Offshoring in Egypt

As of recently, Egypt has been appointed "Offshoring Destination of the Year" by the European Outsourcing Association (EOA) (2010).  It was ranked 7th out of the Top 50 emerging outsourcing cities in 2008 (currently ranked 12th).  A report by the Yankee Group mentions that Egypt is "by far the Middle Eastern country currently best positioned to take advantage of the boom in outsourcing."  Martyn Hart, a chairman of the EOA said that Egypt "stood out for its multilingual capabilities" and "has proven itself a strong player for European outsourcers and a gateway to the Middle East and Africa."  Egypt is quite strong in their outsourcing skills and have grown to be very powerful in their economy by doing business all over the world, associated with multiple countries in Europe, Asia, as well as with USA.

Egypt has been recognized for having the best average wages with low costs.  The diversity in population as well as language is ideal for many European countries.  Speaking Spanish, German, French, English, etc. enhances communication skills between countries and makes exportation and importation much easier and accessible between Europe and Egypt.  Location wise, Egypt is nested between Europe and Asia, which is their ticket to over 20 countries who they can potentially do business with them.  Because of they are on GMT, they are able to attend to all business in Europe, Asia, and the US.  Major companies have invested in Egypt including Microsoft, IBM, Satyam, Wipro, and Vodafone.

Many of the businesses that offshore in Egypt continue to offshore regardless of the chaos occurring in Egypt currently.  Vodafone is one company that is still committed to offshore to Egypt.  Kelly Moore, director of service says "Disruptions can occur anytime caused by any event. Location is not factor."  Although many staff members have had to return to New Zealand after attacks in Cairo, Moore still insists on offshoring in Egypt.  This proves that Egypt is a rising nation that has enough power to keep having countries offshore their employees and keep doing business with them.  

Businesses don't want to give up on offshore outsourcing in Egypt they are well known for their involvement in IT work with businesses mentioned earlier.  With it's incredible rank, they can do wonders for the economy of many countries including the USA.  

Works Cited:

• Chris, Keall. "Vodafone NZ Committed to Offshoring despite Egypt Chaos | The National Business Review." The National Business Review. N.p., 1 Feb. 2011. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.
• "Egypt." Sourceline. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.
• Sutton, Mark. "Egypt Appointed Offshoring Destination of the Year." ITP.net. N.p., 12 July 2010. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.
• Ted, Samson. "Egypt Ranked among Top Global Offshoring Destinations." InfoWorld. N.p., 2 Feb. 2011. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.

            

Is Auto-Correct Effective as a Mode of Language?

Language is a certain template we use in order communication our thoughts and feelings to others.  There are several template we can use to expresses ourselves.  Many times, they what a certain language to be the in language that everyone must fill.   By that isn't always the way it works.  We must accept it her modes of communization.  Over the years, did modes of communicate have been formed, such as using WMO and Alan.  These forms have developed as a useful way to express emotions when there is an absence of tone.  It has become such a Roy toast nobody takes the time to realize what they are writing. Autocorrect can be dangerously unhelpful while talking to someone.  Yet, everybody seems to use it because or is supposed to helpful.  Hence, this is another form of language that is formed in our generation and a way of communicating ideas with others.  It hinders our ability to communicate effectively because it may incorrectly correct our sentences, defeating the entire purpose of autocorrect.  For most, it has become an in convince. So, what's the point?  Why are we still using it after knowing how it truly work?  Is it driven by our lax?  Maybe.

Reflection:

I'll be honest here.  Originally, I had decided that I would write a post in my mother-tongue, Gujarati.  However, there were a few issues with that.  There is no easy way to transfer the characters of Gujarati onto blogger and even if there was, it would take my entire life to write this post.  When I decided that I would write it in transliteration, it dawned on my mother that some of the words just could not be written with the English alphabet.  Hence, it is obviously not a mode of communication that we write on paper.  

While writing my blog in autocorrect, I was unnecessarily slow and careful.  Obviously, I was supposed to make mistakes for the benefit of autocorrect.  I stopped and tried to figure out my painstakingly slow pace and came to the conclusion that I wasn't comfortable with misspellings and incorrect grammar and especially replacement of words.  But who is?

We grow up learning a certain way of speaking and writing and spelling, period.  We never really look out of the box of our particular language.  We don't realize that within our language, in this case English, there are many dialects and versions, whether it be Black English, autocorrect, emoticons, or even tweeting.  When I send a message and I realize that "communicate" was changed to "immunization", I literally go into panic mode.  And it because I have grown up being very particular about my spelling (well, most of the time) and it seems to be out of my comfort zone to see something misspelled or replaced in a sentence.      

Although autocorrect should not be relied on while sending messages to others, it opens our eyes to the idea that not everything needs to spelled right or have to make sense in order for a message to be conveyed.  Obviously, the above post is an extreme but sometimes, inferences can be made in order to decipher a message.  I don't think autocorrect is effective because it can twist the meaning behind a message but I don't think that it is wrong all the time because if you are able to understand something regardless of the imperfections, why try to change it?

Ukraine: The Role of Visual Propaganda

The recent and tragic events in Ukraine have created a devastating environment and atmosphere for all of the innocent citizens.  After Russia's invasion in various parts of Ukraine, including the capital, Kiev, destruction has been broadcasted all over the world.  Visual propaganda has played a major role in portraying the destructive and cruel behavior in Ukraine (primarily Kiev and Crimea) by Russia as well as using persuasive skills to display a certain message for the viewers concerned about the riots.

At first glance, your attention is drawn in my the joyous toddler sitting on the shoulders of who seems to be his father.  If you look further than the child, you realize that the setting are most probably in the middle of a protest.  So why is a child happily sitting on his father's shoulders in the midst of what could turn out to be an epic revolution?  This is what captures an audience.  A child showing positive spirit for his country appeals to a feeling of pride in a viewer.  It symbolizes the pride of the entire nation of Ukraine in one person.  I think, in any type of argument, using children creates a stronger emotion in the audience and a stronger message.  Without the child, we would still understand the abundance of dignity and honor in Ukraine.  However, we wouldn't FEEL the impact that we do with a young child.  This photo is an effective tool in presenting a persuasive case to audiences who could potentially oppose Russia.  Using pathos is sufficient for he context of this argument, only displaying protests.

This next one is slightly more political and favors the American point of view more.  In December, John McCain visited Ukraine to offer his support to the protesters.  Approaching the protesters with a friendly handshake and kind words created an acceptable reputation for John McCain and even America, as he was representing us as a nation.  If someone from a different country were to see this, they would initially believe that America is the "do-good" country and wants peace.  While that may be true, these photos definitely depict an ideal America that makes us look, frankly, better than we are.  But, nonetheless, it gives us a good reputation among other countries, which never hurts.