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My Outsourced Life

Well, don't worry I am not outsourcing my life :-) It is a movie that is being made in Hollywood. Souce:
Outsourcing hits Hollywood- The Times of India

Jacobs' aides in this outsourcing saga were Honey K.Balani of the firm Brickworks, who handled his professional needs such as fixing appointments and researching for his articles, and Asha of Your Man in India (YMII), who handled personal tasks.

To begin with they answered his e-mails, fixed his appointments, ordered his groceries and bought his movie tickets, Jacobs said.

By the end of the month-long exercise, they were making weekly calls to his parents and reading his son bedtime stories. Honey Balani was even giving him story ideas for Esquire.

In one particularly capricious episode, Jacobs, after a domestic quarrel, outsourced a complaint against his wife to Asha.

Asha e-mails Julie on behalf of Jacobs: "Julie, I do understand your anger that I forgot to pick up the cash at the ATM.

I have been forgetful and I am sorry about that, but it does not change the fact that I love you very much." Asha also sends Julie an e-card with hugging teddy bears.

Well, this sounds perfect to me. I am already thinking in terms of outsourcing my numerous activities if I can find a reliable person in India, who I can work with. I am not sure if I will be doing it or not, however there is certainly a huge shift from 'Do it Yourself' to 'Oursource Your Stuff'.

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at August 19, 2005 04:38 PM Perma Link