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Interesting idea from the US: instead gas tax breaks use the same money for highspeed networks
The context of this is the upcoming election of the next US president and although I'm not a US citizen and have anything to say about this particular topic it does refer to a thought I carry with me since the early days of running an Internet Access P... 		May 3, 2008
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Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor
Signal vs. Noise in Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor: Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark. Sure you get that extra hours right now to cover for your overly-optimistic estimation, but at what price? The shark will be back and if ... 		May 2, 2008
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7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development
An interesting and well written article to be forward to the C* in many organizations big and small: Getting Clueful: 7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development 		Feb 11, 2008
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Silicon Valley after a Microsoft/Yahoo merger: a contrarian view
Really like that piece. It reminds me of a few things I witnessed not so long ago. Marc Andreessen in Silicon Valley after a Microsoft/Yahoo merger: a contrarian view: Build something of value -- something that people want, and something that will be ... 		Feb 5, 2008
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Google Map for PanamaJUG 2007
One member of the Panama JUG, Gerardo Nuñez Pitty, created a Google Map with to show where the speakers of the 2-day event came from. Here is the original quote in Spanish: Aristides Villareal in Mapa de Expositores de PanamaJUG 2007: Agradecem... 		Dec 19, 2007
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PanamaJUG Conference
Thursday and Friday of this week we presented at the first PanamaJUG conference in Chitre. This event, as I announced in September, marks a big milestone in the development of the Panamanian JUG and in the work of Aristides Villareal who is professor a... 		Dec 15, 2007
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PDF for my talk "Agile Development in Panama"
Yesterday I gave a talk about Agile Development in Panama at the Atlanta JUG. I have to thank again Gunnar Hillert for inviting me and all the JUG members for their attendence and good questions. This talk was a bit different than what you might expec... 		Nov 28, 2007
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Ohio for a few days
After speaking in Tampa and Miami at the beginning of this week I flew to Columbus, Ohio, yesterday night to visit my good friend Brian Sam-Bodden of Integrallis. What a difference between warm and sunny Florida ;-) As you can tell by the picture, sn... 		Nov 22, 2007
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HP to Open Global Services Delivery Center in Panama
That's interesting news. HP is not the only multinational company to move something important to Panama. HP Press Release: HP to Open Global Services Delivery Center in Panama: Panama City was selected due to its well-developed information technology ... 		Oct 12, 2007
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Van Gogh on personal productivity
Marc Andreessen in Van Gogh on personal productivity: Van Gogh's philosophy for producing good work: "You have to eat well, be well housed, have a screw from time to time, smoke your pipe and drink your coffee in peace." Via Reuters. No need to add... 		Sep 28, 2007
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The monster.com moment
In an online presentation I just heard this expression: ... and now we should hand him the monster.com URL Wow! What an interesting way of saying to someone "you're fired!" ;-) 		Sep 20, 2007
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Panama JUG: Two Day Conference
Who would have thought that 4 hours outside of Panama City a conference for Java developers will take place? It will be a two day event scheduled for December 13th and 14th at the Hotel Versailles in the capital of the Herrera province Chitré (... 		Sep 1, 2007
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A Guide to Hiring Programmers: The High Cost of Low Quality
Can't agree more: A Guide to Hiring Programmers: The High Cost of Low Quality 		Aug 13, 2007
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Panamanian supermarket: Taking pictures is prohibited
Now this is something new in this country of never ending stories that is called Panama. A supermarket in the capital of the Chiriqui province David posts a sign on the door telling you that it is not allowed to film or take pictures inside the store. ... 		Aug 10, 2007
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Web businesses targeting Hispanics
It is interesting to see that more and more people are thinking about serving the needs of Spanish speaking people within the U.S. and in Latin America. François Schiettecatte in GigaOM Introducing, Boston Start-Ups with Hispanito «: Dere... 		Aug 4, 2007
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Silicon Valley is looking to do business in Latin America
Yesterday night I attended a meeting of SDForum with a focus on Latin America. The meeting was held in Palo Alto, California, near Stanford University. People talked about the opportunities for selling software based services to Latin American consume... 		Jul 24, 2007
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How to really help Africa?
That's so true. Trade has always been the solution to conflicts and the resulting damage from it. Pelle in How to really help Africa?: Check out this great talk by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - How to help Africa? Do business there. 		Jul 18, 2007
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Comment on Cultural Sensitivity and the backlash of having none
While reading blog comments on Boquete Guide one got me thinking. When you live as expat in another country you might become an invasive species destroying the local fabric of society and the local economy due to the fact that your economic power stems... 		Jul 11, 2007
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Help Beta Test a new agile project management tool
Are you a member of a small software development team and want to try Savila? We are looking for beta testers. The systems requirements are quite low. Savila is a WAR file that you simply deploy to your J2EE servlet container. If you are interested, c... 		Jul 4, 2007
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Get a pimped-out MacBook instead of an iPhone
That's an interesting thought: business2blog: B2Day in Why I am Going To Wait to Buy an iPhone: Then there's the price: $500 to $600, plus $60 to $100 a month for the wireless service.  If you go all out and get the best phone with the best plan,... 		Jul 1, 2007

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