I don't usually do this, but with my recent trip to India, it might be a good idea to do a SEO blogroll post. I have found a number of interesting articles lately, and thought that I would share them with my team, particularly the developers in India. So, without further ado, here is an SEO blogroll from the last 3 months:9 Ways of Optimizing your Site for Image SearchHow To Integrate SEO Into Your BusinessA Developer's Adventure Into the World of SEO17 Ways Search Engines Judge the Value o... Read Full Story

I don't usually do this, but with my recent trip to India, it might be a good idea to do a SEO blogroll post. I have found a number of interesting articles lately, and thought that I would share them with my team, particularly the developers in India. So, without further ado, here is an SEO blogroll from the last 3 months:9 Ways of Optimizing your Site for Image SearchHow To Integrate SEO Into Your BusinessA Developer's Adventure Into the World of SEO17 Ways Search Engines Judge the Value o... Read Full Story

There are a lot of takeaways that I have brought back to the US with me after such a great trip to see Accenture in Bangalore, India:Accenture is a people-oriented culture. They have an enormous program to identify, train and retain the best talent in India.The team members are young, energetic, and ambitious. The average age of the folks on the team is 25. Our job is to harness that energy and focus it. A great idea might be to implement a grass-roots continuous improvement program. Thi... Read Full Story

There are a lot of takeaways that I have brought back to the US with me after such a great trip to see Accenture in Bangalore, India:Accenture is a people-oriented culture. They have an enormous program to identify, train and retain the best talent in India.The team members are young, energetic, and ambitious. The average age of the folks on the team is 25. Our job is to harness that energy and focus it. A great idea might be to implement a grass-roots continuous improvement program. Thi... Read Full Story

The Contract Gets SignedWhile my peers and I were executing and expanding our contract with Intelligroup, our upper management was exploring a possible company-wide contract with Accenture. Rumors circulated the office, and everyone was worried about their jobs. Would they remain on the company side of the contract, converted to Accenture on the other side of the contract, or receive an end date as no part of the contract at all? It was a time of little information, and lots of rumors and ... Read Full Story

So it seems that I forgot to post a link to the photos I took of the first part of my week in Bangalore, India. You can follow that link and see India, or you can go to my flickr account and see all of my photo tags from the last two years. Leave some feedback and let me know what you think. Read Full Story

So it seems that I forgot to post a link to the photos I took of the first part of my week in Bangalore, India. You can follow that link and see India, or you can go to my flickr account and see all of my photo tags from the last two years. Leave some feedback and let me know what you think. Read Full Story

Rahgu came out to the hotel for Sunday bunch with Laurent and me. He brought his beautiful wife and cute kids. We talked about work, and vacations, and next steps. It was a nice send-off to a very productive and action-packed week. The flights home went smoothly. I sorted through my photos, and worked on a lessons learned and next steps PowerPoint deck. I also watched a whole bunch of movies to help pass the time. I decided to try to stay up the whole flight like I did on the way to Ind... Read Full Story

Rahgu came out to the hotel for Sunday bunch with Laurent and me. He brought his beautiful wife and cute kids. We talked about work, and vacations, and next steps. It was a nice send-off to a very productive and action-packed week. The flights home went smoothly. I sorted through my photos, and worked on a lessons learned and next steps PowerPoint deck. I also watched a whole bunch of movies to help pass the time. I decided to try to stay up the whole flight like I did on the way to Ind... Read Full Story

The drive to Mysore was a bit longer than expected. We were told that it would take anywhere from two to four hours, the most common answer being two and a half hours. It took us about three and a half. One thing I did notice is that the space between cities is more urbanized than I expected. We did encounter some more rural areas, such as rice fields, but much less than I expected. India is growing very quickly.Our first destination in Mysore was the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple. We parked... Read Full Story