infoneer-pulse:  Bike Messengers Pedal Past Bandwidth in Data Race  Digital files, cloud computing and accelerating broadband have long put bike messengers on the endangered species list. No matter how fast a messenger is, even a triple rush can't compete with instantaneous. For messengers, technology is more of a threat than wily cab drivers and potholes. But, oddly, technology is also what keeps them around. The evolution of software and mobile phones has allowed some messenger companies to work in autonomous cells, rather than as an overhead-heavy hierarchy. A central headquarters is now obsolete, and profit-sharing employees take turns dispatching and making runs.  » via Wired  Always thought being a bike messenger would be the coolest, nice to see that they are still lean and mean.
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