Monthly Archives: June 2008

Richard Feynman’s Quote

Here’s a quote by Richard Feynman.Genius speak:“Theres a difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something”Check out the complete google video here: More about the video:BBC Horizon/PBS Nova THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT, Richard Feynman Interview (1981) Fifty minutes of PURE Feynman! This is the original Horizon Nova interview – essential for …

June 30, 2008 – 14:16 | By sridharo | Posted in Leader, physics, quote | Comments (0)

Leaders – The Inception of ISB

This is a post reproduced with permission from another blog called “Books,Science and Stories” by Archana Raghuram.Credits to Archana Raghuram and Karthik Agarwal(the Insider;-) who prev worked in ISB taking care of Marketing and Branding for the SAARC region).Though no one can vouch for the accuracy of the post(many things are hearsay),it still makes an …

June 30, 2008 – 11:12 | By sridharo | Posted in ISB, Leader | Comments (0)

Rajat Gupta’s Quote

“Great leadership is to lead through team work and making other people successful.” Rajat Gupta,Chairman,ISB. This is one of the best definition of leadership I’ve come across.A leader is not only successful but also makes others around him successful! How many have you come across?

June 24, 2008 – 10:39 | By sridharo | Posted in BSchool, ISB, Leader, quote | Comments (0)

Bill Gates

Here’s an ultra exhaustive bio(point-wise,chronological) of Bill Gates.A must read about the man who shaped the pc industry(well according to me)

June 17, 2008 – 14:16 | By sridharo | Posted in Bill Gates, Microsoft | Comments (0)

Microsoft’s Top 10 Innovations

Its common to see Microsoft bashing in majority of the sites and the uber cool reviews for its competitors(not that they do something very extra ordinary).Here’s an interesting read I came across about the success of “Innovations in Microsoft” to be the largest tech company.Success & Innovation not necessarily of its products but in its …

June 17, 2008 – 10:45 | By sridharo | Posted in Business Model, Microsoft | Comments (0)

Supply!

Wonder how the military gets its supplies/rations?Here’s an important read.As Sun Tzu said,”We may take it that an army without its baggage train is lost,withoust provisions it is lost,without bases of supply it is lost.”

June 17, 2008 – 09:29 | By sridharo | Posted in Business Model, quote | Comments (0)

Opera 9.5 Released!

Now this is cool!As someone who finds IE obnoxious and Mozilla cluttered,Opera seems to be the best and safest broswer around.And all the minor irks in previous versions of Opera have been jettisoned in the new version 9.5 (code named Kestrel ->a super fast bird from the eagle family)…And their timing can’t be more perfect,just …

June 13, 2008 – 11:50 | By sridharo | Posted in Launch, tech | Comments (0)