No, not me. I don’t enjoy being always on. May be it’s simply that I think slow and I need time to think. So many people ask me why I am not on Twitter. Fortunately or unfortunately, I am not even on an Instant Messenger so it’s a long way to go before I get… Continue reading
Date Archives → April 2008
Ways to distinguish yourself #186 – Stop Pushworking
Yesterday I was speaking a conference and one of the topics I was going to address was “Networking”. During the informal get-together, several people approached me and exchanged cards. Three of them though gave their card and quickly explained what they do and ran away to give their cards to someone else. They didn’t seem… Continue reading
Boosting your social networking ego (smile)
One way to boost your “social networking” ego will be to connect to the same people on multiple social networks and add the numbers all up. Just don’t tell anyone that you are “double counting” or “triple counting” Once you have had all the fun, you can create your own social network with the same… Continue reading
Mini Saga #24 – Requirements Analysis
Software Professionals or otherwise, we are always responding to requests based on our understanding of the request. If you get the request wrong, then… ============= Requirements Analysis Little Tommy asked Mom – “Where did I come from?”. Mom struggled for twenty minutes to explain things around sex. Tommy responded with a blank face – “This… Continue reading
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Things that make me smile #33 – New Shirt
John had received a new shirt as a gift from his wife. While he was stepping out of his office with the new shirt, it got stuck somewhere and was torn. John didn’t know how to break this news with his wife Mary. After thinking about it a bit he called her and said “Honey,… Continue reading
World Clock!
Mukundan from Vestal Corp sent me a link to the World Clock. It is just not a clock related to time – but covers other parameters such as Earth Temperature, Births, Deaths, HIV Infections, Oil Pumped etc. Here is the link: World Clock Disclaimer: Information about the source of information that is helping power this… Continue reading
NYTimes Story on Blogging – Blog Till You Drop; My take
Over the weekend, three of my close friends forwarded a New York Times story on Blogging. The title of the story says it all. Here is the link: In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop At first I thought there was a message in there for me. I cross-checked and found… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #185 – Pay Attention to Your Zeroth Impression
This concept is courtesy of my insightful friend Ravi Char of Musings on Information Security. Thank you Ravi. 1. Without a good zeroth impression, you may not even get a chance to make a first impressionThere is a saying “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression“. While this still holds good,… Continue reading
Mimic as a strategy for competitive advantage?
Generating sustainable competitive advantage is hard and it gets harder if your strategy to generate competitive advantage is to mimic the competition. I was speaking to Rick Hubbard of Serena Software this morning and his quote (in the context of chasing “best practices”) aptly explains this. Rick says – “The pill that cured your neighbour… Continue reading