Category Archives: Non-fiction
Globalisation – is it really a new concept? And if not what should we learn from the past?
I am just about to finish reading a rather interesting book about the history of Samurai (The Religion of the Samurai – A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya.) It talks about how … Continue reading
Winfixer and other spyware at Samachar.com
After a long while I today logged on to Samachar.com from my windows notebook (I use Mac at home!) And I was surprised and annoyed that my anti-virus indentified immediately two spyware being loaded onto my machine. Winfixer was one of them. And something else … Continue reading
Mittal Steel Fact Book
I was searching for some information on the Steel Industry and came across this interesting fact book published by Mittal Steel on their history, organisation and the Steel Industry in general.
Introduction to TRIZ
Introduction to TRIZ by Dr. Prakash R. Apte, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. I found this a very useful article as it introduces the concept of TRIZ. Though this article is very much focussed on innovative problem solving from an … Continue reading
The future of publishing?
Just had a look at www.craphound.com – the website of Science Fiction author Cory Doctorow. He released his third book for free download on the net on the same day as the books hit the bookstores. He reasons that p2p … Continue reading
Voting via SMS?
Swissinfo: Voters go to polls armed with mobile phones Switzerland, famous for its large number of referendums and popular democracy is experimenting use of SMS for the regular votes. Rightly I think this approach might actually change the voting habits … Continue reading
You’ve got to find what you love…
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice … Continue reading
Book review: An interesting perspective on the emerging economic scenario
The only sustainable edge: Why business strategy depends on productive friction and dynamic specialisaion John Hagel III, John Seely Brown Harvard University Press, May 2005 Despite the rather long winding title/subtitle – I think this is an interesting book that … Continue reading