Monthly Archive for July, 2011

Life is better when you are an optimist…

bottle

I started my business in the UK, some 20 years back. By 1996 we had around 15 people (in Devon). This is when I started hearing the first murmurs about clients sending work to India. The word “oursourcing” had not come into usage. It was very early days. I took the decision (possibly the most important decision in my life) to get on a plane and see what is going on there, as it would certainly affect us. More »

Someone get this guy off the tellie

alan sugar

The Americans TV companies thought they hit the jackpot with The Apprentice, with the obnoxious Donald Trump scaring the wits out of contestants. Surely no one more vile could be found to compete with him. Wrong. In Britain the BBC managed to find the thoroughly unattractive “Lord” Sugar, and we have our own Apprentice series. Take that, USA! More »


billhughes6: @kaveh1000 1) he;s wrong on the 2006-2012 timescale; 2) OK. 3) a handful do; 4) 10% got 90% of market, why seriously change?
3 hours ago
kaveh1000: RT @lexemes: Scholarly Publishing in Transition – 4 Strategies for avoiding the Innovator’s Dilemma http://t.co/TdSPZiBY Very interesting post.
12 hours ago
kaveh1000: RT @BillKasdorf: Great animation explaining linked open data from @EuropeanaEU: http://t.co/2t7jceDe
1 day ago