Bring in the cavalry
Published: Mon, 10/21/13
So, the word out of Washington D.C. Is that the Obama admin is
going to bring in the "cavalry of geeks."
Yep, the healthcare websites have been such a failure that they are
getting the best programmers in the country to show up and code.
Apparently millions of lines of code have problems.
And, we (the quiet taxpayers) already spent like $640 million on
the project.
So, we need to drop just a wee bit more in programmer time to get
the job done right.
Isn't that how life is?
I know I've been guilty of it.
Well, no, I've never spent $643 million of your tax dollars to
build a program that didn't work well.
What I'm getting at is that sometimes we make short term
decisions that don't make sense in the long term.
So, it makes sense to do things right the first time.
Even if it costs a little more.
"It's either money or time," the wise man said.
I have these clients right now. They are exploring a large area
where the sand varies in and out of frac sand quality.
Some of the sand is of superior quality. But it is a distance from
the road.
Some of the sand is poorer quality, but the logistics work better.
So these fine gents are on basically a "trial and error"
method of exploration, where they send samples, hoping the quality
is good enough to be frac sand, but not too far from the road and
infrastructure.
It takes time. And money, actually.
But these guys get to talk with me on the phone, develop a great
business relationship, and get very fast feedback on their sand
quality.
It's how I operate my lab.
You could send your sand in to the larger players, and get to deal
with the large, faceless lab.
You'll get your results, but they will take more time, and
there will be little to no business relationship built with the
person testing your sand.
Heck, it may even cost more money too (I'm actually quite
affordable due to low overhead).
Anyway, these sand explorers that I'm talking about called in
the Global Energy Labs cavalry.
We might not have all the firepower of the big labs, but we know
your name, and develop a close relationship with you that benefits
all.
We fight along side with you in the trenches.
And, we do it without breaking the budget.
You can use your "bugle," and call the boys in by
replying to this e-mail.
Or go here:
http://www.globalenergylaboratories.com/