Misc

The way the human brain learns is different from how it remembers. Good practitioners know how to remember. Good teachers know how to make others learn.

You cannot read a book kept too far or too close to your eyes. You cannot comfortably watch a movie from the first row of the multiplex and you can’t watch it from the other end of a football field either. When you are too far, details are lost. And when details are lost, everything looks similar and boring. When you are too close, the perspective is lost. And when perspective is lost, one gets overwhelmed by the details....

If you are driving at a speed of 60 mph (or kmph, it won’t matter) from one city to another and return at 40 mph, then what would be your average speed?

Day 1 Great leaders are great because they handle challenges and setbacks well - John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Real education is like building a house - you set a good foundation first and then you build the house, floor by floor. Traditional education forces everyone to move at the same uniform speed and does not do justice to learning - Sal Khan, Khan Academy It is important to have a growth mindset (anything can be learned) as opposed to a fixed mindset (eg....

GoogleX Google neXus Apple Mac OS X Apple Xcode HTC One X Google Solve-for-X SpaceX IBM X-force Motorola Moto X Microsoft Xbox Comcast Xfinity Sony Xperia phone Dell XPS tablet X-treme tablet Motorola Xyboard tablet Nokia X No where, outside, of the tech world is the letter “X” gets such a prominence. Update (Feb 24): added Nokia X.

Manage your finances Use Mint for getting a complete view of your finances. CreditSesame, Credit, CreditKarma, and Quizzle for free credit score tracking. Quizzle always tries to sell something; others are better. The score they provide is not the same as the FICO score but is highly correlated. Use Splitwise or Buxfer for splitting bills with friends. Vanguard has a great selection of index funds. Matrix ITA for airfare prices....

This set of articles are for Internationals who have recently relocated to California for a job. I am listing a few things which I wish I knew when I first arrived here for a full-time job. Short link to this page: http://bit.ly/fotb-ca) Hunting for apartment Use craigslist.org, padmapper.com (this also provides average renting prices of the area) and housingmaps.com. Use crimereports.com to check the crime statistics of the area as well....

The first episode of Aamir Khan’s show Satyamev jayate raised the issue of female foeticide in Rajasthan. While the show asked for stringent laws, it missed a few major reasons behind the same.

The book talks about a set of habits which differentiates successful people from the normal. It criticizes [recently popular] personality ethic which it terms as deceptive and manipulative and calls for character ethic which is a fundamental change in human character. This change must begin from inside and spreads out [inside-out] and the reverse is not possible. The book is divided into three parts

The book compares a set of 17 companies that are considered visionary with similar 17 companies of lesser stature. I am avoiding gory details of their methodology here. To derive theory from practice, the book aims at debunking common myths about visionary companies.