Learn more here : http://amazonsilk.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/introducing-amazon-silk/
A baby step from Amazon to do what google does ? what stops them from putting a search engine on top of the already cached pages in their cloud....
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Links i like
Changed template on my blog , lost my links section.
so compiling all links on a post Shall keep updating this post instead :
Ask Tom
Tom Kytes blog
Mark Rittmans Blog
Jonathan Lewis
Steve Adams
Chris Foot's 10g blog
Dave Linthicum -Real World SOA
Database Debunkings
TDAN
Ralph Kimball
David Aldridge
Niall Litchfield
Sue Harper
Claudia Imhoff
Dan Linstedt
Tom Peters
Manager Tools
Malt Madness--Single Malt Whiskey
Waiter Rant
Rashmi Bansal
Project Gutenberg
800-ceo read
CIO magazine
Seth-Godin All-Marketers-are-liars
HBR Blog network
Great Bong
Structured Date
Richard Foote
so compiling all links on a post Shall keep updating this post instead :
architectural eye-sores
Everyday as i drive on University Road a major shopping complex that for some reason has been painted red ! irritates my eyes.
What is with the architects in India that we are aping the Western style of construction in terms of aluminum-clad-glass window - sound-proofed buildings.
In a country like ours the cooling cost for such a building will be extremely high my guess is the cooling cost will be a large percentage of their annual maintenance budget .
Contrast this with some of the PWD guest-houses we have in small-towns or even near RSI-Pune they dont need air-conditioning even in summers the colors are soothing to look at , the building is alive with bird-nests in nooks .
Why can't the newly trained architects consider those things instead of just being commercial about this , a typical structure will just be a RCC frame which is then clad in aluminium and all openings covered with double-panel think glass sheets. The construction time is less so you can start selling the space but the running cost is high leave alone the fact that these are eye-sores.
What is with the architects in India that we are aping the Western style of construction in terms of aluminum-clad-glass window - sound-proofed buildings.
In a country like ours the cooling cost for such a building will be extremely high my guess is the cooling cost will be a large percentage of their annual maintenance budget .
Contrast this with some of the PWD guest-houses we have in small-towns or even near RSI-Pune they dont need air-conditioning even in summers the colors are soothing to look at , the building is alive with bird-nests in nooks .
Why can't the newly trained architects consider those things instead of just being commercial about this , a typical structure will just be a RCC frame which is then clad in aluminium and all openings covered with double-panel think glass sheets. The construction time is less so you can start selling the space but the running cost is high leave alone the fact that these are eye-sores.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
President Obama and PM Manmohan Singh
what do they both have in common : both have let go of the reins , don't appear to be in the driving seat. are not Acting.
This is a dangerous situation for anyone in a leadership position you got to be decisive , ACT , Communicate action plans . Rally people around.
Sadly i think both continue to hold on to their jobs because there is no quality opposition.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
What can the PM do at this juncture
In face of the growing support for Anna , what can the Indian PM do.
In my opinion he needs to address the nation and say Why Anna's proposals are naive in nature , Must refer to Shekhar Gupta's edit page of about 2-3 weeks back for a reference.
Would definitely like the PM to act decisively on a few things , history will judge him by the actions that he takes on the corrupt netas , babus. Just pick up like the top-5 cases starting with Bofors and act decisively be it against the party he represents the message that will go out to the masses with that single-act alone can take the steam out of the mass agitations.
The question though is : Can the Indian PM act this way , or even say considering that he is just a puppet in the hands of the old guard at the party . Does he have the guts to act. The time for keeping mum and letting Mr Sibal and PC do the talking is long gone , we want to see if the PM can ACT.
In my opinion he needs to address the nation and say Why Anna's proposals are naive in nature , Must refer to Shekhar Gupta's edit page of about 2-3 weeks back for a reference.
Would definitely like the PM to act decisively on a few things , history will judge him by the actions that he takes on the corrupt netas , babus. Just pick up like the top-5 cases starting with Bofors and act decisively be it against the party he represents the message that will go out to the masses with that single-act alone can take the steam out of the mass agitations.
The question though is : Can the Indian PM act this way , or even say considering that he is just a puppet in the hands of the old guard at the party . Does he have the guts to act. The time for keeping mum and letting Mr Sibal and PC do the talking is long gone , we want to see if the PM can ACT.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Isha Kriya
A video-guide to the Isha Kriya from the master himself : http://www.ishafoundation.org/Ishakriya
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Nokia launches N9
Am Still a Nokia fan at heart ( although i hate their choice of going to the MS platform )
http://swipe.nokia.com/design/ --> They make to so simple and usable.
http://swipe.nokia.com/design/ --> They make to so simple and usable.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Microsoft buys Skype !
Nothing is sacred.
First MS got Nokia to move to Windows platform and now they buy MS. MS is after all i like :)
What is next they buy Google !!!!
Mind you it is not that i dont like MS but once they "microsoftize" the product it somehow looses its charm.. I recall i had a hotmail account for a long time..but the gave up after MS complicated the UI.
First MS got Nokia to move to Windows platform and now they buy MS. MS is after all i like :)
What is next they buy Google !!!!
Mind you it is not that i dont like MS but once they "microsoftize" the product it somehow looses its charm.. I recall i had a hotmail account for a long time..but the gave up after MS complicated the UI.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
disappointed that nokia did'nt go the android way
I love Nokia phones , have been using them for close to 10 years
http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/
However was disappointed that nokia is going the windows way ..nothing against it ..just a personal preference and i was hoping that nokia would adopt android
my next phone may not be nokia...
http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/
However was disappointed that nokia is going the windows way ..nothing against it ..just a personal preference and i was hoping that nokia would adopt android
my next phone may not be nokia...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Magic Wand tools
Can tools really automate everything you do in the BI development space.
Reminds me of the Chaplin move Modern Times .. you feed in requirements and the tool will automagically spit out a solution.
Recently attended a looooooooooong presentation by a Vendor who suggested just that.. A great sales pitch that can cause management to be blind sided but i dont believe we can getaway from the ground reality that there is no magic you still have to do the hardwork that is needed for requirements elicitation , modelling , integration , build..
Reminds me of the Chaplin move Modern Times .. you feed in requirements and the tool will automagically spit out a solution.
Recently attended a looooooooooong presentation by a Vendor who suggested just that.. A great sales pitch that can cause management to be blind sided but i dont believe we can getaway from the ground reality that there is no magic you still have to do the hardwork that is needed for requirements elicitation , modelling , integration , build..
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