Archive for March, 2005



Y Combinator

_ Y Combinator
Y Combinator is a new kind of venture firm that specializes in funding very early stage startups. We help startups through what is for many the hardest step, from idea to company.

The evolution of Paul Graham’s summer founders program.

_ InformationWeek >Siebel Releases On-Demand Software For Vertical Markets
Siebel Systems Inc. on Tuesday released the latest version of its on-demand customer-relationship-management software, highlighted by the first wave of editions customized for vertical industries, albeit several months behind schedule.

I wonder how much catch up is going to cost?

_ Salesforce.com Beefs Up Office Integration
Salesforce.com is hitching itself to the Microsoft bandwagon. The maker of on-demand customer-relationship-management software is introducing a software development kit that will let developers use the company’s sforce programming interface to build links between Salesforce.com and Microsoft Office applications.

Phew, I’m off on annual leave on the 14th of April, and it’s kinda snuck up on me. So much to organise and get together so that Sarah and I can have a cool time. But, when you get your accomodation sorted out (for a few days at a place like […]

I have a bone to pick. I think you may agree with me as well.
I wanted to go to this article on the ITWeb.co.za site, about South African expats buying property online.
But, that article took literally 4 minutes (I started timing after about 30 seconds) to load for me… And I’m on a […]

This seemed like a good idea to me, and it works like a dream

A new book has been released on the Anti-Apartheid movement in Britain.
Details are as follows:
ANTI-APARTHEID
History of the Movement in Britain, 1959 - 1 994
by Roger Fieldhouse
Emeritus Professor Roger Fieldhouse is the author of A History of Modern British Adult Education and has published numerous books and articles on history and politics, mainly […]

So, you do outsourced / offshore software development. But, what value do you present to your clients?
I’m gonna make some sweeping statements here:
1. Outsourced / offshore software development is now a commodity.
2. We operate in a very competitive market, where you can get dev services in virtually any country with an internet connection and […]

The other thing I talked to my friend about is him returning home to South Africa in October.
On the one hand, he is really excited. Excited to be going back, and excited to be moving into his own home, after living in other people’s homes for 6 years or so.
On the other […]

I was having a discussion with a good friend of mine last night, about two things. One was email productivity, and as he brought up some interesting points, I’ll distill them here.
Typically, we receive a lot of email that’s not really important, from friends doing the usual reply to all, and from co-workers sending […]

Are you a “Blanke”?

Rory has put together Blankes.net, which is quite provocative.

If you’re a South African, you’ll know exactly what it means, if not, you probably wouldn’t (it refers mainly to the apartheid /anti-apartheid mentality and duality that a lot of white South Africans express, in their words and their actions, both overseas and in South Africa), as “blankes” refers to “whites” in Afrikaans.

If you need more info, ask Rory - it’s an interesting discussion ;-)




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