Tja wenn ich die Kanadische Regierung wäre…
dann würde ich auch auf der deutschen Webseite buchen….
Radiation Protection in Germany 2009…
Well… now I feel a LOT better…..
(This is no joke… here you see how germany worries about environment and radiation protection)
“Wer die Freiheit aufgibt um Sicherheit zu gewinnen, der wird am Ende beides verlieren.”
so hat es Benjamin Franklin ausgesprochen und dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen.
Eigentlich hatte ich mir fest vorgenommen vor der Wahl ein schönes Posting zu machen und darzulegen warum ich es für wichtig halte zu wählen und dieses Mal das Häkchen bei den “Piraten” zu setzen. Der Alltag und die viele Arbeit machen mir einen Strich durch die Rechnung - aber zum Glück gibt es andere die da etwas mehr Einsatz zeigen.
Daher möchte ich euch auf Tobi’s Posting hinweisen - dem schliesse ich mich schlicht an. Es mag besser formulierte Gründe geben, rationellere Beiträge und Diskussionen, doch für mich bringt Tobi die entscheidenden Dinge sehr schön auf den Punkt. Es ist wichtig die Dinge zu ändern - die Piraten sind die einzig vernünftige, frische, unverbrauchte und nicht korrumpierte Möglichkeit die sich uns bietet.
Und weil ich schon mit Dichtung begonnen habe schliesse ich dieses kurze “early-morning-pre-coffee” Posting mit einem weiteren Zitat, diesmal von Voltaire:
„Ich mag verdammen, was du sagst, aber ich werde mein Leben dafür einsetzen, dass du es sagen darfst.“
Cake in Berlin?
Nein kein Apfelkuchen, sondern CakePHP. Und zwar bei Tripsbytips. Sind echt nette Jungs und auch ein cooles Projekt. Natürlich mit Facebook Widgets. Und Community. Eben allem was heutzutage Spaß macht.
Wer also nun Bock auf einen guten Arbeitsplatz in der Hauptstadt hat, und auch PHP sowie JQuery, CSS drauf hat der sollte sich die Stellenanzeige mal komplett ansehen.
Does it ring a bell?
This one reminds me on my past - after seeing it, I feel very happy that I do not do any contracting work any more. I still don’t know if I should laugh or cry. It might be old - but nevertheless worth to watch it.
(English - with German subtitles)
via Guido Muehlwitz
Where are my mock objects you lazy sons of b….
More Skype fun…
Via seoblackhat I found this chat - it fits too perfect to my last skype posting for not posting it.
Last night somewhere in germany…
[20:10:17] aunthiya46 : hello, im from thailand, but i don’t talk about sex
[20:11:20] XYZ : sorry, i only talk about sex
[20:12:17] aunthiya46 : o.k if you like talk about sex don’t talk to me
[20:12:34] XYZ : i’m not talking to you, you are talking to me
[20:13:22] aunthiya46 : yes but if you talk about sex i don’t talk with you
[20:13:39] XYZ : so let’s not talk
[20:13:45] XYZr : bye
[20:13:53] aunthiya46 : good bye
Share one with a friend….
Still so much todo that I don’t find time for meaningful and good blog entries. Nevertheless I want to share this one with you - my friends 
- the best beer commercial ever. Don’t shoot me please - take this one not to serious….
Outsourcing and Quality…
Yesterday night I’ve received an interesting comment on my PHP@INDIA posting. After reading I’ve decided that this deserves a posting to answer it thoroughly.
The comment was
The poster who made this statement doesn’t explain to you that India-based workers can only speak about 60% english.
he doesn’t explain that these same developers use BEGINNER LEVEL coding techniques that render your site open to almost the most grade-school level of attacks.
he doesn’t explain to you that these same developers don’t give a damn about you, or your project.
he doesn’t explain to you that their answers to questions are from monitors on their screen, and should you have an advanced-level technical question they are NOT going to be able to answer for you.
And he also didn’t explain that you GET what you PAY for. You pay for garbage in India, expect garbage as a product. You pay good in America for a product, expect the best as a product.
The commentor is right in his statements. Actually talking about Quality in outsourcing you need to take care that the quality is good enough for you. It would be simply very dumb to rely on any developer - check it personally! I’ve made the same experience 10 years ago like my anonymous commentor, but I had to understand that things changed and that it is possible now to get better quality. But as always - you need the right partner.
After reading my posting again I’ve realized that I need to clearify a few things. Outsourcing (in PHP area!) is never about saving money. Having good people inhouse or around the corner will help your project a lot. Outsourcing is about scaling. If you do have any tasks which need to be scaled, like developing the same stuff again and again, editing pictures, running any process against something which need to be repeateded over and over then you should think about offshoring.
I state that it’s very difficult to scale your team from 5 to 15 inhouse fast - and this is possible in india. Simply because there are many indians.
A few rules need to be applied to choose the right partner:
- Do never ever give your core technology to any outsourcer somewhere on this planet. You need to have full control over your technology. Otherwise the risk of beeing ripped off is very high.
- Choose your partner thorougly. Check the references and call them to doublecheck.
- Be aware of your expectations. You will need a few months before the project will run by itself.
- if you do not put in energy, knowhow and your personal sweat it won’t work.
Follow these rules and your outsourcing project will be successful.
To come to an end - yes, also in india you get what you pay for. This is valid anywhere on the planet. Pay your developers well and you will get good quality. And for sure you can not judge over all people in a country - there are good and bad developers all over the planet. Even though it is hard to believe - just beeing american doesn’t make you a good developer - and vice versa - beeing indian doesn’t make you a bad developer.