Mycroblog- Simplifying Saral March 20, 2010Why does the FM (as in the ministry, not just the man) need to make simplifications to the Saral form almost every year ? Why not get some design experts, and get it done with in one shot ? Someone from google should help these guys ! […]
- A free guide to Google Wave March 20, 2010A free guide to Google Wave: This free guide to Google Wave is a great starting point for understanding how to leverage the power of the new platform. In addition, it’s free, and will be updated regularly as more features are added in wave. […]
- Short ebook on software pricing March 20, 2010Short ebook on software pricing: Neil Davidson has come up with a great guide to software pricing, which also covers the basic microeconomics therories on demand-supply curves, etc. Good read. […]
- "Dear Facebook,
I do NOT want to
* Poke someone
* Right on someone’s wall
* Send a message to..." March 20, 2010“Dear Facebook, I do NOT want to * Poke someone * Right on someone’s wall * Send a message to someone * Reconnect with someone I am already connected to * Suggest a profile picture for a needy * Help make facebook better for someone by sending a message So please stop suggesting these irritating activities which you recently started suggesting !” […]
- "If tumblr is a microblogging site, why isn’t the page load time on its site in..." March 20, 2010“If tumblr is a microblogging site, why isn’t the page load time on its site in microseconds ? Takes more time for a new-post page to appear than the time it takes to write a post !” […]
- Simplifying Saral March 20, 2010
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Employees valuable or customers ?
There is a debate raging elsewhere on whether employees are most valuable for firms, or customers. I have not gone through the entire discussion, but most entries seemed to be for either one of the two.
My take on this would be – neither. In The Goal, Professor Goldratt has mentioned that the primary goal [...]
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Moving on…
… to a Wordpress blog, hosted here.
See you there !
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I Wish …
I could be as awake as I am right now, every night !
I really should get into polyphasic sleeping ….
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The Keys to Your Heart
You are attracted to good manners and elegance.
In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you’re told that you’re loved.
You’d like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.
Your [...]
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When Amitabh Bachchan was discharged from hospital ..
One news channel (or were they all?) reported the time of discharge to the LAST SECOND ! And repeated this info all through the day…
Sure, the entire nation is happy that the greatest star of all times is well .. but doesn’t the media have more pressing stories to move on to ?
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Rules Are No Obstacles for Committed People
In the article Rules Are No Obstacles for Committed People, Steve provides nuggets from his varied life illustrating how he constantly strove to do something different – breaking all rules.
At the risk of choosing A first among equals, this is one of his best posts to date, one which provides real scenarios from his [...]
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Web Clips
Gmail now has a cool “web clips” feature. This displays RSS Feed entries (a default list which can be edited to add your own feeds) at a convenient location on the top of the Inbox/Current Label view. You can click on the feed item to open the item in a new tab/window.
Once again, a simple [...]
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Extreme AXN at Work
A couple of weeks back, there was an article by Mr. Harshad Oak (Hope I got the name right) which was doing the rounds of the fwding circuit, thanks to some great support by the IT labourers. The article was about the working conditions in the Indian IT industry, and the lack of work/life balance.
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Letter to Santa… :O)
Dear Santa…
Dear Santa,
This year I’ve been busy!
In May I signed my organ donor card (28 points). Last Sunday and I donated clothes to the needy (11 points). In August I ate my brussel sprouts (1 points). In March I helped across the street (6 points). In February I gave [...]
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Proverb of the Day – remixed
Where there is google, there is a way
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Bangalore Weather
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What’s up with Bangalore’s weather this past couple of days ? Hot in the morning, cold in the afternoon-> night .. ?
Pretty much like the Indian cricket team.. no consistency
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LJing from Windows
So I have to use Windows for a few days to work on some stuff, and I miss the familiarity of Ubuntu. So much so that I have reduced reading mails (a good side effect) or internal news groups.
Naturally, this also had an adverse effect on blogging and blog reading frequency. For the former, though, [...]
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Kolkatans are safer – only for today !