http://jeffwhipple.ca/2007/07/14/a-personal-touch/ Musings about technology and learning... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://jeffwhipple.ca/2007/07/14/a-personal-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Jeff Utecht Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:52:41 +0000 http://edutrails.edublogs.org/2007/07/14/a-personal-touch/#comment-1510 Shanghai is different. It is growing, bright lights big city but still with only a small number of personal computers around things like sending your digital pictures to a store to be picked up just aren't there yet. Also, I think we need to remember why and how China is growing. Companies are there for their low wages, and massive work force. The technology is "shipped" out of the country to the developed world. There are some cool things in Shanghai. I can order my food via a delivery service from 30 different restaurants via MSN messenger. I can purchase imported wine and have it delivered to my door the next day for no fee. But look at these two services. The food delivery service: It cost me $2.00 to have some one run all over Shanghai to pick up the food I want for different restaurants a bring it to me. The wine company can have a delivery person deliver the wine for free because wages are so low. It's the man power, the low wages that allow this to happen. You wouldn't see these services at these low prices in the states now would you. :) Shanghai is different. It is growing, bright lights big city but still with only a small number of personal computers around things like sending your digital pictures to a store to be picked up just aren’t there yet. Also, I think we need to remember why and how China is growing. Companies are there for their low wages, and massive work force. The technology is “shipped” out of the country to the developed world. There are some cool things in Shanghai. I can order my food via a delivery service from 30 different restaurants via MSN messenger. I can purchase imported wine and have it delivered to my door the next day for no fee. But look at these two services. The food delivery service: It cost me $2.00 to have some one run all over Shanghai to pick up the food I want for different restaurants a bring it to me. The wine company can have a delivery person deliver the wine for free because wages are so low. It’s the man power, the low wages that allow this to happen. You wouldn’t see these services at these low prices in the states now would you.

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