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Category Archives: Off-Topic
Yahoo! – Cast in His Image
I’ve wondered off and on about how much a company’s culture is modified in its CEO’s image. (It’s a heavily-researched issue, but I haven’t read up on any of it). There is evidence galore about Jack Welch’s effect on GE’s … Continue reading
Business lessons from a Harry Potter freak
BusinessWeek profiles Emerson Spartz, a 20-year-old who makes a “six-figure income” annually by running the Harry Potter fan site mugglenet.com. My biggest takeaway from the article was this: “The site never would’ve taken off without the passion and knowledge that … Continue reading
Lookin' for trends!
One of the more interesting applications of Google Trends is to compare the search volumes of two or more search terms over the past several months (or years). So we were winding down work yesterday at Convonix, and fooling around … Continue reading
Vishal Sampat, take a bow! Asia's Best Entrepreneur under 25, Rank 4!
Vishal Sampat, a 2003 alumnus from my alma mater, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, has just been voted Rank 4 among Asia’s Best Entrepreneurs under 25, by BusinessWeek. He is the founder of Convonix, a Search Engine Optimization and … Continue reading
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Too many results?
Here are the results of a search on the Indian Express’ website for the columnist Saubhik Chakrabarti. Google returns Results 1 to 7 of. errr, just 5. Umm..
When the state is in the business of running business.
India’s biggest problem today… … is an interventionist State. Despite a brief start at reforms between 1991-93, the Government continues to be in the business of running businesses. Inevitably, when it is also the policy-maker, protectionist policies are bound to … Continue reading
Beagle capers – help needed.
I’ve been trying to get Beagle up and running on my computer for a while now. There’s so much information on my hard disk, I’d love something like Google Desktop Search for Linux, and Beagle seems to be just what … Continue reading
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On moving to a new Internet provider.
I moved to a new Internet provider today. These guys provide Internet connectivity via PPP over Ethernet. The same old story repeated itself: Location: Dingy, cramped cableguy’s office. 6:30 PM. Me: …so this connection of yours requires a connection tool? … Continue reading
Say hello to my new IBM ThinkPad!
My IBM Thinkpad R50 has arrived: Here are the specs: 1.) ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 64MB 128-bit DDR Video Ram Operating at 210 MHz. 2.) 14.1″ TFT Screen 3.) Trackpoint 4.) Touchpad 5.) ThinkLight at the top of the screen … Continue reading