Monthly Archives: November 2004

Economics – America and China

Posted on November 30, 2004 by John Hunter

Business Week has several good articles on the topic of China’s Economic impact including: Shaking up Trade Theory and The China Price. In Shaking up Trade Theory Aaron Bernstein explores: “The fact that programming, engineering, and other high-skilled jobs are jumping to places such as China and India seems to conflict head-on with the 200-year-old doctrine of comparative advantage.” Over the last few years the white collar job losses in tech US have seemed to cause quite a bit more … Continue reading →

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Hack your way out of writer’s block

Posted on November 18, 2004 by John Hunter

Topic: Miscellaneous I thought this post, from 43 folders, on writer’s block, had some good ideas. If you are suppose to be witting something and instead are reading this blog perhaps you should take a look at the ideas offered and see if they help you get back on track.

Posted in Management

Management Improvement Articles

Posted on November 11, 2004 by John Hunter

Topic: Management – Library Additions Recent additions to the Curious Cat Online Management Improvement Library include: * Race for Quality Knows No Finishing Line by Venkatachari Jagannathan * Business Needs Determine What Black Belts Need to Know by Ronald D. Snee * Opportunities and Challenges for Industrial Statisticians in the 21st Century by Gerald J. Hahn * Innovation as a Deep Capability by Gary Hamel Find links to these, and other new additions, on the Curious Cat Management Improvement New … Continue reading →

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Google index reaches 8 billion

Posted on November 10, 2004 by John Hunter

Google Blog reported that the number of documents included in the Google index now exceeds 8 billion. “Today that number nearly doubled to more than 8 billion pages.”

Posted in Google

A9 Toolbar for Firefox Browser

Posted on November 1, 2004 by John Hunter

Amazon.com has released their A9 toolbar for the new Firefox 1.0 browser. The A9 toolbar has a number of handy features. I am most glad to see the increasing support (which will only encourage more use of the great, free, open source Firefox browser. The Google toolbar should provide such support soon, I would hope. Some people don’t like all the information Amazon gathers by tracking your use of the toolbar. Luckily, you can chose not to use it if … Continue reading →

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