Archive for April, 2009
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (or, the Privatization of the English Language) | Zen Habits
I think the idea of jealously protecting copyright and trademarks, in this digital age, is outdated and ignorant. You want your ideas to spread, and you should encourage people to spread your ideas, not put up all kinds of [...]
Mixed Media: 10 issues that make me wonder why…
When my daughter was around six years of age, I remember buying her a series of books titled ‘I Wonder Why’. I found them pretty neat and better than the ‘Tell Me Why’ volumes that I read as a kid. I don’t know about you, but I [...]
Magic and the Brain: Teller Reveals the Neuroscience of Illusion
For Teller (that's his full legal name), magic is more than entertainment. He wants his tricks to reveal the everyday fraud of perception so that people become aware of the tension between what is and what seems to be. Our brains don't see everything—the world is [...]
India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009
Amit makes it to the hotlist
(tags: media 2009 blogs power)
First job? Take what you get and run with it – Columns – livemint.com
First, accept the new reality. The market has changed and till it changes back for the better, you are going to have to scale back your expectations…
Be flexible about the industry you wish to join…
Either join a smaller company in IT or [...]
can't take it any more | Outlook Money
In India, group activity on the net has been more focused on private players, and the most significant moves we have seen relate to customers of real estate companies who have become victims of the ‘cash management’ of these firms – announce new projects and take in booking [...]