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…
India – The State of Affairs…
India - The State of Affairs Just when we Indians thought things couldn’t possibly get any worse… We got an opportunity to host the Commonwealth games. But instead, Kalmadi and his cronies stretched their luck way…
An uncle and a friend
An uncle and a friend I just heard a few hours back, that one of dad's closest friends, Eshwaran, passed away this morning. That was extremely bad news. I had probably met Eshwar uncle and his…
Funny Side Up
Funny Side Up All those moments that left you speechless… (No, not like when you saw Claudia Lynx or Mila Kunis on TV). More like the dumbfounded speechless. I was just thinking about it today,…
The Last Straw
The Last Straw Have you ever been in a state where you’re head is filled with the purest rage? Where you think, ‘once more someone messes with me regarding (whatever), and they’re really gonna get…
Be Your Best Judge
Be Your Best Judge This is a small extract from Michael E. Gerber's 'Awakening the Entrepreneur Within'. Michael Gerber is the bestselling author of The E-Myth Revisited, E-Myth Mastery. He says "Unfortunately, most businesses don’t…