It’s high time that business guys understand technology! Forbes will have their own list, but if someone asks me which company I admire the most, I would invariably answer “Twitter”. But this answer seems to be changing now. In fact, maintaining a socially open site yet get traction when facebook exists, is a tough job. Googlez and Microsofts failed to do what twitter has been doing since actuality. I, in love with the concept of social and open, am personally more in love with twitter because of no rational reason! (Like millions others) Having people love your company is what a founder would die for. Is twitter going wrong somewhere? Like anything natural, growth brings you closer to death! But how much closer is the question;
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I’ve been getting connection requests on my linkedin profile with a new message now. It was, “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn” and now its changed to something like, “Since you are the person i trust, I would like to add you…” I’m amazed how many LinkedIn requests are indiscriminately sent to acquaintances or strangers without even personalizing the generic invitation message: “Since you are person I trust…” I guess, the change in message was done to let people think whether they actually trust the person or not before they send a request; but behavior hasn’t change. It is no different from asking a man on the street to be friends with you. Many of these interactions start and end with
After watching ’12 Angry Men’ (Its a movie!!) for 3rd time, I started thinking how inspiring this movie might be for anyone working with organizations and communities to change behavior of mates for the better. I have tried to put forward the summary of my understanding from the movie! Why am I mentioning a movie on this blog? Because those 96 intense minutes have a lot to convey, which can, if closely observed, change our perspective towards the very objectives we construct for ourselves. People who have seen the movie can relate to the article very well, for the rest I highly recommend watching this movie. It’s a dissenting juror in a murder trial who slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as
The Village, a Russian online magazine, launched an mobile app aimed to battle parking jerks; because that is a big problem in Moscow. The app is based on well known GPS technology. The only thing what is needed is taking a picture from the wrongly parked car. The software recognize the car number plates, the car model and color. The harvested data become visible immediately across banners and media placements on popular websites in Russia. The banner ads are targeted through IP addresses to locations where these cars were parked. DoucheParking is a big problem, not only in Moscow. I have some doubts about this app from The Village. What is done with all the harvested data? Who is the owner of these data? Is
Answer: Make a ppt and start convincing others about how great the idea is! We all know the concept, “Fail Faster, Succeed Sooner”. Rapid prototyping is a key principle of successful innovation. The sooner we make prototypes, the sooner we figure out what works, what doesn’t, and what to make in the next prototype. Who does it better than ‘Google’! Failures have never prevented them from failing more; rather that’s precisely how they have been making great products. “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure” ~ Thomas J. Watson However, process driven organizations often fail to understand, getting an idea validated – following a process, is the first step to killing it. Powerpoint
Pagalguy B School rankings are referred to from quite some time now. In fact, its the most referred-to rankings – considered as one of the most genuine one. However, I was wondering how accurate it is and moreover, shall students base their choose-or-drop decisions on this ranking? After going through the methodology mentioned on their website, I wonder how genuine is Pagalguy B School rankings! The underlying belief – “Perception captures everything” Pagalguy team is working hard to get this done however they mention this on their website, “The underlying belief – “Perception captures everything” which essentially means the ranking is based on what a respondent thinks and not on facts. Perception best vs Actual Best Consider this – Lets say there is a task to rank all bollywood actors. ‘Acting’ is very