Expression Engine. The folks at the AlwaysOn Networks use pmachine. I wonder if ther they're gonna switch to to this. I've heard about this new thing and it sounds pretty good. PMachine is now Expression Engine. Given that MoveableType has become the virtual gold standard in the world of blogging, the release of any new CMS hardly merits… Continue reading Expression Engine
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Microsoft Exchange Group Launches Blog
Microsoft Exchange Group Launches Blog. The Exchange Server team at Microsoft has launched their own blog entitled You Had Me At EHLO. I look forward to reading the inside scoop on nuances in the current products and developments leading to the next version of Exchange. They are even bold enough to post some of their… Continue reading Microsoft Exchange Group Launches Blog
Dave part 3: organizational bloggers as human information routers
Dave part 3: organizational bloggers as human information routers. I came to Harvard a few months after a conference where they said, “The dot-com thing is over. What do we do with the Internet?” And they decided to share information across the schools using weblog technology. And that's how I got the job. Think about… Continue reading Dave part 3: organizational bloggers as human information routers
The real long-term solution to the American jobs crisis is to find a way to make it less risky for people to join a start-up. Right now, without basic health insurance or a basic livable retirement package, it is just too risky for talented and experienced individuals to join start-ups. The rewards aren't even close to the risks.
This is particularly true in export-oriented start-ups aiming at niche global markets (this is the growth area I am most excited about). It's possible, using outsourcing and offshoring to build a large virtual company for pennies on the dollar. However, the founding entrepreneur still needs a core team to help him/her get the start-up off the ground. Retaining the talent necessay to do this (this isn't burger flipping), is almost impossible. You can't do it by taking a second mortgage out on your house, you need to go to VCs (which are, as we all know, almost impossible to deal with unless there is a financial bubble in play).
If we can find a way to help these export-oriented businesses get off the ground in large numbers, everyone benefits. [John Robb's Weblog
The real long-term solution to the American jobs crisis is to find a way to make it less risky for people to join a start-up. Right now, without basic health insurance or a basic livable retirement package, it is just too risky for talented and experienced individuals to join start-ups. The rewards aren't even close to the… Continue reading The real long-term solution to the American jobs crisis is to find a way to make it less risky for people to join a start-up. Right now, without basic health insurance or a basic livable retirement package, it is just too risky for talented and experienced individuals to join start-ups. The rewards aren't even close to the risks.
This is particularly true in export-oriented start-ups aiming at niche global markets (this is the growth area I am most excited about). It's possible, using outsourcing and offshoring to build a large virtual company for pennies on the dollar. However, the founding entrepreneur still needs a core team to help him/her get the start-up off the ground. Retaining the talent necessay to do this (this isn't burger flipping), is almost impossible. You can't do it by taking a second mortgage out on your house, you need to go to VCs (which are, as we all know, almost impossible to deal with unless there is a financial bubble in play).
If we can find a way to help these export-oriented businesses get off the ground in large numbers, everyone benefits. [John Robb's Weblog
John Robb's Weblog
Say I wanted to build a technology research company from scratch. I would hire all of the principal analysts and core management team (including IT) from US sources. All of the accounting, admin, international sales, research associates, call center sales, editorial support, translation services, report production, and IT services would be hired from offshore sources on the cheap. … Continue reading John Robb's Weblog
John Robb's Weblog
Stephen Roach (Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley): Following a paltry increase of hiring in January, America's private sector job count remains 8 million workers below the path of the typical recovery; there is a concomitant shortfall of nearly $400 billion in the real wage and salary component of personal income. In January, job losses were evident… Continue reading John Robb's Weblog
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After reading some comments on my last essay, it seems I should have spelled it out in more detail. If voters had a place to go to get a balanced story, one that had good news and bad news about Dean, and about other candidates, instead of the crazy stuff they put on television networks,… Continue reading Untitled
E-Vote Machines Drop More Ballots
E-Vote Machines Drop More Ballots. Election officials discover another set of electronic voting machines that lost votes, this time in North Carolina. Still, makers of election machines resist calls for mechanisms to produce audit trails. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News]
Core Book Discounted to $65
Core Book Discounted to $65. Big Nerd Ranch announces a newly discounted price on its widely acclaimed Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming, co-authored by Mark Dalrymple and Aaron Hillegass. Since its release in 2003, the student guide, born out of the Big Nerd Ranch class by the same name, has become a fundamental… Continue reading Core Book Discounted to $65
Bush tells US: it was a war of necessity
Bush tells US: it was a war of necessity. George Bush yesterday defended his decision to invade Iraq as a “war of necessity” and insisted Saddam Hussein had the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction although none has been found. [The Scotsman]