To be a competitive employer in Bangalore, India, in 2008, you need to offer a salary that is around 55%-75% of USA salaries. See India Grows Up. This is happening all across the IT sector outsourced to India.

When companies began outsourcing in the late 1990's, the cost differential was incontestable. You could hire ten highly-qualified engineers for the cost of one engineer in the USA. On any balance sheet, moving certain operations to India made perfect sense. I'd like to offer my perspective on what this wage inflation in India means for global companies like UltraMegaCorp.

I'm sure you all have heard that Google unleashed the Beta version of Knol. Knol is Google's response to Wikipedia. Google is going to try and compete with Wikipedia by paying subject matter experts to post encyclopedia-like reports. Payment will come from % share of ad clicks.

Got free tickets to see Mötley Crüe tonight at the Usana Amphitheater. Never was a fan of the band in high school, though, which was the last time I remember hearing about them (circa 1991 or so). Ahh, well, I'll be the guy standing and singing "watermelon" to all the lyrics 'cuz I don't know them.