“Lone coders” and outsourcing

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“RSS Router”

“RSS Router” 05/25/2004 03:03 PM
Steve Gillmor has mentioned to me a few times his idea of an “RSS Router.” (No disrespect to Atom intended: I believe the phrase pre-dates Atom. Plus the alliteration is cool.)

The idea as I understand it is this: your feedreader, like your browser and email app, is a hub of information. It makes sense to want to route information from the hub to other applications. You might want to store something in a database, send an email based on a news item, send a news item into an iChat session, and so on. Sending a news item to a weblog editor is just the first, most obvious application.

Unfortunately, browsers and email applications have rarely understood that they’re hubs and that it’s natural to want to route information to other applications. (Some have understood that, actually, but they’re the exceptions: I’m speaking generally.)

But with feedreaders we have a chance to make our applications truly routers instead of places where data goes to die. This is especially important as more and more types of information are being syndicated, and as people are relying more and more on the technology.

So, I could have called the weblog editor interface the “RSS Router Interface.” Even though I didn’t, the point is, I hope, made.

Now, it’s not magic. For it to work, receiving applications have to implement their side of the interface. From people I’ve heard from so far, it’s actually a piece of cake, which is good, as it should be. (It shouldn’t be too difficult for feedreaders, too, but it’s a little more complicated. Which is fine: there are more potential receiving apps than feedreaders.)

“Hot hot hot celebrity
gossip”

“Hot hot hot celebrity
gossip” 04/13/2005 03:30 PM
Jonathan ‘Wolf’ Rentzsch: “I assure you I enjoy many varied websites of general interest and do not require hot hot hot celebrity gossip injected into my daily tech news.”

“The Associated Press
‘insurgency.’”

“The Associated Press
‘insurgency.’” 12/26/2004 03:20 AM
Salon

salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/12/22/executions
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NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover
“Spirit” landed safely
tonight

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover
“Spirit” landed safely
tonight 01/04/2004 07:20 AM

space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_lands_040103.html
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Coders Want Fatter Paychecks, Too

Coders Want Fatter Paychecks, Too 06/05/2005 11:14 PM
While unionized voice-over actors make noise about striking to demand better wages, video-game developers say they should be first to enjoy a thicker slice of the sweet profit pie. By Xeni Jardin.

Calling All Html Coders

Calling All Html Coders 07/22/2004 08:02 AM
Jihad Unspun Jul 22 2004 11:28AM GMT

Global Outsourcing Reaches Jacksonville:
Strategic Technologies, Inc. Signs
DataArt as an Outsourcing Provider

Global Outsourcing Reaches Jacksonville:
Strategic Technologies, Inc. Signs
DataArt as an Outsourcing Provider 04/11/2005 02:14 AM
DataArt has announced that it was selected by Strategic Technologies, Inc., a leading integrator of business and technology, to provide software development services. [PRWEB Apr 11, 2005]

The last lone inventor

The last lone inventor 06/22/2004 11:38 PM
Salon Jun 23 2004 4:09AM GMT

Google puts coders to the test

Google puts coders to the test 11/15/2003 07:45 AM
San Jose Mercury News Nov 15 2003 6:36AM ET

BBEdit AppleScripts for obsessive coders

BBEdit AppleScripts for obsessive coders 03/14/2003 03:28 PM
Matt Gemmell: "I just cobbled-together two AppleScripts for BBEdit (or rather, two more, to go with the scores of scripts I've written previously), to do two things I need a lot whilst hacking on Thistle."

Challenging Coders Everywhere:
CodeWalker's POSC

Challenging Coders Everywhere:
CodeWalker's POSC 08/13/2002 08:03 AM

'We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell
flat

'We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell
flat 04/18/2005 06:40 PM
ZDNet Apr 18 2005 8:25PM GMT

Global Sourcing Insights Reveals How an
Offshore Outsourcing Vendor’s
Organization Structure Can Affect the
Success of Your Outsourcing Initiative

Global Sourcing Insights Reveals How an
Offshore Outsourcing Vendor’s
Organization Structure Can Affect the
Success of Your Outsourcing Initiative 08/27/2004 01:26 PM
Your offshore outsourcing vendor’s organization structure can affect their ability to provide specialized services that fit your company’s unique needs. This often overlooked component of vendor selection can make or break some types of offshore projects. [PRWEB Aug 26, 2004]

HR Outsourcing: Big companies are making
the shift from in-house to outsourcing

HR Outsourcing: Big companies are making
the shift from in-house to outsourcing 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
According to a new study, the world’s largest companies were more inclined to outsource HR functions in 2003 than in 2002. And if they weren’t outsourcing at the time of the latest survey, most were thinking about it. Another finding: Those who are outsourcing are, for the most part, happy in their choice. However, while outsourcing increased in many areas, such as 401 K plans and call centers, it decreased slightly in recruiting. In this article, MedZilla interviews the survey’s author and reports on its findings. [PRWEB May 28, 2004]

Lone Star Stakeout

Lone Star Stakeout 05/27/2004 12:23 PM
The restaurant operator is bemoaning beef prices, but same-store sales are also a concern.

Lone Star loonies

Lone Star loonies 06/11/2004 08:22 AM
Texas Republicans endorse God, squabble, call for dismantling the federal government, await indictments and pray for Bush.

Lone "voice of sanity"

Lone "voice of sanity" 09/13/2004 10:45 AM
A new book says that in the buildup to the Iraq war, Colin Powell called Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz crazy -- with no objections from the British government.

The Lone Gunmen Episode 1

The Lone Gunmen Episode 1 04/19/2004 07:05 AM
Did an X-Files spinoff predict 9/11 before it happened? .. Ooooooooooooooooooh, spooky! .. Lone Gunmen

plaguepuppy.net/public_html/Lone%20Gunmen/The_Lone_Gunmen_Epi sode_1.htm
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Second Chance on Lone Star

Second Chance on Lone Star 08/20/2004 12:54 PM
Matt Richey weighs in on Lone Star Steakhouse's roundtrip from $22 to $33 back to $22.

Calling Coders for the Greater Common
Good

Calling Coders for the Greater Common
Good 10/30/2003 01:39 PM
The UK needs you

Volunteer coders to help connect up the
Peace Corps

Volunteer coders to help connect up the
Peace Corps 07/29/2004 03:36 PM
Scott, a Peace Corps volunteer, got web-volunteers to help him build a fantastic web-resource for his project in Guyana. Hot on the heels of his success there, he's putting together a much more ambitious project to connect up the whole Peace Corps. When I worked in Costa Rica 12 years ago with Youth Challenge International, I came back with the same intention, but I was ahead of my time -- today, this is totally do-able.

I want to build site that will link up average joe web and graphic designer, database guy and anyone else that can help with Peace Corps volunteers around the world. We do some partnering in Peace Corps but we don't tap the huge potential that exists with folks at home. We need to do this. It will help get more done in the tiny timeframe that we are here in country.

Link (Thanks, Scott!)

Careless coders tempting legal troubles?

Careless coders tempting legal troubles? 06/03/2004 03:21 PM

OpenChange.org - coders wanted to help
with Exchange Replacement

OpenChange.org - coders wanted to help
with Exchange Replacement 02/01/2005 09:22 PM
About four years ago I asked Mr Bill Gates for the IDL files necessary to produce a client and server that can interoperate with Exchange. The nice people at the European Union might actually kick him into answering.

Story of a lone man's fight

Story of a lone man's fight 05/11/2004 09:22 AM
The DMCA in the USA allows content owners to shut down almost anything without due process, without the need for a trial or any regard to the First Amendment of the US constitution. Last year, MPAA sent out over 30,000 Cease and Desist -letters. Only one fought back.

These are his words.

(Do not forget that EU has similar legislation: the EUCD. A directive crafted out of fear and greed.)

Gizmondo fishes for game coders with
cash fund fly

Gizmondo fishes for game coders with
cash fund fly 08/05/2004 10:29 AM
Handheld console needs titles. Now

Google risk: ads lone revenue source

Google risk: ads lone revenue source 05/04/2004 11:04 AM
Google Inc. made its name from Internet searches but made its fortune from Web advertising, a near-total reliance on a single revenue source that presents risks for prospective investors, analysts said Monday. As it marches toward an initial public offering, the Web search heavyweight appears to be following the lead of an earlier generation of Internet firms that bet the farm on online ads and lost when the dotcom bust saw demand for banner ads evaporate. In 2003, 95 percent of Google's revenue of $961.8 million came from a new type of targeted advertisements.

Sun's 'Coyote' Project Is No Lone Wolf

Sun's 'Coyote' Project Is No Lone Wolf 03/19/2005 03:05 AM

Lone Star's Medium-Rare Disease

Lone Star's Medium-Rare Disease 07/09/2004 06:44 AM
The Texan-themed steakhouse suffers from a rare disease -- and it's all about the table.

Mass. takes up lone antitrust struggle
against MS

Mass. takes up lone antitrust struggle
against MS 11/04/2003 01:59 AM
USA Today Nov 3 2003 8:53PM ET

comp.lang.php, Code Gallery, and Lone
Wolves

comp.lang.php, Code Gallery, and Lone
Wolves 07/10/2002 08:38 AM

New version of Sasser undermines lone
coder theory

New version of Sasser undermines lone
coder theory 05/10/2004 07:12 AM
Worm turns up after arrest of prime suspect

GTESS to Provide New Strategic
Outsourcing Services to Healthcare
Industry, Duplicate Claims Detection
added to existing business process
outsourcing services

GTESS to Provide New Strategic
Outsourcing Services to Healthcare
Industry, Duplicate Claims Detection
added to existing business process
outsourcing services 06/14/2004 03:36 AM
GTESS Corporation, a leading provider of business process outsourcing services for the healthcare industry, today announced the addition of Duplicate Claims Detection to its front-end claim-processing service suite. GTESS offers strategic outsourcing services to managed care organizations and benefit administrators. The company’s claims management services enable the healthcare industry to gain quality and service improvements while focusing on strategic initiatives and positively impacting their bottom line. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

Sarbakan Brings Brutal Bug Invaders,
Immortal Teen And Lone Ninja Squirrel To
E3.

Sarbakan Brings Brutal Bug Invaders,
Immortal Teen And Lone Ninja Squirrel To
E3. 05/31/2004 01:55 PM
Quebec-Based Sarbakan is showcasing three new excting and engaging online game properties at the 2004 E3:The Bug Factor”, “Obscura” and “The Black Squirrel”. [PRWEB May 12, 2004]

Sales Outsourcing Provider, Sales
Partnerships Agrees to Provide Sales
Outsourcing Services to Tech Leader
Level 3 Communications

Sales Outsourcing Provider, Sales
Partnerships Agrees to Provide Sales
Outsourcing Services to Tech Leader
Level 3 Communications 03/28/2005 03:27 AM
Salaes Outsourcing Provider, Sales Partnerships, Inc. agrees to provide sales outsourcing services to Colorado-based Level 3 Communications. [PRWEB Mar 28, 2005]

Lone Worker safety improved by enhanced
features on TaitNet TN1100 trunked radio
system

Lone Worker safety improved by enhanced
features on TaitNet TN1100 trunked radio
system 08/16/2004 02:20 AM
Tait Electronics have introduced an enhanced version of their TaitNet TN1100 single-site, eight channel, trunked radio system; which expands options for group calling & control and adds remote configuration facilities [PRWEB Aug 16, 2004]

Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers

Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers 06/22/2005 01:49 AM
Cory Doctorow: Richard Stallman, creator of the Free Software movement, has written a tremendous essay for the Guardian on the risks of software patents. Richard undertakes a gedankenexperiment about "literary patents" and the impact they would have had on Victor Hugo as he sat down to pen Les Miserables.

Now consider this hypothetical literary patent: Claim 1: a communication process that represents, in the mind of a reader, the concept of a character who has been in jail for a long time and subsequently changes his name...

These patents would all cover the story of one character in a novel. They overlap, but they do not precisely duplicate each other, so they could all be valid simultaneously - all the patent holders could have sued Victor Hugo. Any one of them could have prohibited publication of Les Misérables.

You might think these ideas are so simple that no patent office would have issued them. We programmers are often amazed by the simplicity of the ideas that real software patents cover - for instance, the European Patent Office has issued a patent on the progress bar, and one on accepting payment via credit cards. These would be laughable if they were not so dangerous.

Link (Thanks, Phil and Eloisa!)

Outsourcing Your Own Job

Outsourcing Your Own Job 08/27/2004 01:33 PM

Outso urce your job to earn more! - The Times of India: This cannot be legit. Please tell me this isn't true.

Says a programmer on Slashdot.org who outsourced his job: "About a year ago I hired a developer in India to do my job. I pay him $12,000 out of the $67,000 I get. He's happy to have the work. I'm happy that I have to work only 90 minutes a day just supervising the code. My employer thinks I'm telecommuting. Now I'm considering getting a second job and doing the same thing."

Smarter techies are working for three to four companies at the same time, outsourcing all the coding and just supervising them for few hours a day. This way they are able to earn four to five time more than what they used to.

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Looking beyond the outsourcing fad

Looking beyond the outsourcing fad 11/15/2003 01:09 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Nov 15 2003 0:12AM ET

HR Outsourcing A Hit

HR Outsourcing A Hit 04/15/2004 11:36 PM
Internet.com Apr 16 2004 3:07AM GMT
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