Author Archives: David Collin

NEW URL FOR FI SPACE!!

FI Space now has it’s own unique little URL: http://www.fispace.org Same username and password. From now on all posts will be to www.fispace.org The old URL still works but you have to log in twice (as you may have discovered already!).

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Middle class NDE (part 2)

So what’s this global sourcing of knowledge worders (see part 1) mean for ACS? Well, my experience is that the ACS is pretty much a middle class institution, so the closer the death-of-the-middle-class scenario plays out the more significant the impact. Our income and our volunteer resource comes from discretionary time and money. If sustaining a middle class lifestyle is ...

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Middle class near death experience?

The article circulated last week, “The Digital Death Rattle of the American Middle Class: A Cautionary Tale,” really cranked-up the alarm about the possibility of the economic underpinnings of US society being knocked out by low cost information labor in countries around the world. I mean, death of the middle class? That’s the most dire and dour interpretation I’ve seen ...

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The Long Goodbye for Lotus Notes

Yes! Finally it looks like there will be some resolution to whether or not ACS stays in Notes. We’re going to have to move out. I think it has been a barrier to connection to the rest of the world for years.

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