My new job got me to Rueil-Malmaison, France for a few weeks. A western suburb, just 12kms, from central Paris, well-connected by local trains, yet technically considered outside of Paris! The most striking thing as I got to the hotel in a taxi from Charles De Gualle (Paris airport) was the writings on the walls […]
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Travel Guides
To this date I have not purchased a travel guide in the true sense of the word. From the time, I had the opportunity, time, money & companion to travel around; the internet has been the latest and greatest resource. I struck by the net to plan travel for my visits to and around Japan […]
NetaNaap-Public perceptions on Indian politicians
Another app called NetaNaap, an attempt to build a public perception on the Indian politicians. Contrary to obvious belief, I started working on it much before the Mumbai terror attacks! When I came across Noah Brier’s BrandTags.net, I was impressed with the approach. After some thought on the possible adaptations from an Indian context, […]
Wall Street Meets 70mm
In June this year, CNBC-TV18 in association with Enlighten Film Society organised a film festival titled “Wall Street Meets 70mm” in Mumbai, showcasing 4 movies- Rogue Trader, Wall Street, Boiler Room & Barbarians of the Gate. By the name of the movies and the organiser, it is easy to guess the theme – the financial […]
Abu Dhabi bails out Dubai!
We are aware of banks being fished out from storm waters by governments. Here is more astounding piece I read in LiveMint. It says “Dubai received a $15 billion (Rs70,350 crore) bailout from Abu Dhabi, its cash-rich big sister. At least that’s how the lending facility set up by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) central […]
Cautiously Optimistic!
At the event of quarterly financial results of an organization, a television channel host interviewing the head of the company asked: “Are you optimistic or cautious about the future“. The head of the company replied: “We are Cautiously Optimistic” So the obvious question is what does he exactly mean? I found a amazing response posted […]
SaaS – A Recession-Proof Corner Of The Tech Sector
Sramana Mitra suggests Software-as-a-service vendors are the most recession-proof in a event of the recession in this Forbes article. In the context of large Indian IT service providers, this is significant. Even in non-recessionary times, SaaS is an opportunity to break the linearity between employee and revenue growth. Such non-linearity strategies are much-talked internally and […]
India Salary Handbook
Found this excellent resouce @ Amit Ranjan’s Webyantra– India Salary Handbook by Kelly Services India. I am pretty surprised to find it to be free since such a report which is probably the first time in India (by my knowledge), could have easily found buyers. Much appreciated. Download
The 4th block in a place called Jayanagar!
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Launching Indian Startup Timeline
Indian Startup Timeline is an initiative + application to build a single-point reference of the milestones and events that make up the lifecycle of any startup. The beneficiaries would be startups, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and practically everybody in the community. As I write this, the idea of IST is just 2 days young. It is […]
Subject: rajspace is a moron
So said the subject of SPAM mail in my spam folder! In the body, it said “this is the proof, watch:” and followed with a link to a “.exe”! Its spam and crap, no doubt. But within that, its a very innovative crap! Never had a spam mail caught my eye to this extent. Anyways, […]
Vysr: Not a toolbar, it’s a Lookup bar
I found Vysr from FastCompay.TV’s demo-cum-interview of Guda Venkatesh (Alumni of IIT,Kanpur). Vysr is new toolbar released in beta for Internet Explorer and Fire Fox. It aims to enhance browsing experience by giving easy access to popular services like Google News, Wikipedia, YouTube, MapQuest and others (called Apps) within the current view of the webpage. […]