Karthik Hariharan's Blog

Google releases Calendar Sync

The Web Gambit — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:04:00 GMT

Earlier I blogged about how to sync my Outlook and Google calendar using Plaxo . This has worked very well for me but now Google has released their own tool to do the same thing. One of the interesting features that this tool allows is the ability to...(read more)

Mastering the Hand-off

The Web Gambit — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:10:14 GMT

Most consulting engagements usually end with a hand-off of the project's deliverables to the client's resources during the last few days of the consultant being in contact with the client. This is often referred to as the "knowledge transfer"...(read more)

Thoughts on Headspring's Agile/XP boot camp

The Web Gambit — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:05:00 GMT

I recently had a chance to attend Headspring System's Agile/Extreme Programming boot camp for Advanced .NET developers led by Jeffrey Palermo in Austin, TX. I had wanted to learn the proper techniques to approach agile development on the .NET platform...(read more)

Synchronizing Google Calendar and Outlook via Plaxo

The Web Gambit — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:12:00 GMT

I've been an avid user of Google Calendar since its inception. It's been a great tool for personal organization and helps my wife and I to keep track of social engagements, personal events, vacations, and errands. We both have access to each other's...(read more)

Wheel of Time gets a new author

The Web Gambit — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:20:00 GMT

This post is definitely a departure from my usual style, but since many of us software geeks also happen to be fantasy geeks I thought I would share the recent news that Tor books has announced a new author for the Wheel of Time series of fantasy books...(read more)

Converting a Wordpress theme to Grafffiti

The Web Gambit — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:53:00 GMT

Themes in Graffiti are very easy to write or convert from existing themes or templates. The theme on this site is derived from based on the WuCoco theme for Wordpress . I chose this theme because I liked the look of it and it was also very well organized...(read more)

Graffiti Beta 1 released

The Web Gambit — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:47:34 GMT

As Rob announced , Telligent's Graffiti product is now in public beta! Download the necessary bits here . I've been running Graffiti both internally and externally for a while now and I can attest to it's excellent usability as it really makes...(read more)

And we're back!

The Web Gambit — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:40:00 GMT

This post has been a long time coming, but I've joined the latest Telligenti Club and relaunched my blog on Telligent's new Graffiti platform. Graffiti is our new site application for Content Made Simple. It is a very lightweight, easy to design...(read more)

Building a Balanced Team

The Web Gambit — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:04:09 GMT

Fred George, noted Agile Developer and thought leader, had a great post where he described his ideal ratios of developer skill levels when building an Agile development team. One of the foundations of his theory is that the number of Apprentice or Junior...(read more)

Are you an Overpaid Payable?

The Web Gambit — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:39:00 GMT

I spoke with a friend the other day who came to the startling realization that they had become overpaid. Most people would define being overpaid as receiving a salary above the current market standard for your responsibilities and skill set. Taking a...(read more)

How Agile is your Architecture?

The Web Gambit — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:48:19 GMT

One of the cornerstones of the Agile Manifesto is Responding to change over following a plan. Most of the time, we see this parable being applied to teams of software developers, but not always to the software itself. After a certain point, the software's...(read more)

Developers who become Managers

The Web Gambit — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:42:48 GMT

Rob Walling had an amazing post where he described his experiences and frustrations during his career when moving from senior software development roles into management roles. Much of Rob's frustrations stemmed from losing the creative satisfaction...(read more)

Things I learned about Software in College

The Web Gambit — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:40:00 GMT

Dare Obasanjo started a thread listing things he learned about software while in college and Scott Hanselman extended it by adding three more things he learned in college and three things he learned outside of college. Both bloggers had some great points...(read more)

Silverlight on Linux in 21 Days

The Web Gambit — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:24:09 GMT

After just recently promising to bring Microsoft's Silverlight to Linux by years end, Miguel De Icaza, the project leader for Mono , has ported significant portions of Silverlight in only 21 days. He chronicled this effort in a recent blog post ....(read more)

The Economics of Disposable Code

The Web Gambit — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:39:37 GMT

Nick Malik wrote a post entitled "Mort and the Economics of Unmaintainable Code" where he espoused the belief that re-writing code can be more economical than writing good, maintainable code in the first place. Rather than look at "making...(read more)