Far From Perfect
Far From Perfect We recently ordered a table for home. A small and fairly simple design, with a Rosewood coloured Melamine polish coating. However, to make the base stable, the people from the store turned…
See Yourself Become The Villain
In the Dark Knight, there's a scene where Harvey Dent says "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain". When you first hear it, it sounds like…
Forward Pass
Forward Pass Try this. Say instead of zipping past a car on the opposite side of the road waiting to make a u-turn, slow down (of course, look back first, to make sure you don't cause…
The Fire to Hire
Start-ups and many small to medium sized companies often think that costs can be saved by hiring poor to average quality candidates, thereby being able to get the adequate "number" of manpower and be able…
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…
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…