One of my favorite classical performances… Tina Sani. The sound is as if some sort of awakening is being called for - at the end there is a verse which is recited - it says something to the effect “The one you called god, the one you pleaded, the one you looked for, the one who would rescue you… the one who didn’t come… it was you all along.”
Perceptions & preconceived notions
Such a great example of how perceptions & preconceived notions about you can go pufff… when you start performing like that.
Android screen filter app
If you are like me and think that some of the amoled screens are just too bright even at the lowest brightness setting - try the screen filter. http://www.appbrain.com/app/screen-filter/com.haxor It’s a life saver… Rather an eye saver.
Running an adwords campaign
So we have started doing a small advertising campaign on Adwords. We don’t really have a lot to spend so we have put in a daily budget of Rs.500. I think we are doing pretty well and Google likes us because we have spent a little time really optimizing the campaign.
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Founder of wordpress Matt Mullenweg at Startup School. Kind of the history of wordpress and how he started.
Daily Deals are not getting it yet
Did you know that I don’t want to buy a wallet at 64% off? Yeah… it’s unbelievable right! But I am happy with the one I have. Did you ask me what kind of deals I was interested in when I first gave you my email address and location? Did you ask me my gender or age?
Clearly you didn’t! You do need to reduce friction but you do also want me to come back to check out new deals don’t you?
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I’m astonished by how many have never heard of Khanacademy.org - you should tell any school student’s you know about this site - where they can learn through easy videos from this gifted teacher(Salman Khan) and other volunteers.
10 Ideas for future Schools - Gurgaon and everywhere
So, the latest trend is that we understand that a child needs to explore and learn their potential. Things like “let the child learn what he wants to” are being said a lot by new parents these days. Of course most people also do understand that certain other things are important too…
- Basic language, science and mathematics
- Basic behavioral and social science
- Basic physical education and sports
I have often wondered if what I learned in high school (10-12) helped me in any way - I mean trigonometry, calculus - I frankly cannot remember any of it. So was it of any use?
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Derek Sivers - Art of Profitability - 8 different models of profitability.
It’s a nice talk but the real value is at the end where he talks about the email confirmation which is sent to their customers when they buy a cd from their company. It’s goofy and you can read it here…
Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.
A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing.
Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.
Dr. Madhukar Shukla’s Advice on online communities
“Internet is a terrain and not a tool. Its about emerging and not appointing. Create intricate touch-points in a community, based on what is required by the members. Such as a new employee who logs in to the company intranet, may find ads with houses for rent and suggestions for new like-minded work-buddies and projects with similar skill-sets.”
There is always way more than what we can understand when we first glance over a line of text written by an intellectual giving you advice, and I am still trying to figure out the first point and trying to apply this into our perspective.
