Sun To Change Stock Ticker Symbol to JAVA
August 23rd, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
Kind of gives you a clear indication where Sun (NASDAQ: SUNW) is headed, doesn’t it? It does give me a warm feeling too knowing Sun is so much committed to Java, a language I have been working on since 1996. The change will go into effect on Aug. 27.
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One Simple Way To Spot Bad Architects
July 2nd, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
This is a rejoinder to Frank’s article on the same topic. He discusses 13 scenarios. I would like to point to one simple way to spot a bad architect and also how you can spot a good architect.
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Software Review: Hosted Subversion Analytics Service
June 20th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
I was contacted by ProjectLocker to review their new service: Subversion Analytics. I took the service through the paces using their demo account. If you are considering hosted Subversion and Subversion analytics service then this review is a must read for you.
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When An Engineer Speaks Honestly To Management…
June 4th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
All hell breaks loose! Imagine this: “Most of us are only pretending to work while secretly hoping the project gets canceled after you get fired by the board”. Today’s Dilbert is a bit of fresh air after days of stale Elbonian humor on outsourcing.
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Personal Outsourcing: Outsource Your To Do List
June 4th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
Overseas outsourcing has transformed U.S. economy. Now some families are adopting outsourcing for personal tasks, getting them done for a fraction of what they would cost at home.
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5 Tips for Bulk Data Processing Programming
May 30th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
We are currently processing huge amount of sensitive corporate data for a Fortune 500 company as the first phase of a project. You have to be very careful in data processing, much more than any standard programming effort. Here are few tips you may find useful when programming to process sensitive data in bulk. Get your best (wo)men on the job.
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Business Trip To USA, Mailing Problems with Translator Plugin Pro etc.
November 15th, 2006 by Angsuman Chakraborty
I am going on a business trip to USA, tentatively on 24th of November. I will be around Carlsbad, California. The trip is for 10 days (including 3 days of travelling). I will be doing what I love to do most - envisioning and architecting next generation (read Web 3.0) web applications for my (S&P 500) client. I think it will be something worth remembering, if we can even get to do 10% of what we are envisioining.
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Guide To IT Entrepreneurship in India
November 5th, 2006 by Angsuman Chakraborty
I gave a presentation on IT entrepreneurship at National Institute of Technology Durgapur to MBA students and local entrepreneurs in summer of this year. The presentation was in my laptop which I finally got a chance to open today. The presentation may be slightly cryptic to some as there are not much notes to go by. However overall it provides a good summary of possibilities of IT entrepreneurship landscape in India and lots of ideas to learn more about and move forward on. I briefly touched upon BPO, Software Outsourcing, Software product development and finally funding options.
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Call Center Girl Defrauds $4500 For “Fun” Using Stolen Credit Cards Details of Customers
September 3rd, 2006 by Angsuman Chakraborty
A Kolkata girl, Sulagna Ray, was arrested on Friday morning from her Behala home for using stolen credit card details of US residents, whom she served during her work at a call center selling DishTV, to buy goods worth $4, 500.
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Using RentACoder To Outsource Spam Software Development
July 5th, 2006 by Angsuman Chakraborty
RenACoder is used to outsource projects at riduculously low prices. RentACoder, in my experience, often contains dubious project postings which are clearly for unethical purposes. Today’s project stands out for its clarity of purpose - to subvert Yahoo Mail’s spam prevention techniques.
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