April 2011
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Airtel Photos →
Got a mail from Airtel regarding a service listed under “Broadband” services. Not sure why - apart from the fact that one could use Airtel broadband to order Photos from zoomin - and then who cares - the broadband connection is just the behind-the-scenes plumbing. Next, will we have “Airtel Travel”, “Airtel Accomodation”, “Airtel Movies” ? Is...
July 2010
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Bandh ? Not for IT Companies ! →
Today is supposed to be an All India Bandh. But there are quite a few companies which are able to not declare a bandh, and get work done as usual (well, almost).
Cisco is one of the unique…
June 2010
2 posts
Reserving India ? What about the Deserving India ? →
This post, shared by a friend at work, highlights the effects of caste based reservations in India. It is sad that students resort to submitting blank answer sheets to multiple choice type…
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The "good" things in life are all rationed..
.. Like Salary hikes, promotions, and number of Paneer cubes in a curry at the office cafetaria
April 2010
3 posts
StackExchangeBlog: Stack Exchange 2.0 →
StackExchange goes “free”, which should be good news .. except for the people who have invested effort and money in getting a paid site running. And, of course, the fact that now even if you have the money, you need some traction with the owners to get your site approved.
Great product, but you can’t please them all :)
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Justification for higher hikes ... →
From the article :
In a series of experiments, people who counted money felt less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water. The soothing power of cash also helped them shrug off the emotional pain of social exclusion.
The findings might offer an easy way to ease life’s stings and hurts, from painful medical treatments to social ostracism: Simply flip through a bulging...
Gmail’s Nested Labels – Could have been Better ! →
Gmail Labs recently introduced a couple of new featurettes. One of them is Nested Labels, which is a way to organize your gmail labes into a hierarchy, simply by delimiting them with a /. So,…
March 2010
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Bright lights in big city, towns in the dark →
So this is why there are no power cuts these days in Bangalore, despite the soaring heat. Another poll gimmick targeted at the right audience, while the rest of the state suffers.
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Earth Hour - What's the big deal ?
Got quite a few mails from big MNCs (banks where I’m a customer, etc) regarding Earth Hour 2010. Not sure why these big corps are so enthu about it, considering :
* It is on a Saturday, 8:30 - 9:30 PM IST (practically no one will be in office any way)
* These firms are already doing a good job of controlling energy after office hours (only few elevators function, cubicle lights are...
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Beauty is skin deep
Call Center Exec (On wife's phone, that I picked up) : Hi, I'm calling from Kaya skin clinic. We have an offer ...
Me : Please, stop calling. My wife is already beautiful enough
Exec : Sorry, I couldn't get you ?
Me :
Result - 1 happy wife, 1 less company trying to spam me on the mobile network, lot of money prevented from being wasted ;)
February 2010
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Simplifying Saral
Why does the FM (as in the ministry, not just the man) need to make simplifications to the Saral form almost every year ? Why not get some design experts, and get it done with in one shot ?
Someone from google should help these guys !
November 2009
4 posts
A free guide to Google Wave →
This free guide to Google Wave is a great starting point for understanding how to leverage the power of the new platform. In addition, it’s free, and will be updated regularly as more features are added in wave.
Short ebook on software pricing →
Neil Davidson has come up with a great guide to software pricing, which also covers the basic microeconomics therories on demand-supply curves, etc. Good read.
“Dear Facebook,
I do NOT want to
* Poke someone
* Right on someone’s...”
“If tumblr is a microblogging site, why isn’t the page load time on its...”
October 2009
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M$ syndrome hits NYSE
Today around 11:30 AM PDT, NYSE systems had to be “restarted” to resolve delays in dissemination of stock quotes. Quite interesting that a 4-minute “technoloy systems restart” was required, similar to workarounds applied to resolve delays in Windows.
In another unrelated news, yesterday, Juniper listed on NYSE and they made some big announcements regarding their upcoming...
Re : Discriminatory pricing by MS (Windows 7)
carnivas:
Windows 7 (upgrade) pricing in India is as follows:
…
And then the killer news:
And here comes the Fantastic news for people who have bought their PCs or Laptops pre-loaded with Vista after June 29th – You are actually eligible to receive and upgrade at little or no cost (provided you have bought your system from participating PC Manufacturers)
What the hell? What about...
