By eliminating the headphone jack didn't they just create another revenue source? My understanding is that they get paid a per unit licensing fee by anyone who creates/sells an adapter. I was under the impression this was the reason they removed the jack.
Ha! Yes, it is disgusting. Can you imagine applying for a job and the employer finds out that you are being investigated by the FBI. I would imagine that there would be some questions/concerns about hiring you. You can't just brush it off and say "Oh that, don't worry about that."
I still don't understand how someone who is being investigated by the FBI can run for President of the United States and have this be perceived as a non issue.
I'm afraid I will be facing the same problems here pretty soon. Have you tried calling/walking in to any local businesses that don't have websites set up? $1,000 for a simple static website might look like a bargain.
I've ran some ideas past management in the past but working with people who are 20+ years your senior you kind of get overlooked or pushed to the side. Especially in the Newspaper world.
For the past 5 years the focus has been on the bottom line and if you have to lay off people to reflect a better number then so be it.
It's hard to see this place go down this route when you genuinely believe in the product. Having an informed public is very important but at the end of the day you have to keep the lights on.
My local newspaper is the only paper in my city. Our population is roughly around 100K. Unfortunately living in a community where agriculture is the main source of income technology jobs are scarce. The closest city to me with tech jobs is about 1.25 hours away (Santa Barbara). This might be my short term option, until I can relocate somewhere else.
It's not in me to bad mouth anyone anyway. I will definitely start looking A.S.A.P. I'm lucky because the layoff news isn't going to be disclosed for another couple of weeks so this gives me time to start the job hunt.
Yup, I've held multiple titles here, I'm in California.
I started as a Print Graphic Designer, then moved to I.T. Due to more layoffs I then became I.T./ Web Dev. I weathered the storm once again and had my job mutated into I.T. Assistant/ Web Dev/ Digital Campaign Coordinator.
I have repeated some of the things here to my coworkers in the past. My city for the most part is a community of retired people (baby boomers). They are use to getting their paper, and get angry when the crosswords are missing. You'd be surprised how many elderly people call and complain about little things like that, or maybe it's not so surprising.
Social media has changed the way news is reported as well. Everyone is a reporter now and by the time news agencies find out about an incident the public knows more about it then they do.
If someone is around when an accident happens they snap a picture and post it on facebook before offering the injured a helping hand. By the time a reporter catches the beat the comments are full of more information than the reporter could gather on their own. "Oh that's so and so....etc."
If you went to our website and removed all the click bait, advertising, "non-news" items the page would:
1: load faster :)
2: be mostly empty
I work for a newspaper and unfortunately it is all about "pageviews, pageviews, pageviews". In the 10 years I have been here (I'm 30 now) the newsroom has shrunk by 75%.
One of the first people to go was an opinion columnist whose phone always rang. He would take calls from supporters and not so supportive people. But the one thing that made him known, loved, hated...etc. was the fact that he was out there talking to the people.
Now what's left of the newsroom, +/- 10 people serving a community of 100,000+, are glued to their desk and dont leave the building unless its for a council meeting. A lot of them spend there day fluffing press releases and turning a quote into a full blown story.
I am in the minority in the building who believes having an informed public is important. Maybe I should start my own blog/news site for my city. Maybe I can convince some college kids to follow me and start rubbing elbows and pissing of politicians.