Bollywood beats Google at Davos

This is funny:
BusinessWeek reporter Bruce Nussbaum writing how party goers are aiming for Bollywood music versus Google’s robotic drone
This particular  Bollywood song I have heard getting played out in all sorts of strange places. That probably explains why Colbert thinks Shahrook (!) stands few inches higher on the popularity chart than Big B.
Update: It [...]

Wishing you all a very happy new year

Mr Einstein said it best :
I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and [...]

Open source cinema

Swarm of Angel project team has updated the website. Now the focus is on spreading the message. I became angel for this group few months back to understand if the notion of  “open source cinema” is even feasible. If you are not sure what this project is then this is a brief overview from their [...]

It’s all about team

and playing with passion

Nice video.

Our ideal of mediocrity

We mistrust anything that too strongly challenges our ideal of mediocrity. - Robertson Davies

Desai Jr gets Booker

Kiran Desai gets Booker:
“It was seven, almost eight years of work, writing half stories, quarter stories, stories in eighths, of broken people, difficult lives and I picked the novel out of it”
I guess I should read this novel just to get some ideas on post-retirement options. Inheritance of Loss is a story of NRI [...]

India - Tis the season

NYTimes  throwing more bits on the India story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/business/worldbusiness/01rupee.html?ei=5094&en=8767b2f151ae460a&hp=&ex=1157169600&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1157091096-wpekrJBgPGRYmkFlCkZxew
Nothing new there but what’s up with the file name in the url. Somebody is having fun looks like.

What you did in your college will affect your happiness in old age!

(Via BoingBoing) This is another evidence that we are still figuring out how human mind works and how we derive happiness. Columbia University professors have come out with a rather amusing results from their study (it’s pdf) that :
in the long run, people tend to regret having missed out on opportunities for pleasure — [...]

Something about carriers

There is something about phone companies. They have a tremendous knack for screwing things up. I ordered a new phone (finally on crackberry!) from T-mobile and requested number portability as well. Support person went over-board and completed the number portability without first waiting for me to receive the phone.
So I am sitting here waiting [...]

From the case study

Managing Disruptive Technological Change: A Case Study
The third point is that my business plan must be a plan for learning, not one for executing a preconceived strategy. Although I will do my best to hit the right market with the right product and the right strategy the first time out, there is a high probability [...]