Philanthropy Journal The ailing economy is giving charities a needed shot in the arm.

Another distinguished “author” has joined FI Space: David Neff. David is the Director of Online Communications, Hi-Tex Division. He’s also a Springboard project manager. David has a cool project in progress getting cancer tools on physician PDAs. He’ll be telling us more about his project as it goes along. He promised! Check out his first post.

Okay. Now it’s official. WIRED magazine’s cover story for February is about offshoring, so it must be for real. The article, “The New Face of the Silicon Age,” is pretty interesting with interviews of IT types in both India and the US. But the author, Daniel Pink, emphasizes this is about the global economy, not just IT. Eventually Pink gets ...

Fast Company The defining political issue for America in the next decade has arrived now, courtesy of India, China, and any number of aspiring developing nations. That issue is offshore outsourcing–not of blue-collar factory guys, but of well-paid knowledge workers. It is a question that will get traction in November’s elections. It will only grow bigger and more divisive. And: ...