Saturday, December 4, 2010

The Social Bubble - II

Call it a cynical view, but I echo these perspectives.. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/a-silicon-bubble-shows-signs-of-reinflating/

" For example, enthusiasm for closely held Facebook shares has run so high that private investors are trading derivatives of it."


We live in interesting times :)

Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Social Bubble

A must read article for the facebook generation :)

http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2010/03/the_social_media_bubble.html

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Kerala - A truly unique state

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/asia/india/6197.html

Not because I'm a Keralite or communist.. But, this article gives a nice picture of why Kerala is unique.. Prompting me to write something similar, yet deeper

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Twittter vs Facebook

One of the most brilliant technology articles that I've read in recent times on business model of twitter vis-a-vis facebook..  http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/16/why-twitter-is-massively-undervalued-compared-to-facebook/

Some great discussion in comments section as well

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Why Terrorists Blow Up Themselves

I don't know if the book mentioned in this article is good...However, this article gives an interesting perspective over the motives of terrorists..
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/terrorists-blow-themselves-up

YaleGlobal never ceases to surprise me with such good quality articles !

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Ayodhya & Rule of Law

There are countless articles by now over the judgment of Allahabad high court.. This short one captures the essence of that with interesting perspectives on the concept of Republic & Secularism

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/12/india-hindus-mosque-beliefs-dispute

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Leadership Types

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/business/03corner.html?src=me&ref=business

An insightful interview of Paul Maritz, president & CEO of VMWare.. About leadership, the different types ..
Short, but excellent

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Handling of financial crisis in India

A fascinating article on politics,  key people involved and policy decisions on handling financial crisis in India

Thursday, July 8, 2010

The Changing Game

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/fairplay/2010/07/-the-dutch-and-the-germans-make-peace.html

A classic article of evolution of football styles .. The way European Soccer is shaping up & the forces behind that

Friday, April 2, 2010

Transforming a nut into a leader



I like Ted talks...this is one was the shortest, yet one of the most powerful ones i've seen :)

Friday, February 26, 2010

Insight's Into Google's Search Dominance

Why does Google keep winning inspite of competitors like Bing ? What goes into the Search feature developments ? An Insightful article from Wired http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_google_algorithm/