 "Bring Me the Head of Opal Mehta" is the new book from Kay Stoner. It connects global issues of offshoring and outsourcing with the cookie-cutter creation of modern culture.Primary Format :
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New artistic directions for 2008
There's new work afoot... new galleries of artwork online, especially www.heart-art-gallery.com, a collection of gorgeous heart-themed images available as fine art prints and greeting and note cards. Also new for 2008 is my new book "Strange Bedfellows - A Cautionary Tale for Times of Global Change". You can find out more at www.kaystoner.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
New Art - Heart Art GalleryI have a new venture - www.heart-art-gallery.com, where I am exhibiting new digital artwork. I am also doing other mixed media works, and this episode talks about how that is going.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A new day and a new wayI'm switching gears and changing directions, putting a whole lot more focus on my podcasting and a whole lot more energy into my recording and publicity. This episode talks about my pod-fading infractions and sets the new course for my work, bringing podcasting and podcast promotion front and centerListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Saving American tech writers from offshore threats?Unless you work for a company that values quality as much as its bottom line, if you are in a sector that is seeing a lot of offshoring, brace yourself for impact. Still, hiring for reasons other than qualification certainly is not a recent phenomenon. Witness the hire of a former co-worker of mine, whose boss just wanted to get her away from him, so he could end their affair... and he thought she could easily become an html web weenie... Visit http://darwinsweb.blogspot.com to discuss thi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The emerging consciousness of offshore outsourcingThe results are starting to come in from actual outsourcing results, and it's not looking so great, these days. Business Week, which has been bullish on the idea of offshore outsourcing, is now starting to publish articles telling a more balanced tale, highlighting the drawbacks of business leaders as they venture down the offshore road. Businesses are pulling out, and they're looking for other ways to get their work done. I really, really, really want India to succeed... but not like this!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Somebody's got to start talking about this stuff!After talking with a number of people, I realized that this book needed more depth and needed more breadth. So, I went out and did more research and made it much more than a personal account of what goes on in the world of offshore outsourcing. The new edition of the book touches on subjects that affect us all -- not just me as a disaffected American techie. The end result is a better book that serves a broader cause.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Start your engines... start the discussion...Background information and backstory around this book... why I wrote it, why I think it's important, and why it should matter to you, too.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Someone is actually stepping up and telling the truth about the"chick-lit"industry.Honestly, you can't blame only Kaavya for the whole mess... she got sucked in by the hype and the glitz and the baubles of fame and fortune, and what writer could resist the lure of a book deal? At half a million dollars, no less. Likewise, who can blame offshore techies for wanting a piece of the action in the technical development arena? Not I, that's for certain. This podcast discusses the lure of fame and fortune at the hands of the Powers, and discusses who pays the ultimate price -- i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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