This could happen to you…

July 29, 2006 in Corporate Slavery

…if you go on a vacation!
GM: How were you days off?
Supervisor: Pretty good. Did some hiking.
GM: How was the conference?
Supervisor: What conference?
GM: I e-mailed you Wednesday about the loss prevention meeting on Thursday morning. I know it was short notice.
Supervisor: Thursday was my day off. Wednesday was my day off. I wasn’t [...]

The incompetence of the Indian government

July 19, 2006 in Links, Politics

Goddamnit, can’t the Indian government even indulge in some freedom-abuse and dictatorial authoritarianism without skewering its dignity in the process?…Christ, these clowns can’t even do the wrong things right…Shit, this government sickens and embarasses me with its ineptitude.
Gawker on Indian Governement’s inefficient bureaucracy!

Dictatorial Democracy: Continuing the Discussion

July 19, 2006 in Blogging, Links, Politics

In my previous post on this topic, I had argued that the issue at stake was
…of freedom…without freedom of speech, there’s no freedom of thought…and without freedom of thought, a people can’t be free…as a result when governments usurp this freedom, they strip their people of the basic human right required for a functioning democracy.
Amit [...]

Thought of the Day 19-July-06

July 19, 2006 in Business, Life, Politics, Thoughts

The battle for ideas will be won/lost on the grounds of free speech.

Dictatorial Democracy: Update

July 19, 2006 in Politics, Thoughts

In response to my post on Indian government’s ban of blogs, a friend wrote the following (edited by me only to preserve context, and protect identity):
I…always thought govt. should block all blogs and I think it’s a move in the right direction. It may be because my understanding of blogs was/is still wrong. I don’t [...]

In Praise of Paper

July 18, 2006 in Life, Links, Productivity/Tools, Quotes

From a beautiful essay by Malcolm Gladwell, The Social Life of Paper:
That is the irony of the P.C.: the workplace problem that it solves is the nineteenth-century anxiety. It’s a better filing cabinet than the original vertical file, and if Dewey were alive today, he’d no doubt be working very happily in an information-technology department [...]