What a motley list! CNBC selects 10 hot jobs in 2012 and somehow "space tour
guide" gets on the list! this is apparently based on the following statement:
"With about 200 reservations already, SpaceAdventures plans on hiring about 10
space tour guides to start, said spokeswoman Stacey Tearne."Sure, it may be a
desirable job, but hot jobs are generally those with more than a few dozen
workers.
Net Switzerland in Danger Switzerland is famous for cheese, chocolate, numbered
bank accounts, and for being a neutral country, which probably enabled those
numbered accounts in the first place. High worth individuals felt comfortable
stashing their well- or ill-gotten gains because they knew Switzerland wasn’t
likely to kowtow to law enforcers or snooping governments from other countries
– they
Four years ago, SNS ran an issue about what to do after a hacker attack called
You’re Hit! What Next? It focused on what to do immediately after you’ve been
attacked. A recent unfortunate attack by a disgruntled former employee of one
of my clients brought this article back to mind and encouraged me to revisit
the topic for two reasons: to update Alert SNS Readers on the state of computer
AOL Taxing Email? One of the persistent urban myths that continues to circulate
around the Internet concerns various forms of taxes: a tax on modems, a tax on
email, and so on. Despite being thoroughly debunked, such legends have a life
of their own and periodically show up in my email box. But as we all know,
things do change, not always for the better, and so, like my long-ago
exhortation
High Tech Food, Low Tech Science As the boomers enter their silver years,
they're going to be watching what they eat much more carefully, according to
research from my old employer, ACNielsen. ACNielsen compiles data on consumer
purchases in grocery, drug, and mass merchandiser stores and also runs consumer
panels. Alert SNS Reader Roger Hamm sends along a fascinating ACNielsen
newsletter that
REAL Pen Computing You may have heard about pen-based computing, but I
guarantee you haven’t heard about pens-based computing. Yes, pens, plural. Your
old pocket protector will never be the same again. I’m not talking about toys
like the Fly Pentop Computer, which is actually pretty cool, but about a
prototype of a real, full-featured computer comprised entirely of
transmogrified pens. Alert
A couple of issues ago, I asked the question, “Why Do We Have Personal
Computers?” The article dealt with the frustrations of dealing with
Windows-based computers (yes, now all you superior Mac users can stand and jeer
and claim you never have any problems with your transcendently fabulous
computers; at least one guy begs to differ.) Yes, at least once a day I
threaten to drop-kick my laptop into
With the release of the oddly titled Google Base, Google promises to dominate
yet another market: online classifieds. Not content with trying to index the
world’s Websites, the new beta service allows people to create even more
content, including “all types of online and offline information and images.”
While the company insists Base is not a classified ad service, since this
content will be
The News – 10/14/05 Why Do We Have Personal Computers? I don’t know about you,
but I couldn’t do without my personal computer, although I realize this is not
a universal feeling. However, I know that if people like my technophobic wife
can’t do without their computers, then there are a whole lot of folks out there
who have come to rely on their PCs. The reason I can’t do without my
What’s Google Up To? As you know, I am now a Google business partner, having
taken their coin to the tune of a righteous $9.47 since I started offering
AdSense ads on the Website version of this newsletter. As part of the deal, I
had to agree not to “engage in any action or practice that reflects poorly on
Google or otherwise disparages or devalues Google’s reputation or goodwill.”
Despite
