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Searching for a small backpack….

## OTHER

stm
Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 10.2 x 5.5 inches
https://www.amazon.com/STM-Linear-Shoulder-Laptop-Tablet/dp/B01C8PICC2 10.2 x 3.5 x 14.6 inches = ~520 cu inches

Out of stock
woodchuck
VOLUME (L)15 litersWEIGHT (LBS.)0.70 lbsDIMENSIONS (IN.)
H 15.5″ x W 10.5″ x D 5″

Brenthaven Collins Vertical Messenger Bag
https://www.amazon.com/Brenthaven-Collins-Vertical-Messenger-Indigo/dp/B01936I1KW 10.2 x 1.5 x 14 inches = ~210 cu inches
too small

## ALITE

alite Ochiba
Weight: 1.7 lbs. Dimensions: 20″x12.3″x7.5″
Volume: 23.0 liters
https://www.amazon.com/Alite-Designs-Ochiba-Pack-Orange/dp/B009UW1VT8

Alite Kincaid Pack
VOLUME (L)13 LWEIGHT (LBS.)1.15 lb/0.52 kg
DIMENSIONS (IN.)H 16.5″ x W 12.0″ x D 6.0

Alite Shifter
Weight: 2.1 lbs. Dimensions: 21″x13″x8″ = ~2.2K cu in.
Volume: 31.0 liters Materials:
https://www.amazon.com/Alite-Designs-Shifter-Pack-Green/dp/B009UW27BO

ALITE Cub
6 x 12 x 13.5 inches
Shipping Weight0.7 pounds
https://www.amazon.com/Alite-Cub-Pack/dp/B00WVDOCV2
2.5 x 12.3 x 13.3 inches = ~400 cubic inches = ~6.5 L
like this one but no longer exists

## lesportsac

Commuter Backpack
Style #2295.C074
https://www.lesportsac.com/products/commuter-backpack
Package Dimensions: 11.5 x 6.7 x 2.2 inches
13.25H x 12W x 3.5D in = ~560 cu in
33.66H x 30.48W x 8.89D cm = ~9.1 L
flimsy but x57r

https://www.lesportsac.com/products/cr-urban-backpack
CR Urban Backpack
Style #2297.C074
16H x 12.5W x 7.75D in, 40.64H x 31.75W x 19.96D cm

https://www.lesportsac.com/products/essential-backpack
17.5H x 11.5W x 6D in, 44.45H x 29.21W x 15.24D cm

https://www.lesportsac.com/products/everyday-backpack
13.25H x 12W x 3.5D in, 33.66H x 30.48W x 8.89D cm
appears to be same size as commuter
tried

Searching for a small backpack….

stm
Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 10.2 x 5.5 inches
https://www.amazon.com/STM-Linear-Shoulder-Laptop-Tablet/dp/B01C8PICC2 10.2 x 3.5 x 14.6 inches = ~520 cu inches

alite Ochiba
Weight: 1.7 lbs. Dimensions: 20″x12.3″x7.5″
Volume: 23.0 liters
https://www.amazon.com/Alite-Designs-Ochiba-Pack-Orange/dp/B009UW1VT8

Alite Kincaid Pack
VOLUME (L)13 LWEIGHT (LBS.)1.15 lb/0.52 kg
DIMENSIONS (IN.)H 16.5″ x W 12.0″ x D 6.0

Alite Shifter
Weight: 2.1 lbs. Dimensions: 21″x13″x8″
Volume: 31.0 liters Materials:
https://www.amazon.com/Alite-Designs-Shifter-Pack-Green/dp/B009UW27BO

ALITE Cub
6 x 12 x 13.5 inches
Shipping Weight0.7 pounds
https://www.amazon.com/Alite-Cub-Pack/dp/B00WVDOCV2
2.5 x 12.3 x 13.3 inches = ~400 cubic inches = ~6.5 L
like this one but no longer exists

Out of stock
woodchuck
VOLUME (L)15 litersWEIGHT (LBS.)0.70 lbsDIMENSIONS (IN.)
H 15.5″ x W 10.5″ x D 5″

Brenthaven Collins Vertical Messenger Bag
https://www.amazon.com/Brenthaven-Collins-Vertical-Messenger-Indigo/dp/B01936I1KW 10.2 x 1.5 x 14 inches = ~210 cu inches

The Life & Death of an $AMZN Warehouse Temp
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/life-and-death-amazon-temp/ Monitoring every move for max efficiency. Assembly Line of the future?

QT:{{”
“In the years since Amazon became the symbol of the online retail economy, horror stories have periodically emerged about the conditions at its warehouses—workers faced with near-impossible targets, people dropping on the job from heat or extreme fatigue. This isn’t one of those stories. Jobs at Amazon are physically demanding and the expectations can be high, but the company’s fulfillment centers are not sweatshops. In late September, I visited the Chester warehouse for an hour-long guided tour. Employees were working at a speed that seemed brisk yet reasonable. There were no idle moments, but no signs of exhaustion, either.

At the same time, we are living in an era of maximum productivity. It has never been easier for employers to track the performance of workers and discard those who don’t meet their needs. This applies to employees at every level, from warehouse grunts to white-collar workers like those at Amazon headquarters who were recently the subject of a much-discussed New York Times piece about the company’s brutally competitive corporate culture. The difference is that people like Jeff don’t have the option of moving to Google, Microsoft or a tech startup eager to poach managers and engineers with Amazon on their resume.

When it comes to low-wage positions, companies like Amazon are now able to precisely calibrate the size of its workforce to meet consumer demand, week by week or even day by day. Amazon, for instance, says it has 90,000 full-time U.S. employees at its fulfillment and sorting centers—but it plans to bring on an estimated 100,000 seasonal workers to help handle this year’s peak. Many of these seasonal hires come through Integrity Staffing Solutions, a Delaware-based temp firm. The company’s website recently listed 22 corporate offices throughout the country, 15 of which were recruiting offices for Amazon fulfillment centers, including the one in Chester.”
“}}

Curation of gene–mutation relations… automated extraction &
#crowdsourcing http://database.oxfordjournals.org/content/2014/bau094.abstract?ct $AMZN’s turkers help to get 90% accuracy

Is Amazon Bad for Books? Originally relentless.com, $AMZN keeps incr its reach: 1st kindles, now digi-content
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/02/17/140217fa_fact_packer

QT:{{”
Bezos originally thought of calling his company Relentless.com–that U.R.L. still takes you to Amazon’s site–before adopting the name of the world’s largest river by volume. (If Bezos were a reader of classic American fiction, he might have hit upon Octopus.com.) Amazon’s shape-shifting, engulfing quality, its tentacles extending in all directions, makes it unusual even in the tech industry, where rapid growth, not profitability, is the measure of success. Amazon is not just the “Everything Store,” to quote the title of Brad Stone’s rich chronicle of Bezos and his company; it’s more like the
Everything. What remains constant is ambition, and the search for new things to be ambitious about.
“}}

QT:
“MemSQL spent more than $27,000 on Amazon virtual servers. That’s $324,000 a year. But for just $120,000….”

Why… Startups Say the #Cloud Is a Waste… MemSQL’s bill: $324K/yr w/ $AMZN & $120K with own hardware
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/memsql-and-amazon via @hammondj