Google Layoffs - 10,000 Workers Affected reports WebGuild with a bombastic title. I can beat that: all Google workers will be affected, at least emotionally. As to what the real numbers are, several sources point out that while employee headcount is around 20K, Google has about 10K temporary workers, so whichever way you count, laying off 10K workers would equate to: eliminating all the temp positions letting go 30% of the (extended) workforce, which seems to be the Silicon Valley rule cutting the employee headcount to half (if we ignore temps) Either way it sounds way too dramatic, a step...
Growing Jewelry is a redefinition of modern values. It is a clash of jewelry an gardening; couture and organism. The collection of this hand jewelry is designed for people in metropolitan cities and is an experiment in drawing nature toward man, as nature being the presupposition of life. Click here to see the gallery. Via OMDM. Posted by omdm for Design Yout Trust, 2008. Permalink | No comments Design You Trust sponsors. We're proud all of them: Dream Template | W3 MARKUP | activeCollab | MOSSO : The Hosting Cloud | Envisionext.net | Behance Network...
There’s been something bubbling in D.C. for the past year or two and more recently, it’s become boiling hot: the convergence of the technology crowds from around the area. It’s something that I’ve been pushing for at least two years and a number of other people have been supporting as well. Something that has increasingly become apparent is that there are simply people that get it and those that don’t. In one panel I was sitting in on earlier this week, a group of individuals were fairly critical of the government’s ability to become less bureaucratic and more quick to...
I happened to flip by the highly enjoyable ABC show Pushing Daisies last night, and as I was pausing for a second to grab a Wednesday Night Pointlessbeer from the fridge, I heard my roommate randomly exclaim, "Hey it's the dude from your thing!" Indeed, there was the dude Paul F. Tompkins playing "The Geek," a novelty magician who turns to murder when his mentor abandons him. As happy as I always am to see PFT appearing in stuff outside of BWE, it was still an unexpected clash of my professional and personal lives, like that time I came home...
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David Sifry, the famous founder of Technorati Blog search tool, yesterday launched the first public version of his new venture – OffBeat Guides. These are personalized travel guides (in PDF) about places that are in your travel itinerary. So if your planning a trip to New York, simply enter the city name, the hotel you are planning to stay and what you get is a ready-to-print PDF booklet with lot of useful information about that place plus notes written by professional travel writers. See example. Now unlike most other product launches where PR agents send all the pre-launch information to...
The iTunes Store is now offering a weekly selection of albums and movies for download at $4.99 each. On the music side, pick up classics like the Clash's "Combat Rock" and Miles Davis's "Birth of Cool." On the movie side, it seems to be a tribute to California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, with classic Saturday afternoon popcorn fare like Terminator 2, Total Recall, and Red Heat (there's absolutely nothing classic about The Last Action Hero). Yes, they come laced with DRM, you'll have to burn them to your own CDs or DVDs for archiving, and you have to sign up...
The Giants face a familiar and dangerous foe Sunday night as they head down to Philly for a clash with the 5-3 Eagles. The key to beating Philadelphia is controlling Brian Westbrook. Westbrook, one of the most dangerous players in the league, is as big a threat receiving as he is running with the ball. Expect the Giants to key on him all day in an effort to keep him under wraps. On defense, Philadelphia has one of the best units in the league and they are good at getting to the quarterback, recording 27 sacks so far this season....
