Macel Legaspi » PSIA pays courtesy call to new CICT Chief
Last week, the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) board directors paid a courtesy call to newly-appointed Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Secretary Ivan Uy. Key challenges faced by the IT outsourcing and software development sector were discussed, namely: advocating IT as a career because of lucrative growth opportunities; building up the local ITO sector through increased access to ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » A Balanced Marketing Diet
I’ve been trying to catch up with what the other marketers are doing — I’m feeling really challenged considering my marketing sidekick is still MIA. The other day, I stumbled on this article by McKinsey, “Four ways to get more value from digital marketing” — it’s a great read and again, I’m reminded of the importance of content, engagement, and ... [Link]
nap » Plants (Sysadmins) vs. Zombies (Developers)
I don't like how the IT industry draws the line between the software developer and the system administrator. Worse, I don't like how people acknowledge these labels. I think it's just some way to identify which roles do what kinds of work, a la assembly line model. Maybe a running sarcasm, or probably an attempt to establish an elitist form ... [Link]
Julius Cutaran » working with GIT
RETRIEVING COPY FROM SVN note: the url specified should be a level below the trunk directory git svn init --stdlayout --no-minimize-url note: specify a revision number where all branches have committed git svn fetch -r:HEAD example: branch1 latest commit is revision 2370 branch2 latest commit is revision 2389 trunk latest commit is 2390 -to retrieve copies for all branches git ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Not Just Another Software Developer
One of the challenges by many local HR teams in the offshore software development industry is the lack of available talent. Sad to say, many folks with an IT background are forced to take the other path — find a job outside the country or get a non-IT related job, most probably in the BPO industry. This has become a ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Leading is Influencing
In his book, “Leadership, Promises for Every Day” Maxwell writes: One of the biggest mistakes a coach can make is to believe that he must treat all of his players the same… to believe that everyone must receive the same treatment is not only unrealistic but destructive. Poor or mediocre performance should not be rewarded the same as the outstanding ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Case Studies on Agile Software Development
Earlier today, I stumbled on this post: ROI - Is it always required for a software project. It was an interesting read, and so I decided to react to it. The post starts with a question: Can you think of an instance where a software project had to completed on schedule and the measure of ROI was of secondary importance? ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Software Outsourcing Selection Criteria and the World BPO ITO Forum 2010
Sometime towards end of July, Exist participated as representative of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) at the annual World BPO ITO summit in New Jersey. I’d like to share some knowledge which I gathered from Magi Hernandez, who represented the two teams. Magi shares that she had the chance to listen to O. Sanez of BPAP, who was part ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Graphika Manila 2010
An image is worth a thousand words. Design permeates life. It just brings communication to another level beyond writing words and capturing attention and getting whatever message across (Alain). I talked to a couple of designers who attended Graphika Manila 2010 last weekend — that’s Alain Yap of Morphlabs and Chico Barretto of Exist Interactive, a business unit at Exist ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Digital Marketing is on the Rise
In a post at Forbes.com, David Edelman makes a point about digital marketing as “the manifestation of a massive shift in perspective, from being a brand that pushes ads and promotions to one that publishes content and applications that help consumers buy and bond with the brand.” One of the interesting things that happened recently was this email I got ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Exist Interactive, from Strategy to Engineering
Last week, I was at our Cebu office to plan for Exist Interactive, one of the service domains under Exist’s development portfolio that has the potential to make a BIG impact this year. I was with JC Medina, the appointed business development manager for Exist Interactive, Mike Lim, our CTO, Jerry Rapes, our CEO, and the entire so-called Interactive team. ... [Link]
ida » ECC Cebu Grad 2010
Exist builds up IT rockstars in six weeks. Is this cool or what?! From the 47 passers of 111 aptitude exam takers, only 12 were selected to join the Exist Code Camp (ECC) – Cebu leg 2010. After one and a half months of learning about Java programming, eight of them are gonna graduate today, 02 August 2010, at 3-4pm ... [Link]
Julius Cutaran » … creating thread …
Learned this from Ed DO NOT do this for (int idx = 1; idx <= processors+1; idx++) { new Thread(tg, this.new SampleProcessorServiceThread(), "thread" + idx).start(); } this.doWait(); ... — Instead, DO it this way Thread[] threads = new Thread[processors+1]; for (int idx = 1; idx <= processors+1; idx++) { threads[idx-1] = new Thread(tg, this.new SampleProcessorServiceThread(), "thread" + idx); threads[idx-1].start(); } for (int idx = 0; idx < processors; ++idx) { try { threads[idx].join(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { // Don't care } } ... > [Link]
Macel Legaspi » 13 Impressions, your Two Cents?
Mid-July already, time is flying fast, as I get old. Wonder if everybody feels the same thing? I’ve a lot at my plate now that it’s my job to re-invigorate EXIST GLOBAL. Yes, I have to put it in caps. I’d like to talk about a couple of realizations — related to what I do for Exist and the (outsourced) ... [Link]
Macel Legaspi » Make a Difference through Technology
In the past, we talked a lot about people aka customer service making THE difference. Other times, we talked about the process that makes the difference. Think about this: what drives the process? Is it the people behind it? Is it the technology platform behind the processes that make these processes work? I’m not saying process and people don’t make ... [Link]
