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Steve Job’s Commencement Speech at Stanford

June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

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Tags: Silicon Valley · Spirituality

A Network Approach to Gloabl Product Management

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

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 […]

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Yahoo! Search Monkey Preview

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

got my hands on search monkey preview for developers, thanks to an old acquaintance from verity days. looking at the ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots, the results are quite stunning.
The ‘Before’ Shot: here’s how my post titled Laloo School of Business is shown in google and yahoo search result pages.

The ‘After’ Shot: here’s how the same […]

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Tags: Silicon Valley · Web

Yodel time - Yahoooooooooo!

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted by mobile phone:
msft withdraws the bid. i guess (a) msft will come back again (b) yhoo probably has one more quarter to blow open the growth in sales (c) and for employees, a bit longer view of what they’ll be working on.
yahoo ego has been wounded by this whole saga, and there are still […]

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The Work Culture

May 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

it’s a familiar question. ‘how is it working in india?’ is probably the question i get asked most. and admittedly, what i used to ask myself before i moved. and here is the low-down.
from time-spent point of view, i do spend a lot more time working in india than when i was in the US. […]

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Tags: Silicon Valley · Bangalore