Monthly Archives: June 2007

Situations Ripe for Mistakes

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Krishna

We all make mistakes from time to time – some of us more than we would like. Usually, when we look back at some of our past mistakes, we wonder how we could have made them in the first place. Our … Continue reading →

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Evergreen Creations

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Krishna

About 13 years ago, a few movie enthusiasts including me gathered after class hours outside the Great Hall in CMS College, set up a TV and VCR and started playing great movie hits. Among them was Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights“. … Continue reading →

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The Martyr Complex

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Krishna

One of the most destructive behaviors in any relationship is the existence of someone with a martyr complex. As the definition from Wikipedia explains, a “person who has a ‘martyr complex’ desires the feeling of being a martyr for its own … Continue reading →

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Writing an Essay

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Krishna

Many of us have had experiences with writing essays during our English language classes and exams, and later during admission or qualification tests like the GMAT. In those situations, the topic is usually provided for us and then we have to write … Continue reading →

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Mashup Tools

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Krishna

I recently applied for and received (separate) invitations from Microsoft and Google to try out Microsoft Popfly and Google Mashup Editor. Both of these products are intended for developers who want to create feed-based mashups. And both are competing products … Continue reading →

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Inviting Competition

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Krishna

There was an interesting article in the news recently about Google taking legal action against Vista search. A few months ago, I predicted that Vista search may pose some problems for desktop search products, but I didn’t think it would … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Success Criteria

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Krishna

Recently I saw a video interview with usability consultant, Steve Krug, the author of “Don’t Make Me Think!” During the discussion, he was asked how Google’s simple user interface contributed to its success. He said that the success was not because … Continue reading →

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Effort versus Reward

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Krishna

Consider any task that requires effort over a period of time. Examples would be studying a subject or marketing a product. Each such task demands various activities to be performed. For example, when studying a programming language, you will have … Continue reading →

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Personal Productivity by Marc Andreessen

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Krishna

Recently, I came across Marc Andreessen‘s blog. If you remember, he was the co-founder of Netscape Corporation which, for some time during the late 1990s, gave Microsoft a scare with its dominance of the browser market. He has been writing … Continue reading →

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Trainable People

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Krishna

A manager’s job can be very stressful. The toughest part, in my opinion, is the fact that it doesn’t really matter what the manager does personally. The only thing that really matters is the performance of the people working under … Continue reading →

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