Performance based pay for Governments
Even states have performance based pay. The less their fiscal deficit, the more their plan allocation. Good.
LOC country study
INDIA – A Country Study from the Library of Congress. A comprehensive overview of India.
Interstitials replace banner ads
People ignore banners. So we have interstitials instead.
The Economist looks like a newspaper
The Economist website looks more like a newspaper now.
Microsoft deathwatch
Microsoft Deathwatch. No, Bill isn’t dead, but his servers were for a while.
World employment report
I’ve ordered a copy of the World Employment Report. Apparently, it says that India won’t sustain its software boom, and I want to know why.
Plastic.com
Plastic — an interesting news source. I like Plastic work.
Strange ways of firing employees
Salon’s article explains how silly people can get when firing employees.
Socratic method
Rick Garlikov tried using the Socratic method to teach binary numbers to a third grade class. Looks like it worked well. I’m all for the Socratic method of teaching.
Every Night Josephine out of print
Every Night Josephine is out of print. If not for copyrights, one could just copy an old print.