April 2009
3 posts
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you...”
– Lou Holtz
http://proddevel.tumblr.com/post/91990750/new-must-... →
new? must-haves for web products
proddevel:
1. functional elasticity
2. extensibility through APIs
3. simplicity in design/no-design-by-committee
4. iphone app(s)
5. identity integration/aggregation
March 2009
5 posts
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes”
– Mark Twain
the holy dude comment in time:)
i really liked an article i recently read in Time magazine. It can be found here
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1887728,00.html
It is a very good read and written with lot of passion and kind of poetic tone and I needed a quite time on the weekend to really appreciate it.
Anyhow, the quote that made me laugh aloud was this:
“Only six months ago, we thought we might be on...
“Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.”
– Oscar Wilde
Week in India
Had a good week in India. Good meetings in Bangalore and then quality time with family in Delhi. Bought a car and a full HD LCD for mom and dad. Now hoping that in the next few years India will get full HD signal to make the most of it:). BTW already given up hope that the streets of Delhi would make driving the car enjoyable…oh well. Also my brother was kind enough to come hang out with me...
“Find a purpose and the means will follow”
– Mahatma Gandhi
February 2009
6 posts
“Men’s room is our manctuary. Man + Sanctuary.”
– Armando Rodriguez a.k.a A-Rod
Emails and Flowers
emails to coworkers is like giving flowers to your wife. if you give too many flowers everyday, they loose thier value. and same is the case with emails.
i am looking for a utility that would keep a constant count of how many emails i have sent to which all person eveyday. anyone knows any such utility?
“Code talks. Twikis don’t talk.”
– Completely Orginal Thought from CJ while having an inspiring chat with Lucas
“When the tide goes out, you can see who isn’t wearing any underwear”
– Suitable quote for surviors (or not) of tough economic environment
Process as defined by Seth Godin
Process, on the other hand, refers to the emotional intelligence skills you have about managing projects, visualizing success, persuading other people of your point of view, dealing with multiple priorities, etc. This stuff is insanely valuable and hard to learn. Unfortunately, it’s usually overlooked by headhunters and HR folks, partly because it’s hard to accredit or check off in a...
Slumdog Millionaire
Saw Slumdog Millionaire last weekend. Overall I think I would give it 2.5 out of 5. Came out feeling entertained at the end of it but I think the movie had too much “poverty porn”, which kind of took away from whatever little meat the main storyline had. Coming to that I think the meat in the story was also not much to write home about, fairly plain. BUT the music by Rahman is kick...
January 2009
2 posts
“no wine before its time”
– Any project manager running late:)
Books in 2008 →
December 2008
6 posts
“If you want something tough done, give it to the busiest person”
– Chinese proverb told to me by Cesar Gon
“None of us is as smart as all of us”
– Japanese proverb copied from NYT article
another take on blogging →
future of blogging uncertain →
My blog entry on community-on-the-go →
November 2008
5 posts
Viral Loop →
“Don’t take life too seriously, you are not getting alive out of it.”
– Not sure where I read it, but very kool
“If you don’t have a solution to a problem, you don’t have a problem”
– Guilherme told me it’s an old Chinese saying, but I think he was just taking me for a ride. I like it anyhow.
Knowing what you don't know
Usually I hear people saying that western education glorifies individualism a little too much and teaches kids from an early age tools and abilities to be individually successful. And this comes at the cost of not tecahing them enough about how important it is to work in teams and work with different people to achieve success.
I agree with this but I am not sure if it is only a western-education...
