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In: Work and life

The AFR has an article today (subscription only as usual) about job sharing. It is very favourable, basically saying that most of the myths about how hard it is and complete rubbish. A few myths: – it costs too much – takes twice as long to supervise – needs aContinue Reading

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In: Work and life

Jason Soon at Catallaxy has a post about open plan offices that I violently disagree with – basically saying how useless open plan offices are, and how teleworking will get everything done anyway. I’m a big fan of open plan offices, to the point that I have just asked forContinue Reading

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In: Economics

I’ve moved to a different part of town, and I’ve been noticing that coffee is 10% cheaper there. I’m trying to figure out why that is. I used to be on the fringes of the tourist district, in an area that was full of investment bankers. Now I’m closer toContinue Reading

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In: Feminism

I’ve moved jobs lately, and my predecessor was male. I’ve noticed that many of the emails that he sent me to get me up to speed with things were originally addressed to “Gentlemen”. Very early on, one of my frequent correspondents sent me an email addressed to “Jennifer and Gentlemen”.Continue Reading

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In: Climate Change

I was reading the New Yorker this evening. The article on Katrina and New Orleans and the aftermath really struck me. There are a whole lot of causes of Katrina, and reasons why there is a good chance New Orleans as a city will never be rebuilt properly again. PartContinue Reading

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In: Health care

The ABS has released their regular survey of Australians and their health. There is a wealth of detail in there, but 62% of men, and 45% of women (up 4% each from 5 years ago) were overweight or obese. Mostly, the increase is in the obese proportion, as people moveContinue Reading

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In: Work and life

I’m in a new role which (in my small industry) means I’m running across a whole lot of people that I last saw 5-10 years ago. I’m constantly having to remind myself that just because they weren’t particularly helpful/good/on top of things (insert negative adjective here) doesn’t mean that theyContinue Reading

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In: Health care

After a recent bout of illness I realised a bit more why some chronically ill people don’t get medical care for cost reasons. In two days I’ve been to the doctor twice, had an X-ray, and got 2 prescriptions – $230 in round numbers. I’ll get about $120 back, butContinue Reading