October 16, 2008
- Why Microsoft loves Ireland?
I was just thinking as why Microsoft has based one of its R&D center out of Ireland. Then as I sat in the bus on the way to the airport, reading some advertising displays it became very clear.
Reason: Because the Top Level Domain (TLD) of Ireland is .IE
(Hint – IE = Internet Explorer)
September 3, 2008
- How not to write a business plan?
I am always interested in investing in new venues. Few days back, I stumbled upon a bunch of entrepreneurs who wanted to develop a 3D action game. It looked like a freaky idea and I was all game for it. I asked them to put together a basic business plan. Nothing monstrous. Just a simple [...]
August 4, 2008
- You got to pay me to pay me! – The TalkMobile story.
For my stay in the UK, I bought a TalkMobile Pay-As-You-Go mobile connection. (Quick tip: It is the cheapest option to call abroad while you are in the UK. All incoming calls are free for you. And yes, It just takes few minutes to get activated)
Honestly speaking, it worked quite nicely. But I was shocked, when I ran [...]
July 3, 2008
- Demands of top Human Resource Management Professionals
Today was an interesting day at the NASSCOM HR Summit 2008 in Chennai.
There was a session on HR Leadership: Paradigm shift from process recruiters to business leaders. When the Chairperson of the panel, Mr. Pratik Kumar (EVP HR, Wipro) asked the speakers as what would they like to request from their business leaders, we [...]
March 28, 2008
- The REAL Programmer automates his job
Just a random thought:
Programmers are supposed to use their programming skills to automate business process for their clients. Therefore, a good programmer should be one, who takes an initiative of automating his own work and never repeats the line of code he has written once Charity begins at home!
Unfortunately I have hardly seen many such [...]
March 17, 2008
- Cookie that fails to crumble
It is a true incident about, how a cookie shop messed up its sales!
CookieMan is a fast growing cookie brand in India. They have a small outlet at Chennai airport. Till recently, before boarding the flight, I used to buy some delicious cookies from that outlet to keep myself indulged for the evening.
Now, the real shocker! On [...]
July 20, 2007
- Visa Power, Mastercard emotions
Recently I was trying to make a payment for a company purchase online using my MasterCard. Inspite of having a positive balance the transaction did not get through. I tried my sisters card (which again is a MasterCard) and it still wont go through.
Then one of my collegue volunteered to help me by trying [...]
July 19, 2007
- Investment advise based on my first hand experience
I am not a very stock market savvy person. But in recent months, I did some stock investments. I made good investments and bad investments. I learnt few basics from my mistakes (I may be still wrong, IMHO) which I would love to share with anyone who cares. My opinion may change with time as [...]
July 13, 2007
- Usability Nightmares – Error handling of a signup form
I came across a Web2.0 website called ProjectStat.us (Trying to express that it has something to do with project status – a nice cool trick). I liked the overall concept and was curious to find out how it works. So I decided to sign up.
I filled up the Signup form and clicked on "Create Account" [...]
July 7, 2007
- Eight Random Things
Gautam Ghosh has tagged me to write about eight random things about me! So here it goes -
1. I am a trekking addict. I have travelled extensively in the Himalayas. Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to peek across the mighty Himalayan range. I will love to explore Tibet on foot. I am scared [...]
June 16, 2007
- Check out Voki
Hi,
I recently stumbled upon Voki (www.voki.com) which seems like a nice widget. It comes from Sitepal (www.sitepal.com). Actually I have used Sitepal in past. Unfortunately it didnt work great for me (nothing wrong with their product, but it was just a bit irritating for our customers). However I can see good potential for a concept [...]
January 18, 2007
- Amazing – Human-like Emotional Figures made from Fruits & Vegetables
Art knows no barrier. I came across this fantastic gallery from Saxton Freymann.
Gallery URL – http://www.rit.edu/~ksh8863/saxtonfreymann.html
Saxton Freymann creates this human-like figures out of fruits and vegetables. He creates emotions from the natural wrinkles of the fruits. It is worth a look.
January 16, 2007
- Poor metaphor for “Gift-voucher”
Recently, I saw a funny metaphor for "Gift-Voucher" when I visited Shoppers Stop in City Center.
It is a poor example of using a graphics / icon to symbolize a concept. The graphic of a "hanger" gives no reason to relate it to a "gift" or a "redeemable voucher" or both. At least it is [...]
