Comments on: Carsonified in The Sunday Telegraph

By: Chris Dowdeswell

Chris Dowdeswell — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:58:35 +0000

I can see very high potential for worker exploitation in the areas of “virtual assistants” what can you do to guarantee that you aren’t screwing over some third world person? The IT industry can be just as rife with slave wages as other industries in these countries…

By: Mat

Mat — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:36:32 +0000

Ryan

I thought that Ferris’s idea was to just ignore complaints like Ian’s. If you start responding you’ll be back up to five days a week before you know what’s hit you.

By: Tom Nixon

Tom Nixon — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:00:39 +0000

Hey Ryan, great to see you guys featured in The Times. I’m intrigued about the 4-day working week. I wonder if it would be possible in a web agency. Have to continue that conversation we started at FOWA about open book accounting and other such new-fangled company culture things some time.

By: Ejovi Nuwere

Ejovi Nuwere — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:15:24 +0000

So who does your marketing and PR? I want their #!

By: Lee Mallabone

Lee Mallabone — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:14:19 +0000

Fascinating article. I’m not sure if the author is trying to end it with a bit of humour or a pointed dig:

“Outsource. Mr Ferriss uses “virtual assistants” in Bangalore, India, to answer routine emails – and even to arrange dates for him. He is currently single.”

I’m not sure how the guy’s marital status is really relevant!?

It does make me wonder what he’s spending his 35 hours a week on, if not on work or dating…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:55:37 +0000

@Ian – We are SO sorry about this. The folks who recorded the video had a death in the family and it’s taken them a long time to send us the video. We’re hurrying as fast as we can and we’ll get those sent out ASAP. I believe Mel is sending them out tomorrow. Again, apologies.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:33:46 +0000

Looks like Philip Sherwell reads the New York Times.

By: Garri

Garri — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:39:03 +0000

That’s very cool indeed.

We’ve managed to get it down to a 30 minute week, though I just did some overtime this weekend bumping it up to 2 hours total. Still, has to be done ;-)

By: Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:44:33 +0000

Is there any chance you can go back to a 5 day work week so you can get the overdue DVDs from the FOWA (London) finished and sent?

At the show I was told they would be sent “In the next week”.

Mel’s blog post (22/10/07) said they would be sent in the next ten days – it’s been a month, what’s going on?

http://futureofwebapps.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/finishing-touches/