I’m not one for memes, much, but how could I resist a book one (from susoz)? Edited to add: I’ve put links to all the others I’ve found in my sidebar, as I’ve found the variety of choices fascinating (and there’s a few books I need to read, too). 1.Continue Reading
There’s a thoughtful article in the NY Times (via Playground Revolution) about Wall Street investment banks and how they are starting to take seriously the issue of work-life balance as a way of retaining women. Having come from professional services firms, it feels about five years out of date, butContinue Reading
I occasionally peek at Library Thing, a fantastic idea which links people’s libraries up with each other (via Phantom Scribbler and Raising WEG). The great thing about it is that you can have a look at similarities between your library and other people’s to help you figure out what bookContinue Reading
There was a really interesting article in the AFR today about working hours. Quoting extensively from Mark Wooden (who among other things, is in charge of the Hilda Survey) it suggests that Australians don’t actually work the longest hours in the world (as is so often quoted because of an OECDContinue Reading
Today’s Book Review is It’s a Boy, edited by Andrea Buchanan. A very interesting project, it’s a collection of essays from women writers on raising sons. I found it quite startling just how many (the overwhelming majority) were about the woman’s experience of coming to terms with the fact thatContinue Reading
It’s census time, and, frustrated statistician that I am, I was very excited to see the form on my doorstep last night. Last census, I was 8 months pregnant with C, and we were a couple with two very demanding jobs. This census, we have two children, and one full time andContinue Reading
I’ve been pondering, after my last post, just how feasible it is to have a workplace with different attitudes to working hours. It’s a horrible time of year right now, which exaggerates the problem, but I’m working in a workplace which has (at one extreme) someone who sent me emailsContinue Reading
The ABS released a study (as part of their annual social trends review) of fathers and how much they are working these days. In previous posts, I’ve trawled through various ABS products to find out how many stay-at-home dads there are. This study answers the question – 3.4% of familiesContinue Reading
There’s been a fascinating discussion at Slate (via 11D) about whether Wal-Mart is good or bad for the US. Go and read it, but my take is that at least some of the argument boils down to: 1 Wal-mart reduces prices by driving a hard bargain everywhere, but particularly onContinue Reading
My cousin’s in the International Maths Olympiad, which is currently on in Slovenia. It’s a competition for those who are under 20, haven’t been to university yet, and with those conditions, are the top mathematicians in their countries, and hence the world. Six contestents per country. After we found theContinue Reading