http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:00:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At work last week, there was this new funda of awarding a "Woman of the Month" award to a woman employee. While the idea is good, and we lesser mortals have no idea of the criteria for selecting the person, it got me thinking on who all would I give ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/09/superwomen/ 10 Weeks of classes, followed by another 10 weeks of project work (no classes). So effectively, this phase of in-class education is to end by November :) Courses I have taken this quarter: Spreadsheet Modelling for Business Decisions (SMBD) - A good analytical course which focuses on solving problems using spreadsheets. The ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/09/the-final-stretch/ Settling marital (or non-marital) tiffs just got hi-tech. Rather than limiting the people you consult/crib-to  about your spouse/partner to your friends/family/colleagues, you can now wash your dirty linen in the cyber-world. Online site sidetaker allows both partners to post their respective sides of the tiff, and allow the members of ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/09/marital-dispute-resolution-online/ I am one of the cynics who belive that going to the gym is a waste of effort (no pun intended) - you keep walking on the treadmill or cycling, and you do not go anywhere :) While I still stand by the statement, given that my company is providing a ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/09/keep-running-reach-nowhere/ Some of the marketing courses I did required a lot of searching for advertisements of various products in the print media. I typically used to search on google images, and try to find these ads. However, this was very inefficient and ineffective - lot of missing ads, multiple searches required, ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/09/finding-print-advertisements-online/ .. And the penultimate one where I needed to attend classes, at that. Had a couple of good finance subjects, which had topics related to bank management and the overall banking industry (Commercial Bank Management) and Financial Statement Analysis (FSA). Both were intense courses, which require a lot of practice ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/09/another-q-goes-by/ This movie, "The World's Fastest Indian", was being aired on Zee Studio today. It is a story inspired by the life of Burt Munro, a Kiwi who holds numerous speed records till date on sub-1000 cc bikes. This is one of the movies which highlight human perseverance and the will to ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/08/the-worlds-fastest-indian/ The 62nd Indian Independence Day is the same as the 100th day of me losing my independence.  Co-incidence ? http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/08/independence-day/ Early morning (around 7:45 AM), Silk Board Junction. A man in a new Hyundai Accent - well dressed, probably well educated, is driving his new car. All windows rolled up, and reading the newspaper while driving - both when the car is in motion, and at traffic signals. This goes on ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/08/bangalore-drivers/ The Hindu has an article about grand educational center which is about to open in Dec 2008, at their Mysore campus. The center is housed in a grand architectural marvel bigger than Rashtrapati Bhavan in size. From the article: The GEC imparts centralised residential foundation programme for Infosys employees, including generic and ... http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2008/07/infosys-college-of-engineering/