Archive for August, 2006
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Jarret Wold and Steak for 3!
He’s alive!
Originally uploaded by julio.miyares.
I caught up with Jarrett Wold tonight in the city (there’s only one city and thats New York City) . Since I was not able to attend his going away from AOL party back in July, I had promised him a Steak dinner to celebrate his new opportunity and He [...]
No Comments » - Posted in All About Work by Julio Hernandez-Miyares
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
New Space for Dossy - There is hope!
New Space - There is hope!
Originally uploaded by julio.miyares.
A dapper Dossy (super developer and world known blogger) stands next to his future pod on the 10th floor of 1270 6th Avenue located in the heart of the World Financial Capital of New York City right [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Nothing in General by Julio Hernandez-Miyares
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Downtown Miami Hub for Software Engineering Outsourcing?
Downtown MiamiOriginally uploaded by julio.miyares.
Miami,Florida is booming. It may be the last thralls of a residential condo building boom nevertheless the changes in its skyline over the course of the past two years have been prodigious.
What is fueling this? Good weather, easy access to all things water related, no state tax, rich South [...]
No Comments » - Posted in All About Work, Software Development by Julio Hernandez-Miyares
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
AOL Video! Watershed moment
Today August 22,2006 marks a watershed moment in the comeback trail for AOL. It is the day of the General public release of the AOL Video Product. AOL Video has been in beta since August 4th.
The premise is with the accelerating adoption of Broadband , that video will become the content that is increasingly consumed. [...]
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Thursday, August 17th, 2006
A nation with an anesthetized conscience
The Bush administration has apparently done a creditable job in anesthetizing the American conscience in preparation for surgical procedures that permit unchallenged expansion of the empire, internationally; and major socio-economic restructuring, nationally…read more | digg story
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
outsourcing to Latin America
I have been involved in various outsourcing initiatives over the course of the past two years. The concentration have been in Bangalore , India where I have visited 6 times helping to setup teams concentrating in Search and Web Portal development.
I have been impressed (though not surprised) with the level of sophistication, technical competence and [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in All About Work, Jittr, Software Development by Julio Hernandez-Miyares
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Can’t Win for Losing
“Can’t win for losing”, where does that saying come from? Anyway, on the same week we (yes I work for AOL ) release the beta of AOL Video the drama of that is sucked out by all of the angst and hand-wringing from the inadvertent release of AOL Search Logs. As an employee of AOL [...]
