Monthly Archives: April 2007

Wealth as a Life Scorecard

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Krishna

How do you measure your progress in life? How do you measure the extent of what you have achieved and what still remains to be done? What are your dreams? How far are you away from reaching them? What do … Continue reading →

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Employees as Capital

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Krishna

This idea comes from Peter Drucker‘s book, “Managing in the Next Society“. He says that in the Industrial Age, employees were treated as an expense, but in today’s Information Age, employees are knowledge workers and should be treated as capital … Continue reading →

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It is a Different Time

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Krishna

We are constantly reminded by technology that the world has fundamentally changed since the time of our childhood. Everywhere you go, you see it – developments in medical science, incredible new gadgets and electronic equipment. Yet, while we embrace most … Continue reading →

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Looking Forward

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Krishna

I was having a talk with a friend of mine recently and the discussion came around to different personalities in terms of how they view events. Basically, there are 2 types of persons: Forward-looking: This individual is always about the … Continue reading →

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Web Site Creation

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Krishna

How do you go about creating a personal website? Here are 5 quick considerations if you have plans to do so: Layout: How will the site look like? Fortunately, there are many examples of great looking websites that you can … Continue reading →

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Using Free Resources

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Krishna

The rise and success of the open source movement has provided a tremendous number of public resources. Wikipedia is an example of how open source has provided significant benefits to the general user audience. Today, open source is no longer … Continue reading →

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The Browser Wars

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Krishna

Over the past few months, many of my contacts, including several non-technical users, have been switching over to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 from version 6. I have been pleasantly surprised to note that many of them have adapted to the new interface … Continue reading →

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Creative Commons

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Krishna

This is something I have been meaning to do for a long time. I just added a Creative Commons license for the content of this blog – “Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License“. The link leads to a simple description … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Email Embarrassments

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Krishna

Sending email is easy. Perhaps too easy. I cannot begin to count the number of times I have hit the Send button and then wished there was some way of taking it back. Since I have survived to talk about … Continue reading →

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Links to ASP.NET, Usability, and Open Source

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Krishna

There was a time when you had to spend painful hours reading technical material. Microsoft has made that tremendously easy by putting up some great training videos for ASP.NET, Ajax and SQL Server 2005. Get a cup of coffee, sit … Continue reading →

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