Heard fireworks and rockets in my neighborhood from the houses in my block last night, even though it was a bit rainy.
Apparently this is the Year of the Dragon.
My Chinese New Year Resolution: Fireworks during 2012 Diwali celebration!
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Piete Hein Grooks
I heard from my friend Paul Rohrdanz this poem by Piet Heien which rang very true: “Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.”
Found some more here
I think he and his SuperEllipse are worthy of a google doodle.
(SuperEllipse Dining Table)
Found some more here
I think he and his SuperEllipse are worthy of a google doodle.
(SuperEllipse Dining Table)
Why Google is ditching search | Digital Media - CNET News
Why Google is ditching search | Digital Media - CNET News
Really?! So does he really think that the Social search will replace PageRank Search?
I think google is facing the case of Innovator's Dilemma. They need to sustain PageRank/LinkBased Search and at the same time
they have to hold off Social Search and AnswerBased search upstarts. Similar to how Oracle incorporated OLAP, Object Databases, Java etc. into Oracle, fended off the upstarts and kept and grew the market share. I think Social Search will evolve to be another Search feature.
Personally, I use PageRank search when researching topics. I used to use Google News before but that site has grown less relevant. Especially if it shows a lot of nytimes links and if they need subscription to view them, then what is the point? I use Twitter's Social Search for finding news.
I do not use Facebook as I think it it is a bit creepy, I hate it's privacy policies and the feel of a peep-show that it brings. I signed up for google plus but I am finding it not very useful at all, so far. I am somewhat old-fashioned and hence I use blogger.
I would like to stay with google's tools mostly because I am stuck in its walled garden and it is too much hassle to walk out. But I also do not resent them. LinkedIn has not offered anything more than a professional address book. I like twitter's simplicity but it's website interface is too simple and not too productive (try retweeting with a quote for an instance).
Despite all the hype, the social space is very much in a primordial state. Dont believe the status quo. The internet space
changes at light speed. User's can and do walk out from the established players super rapidly (AOL, Yahoo, Myspace, etc.).
I think that social search along with the other searches will fragment the search market and will not replace PageRank/Search links.
And I think that would be an enormously good thing for the users!
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually
Good Article at - Forbes http://onforb.es/t22cfc
It has been years since I bought anything at Best Buy. There is no reason to go to that store anymore. It is pushed out of business from the top end (speciality stores, online, costco, etc.) and the bottom end (walmart, target, online stores whose prices are unbeatable)
It has been years since I bought anything at Best Buy. There is no reason to go to that store anymore. It is pushed out of business from the top end (speciality stores, online, costco, etc.) and the bottom end (walmart, target, online stores whose prices are unbeatable)
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Interesting interview from Scott Cook
Very good interview from the founder of Intuit. Some of the things they are doing at Intuit:
o Teach people around the company by not talking about things but by having them observe how it is done. Kind of like: dont tell them how to do it, but show them how it is done.
o Keeping the team size of the innovators very small - say to 4 in some instances.
o Learning the customer needs and requirements by not listening to what they say but by observing their behavior. Dont listen to their attitude about something but to their behavior. This sort of resembles steve jobs's philosophy of not asking customers what to do because they wouldn't know. But you discover customer's intentions by observing and understanding their behavior.
http://blog.finette.com/post/15268730784/amazing-interview-with-scott-cook-the-founder-of
o Teach people around the company by not talking about things but by having them observe how it is done. Kind of like: dont tell them how to do it, but show them how it is done.
o Keeping the team size of the innovators very small - say to 4 in some instances.
o Learning the customer needs and requirements by not listening to what they say but by observing their behavior. Dont listen to their attitude about something but to their behavior. This sort of resembles steve jobs's philosophy of not asking customers what to do because they wouldn't know. But you discover customer's intentions by observing and understanding their behavior.
http://blog.finette.com/post/15268730784/amazing-interview-with-scott-cook-the-founder-of
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Happy New Year Everyone!
Let 2012 bring peace and prosperity to everyone!
Uddharet Atmana Atmanam Natmanam Avasadayet
Atmaiva Hyatmano Bandhuratmaiva Ripuratmanah.
"Let a man raise himself by himself, let him not lower himself; for he alone is the friend of himself, he alone is the enemy of himself."
Here is a message from Bhagavat Gita. This sloka exhorts everyone to lift themselves by their bootstraps, be self-reliant and to love themselves. This secular message of freedom, personal responsibility and self-affirmation is one of my favorite slokas:
Atmaiva Hyatmano Bandhuratmaiva Ripuratmanah.
"Let a man raise himself by himself, let him not lower himself; for he alone is the friend of himself, he alone is the enemy of himself."
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