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Electrolite: Recent history.
Electrolite: Recent history.
04/18/2004 06:55 PMRecent history ..
Electrolite
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Offshoring By Any Other Name
Offshoring By Any Other Name
09/24/2004 08:06 PMNot too many people like the sound of "offshoring" -- literally, the
sound of the word -- not just it's meaning. So the
euphemisms to
replace "offshoring" are springing up everywhere, with
not-so-sneaky terms like "co-sourcing" and "global sourcing" peppering
our vernacular. Outsourcing is dead, too, replaced with the mouthful:
"business process transformation services" agreements. Isn't that so
double-plus-ungood? Obviously, offshoring is still with us, and it's
going to be with us, and it arguably
should be with us. So
while avoiding the word offshoring might avoid the spread of panic,
hopefully we're not forgetting to address the root causes of our
concerns: that we haven't answered the
'What's
Next?' question. Though perhaps using bigger words and
round-about descriptions is part of the plan to help educate the
country to think more critically.
Offshoring IT
Offshoring IT
12/17/2004 06:41 PMSome recent quickies
Some recent quickies
01/07/2004 05:29 PMIt has been a long time since I had a minute to come up for air. With
the holidays coming up and with the recent
Sputnik
release, I've finally got a chance to briefly point to some things
that I think are important:
Recent Earthquakes - Map for 121-36
Recent Earthquakes - Map for 121-36
12/23/2003 11:32 PMthis is happening ..
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Recent Wines
Recent Wines
03/19/2003 10:45 PM Chateau Lerys 1996
Fitou
Po-faced and a bit snide at first, it picks up slow speed before
gallumphing to a springy sunlight-on-hot-chrome apex, then splitting
into rusty metal ringlets that roll and roll and gradually wobble off
like the discounted hula hoops in The Hudsucker Proxy.
Dominant notes of aspirin and cake.
Chateau Tour Boisée 2000
Minervois
Two fingers in the nostrils and a gentle tug, followed by a nuzzle
at the nape of the neck and that short-lived tinnitus that seems like
it’s going to be a major pain or perhaps the first symptom of a
ghastly disease but is always gone by the time you remember it was
there. Moonglow and snowfights, more tinnitus, a pronounced barnyard
sing-along before everything goes to hell and you’re left with a
big creamy mess like a priest mopping up after a wank.
Cuvée Sextant 1998
Corbières
Monolithic, fearless, even rude; it goes to eleven. Pencil
shavings and patchouli compete with Mister Kleen and those socks there
piled up in the corner. There’s sweetness later on, much flowers
and making up, and somewhere mid-swallow there’s a perceptible
tong sound which rings on for several minutes. Subtle
overtones of toothpaste, orange juice, coffee and bacon.
Moulin de Ciffre Éole 2000
Faugères
Not bad, not bad at all.
recent updates
recent updates
04/14/2005 10:05 AMTechSpot Apr 14 2005 1:55PM GMT
Recent new voices
Recent new voices
05/06/2004 04:08 PM
We don't yet know what the steady state of the blogosphere is going to
look like. As has been
snarkily reported, lots of blogs die on the vine. Of
course plenty don't, and there's also a steady influx of new voices.
Here are three that have enriched my daily trawl for ideas and
perspectives.
...Impact of Offshoring
Impact of Offshoring
06/12/2004 08:35 PM
According to a survey commissioned by Bureau of Labor Statistics,
just
2.5% of jobs lost are due to offshoring. AFL-CIO thinks
the survey
is faulty. My own experience suggests the number is
bigger, at least in
the Silicon Valley where I work. At one company I have worked
with for many
years, it's engineering department was downsized to barebones and
replaced with a
large growing team of engineers in India. 2.5%? Not
even close
Offshoring IT ... to Canada
Offshoring IT ... to Canada
05/11/2004 11:45 PMglobetechnology.com May 12 2004 4:21AM GMT
Don't like offshoring? Get over it, says
AIIA
Don't like offshoring? Get over it, says
AIIA
11/18/2003 01:20 AMZDNet Australia Nov 18 2003 0:26AM ET
A Careful Look At Offshoring
A Careful Look At Offshoring
12/22/2003 03:11 AMYet another article that takes a look at the "offshoring trend", but
this one actually
takes a step back to put the whole thing in perspective.
From a historical vantage point, this trend doesn't seem all that
different that past trends where products made in the US were
eventually outsourced. The article quotes Walter Mondale from twenty
years ago, when he was worried about chip production going to Japan,
saying: "What are our kids supposed to do? Sweep up around Japanese
computers and sell McDonald's hamburgers the rest of their lives?"
Instead, what happened was that cheap chips resulted in a technology
boom that certainly helped the US economy quite a bit over the next
two decades. The article also points out what we've been saying here
all along: the rush to outsource is a bit shortsighted for most
companies. Those who are only looking at the salary aspect of it,
don't realize that there are many more costs involved, and many are
already starting to regret the decision to outsource. However, in
some areas, it clearly does make sense to outsource, but the number of
jobs that will go overseas each year is a very very small number - and
pales when compared to the number of jobs lost each year naturally
through layoffs and company closings. Finally, the article points out
that, when done right, offshoring is a net positive for our economy -
and has been historically. This doesn't mean that it doesn't make
life hard for some people who lost their jobs. However, instead of
thinking up protectionist plans, the US should be making an effort to
train these displaced employees for better jobs in sectors that need
them.
What's labor going to do about
offshoring?
What's labor going to do about
offshoring?
01/27/2004 12:11 AMSalon Jan 27 2004 4:50AM GMT
Offshoring Creativity
Offshoring Creativity
12/19/2004 03:36 PMNever mind the call centers. Look at the high-tech firms and markets
in China and India, and worry about the emigration of innovation.
Offshoring... To Click On Ads
Offshoring... To Click On Ads
05/03/2004 04:44 PMFor all the talk of offshoring labor, it seems that many in India have
answered "earn rupees clicking ads"
advertisements found (ironically enough)
on Google, which basically pay people to sit at home and
clic
k on advertisements on specific websites to help those sites earn
more pay-per-click ad dollars. This, of course, is always the risk
with any sort of pay-per-click advertising scheme. Those who stand to
make money are always going to look for ways to increase the clicks.
While it's easy to pick out automated clickers, having a network of
people around the world who are paid to click the ads could be a lot
trickier. Of course, this may remind some people of dot-com bubble
companies like AllAdvantage - but at least in that (failed) case,
advertisers knew what they were getting involved with. If such
fraudulent clicks continue on content sites for advertising networks,
it could noticeably decrease the value of such ads.
Economics of Offshoring
Economics of Offshoring
06/29/2004 03:33 PMA study provides a clearer picture of what offshoring means to
financial companies.
Offshoring where do we go next and my
run in with a pitch man
Offshoring where do we go next and my
run in with a pitch man
07/07/2004 07:21 PMI felt really sorry for the guy that called the office last week. I
get the holler from across the hallway hey some guy wants to talk to
you about offshoring wanna take it? Hmmmmmmm those of you that have
been reading here for awhile know my stance on offshoring. (When Hell
freezes over) So I take the guys call. The least he could have done is
called me via a real land-line instead I get the common static buzz of
a net based call. We talk for about 30 minutes while I pick the guys
brain nothing really brain shattering came out of the discussion.
He ask to send me some info and I say sure, I would be happy to
look at their promotion material. A week later what finally shows up
in my inbox, his pitch material curious read to say the least. Call me
traditional, "Made in the USA" and "Support Stays in the USA". If any
of you would like a copy of what they sent me drop me a line, I'll
forward it to you. Companies are now weighing the backlash of their
customers before offshoring some say it makes up at least 50% of the
decision level process. [ZDNet]
Offshoring off-putting
Offshoring off-putting
04/28/2004 05:26 PMSan Jose Mercury News Apr 28 2004 9:34PM GMT
Telecommuting on top of offshoring?
Telecommuting on top of offshoring?
01/04/2005 08:25 PMPlans for a low-cost broadband network in India suggest offshore
threat could intensify.
It's not offshoring, it's a euphemism
It's not offshoring, it's a euphemism
09/26/2004 11:06 PMZDNet Australia Sep 27 2004 1:34AM GMT
Of cricket and offshoring
Of cricket and offshoring
04/18/2005 11:16 PMBlog: Could a cricket match in India help safeguard the controversial
practice of shipping tech work offshore?
News reports...
Offshoring: Why the US still needs
engineers
Offshoring: Why the US still needs
engineers
06/30/2004 10:55 AMZDNet Jun 30 2004 2:45PM GMT
Everyone else is offshoring, so why not
Microsoft?
Everyone else is offshoring, so why not
Microsoft?
07/29/2004 06:48 PMSome are saying "surprise!" as they learn that Microsoft, like many
American companies, is offshoring.
A few recent Everything in Moderation
posts...
A few recent Everything in Moderation
posts...
10/31/2003 05:03 AMFor those of you who haven't been keeping up, there are a few more
pieces up on Everything in
Moderation:
- Tagging Difficult Users with
Infectious Markers
- On Killfiles / Ignore User Functions
in online communities
- Kuro5hin's "Notes Towards a
Moderation Economy"
- An old-school guide to Usenet
Trolling
recent links from MT entries
recent links from MT entries
01/11/2004 09:04 AMi want all of this bundled up into a neat MT plugin, so I can have a
feed of just the hyperlinks from posts
Behind Sun Micro's Recent Strength
Behind Sun Micro's Recent Strength
05/26/2004 08:53 AMTheStreet.com May 26 2004 12:46PM GMT
Behind Sun Microsystems' Recent Strength
Behind Sun Microsystems' Recent Strength
05/26/2004 06:23 PMTheStreet.com May 26 2004 9:43PM GMT
IEEE Approves Most Recent 802.16
IEEE Approves Most Recent 802.16
06/28/2004 12:59 PM ">The IEEE ratified the 802.16-2004 standard, marking a milestone in
the development of the standard: Still, there's a long way to go. This
article doesn't draw the distinction between 802.16 and WiMax. Now
that the IEEE has ratified what had been called 802.16d, the WiMax
Forum must still release its final specification for WiMax, which will
be essentially a subset of the larger standard. Products built to the
WiMax specification that get approved by the WiMax Forum can be
assured to be interoperable with other WiMax gear. The IEEE
ratification is an exciting milestone but the reality of a WiMax
market in the United States is much farther in the future than some
writers and industry followers acknowledge. This article notes that
WiMax approved equipment should be available early next year. That's
true, but basically all manufacturers will build their first
generation products to operate in frequencies used overseas, not in
the United States. It also remains to be seen how the final
specifications--802.16 and WiMax--will affect folks like Alvarion.
Alvarion is offering products today that it promises to upgrade to
meet the final WiMax specification without additional cost to
customers. Glenn described the whole process a couple weeks ago. One
additional thought on Alvarion's decision to offer free upgrades is
that they've taken a bit of a risk here but didn't have much of a
choice. Some analysts have told me that some vendors are feeling a bit
of a squeeze as potential customers are deciding to wait for certified
WiMax equipment. In the meantime, the vendors aren't selling any gear.
So Alvarion took the risk that they could make a reasonable guess at
what the final specification would look like. They're hoping that they
are close enough that they don't have to make major, expensive
upgrades in the future to make the products WiMax compatible....
recent gaim advisory
recent gaim advisory
08/13/2004 10:56 AMinfamous41md_at_hotpop.com (Aug 12 2004)
NewJour: Recent Issues
NewJour: Recent Issues
02/10/2004 02:49 AMNewJour: Recent Issueshttp://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/
nj2/An excellent resource to monitor for the latest
Journals and Newsletters. This site updates daily. This is taken from
my
eCurrentAwareness
Resources 2004 Report.
Recent Game News
Recent Game News
03/13/2003 10:23 AMDissecting Microsoft's Recent 10-K
Dissecting Microsoft's Recent 10-K
09/08/2004 10:54 AMLots of interesting factoids in Microsoft's most recent 10-K that it
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As eWEEK reports,
Microsoft is claiming with more vigor than ever that it is facing
increasingly stiff competition from open-source software.
Recent Forum Discussions
Recent Forum Discussions
03/14/2005 06:08 PMThe MacMerc Forums are
an excellent place to ask questions about something you're trying to
do with your Mac or post comments about the news floating around the
Mac web. Here are a few threads that are looking for input:
As always, you can subscribe to the MacMerc Forums in your RSS reader
and keep
track of
just the new
thread titles or
verbose
coverage of all activity. Of course if you want to do more than
just lurk,
you're going to have to
regi
ster
with the forums and post!
US Chamber endorses offshoring
US Chamber endorses offshoring
07/03/2004 12:37 AMNews.com.au - Fri Jul 2, 01:23 pm GMT
Did GE bring offshoring to life?
Did GE bring offshoring to life?
03/25/2005 04:10 PMBlog: Was Jack Welch, General Electric's famed former leader, a kind
of founding father to offshore outsourcing? That's the argument...
Cultural Reasons For Offshoring
Cultural Reasons For Offshoring
12/16/2003 02:07 AMWhile I've made it clear that I think
both sides on the
outsourcing debate have taken their arguments too far, I don't deny
that the decision comes down to a money question. The companies that
are rapidly pushing towards offshoring are convinced that it will save
them a ton of money. What many are finding out, of course, is that
it's much more costly, for a variety of reasons (from cultural
differences to communication problems halfway around the world).
However, now some analysts are saying, beyond the money issue there
are
other
good reasons for offshoring. They even believe that offshoring
will help rejuvenate the US software industry by allowing developers
here to focus on innovative products, rather than mundane projects
that can be outsourced. While I highly doubt that any company is
taking that into account in coming up with their outsourcing plans, it
is a reasonable response to those who continue to favor protectionist
policies that will only make the economic situation worse for the
American software industry by making us less competitive.
Czech mate for IT offshoring
Czech mate for IT offshoring
12/10/2003 01:55 PMvnunet.com Dec 10 2003 1:10PM ET
Offshoring: The next technology
battlefields
Offshoring: The next technology
battlefields
05/07/2004 06:17 AMDigital Agenda Rather than try to reverse the outsourcing wave, the
best way for America to fend off foreign competition is to invent
technologies.
Study predicts more offshoring
Study predicts more offshoring
05/17/2004 07:22 AMZDNet May 17 2004 11:44AM GMT
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