Anatomy of a Good Layoff

Jason Calacanis of Mahalo has a great article on the right way to do the layoffs

living through the valley cycles since 1998, i’ve had the distinct displeasure of traversing many layoff situations. so much so, this time it actually is boring. at the risk of sounding like the wise/gray old man (that may be [...]

How Not to Look Like F.O.B

f.o.b stands for ‘fresh off boat’, mostly used by a.b.c.d (american born confused desi’s) to describe desi travelers/students that make their first trips to the u.s. it’s considered a derogatory term, but it doesn’t bother me. i was a f.o.b once.

i have come across quite a few folks that have the telltale f.o.b signs. [...]

A Network Approach to Gloabl Product Management

having worked in a product-based multinational company from the united states and from india, i have come to experience first-hand the practicalities of the globalization process. in many ways, it’s like a long-distance relationship : you have to keep nurturing it, else it falls apart before you know it. here are a few thoughts to [...]

Would you Learn Web Design from a Brotha?

you bet your big pepper, you would from the Poetic Prophet (AKA SEO Rapper).

check out all the gyan you ever wanted in web site design – nicely packaged into an awesome rap. for those that are accent or ebonics challenged, i’ll probably transcribe it one of these days, but for now, check this out [...]

Yahoo! Testing Google’s AdSense – a No Win

the media rumor-mill aside, the message from yahoo management aside, the decision tree leading to yahoo!’s test of google’s adsense for search product for it’s sponsored search ads is perplexing. look at the two possible outcomes of the test -

(a) a success – i.e., google’s adsense for search performs better than yahoo’s own sponsored [...]