I should have included this in my previous post, but, honestly, I never get to use the word dichotomy anywhere that doesn’t seemed forced (like plethra), so I felt this needed it’s own article.

I’m a North American boy… grew up near Canada, visited Mexico a few times, but mainly hung in the mid-west of the US of A.  I’ve been to both coasts a few times.  Why is that meaningful?  Well, it probably isn’t, but it should give you context to my point of view.  My conclusions may just be based on uninformed perspectives/experiences. (more…)

Again, I’m just going with some random perspectives on what I saw and experienced… very much train of thought.  You can see the pictures I took here.

• •The people are incredibly nice. Often, they want to practice their english with native speakers, so you will find yourself being engaged in conversation with everyone.
• •Even though you may be tempted, DO NOT ORDER A STEAK AT ANY RESTAURANT. It’s not that they will be offended. If it’s on the menu, it’s there for a reason. It’s not going to be good, though. I told a friend I was going to India and going to have a steak, so I felt obligated. It’s not that I wanted to offend anyone, I thought it would be ironic. Little did I know the levels the irony would take. It was the most dreadful piece of meat I’ve seen. Not only did that cow die of old age, it must have laid alongside the road while someone performed some ceremony for days on end. (more…)

Back at my rebound job, part of my responsibilities was to review and recommend an outsourcing vendor for the IT work on my project. The financials were fairly significant (IMO) and warranted a visit to each company site in India. There is nothing better than sitting across the table from people to either build or ruin your confidence in them. I’ll post another day about the value I found in the trip itself and process I followed, but I wanted to give a quick summary of the actual logistics of my traveling there.

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