links for 2009-06-30

June 30, 2009 in Links

Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple | Fast Company
Jeff Bezos is trying to do to book publishers what Steve Jobs of Apple did to the music industry. With its iPod and iTunes Store, Apple carved out a largely virgin market so fast that it was able to wrest control of the digital-music distribution system and thus [...]

links for 2009-06-29

June 29, 2009 in Links

Facebook | Offence: The Hindu Case
Claiming to take a leaf out of the Islamic book, Hindu nationalists are no longer prepared to suffer insult, denigration or offence, past and present, in silence. And offence is found everywhere—in art galleries, schools and universities, books, films, music and online. Hindu nationalists have targeted all these, attacking art [...]

links for 2009-06-22

June 22, 2009 in Links

Can Rafael Nadal Survive His Own Grueling Style of Tennis? – NYTimes.com
He is barely 23, and I’ve heard people describe him as an evolutionary leap, the kind of new life form that materializes every few generations in tennis and makes everybody ecstatic and argumentative and eloquent. There is debate among serious tennis watchers, for example, [...]

links for 2009-06-21

June 21, 2009 in Links

State of Affairs: Journalism at its Worst
In a democratic society, each one has the rights to express and exert his or her political views and the numbers count in democracy. It’s the same situation in all democracies including India. So if there are numbers in Mumbai, Haryana or Punjab, those numbers will hold sway and [...]

links for 2009-06-18

June 18, 2009 in Links

Rio Tinto deal heralds huge changes – Times Online
In a ground-breaking move, Rio Tinto is announcing today that it is outsourcing its legal work to India — triggering what is predicted to be an irreversible trend in the legal sector. The international mining group has concluded a deal with CPA Global, a leading outsourcing provider [...]

links for 2009-06-16

June 16, 2009 in Links

Seth's Blog: You matter
# When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.
# When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter.
# When you leave the world a better place than you found it, you matter.
# When you [...]