Outsourcing - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

A couple of weeks ago, an article in the Sydney Morning Herald asked whether computer science was dead. In this week's podcast, Gihan and Chris ponder the question and talk about the growing trend of outsourcing IT services. Is it really such a bad thing, and can you take advantage of it in your business?

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The Web sites we mentioned are elance.com, guru.com and RentACoder.com.

Find out more about outsourcing your services.

Blogging - The New Wave

In the last two years, everybody's been talking about blogs. In this chat, Chris and Gihan talk about their blogs - why they create them, how they update them, and what value they create on the Internet.

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In the show, we referred to these Web sites:

• Blogger.com - to sign up for your own blog
  
• I Know Funny - Chris' blog for sharing jokes with friends
  
• Ubuntu Linux on a Dell Inspiron 9400 - Chris' second blog
  
• Our Passive-Solar, Energy-Efficient & Water-Wise House Project - Chris' third blog
  
• Make More Money From Your Ideas - Gihan's Q&A blog
  

Find out more about blogging here

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