“I am feeling lucky” Firefox Search plug-in
While trying to understand how the Mozilla firefox search plug-ins work [ more ] I got curious and wrote a search plug-in that will take you to the first Google search result directly instead of displaying the results pages, ie mimicking the “I am feeling lucky” searches. Feel free to download and install it. 1. […]
Email marketing is NOT distributing pamphlets
Take a look at the above screen shot of my inbox. Does any thing look odd? Of course it does, the amazing folks at IRCTC have decided to send a tempting summer vacation offer to me, not once but 5 times in the last 14 hours. Despite having one of the finest Indian online customer […]
How simple is your product?
Here is a look at 3 different game controllers. First the simplest of them all, “wiimote”, easy to understand, easier to use Then comes the moderately complex “xbox controller”, should a take a couple of minutes to understand, couple of hours to get used, all in all, fun ensured Then comes the most complex of […]
Inspiring
Here is an inspirational read on Richard Feynman. Have you ever noticed that almost all the great people are humble and fun loving. It just amazes me whenever I read or know about these great people who solved world problems with a smile on their face and yet remained so down to earth.
Gantt in 60 seconds – churn out an excel project plan in no time
One of the most frequent tasks for any manager is “planning”, be it putting together a hiring schedule or designing a jumbo jet, it all starts with a simple project plan and gantt chart is simple and intuitive representation of the same. But how to make a gantt chart in excel without writing too many […]
Citibank’s brilliant “no panga sab changa” ad
I came across this brilliant ad from Citibank advertising their metro card for Delhi metro, see it yourself. I have taken Delhi metro first time during my summer internship in 2005. The system was excellent even at that time. I felt proud riding a world class air conditioned carriage from my hotel to the heart […]
Here is a free idea for Starbucks
A significant amount of my job work involves drinking copious amount of coffee while looking out the window. Ok, I am kidding 🙂 I wish my job involved all that, but I still drink a cup of coffee every workday (Weekends are obviously reserved for good old Filter Kaapi). Unfortunately I am forced to buy […]