Archive for August, 2006

h1

Know your business jargons!

August 31, 2006

My wife sent me this list today. Learn these and impress your superiors at work. :)

Corridor cruiser (Noun): A worker who spends a lot of time walking through office corridors, usually en route from one meeting to another. The emerging Tablet PC user will be the “corridor cruiser” and not necessarily someone in a small business.

Ego wall: (Noun) A wall on which a person has hung their degrees, certificates, and awards, as well as photographs in which they appear with famous people.

Hot desk (Noun). A desk that is not assigned to a particular employee, but rather is available for use and can be reserved in advance by a mobile worker whenever they are required to be in the office.

Office creeper (Noun). A person who sneaks into an office building during business hours to steal personal items and equipment.

Occupational spam : ( Noun). Unwanted or unnecessary messages sent over a corporate e-mail system.

Nap nook (Noun). An office or room where employees can nap during working hours.

Job spill (Noun). Work or work-related tasks that carry over into personal time.

Going Forward: (Verb) Move ahead, travel on. It is a relatively new and apparently convenient way to indicate a progression in time from the present. The term has become increasingly popular in press releases from Internet start-ups and newly public companies. E.g. Going forward let’s use this template to create AWAD. Going forward, please complete your status reports by Wednesday evenings.

Rollout: (Verb, Noun) It is a staged series of activities that often lead to the inauguration or the introduction of a new program or a product. The inauguration or initial public exhibition of a new product, service, or policy: When a company installs new equipment, the installation staging is sometimes called a rollout. E.g. The manufacturer’s rollout of the new jet is scheduled for next month.

Toss the Idea: (Verb). To throw out or cast away something. To suggest something as a possibility. E.g: I’ll toss an idea out to start the discussion. I can’t toss this paper out as in my belief it contains some very strong statistical evidence that support the hypotheses.

Home Office: (Noun) Employees whose jobs do not require them to work inside an office can work from home.  A space allotted for work at home. E.g: I have a home office and work most of the time from home. This enables me to juggle between work and family activities.

Let’s Take a Step Back: (Take a re-look, re-assess, have another look at. E.g. Before we move forward, let’s take a step back and re-assess whether we are in the right track.

h1

Asia Top 100

August 26, 2006

RedHerring lists the Asia’s top 100 private companies, quite a handful are based in India. I was really impressed by this company at first glance.

h1

A puzzle for u

August 24, 2006

Three men had dinner together and decided to share the cost. The waiter produced a bill for $25, so each contributed $10. The waiter returns the $5 balance and the three men split $3 equally among themselves and leave a $2 tip for the waiter.

Thus each had paid $9 and the total payment was $27. But the waiter had only $2; what happened to the other $1?

h1

Incredible 3D drawings

August 18, 2006

If you are not familiar with the name Julian Beever, you should be! His drawings lending a vision of reality in 3D are astounding to say the least. You can find a sample of his work here.

h1

yahoo photos – funniest online humor ?

August 18, 2006

This was too good to pass up, click on this link and check out the URL!! I wonder if Yahoo! is aware of this prank.

Do you know what’s the first hit when you google for the word “failure” ? try it out :)

h1

The Intelligent Investor

August 14, 2006

I have been googling for an online version of Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham for a long time now. At last, the Bible of value investing available for free at this location

I started online trading today, hope to gather a few good tips from the guru.

h1

rcard – the LCD Business Card

August 9, 2006

One of my friends, a businessman and I were pitching back and forth business ideas this week. I am feeling quite restless and would like to focus on something exciting, innovative and entrepreneurial.

So we were quite excited when he came up with the idea of a sleek, slim business card with LCD display, memory and a USB port. A great idea, right?

Looks like we were beaten to it by rCard. Anyways, you know of any great ideas ? – please let me know! :)

h1

Greatest 100 novels

August 8, 2006

The Observer posts the greatest 100 novels of all time, I was happy to see a few of my favorites on the list. I have read only fourteen of the compiled list, most of them I have not even heard of. ”One hundred years of solitude” is waiting in the wings, I never got around to “Moby Dick” and ”Wuthering Heights” is too painful.

From the top of my mind, I think “Blindness” deserved to be on the list, so did “Life of Pi”.

I should compile my own list and books I would like to get my hands on.

h1

Jaiku – a new mobileapp

August 7, 2006

Jaiku - a new, innovative mobile app for keeping track of your contacts, a la IM.

Mark Cuban gives away three sound business ideas for free. The big time scanr application would work well in Bangalore, even an online presence like snapfish would be a success.

37signals lambasts Business2.0’s shoddy and misleading coverage of Digg’s founder Kevin Rose.

changethis – interesting content, worth tagging.

h1

Outsourcing

August 7, 2006

An interesting article in EE times on outsourcing and it’s ramifications on the semiconductor industry.

I wonder if the Indian divisions design and market their products locally, invariably small I would think. Maybe mobile wireless since
that’s growing at a fast pace. How about network processors and ASICs?