Here’s a good online article that features my good buddy Dave.
Creative Loafing Charlotte | THIS WEEK IN: “They’re Young, They’re Vibrant…
And they’ve all beaten cancer “
According to the Gematriculator, this site is only 9% evil. Guess I need to work on it more and get the evil percentage up. (insert evil laugh here)
Happy birthday to this blog, which started two years ago today.
| [Will India price itself out of offshore market? | CNET News.com](http://news.com.com/2100-1022_3-5180589.html): “The U.S. technology industry’s demand for offshore services is apparently beginning to drive up pay rates in India, raising questions about the long-term benefits of outsourcing work to that country.” |
Melanie and I ended our ski/snowboard season this weekend in Killington, VT. The spring time conditions were great. Mash potato bumps, slush, and firm snowpack could be found throughout. Saturday was mostly cloudy to very cloudy while Sunday was nothing but blue bird skies.
We didn’t get in as many days as we have in past seasons but that was expected given the wedding and all. Still this season gave us the best snow conditions either of us have seen while we were in Whistler. This season also gave us our first visit to Park City, UT, where we got to visit with Kate and Shawn. We got some hang time with Brooke and Josh on a Killington weekend trip. I completed my snowboard/Lord of the Rings birthday trilogy. And we got to spend time on the slopes of Killington with the whole Davis crew.
Even though it was a short season for us, it was still a great one. And it has left me wanting more. I can’t wait until next season.
A long read but worth it.
Ask Joel - Offshoring: “‘Stop wasting your time coding.’
The problem with this argument is that you’re assuming a split between ‘design’ and ‘code’ that (although believed by most managers & wannabe architects) many developers believe just isn’t there.”
Pictures from our recent trip to Park City, UT, and pictures from Brooke and Josh’s first wedding shower are available in the gallery. Enjoy.
The fact the yesterday was St Patty’s Day totally escaped me. I didn’t even have a beer yesterday. And I can’t recall missing a St Patty’s Day celebration since 1994. What has my job done to me that I missed one of my favorite holidays of the year? Oh the humanity…
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Interesting panel discussion on the real costs of going offshore.
ZDNet News: “‘Offshoring’ is the term du jour, but the process it describes is complicated and riddled with pitfalls. At the Sand Hill Group’s Software 2004 conference in San Francisco, a panel of senior executives share their experiences and warn that the total costs of ownership can be higher than expected.”