Well, we did it!  After much hand wringing and deep conversations, we decided to hire our first 1099 employee.  Gary Gumbiner has agreed to work for the next few months on a project for Microsoft and Lionbridge.  He'll be working on designing (and possible developing) a course in IIS6 for general system administrators.  We're not making squat monetarily on the deal, however, it is allowing us more depth and capacity as a company.  That's something we're very concerned with since we've been having to turn down a great deal of work lately. 

Gary is a great guy, with experience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on earlier MS courses.  He's also worked with 3Leaf, another great company based in Portland, Oregon.  We're happy to have him on board!