I just installed the TwitterFox plug-in. I’m starting to learn a little more of the value of Twitter. Maybe it’s cause of this article and reading up on the how and why of Twitter. Great read BTW. I just turned on updates to my phone from a few local Tech folk that I’m following. Good thing I have unlimited text messaging or else I’d be in trouble. Some folk really like to update their Twitters feeds quite a bit…

This past Monday night at the Upstate Entrepreneur Forum we had 2 great speakers. One was Peter Waldschmidt, one of the founders of TetraData and current founder of Gnoso. The other was Carl Sobocinski the founder of Soby’s and a few other great restaurants in our city. They spoke about how they founded their companies, the early trials of a start-up, the creative financing, etc. Great inspiration for those that are looking or are in the midst of creating a sustainable business.

It’s people like that that shows how great it is to be in this country and to start a company when all you have is a vision and the passion to succeed. It’s also great to have these guys here in Greenville, SC too!

Cool tech tidbit I learned from Troy Tolle @ DigitalChalk today. A good Java developer can become a good C# developer in about 2 weeks. The languages/syntax/processes are that similar. Question is – do you come to the dark side and go C# or vice versa? I think a good developer should know both. You can then name your price when it comes to great gigs.

Speaking of C#. I’m looking for a good number of solid C# and ASP.NET developers. From entry-level to Senior level developers. I can put you to work tomorrow. Literally.

Read a pretty cool article on Dave Mendoza’s Blog about Pat Cronin, one of the Senior VP’s with Volt. Talks about his background as a recruiter and the industry, etc. Good read for the most part. Make sure you read both part 1 and part 2. It’s encouraging to me as a new person to this industry that I can succeed and do well in this business. Just think, back when he started there was no ‘net and online sourcing sources like LinkedIn. Must have been really rough back then!

I’ve had a pretty decent week. Made a few client visits and am really trying to grow that part of my work week. I’m struggling to get potential clients to confirm a meeting. Really people, I’m nice! I won’t bite your head off! I just want to say hello…in person. Been trying to get better on calls as well and followups.

Had a few candidates do some telephone and personal interviews. Some were good and things are moving forward. Slow process at times though cause you are working around the candidates schedule, the clients schedules, etc. It’s a balancing act.

Got some new searches going as well! That’s always exciting cause that’s the bread and butter of our business! No searches = no work = no job! So if any of you are talented Hyperion, Java, C#/ASP.Net, or Web Design gurus let me know! I have work for you!

Enjoy the Olympics over the next couple of weeks. Even though it’s 08/08/08 for us it’s already 8/09 in China. So why are the Olympics on our time schedule? Not like the US started it…