Bombay Quiz Club has announced their new season and I will be there.
Its at 3 PM on 13th April at Bandra. Anyone coming?
More details on their blog.
Crossposted from Thoughts.
Thoughts on Rat Race
I know its a rat race. Everyone knows that its a rat race but sad truth is that there is no escaping this rat race. Everyone has to run just to survive. This is where that thing about survival of the fittest come in. You have to make sure you dont fall behind lest you get killed by the next racer or are eliminated automatically.
Second why this rat race in the first place? I think the answer is in economics. Resources are limited and number of people who want to claim them are innumerable. This mismatch between the demand and supply causes people to act rationally and think about their benefit. Their survival. Their evolution. And hence the rat race to outsmart other mortals and get access to limited resources.
Second why this rat race in the first place? I think the answer is in economics. Resources are limited and number of people who want to claim them are innumerable. This mismatch between the demand and supply causes people to act rationally and think about their benefit. Their survival. Their evolution. And hence the rat race to outsmart other mortals and get access to limited resources.
4th April 1983
What happened on 4th April 1983?
Bill Gates and Paul Allen inked Microsoft Corporation.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen inked Microsoft Corporation.
Quote on Indian Consumers
The average Indian consumer is growing. The urban world is driven by aspiration, quality and value in that order, while the rural world is driven by the same factors in a different order – value, aspiration and quality. It’s funny they want the same things in different ways.
Shivkumar is chief executive officer, Nokia
Taken from AgencyFaqs.com
List of Google's April Fool's Day pranks
Google's April Fool's Day pranks is an awesome way to get free PR. Google creates a small application around search and then they release on the Internet. And all this is done with as much fan-fare and secrecy as an actual product.
They have played a lot if interesting pranks over the years and no wonder the entire world waits and watches what they would do this year. What is amazing is that even though people expect them to do things on 1st April, they still manage to come up with something that can surprise the world.
Lessons for companies? Start small things like April Fool's Day pranks that can grow bigger with time and people will actually look forward to reading about it. And all these things count in the end. Especially for a small and a growing company.
List of Google April Fool's Day pranks over the years
1. gDay with MATE
2. Google Romance
3. Virgin and Google's Virgile
4. Gmail Paper
5. Google Mentalplex
6. PigeonRank
7. GoogleGulp
8. Google TISP
Did I miss something?
Crossposted
They have played a lot if interesting pranks over the years and no wonder the entire world waits and watches what they would do this year. What is amazing is that even though people expect them to do things on 1st April, they still manage to come up with something that can surprise the world.
Lessons for companies? Start small things like April Fool's Day pranks that can grow bigger with time and people will actually look forward to reading about it. And all these things count in the end. Especially for a small and a growing company.
List of Google April Fool's Day pranks over the years
1. gDay with MATE
2. Google Romance
3. Virgin and Google's Virgile
4. Gmail Paper
5. Google Mentalplex
6. PigeonRank
7. GoogleGulp
8. Google TISP
Did I miss something?
Crossposted
s4ur4bh wiki launched
I have finally launched a wiki where I would compile my thoughts.
Please check it out and share your thoughts.
Link to s4ur4bh.pbwiki.com
Please check it out and share your thoughts.
Link to s4ur4bh.pbwiki.com
The Art of Looking Sideways
The Art of Looking Sideways is an awesome book by Alan Fletcher. I just bought a copy.
I had blogged about it earlier also on SaurabhGarg.com (on 13th Jan 2008).
This book should help me with a lot of inspiration about design, advertising, creativity, decision making and thinking. Looking forward to reading it.
And now this book becomes the second most expensive book that I have purchased after Still Reading SRK.
Other links
A vid on Youtube where Alan Fletcher talks about it.
Designed for Failure
A fortune-teller just told me that I am designed for failure and I would never have luck or fame or money or any other parameter on which they judge a person's success or failure.
Another person to prove wrong :D
Another person to prove wrong :D
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