Layers of BS
Ever realized how much time we spend each day either building a thick layer of ‘unnecessary’, and/ or scraping a thick layer of it. Rather than build quality products and services, we tend to build…
Author: Shrutin Shetty
Fly-by-satire
Today, another MIG-21 crashed in Haryana. Thankfully the pilot was safe and apart from a big ass crater in a field, there was no major damage. With 6 MIG-21 crashes in this year alone, the…
Multiple Copy Paste
Multiple Copy Paste Ever felt the need for a double or second 'Copy-Paste' option on your computer, tablet or even mobile phone? That is, when you could copy 2 different things one after the other,…
Work Smarter, or Work Longer?
I guess the longer working hours became more and more common only in the last decade or slightly more, but it's quite surprising that it seems to be going strong even to this day in…
What’s in a Name?
What's in a Name? There is this shopping place close to my office (don't know if it would qualify as a mall, cause even though its got some of the characteristics of one, it does…
Google, Search Better
Google, Search Better You know how you sometimes Google something, but the results are random or irrelevant. And you know how Google has the +1 recommendation option on search results. Now, here's a suggestion that…
Who’s the Richest?
Howdy folks.! Not sure if you missed the reading, I sure missed the writing though. And after a fabulous month-long vacation, I'm back to what I'm told is, the grind. The office complex I work…
We Deliver.!
We Deliver.! Several years back, I used to work in the ever so famous BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Industry in one of India’s IT hotbeds, Bangalore. My job involved providing technical assistance to North American…
Bumblebee
According to the theories of Aerodynamics, the bumblebee should be unable to fly. The size, weight, and shape of its body, in relationship to its total wing span make it technically impossible to fly. The…
what’SAPpening?
what'SAPpening? You know the whole "effect" thing. It is all about how things are put, less about what things really are. Its more about the gift wrap than about the gift. More to do with…
Facebook without a Face
Yesterday, Airtel launched a USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) system based service. The service, jointly developed by Facebook and U2opia Mobile, a Singapore based company, allows users to access Facebook on their mobile phones without…
I like
I suppose the reason behind people "liking' all the pages and songs and tv shows and blah blah on Facebook is that they're kinda lonely, and are, by some natural instinct, walking around with their…
Worth a Thousand Words
Worth a Thousand Words A picture, it is said, is worth a thousand words. In the past few months, I have taken a few which, I'll say, left me totally speechless. #7 Somewhere in Rajasthan, left…
Senti-mental
Senti-mental Remember 'Compromise'? Human mentality doesn’t cease to surprise. Astound even. We all have come to believe that the stock markets seem to move much more with tiny human sentiment, and less due to company…
Compromise? Don’t!
Compromise? Don't! Several foreign countries have been following the professional hire-n-fire policy for several years if not decades, now. We Indians on the other hand, still go strong on references and the 'chalta hain' (a…