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09.26.07Bringing women downIn the early 1970's American women reported higher levels of happiness than their male counterparts. Today, the relative positions have switched. Why? Recent research provives more proof for the effects of the so-called second shift. Money quote: A big reason that women reported being happier three decades ago — despite far more discrimination — is probably that they had narrower ambitions... Many compared themselves only to other women, rather than to men as well. [Emphasis mine] In other words, women wanted what men had. Namely, it seems, broad competition, visible ceilings, and less personal time; or put simply, ...
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09.17.07NY Times late to the game?I love question at the end of Jason Kottke's mention that paid content is over with at the NY Times. What changed, The Times said, was that many more readers started coming to the site from search engines and links on other sites instead of coming directly to NYTimes.com. How did that change not happen for the Times when it happened to the entire rest of the web 3-4 years ago?
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07.21.07IBM’s corporate strategy in the NY TimesThis past week was my first week as a full-time employee at IBM. I had previously worked there for what amounted as 2 years as an intern. The 3-month summer gig where I stayed on for 2 years gave me a perspective of the company many people don't have. From my discussions with friends and family, the perception of IBM is that it is either on the way down and out but that it is a huge corporate giant and therefore a comfortable job (until you lose it to outsourcing). To that end, I would like to point everyone to a recent ...
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