The 3bicleWorking and living in post-Enron Texas.<br> With nary a buyout clause, golden parachute, or stock option in sight.(Untitled)- September 17, 2003 Will the last tech worker to leave please turn out the lights"The outsourcingoffshoring debate heats up. Well, it's really not a debate because corporate America holds all the cards. Still, signs of intelligent life amongst the common folk are beginning to appear. Including a recent protest at a hotel in Silicon Valley's backyard hosting the 2003 Nearshore & Offshore Outsourcing Conference. Pertinent quote:"What's to keep contractors in India and Russia from creating competing businesses once...http://blogs.salon.com/0001820/2003/09/17.html#a152 (Untitled)- September 12, 2003 Friday Morning Coming DownI never much cared for Johnny Cash as a performer. heresy As I felt about Dylan heresy, his works were best covered by other, more gifted singers. The simplistic boom-chikka-boom beat, the gravelly voice, the sparse electric guitar. Way below my level as an enthusiastic rock guitarist. By the time I began listening to country music with some level of seriousness, Cash was ending or had moved completely past the prime works that defined his legend. For many years I...http://blogs.salon.com/0001820/2003/09/12.html#a151 (Untitled)- September 11, 2003 Outsourcing to some place that's really cheapOkay, the rush to India may be over for companies looking to outsource all their tech workers. The new hot spot is... RomaniaA new report...claims that not only is the cost of using and providing IT services in Romania much cheaper than in India, but the country is also home to an abundance of well-educated and highly skilled workers who have a better understanding of Western European culture than their Asian counterparts.Well, I actually have some...http://blogs.salon.com/0001820/2003/09/11.html#a150 (Untitled)- September 5, 2003 FLASH: Jessica abused againFirst, the unauthorized made-for-TV bio pic. Now the tell-all book. For a $1 million dollar advance. Some folks are upset, including this savage column in the San Francisco Chronicle. Ouch. Yet despite questions over the official versions of the capture and rescue of Pvt. Lynch, and her apparent amnesia, someone has decided this is a story that must be told. Lynch has granted her first offical interview to ghostwriter Rick Bragg. Apparently she still has told no one...http://blogs.salon.com/0001820/2003/09/05.html#a149 (Untitled)- September 1, 2003 Overheard on the NetBruce Schneier, in the New York Times, on the increasing number of viruses and digital vandalism on the net:"There's a reason this kind of thing doesn't happen with automobiles," says Bruce Schneier, chief technical officer at Counterpane Internet Security in Cupertino, Calif. "When Firestone produces a tire with a systemic flaw, they're liable. When Microsoft produces an operating system with two systemic flaws per week, they're not liable."http://blogs.salon.com/0001820/2003/09/01.html#a148 |