Although I am not a biology student, today I got fascinated by dissection. First, I wanted to dissect the goose with the golden egg and now my attention is on an offer that is supposed to be compelling. Here is an offer to consider: The ad says – “Now Hiring Home Typists: $99 One Day… Continue reading
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Dissecting the goose with the golden egg
Yes, this is about dissecting the goose with the golden egg (pun intended) Here are a couple of my earlier rants about stories with flawed logic. 1. The fisherman and the Harvard MBA 2. The tortoise and the hare (slow and steady wins the race??) The goose and the golden egg is a popular story… Continue reading
New skills for the new world
While technology professionals are busy learning the latest and greatest revolutions in the technology world, what they can’t forget is to invest time in learning “other” important skills that are required to survive and thrive in this new world. The “Distinguish Yourself” series is an attempt to highlight several of those skills. However, whenever I… Continue reading
Slacker Manager Reviews Beyond Code
Always insightful, Brendon Connelly reviews Beyond Code on his website Slacker Manager. Every great review has at least one thing in common – the readers get great insights into the book and the author gets great feedback. Bren achieves this with ease. Link – Slacker Manager: Book Review – Beyond Code Thanks Bren for the… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #152 – Re-visit your undocumented rules at regular intervals
Programming languages have syntax and rules. With the right design in place, following the syntax and rules will get us the desired results. Which is fine but trying to extend that to life may not work all the time. Simple reason – in life you are dealing with people and people are very different from… Continue reading
IMNO mentoring session transcript
I had the privilage to participate as a mentor in the “Get In their Shoes” program organized by Patrick at IMNO (International Mentoring Network Organization). The winner of the contest gets a 30-minute mentoring session on the phone. I had the opportunity to talk to a bright young man called Sunil Kanderi from Wisconsin on… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Sir Ken Robinson
There are so many definitions to what is creativity. Sir Ken Robinson has a great one. The definition has two parts and both parts are important. It will be a gentle reminder to all of us creative folks to see if we are really creative 🙂 “Creativity is the process of having original ideas that… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #151 – Enroll people to provide progressive feedback
Let’s say you are working on a new project. You want to get some feedback from some of your smartest friends. You pick a number. Let’s say that number is ten and you call all of them at the start of the project and ask for their feedback. Chances are that more than one of… Continue reading
Beyond Code featured in InBubbleWrap – 20 FREE copies to be given away on July 7, 2006
The fine folks at InBubbleWrap are featuring my book “Beyond Code” today. 20 people will win a free copy of the book. The catch – you have to sign up and answer two questions. Here is the link – InBubbleWrap: Go Distinguish Yourself In case, you are not one of the 20 to win, you… Continue reading
Who's got your remote?
Imagine this: You wake up one day and suddenly realize that you are no longer a human being and you are now a television. Depending upon your self-esteem and attitude, you are either a simple 15-inch TV or a 42-inch big screen plasma TV. But television you are. You sit in a corner and wait… Continue reading