The LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics has published a new study on LA County’s workforce needs, occupational forecasts, and skills required by occupations, to provide workforce development intelligence as part of our ongoing partnership with our regional Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) and other education and workforce development partners. The study, titled People, Industry, and Jobs is available to any interested readers below. Both the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County are detailed.
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Chivalry on Sinking Ships Only a Myth, Researchers Find | Bloomberg
Crew members had the highest survival rates in shipwrecks, followed by captains and male passengers, according to the report today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research found that women’s survival rate on 16 maritime disasters from 1852 to 2011 was half that of men’s, and children had the worst chance of getting off the boat alive.
Chivalry on Sinking Ships Only a Myth, Researchers Find – Bloomberg.
I’m a PC, an Angry, Caustic PC. | Emails From Crazy People
An actual e-mail from Bill Gates to his crew about “Windows Usability Systematic degradation flame”. Cool. He even tells them he’s going to trash them in the Subject line.
Best Quote:
“The lack of attention to usability represented by these experiences blows my mind.” Turns out that Bill has had all of the same problems we have with Windows.
The take away is this, at a certain point, some businesses get so big, nobody can really control them and it’s up to the systems and culture that formed during its growth phase to steer it in maturity.
The same applies to governments too. We’re having quite a usability issue with ours.
It’s a great article. Read it here.
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