What do you call a person who is completely laid back; for whom nothing is sacred, nobody too big? You might use a 17 letter tongue-twister or you might use a simpler and more accurate word – ‘Aussie’. Have a listen to this Gotcha call for some first hand proof. Some background information, before you …
Monthly Archives: September 2008
The thousand other things
Action is highly overrated. A scientist is highly active with her work. So is a doctor, a software engineer or a writer. But, so is a gambler or a couch potato. She chooses all the wrong things to act upon. So, the challenge is not action, it is the choice – What do I …
Just the start
I found this nice little video recently. Sachin, barely 16 giving the interview before his international debut. He hasn’t developed much interviewing skills or tact in answering questions then. What confidence, though ! My favorite part is when he is asked if he is tired of all the people asking him a lot of questions …
The 20 Rupee Misadventure
Do you have a friend who you can show the photograph of, if someone asks what a smart-ass means? Symptoms of such a person might include getting himself (and you) into situations where you are inches away from getting your ass kicked – on a fairly regular basis, asking questions non-stop to the lecturer who is taking …
The Muralidharan Case
In my experience, one of the first things you notice about Aussies is how nice they are. They cheerfully wish the bus driver, the operator at the super market counter and apologize to you even when you bump into them with your trolley. I guess an average Aussie uses the sorry-thank you combo at least …
The ad that could have been
So, the first of Microsoft ads featuring Bill Gates and Seinfeld is out. The campaign is expected to cost some $300 million. Microsoft has been rather vocal about this campaign in the last few weeks, and frankly, I thought there was hope. Microsoft has not had much going lately. The list of its woes are …
Google Chrome – What it means to us
We knew it was coming. And from previous experience we can guess it is going to be a big deal. It is just that when an announcement of this magnitude is around, there is usually a lot of rumors going around. Even Apple, famed (notorious ?) for its secrecy could not stop the iPhone rumors. …