PHD Regular Blah - the Nth installment
By Chandoo at 20 November, 2007, 2:17 pm | 0 Comments
Last few weeks at work have been really hectic and full of activity. I had to go to Bangalore 4 times for some workshops and project issues. I was also busy with my US visa processing formalities.
I am moving to US for a few months starting tonight. My wife will join me later during December. [...]
Question for MBAs
By Chandoo at 11 July, 2007, 6:47 am | 0 Comments
Imagine this:
You have an important client presentation day after tomorrow. You are going to demonstrate one of your company’s products and convince the client to use it in her upcoming project. Now suddenly you realized that the product has a feature that you cannot understand, like an excel import feature which is not working since [...]
Fresh MBAs and IT Companies
By Chandoo at 30 March, 2007, 7:26 am | 0 Comments
The combination sounds as inseparable as ctrl+c and ctrl+v. But when it comes to making a career choice there is a fair bit of confusion as to what an MBA will do in an IT company, especially in the first few years. Marketing companies have it easy, in the first 18 months, you would be [...]
Read More >>Redif(f)ining art of converting news to scoops
By Chandoo at 1 November, 2006, 1:35 pm | 0 Comments
Jimmy Carter, erstwhile US President was in Lonavla this week to build houses as part of his 23rd JC Work Project. Hindu ran a story on it yesterday. Today Rediff ran it too. And look at how differently they presented the same item. Huge disappointment comes from knowing that noble intentions are hit insearch of [...]
Read More >>Coimbatore Bus Mafia and Adventure Trip to Ooty
Heard of black tickets? Well you must have somany times. After Aamir Khan glorified selling black tickets big way in Rangeela, Chennai’s private bus operators couldnt help but pick up a trick or two of the trade.
So there I am, unaware of the UCBTM (Undergroud Coimbatore Bus Transportation Mafia) cancerously proliferating and thriving in Koyembedu’s [...]
Relationships & Banks
By Chandoo at 27 September, 2006, 1:41 pm | 0 Comments
Banks and relationships are as old a pair as slice bread and butter knife. I can imagine my grand father getting shivers allover when he deposited bulk of his first salary in the bank wondering all he was left with was a stupid passbook with illegible numbers on it. The point is days have changed! [...]
Read More >>Google Life!
By Chandoo at 13 September, 2006, 9:33 am | 0 Comments
Birth and Early Stages:> Look up for cool names in google> Post the newborn pics in orkut. Format them in Picasa. Share them with friends using Blogger
School & College:> Use Gtalk to chat with friends. Bye bye bfone!> Goodbye to combined studies, welcome google groups.> Doubts about what is the latest ninth planet? may be [...]
