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Body Shop or Software Sweatshop – Avoid Them! 13 May 2009 | 06:35 am
One of the engagement model choices for outsourcing your software development I have described in the past is the Body Shop. Another name used by Reza Imam in his recent article is Software Sweatshop!...
Accelerance Website Down - Earthlink down on Earth Day! 23 Apr 2009 | 07:16 am
The Accelerance website and email is down this morning due to a major outage at our hosting provider Earthlink. Even the Earthlink website is down. I found the support number and called but you know h...
New iPhone and Mobile Application Development Approach 14 Apr 2009 | 07:38 am
A couple weeks ago I attended the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. One of the sessions was on iPhone Tips and Tricks delivered by Alex Shah from Team SOA. The basic idea is that you can avoid the develo...
Outsourcing Getting Cheaper According to Gartner 31 Mar 2009 | 07:35 am
Gartner predicts that Outsourcing Prices Could Fall 10%. It is hard to judge the accuracy of these reports because they cover several different categories of outsourced IT services – datacenter, helpd...
Did You Ever Purchase an Employee? 22 Mar 2009 | 03:56 am
A bad experience with outsourcing in the past can really give you a sour attitude about trying it again. Some people have a visceral reaction whenever they hear the “O” word - Outsourcing. Perhaps the...
Videos of Steve’s Tour of Anchorage 25K Ski Marathon 21 Mar 2009 | 05:25 am
Paula and I just published some video clips on YouTube that she recorded during the Tour of Anchorage. Here they are: 25K Tour of Anchorage - Start: Steve Mezak and Team in Training teammates in wave...
Steve’s Tour of Anchorage 16 Mar 2009 | 01:07 pm
The jet airplane screamed overhead on takeoff as I made my way along the ski trail that passes the Anchorage airport runway during the Tour of Anchorage ski marathon. I was a well past the halfway poi...
Finished the 25K Marathon! 9 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm
I completed the 25 km Tour of Anchorage ski marathon today. It took me about 3 hours and 45 minutes. I think that was a pretty good time since I thought it would take me over four hours based on my sp...
Cloudy with a Chance of Moose 9 Mar 2009 | 02:35 am
I’m in the hotel room and will head down to the lobby in about 30 minutes to get on the bus with my skis. I’m a little nervous but was able to eat a good breakfast and take my vitamins. I’m ready to g...
Bears and Moose in Anchorage 8 Mar 2009 | 06:18 am
Arrived in Anchorage on Friday afternoon and got checked into the Marriott hotel. Not exactly roughing it but it IS cold outside dropping to the single digits at night and getting up into the twenties...
