Powerpoint Cartoons #1
on 17 Mar, 2008 in Humor, Powerpoint Cartoons, ideas, personal, pics, visualization | 3 Comments
Saturday night was fun with a part at colleague’s house. Then…,
You can also see all the 3 panels together here.
Read More >>Why do notebook page layouts suck?
on 23 Feb, 2008 in business, ideas, wonder why | 7 Comments
My job takes me to numerous meetings, even though I hate to go to so many of them. Most of the time during the meetings I end up writing lots of notes about,
good ideas
things to do, action items
usual meeting notes
mind maps, diagrams
and of course doodles
well, this brings me to the point, I think the notebook [...]
Read More >>PHD’s Regular Blah #9
on 4 Jun, 2007 in personal | 0 Comments
We shifted, uneventfully that is. New house is demanding a considerable amount of travel, add to it lack of internet, that should explain the reason for nopost days.
My plans for CalvinFund have taken a neat shape and currently the unbooked profits stand at 4-5%. But I am going to stop it and buy the book [...]
An Irish Evening
on 18 May, 2007 in dublin, personal | 0 Comments
After a hectic day at office and client site, we had a wonderful evening on Wednesday. It all started when one of my collegues suggested that we have a pint to cheer up the hard day at work. So off we went to a near by pub. There I got introduced to Guinness, Ireland’s own [...]
Read More >>Say NO to Default Charts Forever!
on 20 Mar, 2007 in Excel Tips, hacks, visualization | 1 Comment
or Excel Charting Hacks # 2Roughly 35-40% of my working time in office is spent with powerpoint. As one of my mentors said, powerpoint gives neither the power nor the point. Apart from writing truck loads of bullet points and using auto shapes, I also work alot with numbers and charts. Obviously I resort to [...]
Read More >>PHD’s Regular Blah # 7
on 28 Feb, 2007 in Movies-Books, personal | 1 Comment
I have been reading Investment Biker, Freakonomics and No Comebacks. The last one by Frederick Fosyth, a short story collection. Investment Biker is a good books if you like travelogues, biking and investing in any order.
I have seen a ton of good movies recently including Blood Diamond, American History X and Schindler’s List. I am [...]
Are fund managers poor marketers?
on 20 Feb, 2007 in media, personal finance, wonder why | 0 Comments
Come Ferbruary, every fund house worth its NAV comes up with a hoard of ELSS / Tax planning mutual fund offerings and promotions. These days you open any (business) magazine and you see atleast a dozen ads on how MFs can save you Rs. 33,360* or something on taxes. First up the claim that they [...]
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