Archive for October, 2008

Capturing Valuable Things

I have always wondered how amazing insights come to us in casual conversation. I can be a nasty, intrepid chatterbox when it suits me and most of my conversations are not necessarily meaningful. What interests me more is how in the course of “casual” conversation, thoughts veer in no particular direction but beautiful stuff spurts [...]

100 Most Common English Words

I usually don’t play games, which involve some degree of probability but this was interesting. Let me know how much you scored.
 
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Everybody Wants to be on the Cloud

Cloud Computing is the fashion of the season. And I say this without scorn or skepticism. Google has hurled it at the world in a big way and the rest of the world has caught on. Most of all, Microsoft. In a press conference, Steve Ballmer announced that
Microsoft is working on a new operating system, [...]

Watch out for the Warning Signs

Cracked.com has a humorous piece on the six emails you get when your company is headed towards Doomsville. While the article itself is humorous, folks at the receiving end will tend to agree it’s not funny. I’ve heard such experiences narrated to me. Heart-wrenching.
Also, did Ted up there leave for a job that seems [...]