Monthly Archives: October 2003

Learning Actionscript

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Karl

The tutorials over at Actionscript.org have been very handy.

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How Offshore Outsourcing Failed Us

Posted on October 26, 2003 by Karl

The software development group leader at Life Time Fitness shares their experience. via BillSaysThis. Related: CNet asks Who wins in offshoring?

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What Would They Say About You At Your Funeral?

Posted on October 25, 2003 by Karl

What a crazy thing to ask. But that’s the ultimate question Steven Covey confronts you with when he talks about Habit 2 of the Seven Habits – “Begin With The End In Mind”: People often find themselves achieving victories that … Continue reading →

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Some Site News

Posted on October 25, 2003 by Karl

My new job has been a challenge – transitioning from a backend business systems developer to a customer applications developer is not as easy as I thought. New technologies, a different focus, a different work environment. Software engineering is so … Continue reading →

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Prediction: This Guy Is The Next Out Of A Job

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Karl

Richmond Federal Reserve President Alfred Broaddus: “…A lot of these job losses are probably permanent structural job losses…”: Reuters: Richmond Fed’s Broaddus-Many job losses permanent. That guy’s a gonner.

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Sean Voisen On His Leukemia Diagnosis – One Year Later

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Karl

It’s how we deal with the highs and lows that define us and Sean is inspirational.

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Meryl Yourish and Gregg Easterbrook Talk

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Karl

Read all about it at her site.

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4.12 Million Hosted Weblogs, Most Little Seen, Quickly Abandoned

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Karl

For most of you webloggers out there, this is old news, but for my non-weblogging savy folks – here goes some interesting statistics on weblogging growth, maintenance, and so forth.

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Will It Get This Bad?

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Karl

Intel Chairman and tech visionary Andy Grove…predicted that the software and services industry is about to travel the well-worn path of the steel and semiconductor industries. Steel’s market share dropped from about 50 percent to 10 percent in a few … Continue reading →

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The Mayor Street Story Just Gets Worst And Worst

Posted on October 19, 2003 by Karl

The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Federal Probe: A City Under Stress. The Phildelphia Inquirer: FBI appears to focus on ‘pay to play’. CSMonitor: Philadelphia’s ‘Marion Barry factor’.

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