I am reading a lot these days about how blogs have become mainstream media. But I believe blogs, due to their very nature of ad-hoc, decentralized, individual publishing will never become “mainstream”. Just becoz a mainstream folks such as CNN, WashingtonPost and Forbes have blogs on their website does not make general medium of [...]
A while ago I had whined about how Chennai is not cajoling BMW enough to make them set up a plant in Chennai, of course for the jobs and related prospects, but also for the sheer prestige of it. I stand corrected now, BMW’s India plant finally (almost) ends in Chennai.
BMW likely to set up [...]
I was supposed to do my regular blood test on friday and I missed it. I called up to find out what time they open on Monday so I could drop in before I come in to work. “Walk in anytime after 7.30 AM”, the guy on the phone assured. That sounds good to me [...]
A quick and simple history of America using animation. If you are like me, you would certainly learn a thing or two.
Animated american history in 10 mts or less!
Remember to turn the sounds ON for narration. There is more to it than narration though. Click around for details.
We search for happiness in eager anticipation and joyful memories, but it may be life’s simple and everyday gifts that sustain our contentment.
This Psychology Today article, though a bit lenghthy read, has some insightful arguments, specifically from a nobel prize winning professor of psychology at Princeton, on how we can be more happier than [...]
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“A Russian astrologist who says NASA has altered her horoscope by crashing a spacecraft into a comet is suing the U.S. space agency for damages of $300 million, local media has reported.” - CNN News.
reminds me of this :
“Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.” - Jean-Paul Sartre
Scott Berkun has a nice essay on “How to pitch an idea”. While the whole essay is pretty good, I like these insights which I sure will find extremely useful “…until the concepts and hard parts are fleshed out enough to demonstrate that the spirit of an idea is matched with specifics, the idea doesn’t [...]
I can hear the fireworks feebly past the windows. They remind me of the incident the other day when I was in my weekly Toastmaster’s meeting where I was given a table topic : ‘What does July 4th mean to you?’…I thought for a few seconds and said ‘fireworks!’ and then went on to speak [...]
“A paradox: You need a great team of people with diverse skills to perform a symphony well, but no team has ever written a great symphony! … While cross-functional teams are key players in defining and implementing incremental innovation projects, cross-functional disruptive individuals tend to be key players in defining radical innovation projects.” - from [...]