losses; and long term plans are confronted with immediate necessities.
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Posted: January 2nd, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: google, marissa mayer, speculation, Steve Jobs, work | No Comments »
Over the years, Marissa Mayer has become the unofficial spokes-person of Google. Her official title is Vice President, Search Products & User Experience. And she is Google Employee Number Nineteen.
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Posted: November 18th, 2008 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: bills, children, day care, economy, parents, work | No Comments »
The economic crisis is making it difficult for some day cares to stay open. There is serious consideration that some of the state subsidized day cares may be shuttered because the funds are not available:
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Posted: October 7th, 2008 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: General | Tags: Chris Pirillo, DogReader, spam, time, work | No Comments »
In the time since Chris Pirillo asked me to start posting articles here, spam has been a constant. There is not a single day during which there is a lull in the spam. Today is a milestone of sorts. DogReader has passed thirty one thousand (31,000) spam messages.
In order to put this in some context, let’s say that I spend four second with each spam message. That would be to check if it is indeed spam or whether some legitimate comments were sent there. Then that spam is marked and deleted.
At four seconds per spam, that is 124,000 seconds or 2,066 minutes. In hours, it is 34.444. Let’s just call it thirty four hours, for the sake of round numbers. That is a week of work. That is wasted time that is not financially compensated, no matter how many Google clicks the site generates.
It is just so annoying - spammers are such a blight!
Catherine
