Naveen at Start2Lead sends me this beautiful quote this morning. I have always believed that 1) You pay the price or you pay the price later for not paying the price before.2) You pay the price before you get the prize The quote below puts it beautifully “The heights by great men reached and kept… Continue reading
Date Archives → December 2006
A new take on solving the scheduling problem: Launch of iPolipo
Today is the launch of our new startup iPolipo. Here is a brief background: The idea for this company was born when we noticed the frustration people faced in scheduling meetings with other people. While scheduling a group meeting was a nightmare, scheduling meeting with just ONE other person was no less painful. People almost… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Phyllis Bottome
Long ago, I had heard a quote something like “Problems come so that heroes can overcome.” Here is a similar one that you might enjoy! “There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.” – Phyllis Bottome, English Writer Have a great week ahead! Please sign up… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – David Ogilvy
Quotes worth recording – Richard Saul Wurman
We all talked about an information overload. Is it really information overload or… “Everyone spoke of an information overload, but what there was in fact was a non-information overload” – Richard Saul Wurman What-If, Could-Be (1976) One of my friends sent this and said that this just re-validates our idea of unveiling Suggestica as a… Continue reading
Making the most of your time: 500 word manifesto (Inspired by Hugh MacLeod)
On Nov 23, Hugh made a call to “Change the world, 500 words at a time.” Brevity is good, but hard to practice. I was in the middle of writing my new eBook “Making the most of your time” [more than 10,000 words 🙁 ] and decided to get a 500-word excerpt for this manifesto…. Continue reading
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Why do I think many software engineers are on drugs?
I am sad. Actually, very sad! I think an easy way to kill a software engineer is by overcompensating him or her for doing commodity work. With globalization in full force, this has become very common. Large scale software projects with a ton of commodity work are being shipped overseas and boatloads of software engineers… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Gabriel Zaid
10 Desperate Acts to Avoid
I am sure you have your own list based on your experiences in the field. These are what I was able to come up with tonight. 1. Automatically subscribing someone to your newsletter I think Seth’s book “Permission Marketing” should be a required reading for all marketing professionals and CEOs of small companies. Yes, CEOs… Continue reading