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Navin Kabra
Fingers in many pies: computer science, maths, statistics, quantitative finance, teaching
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Loved
http://amiworks.com
- rare corporate site with no mbaspeak, no marketingspeak. Crisp, clear value proposition.
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Q: How to protect your ideas in this world where ideas spread fast? A: Don't!
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b...
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mcurie
that's probably why they're building airports/hospitals/schools - to reduce opposition to their mining?
#IrresponsibleSpeculation
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Hmmm... interesting @
netshrink
reports that China building hospitals, colleges, airports in Africa. Gaining influence. India will lose out.
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Tiger Woods is a very visible figure, & hence a role model. So he sells us shoes. Hence ridiculing his missteps is justified
Sunday
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Random interesting: Map of Wikipedia article-density by nation
http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
- India with 10-25K articles is not doing badly...
Saturday
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Without generalisations, anecdotes would take two years, points would never get made, comedy would suffer (from
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November 29
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manasgarg
, was common knowledge I thought. My reference is "Mahabharata" by J.A.B. van Buitenen. (re shruti: diff betn theory & practice)
November 29
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Experiments with water bubbles in zero gravity on the space shuttle.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
Fun stuff to show your kids
November 28
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, The whole Indian tradition of oral storytelling meant that every story went through a revision on each retelling by each "rishi"
November 28
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manasgarg
, Mahabharata had 3 major writing phases: basic (Shantanoo to Battle), extensions (before & after), spirituality (Gods, Gita etc)
November 28
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Mahabharata is so awesome, @
intelshwets
, because it is crowdsourced. It was edited/re-edited, just like the wikipedia.
November 28
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A company that does both services and a product is is standing with one foot in 1 motorboat & another foot in another motorboat -Samir Patel
November 27
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, I've babysitting duties all week. Hence can't (only attending necessary events), & hence did not participate in the voting...
November 27
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Lovely visualization of the rise and fall of the great colonial powers
http://dashes.com/anil...
(sorry, forgot whose tweet I'm retweeting)
November 27
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Dell claims to have made $3 Million via twitter. I really don't believe it. Must be some creative accounting & PR going on...
November 26
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Source of the $3 million figure in previous tweet is Dell itself:
http://en.community.dell.com/blogs...
November 26
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Piechart
http://www.27bslash6.com/piechar...
(Sorry, can't describe it more. You have to trust me & click on the link!)
November 25
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Amazing optical illusion about color perception. You wont believe it until you print it and try for yourself
http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
November 25
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hnarsana
I would be interested in the simpler example if you can dig it out.
November 25
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Agreed @
manasgarg
(examples aid learning). My blog post (second half) has a very vivid/impactful way to drive this home
http://navin.posterous.com/why-you...
November 25
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Why your talks/documents/presentations/blogs must contain concrete examples
http://smritiweb.com/navin...
November 24
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A man's library is a sort of harem. -Ralph Waldo Emerson (via wordsmith.org)
November 24
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vgr
, Try out
http://twittertim.es
- not exactly what you wanted, but you'll like it.
November 23
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How much money needed to retire? (
http://dmranade.wordpress.com/2009...
http://processmashup.blogspot.com/2009...
) My view: even if you have enough, you'll be too nervous to retire!!
November 23
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10 Tips for Getting Your CEO on Twitter - HarvardBusiness.org
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(via @
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November 23
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sameera_cmc
location driven will be big. But most services (incl. four-square) not useful for India/Pune yet due to lack of critical mass.
November 23
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Get google maps for your mobile. Enable latitude. Enable wikipedia layer. Walking encyclopedia of any place you visit.
November 23
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agreed. Most insightful comment: we assume that we'll reduce our expenses/lifestyle after retirement. Actual data shows we don't.
November 22
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Two of my friends (non-twitter) with opposing views on how much money you need to retire:
http://dmranade.wordpress.com/2009...
http://processmashup.blogspot.com/2009...
November 22
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