Nov 20, 2012 As a staunch resistor of “How to...” books, I was surprised to find myself picking a book “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. I am a bit of a smug entity, thinking that I know what has to be done with life and how to live life well. Ergo, these “how to...” … Continue reading The Last Lecture…Remembering what your Childhood Dreams were
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How Microsoft almost missed the bus..again.
Oct 30, 2012 There have been a few interesting stories of huge corporations re-inventing themselves - IBM’s example of going into software services from personal computing being the most striking one. The other such example was Microsoft dismissing the Internet as a fad and then later clambering back on track with Internet Explorer, one of … Continue reading How Microsoft almost missed the bus..again.
Dreamy Dinner and Food for Thought
Oct 23, 2012 I recently read an amazing article by Richard Branson – on his dream list of guests he would like to have dinner with. He had as his dream set of invitees, inter alia, Churchill, Clooney, QE 1 (Lizzie, not the Quant Easing one), N Armstrong (since L has become a persona-non-grata after … Continue reading Dreamy Dinner and Food for Thought
Diminishing marginal innovation
Oct 13, 2012 I was reading an article by Steven Strauss on the current era being one of Diminishing Marginal Innovation – the impact of new innovations are diminishing with time. He rightly pointed out that of late, most of the innovations / inventions have been in the computing / Internet area. He mentioned that … Continue reading Diminishing marginal innovation
State of service quality in India
Oct 6, 2012 So, I lost my wallet for the first time in possibly 20 years that I have been carrying one. Since I lost it in a crowded place and realised it was gone 2 mins after I had checked on it, I was quite sure that it was gone gone, and not fallen … Continue reading State of service quality in India
Rational Exuberance 