this seems to be something as one interviewee in the wsj.com article indicates as being 'coming out of the early adopter's phase'.
the long and the short of it is that firms in india, canada, and the far east are beginning to offer personal assistant services at reasonable rates to ordinary folks. i discovered this by accident while reading a blog entry that pointed to tim ferriss' book '4 hour workweek' where he (tim) talks all about outsourcing the 'mundane' parts of living to an overseas 'virtual assistant' for a fraction of what he feels his time is worth.
i think the last part of the last sentence is the telling point alright - how much is our time worth? what do we consider it to be? is it only the hours while we're at work? could we 'do more'? for instance, if one were to calculate what they feel their time is really worth as opposed to what their boss pays, then would the cost of a personal assistant seem more worthwhile?
i don't know but i found a whack load of sites in my mini research mode.
who knows? perhaps i'll be emailing a virtual assistant fragmentary ideas for blog posts and having them research for me and provide a precis.
nah - that would be too much like the management.
on to the links:
outsource your life @ the wallstreet journal online
brickwork india - a knowledge workers outsourcing firm
tutorvista - an outsourcing location for online tutorting
four hour workweek - which seems to be a pointing spot for many of the blogs i found that referenced it
get friday - great slogan 'got work? get friday'
get friday reviewed at firstpost.co.uk
Friday, July 6, 2007
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