Archive for June 26th, 2007

26Jun

Offshoring Myself

Posted by Jeff as Interesting Stuff

"About a year ago I hired a developer in India to do my job. I pay him $12,000 to do the job I get paid $67,000 for. He’s happy to have the work. I’m happy that I only have to work 90 minutes a day, talking code. My employer thinks I’m telecommuting. Now I’m considering [...]

26Jun

Microsoft Contacts API

Posted by Jeff as Interesting Stuff

Microsoft has this really cool API for contact management in Windows Live. There was a little blogosphere kerfuffle about a few weeks ago over Microsoft’s issues with Atom for managing data, specifically why Microsoft thinks that Google’s GData (which is Atom-based) is insufficient. I’m not going to rehash that exchange, mostly because the level of [...]

"I’m told that MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have made a very aggressive (some would term it rather fanciful) compensation proposal to owner News Corp for when their contract is up in October. They’re asking Peter Chernin and Rupert Murdoch for a 2-year deal worth $50 million total. That comes out to $25 [...]

26Jun

Lijit Raises $3.3m

Posted by Jeff as Blogs

Lijit is an interesting personal search offering for blogs, I’ve been using it for about a month and like it. In addition to great search capabilities, the company also delivers stats to you on a weekly basis detailing the user initiated search details. On other very cool feature is that you can upload your OPML [...]

A lot of people have asked me about my interest in Facebook and what I mean by “viral looping” and Facebook as a distribution platform. Here’s how it works. There’s a feed on your Facebook homepage that tells you what your friends are doing Included in that feed are the applications they are adding or [...]

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26Jun

More on the iPhone Hype

Posted by Jeff as Wireless

AT&T and Apple announced 3 calling plans for the iPhone, Om pretty much sums it up: "These plans are no different than what AT&T actually offers right now on its website, except that the array of choices on their website can give any one a headache. Apple has kept it simple." $99 for 1,350 minutes [...]

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26Jun

Mobile App Development

Posted by Jeff as Wireless

Received this inquiry and couldn’t provide any pointers, so I’m throwing it out here hoping someone more knowledgeable on the sector can help a friend. "Jeff, do you know of any company that offers cellphone application creation service/hosting. i.e. zoho, weebly, etc. for laypeople but for mobile apps?" Tags: mobile apps, development


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