Sophistication vs. Simplicity: Organizing emails

On May 9, 2011, in management, by Amit Srivastava

 
 

Simplicity

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The great Einstein had said:
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
Ever since I’ve started working, the flurry of emails which I receive everyday, is increasing on an average. And this is the case with everyone else I guess. As I see myself, I’ve been quite disorganized throughout my life. When I was in class 2 and the term was ending, I vowed to maintain all my notebooks and workbooks up-to-date from class 3. And no wonder I thought the same when I was in class 11. I never planned to be [...] Continue Reading…

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The illusive Space-Time: How large is the Universe?

On May 1, 2011, in cosmology, by Amit Srivastava

 

Spacetime fabric (Image Courtesy Wikipedia)

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No matter how hard I think, I can’t even come close to visualizing space time. And I am sure not even Einstein could , though he was the one who came up with the counter-intuitive and bold concept of time dilation. While the maths is absolutely spot-on and it has lived up almost a century now, describing the world at an macro scale scale (yes, the quantum world has got a different set of maths), I am sure it would take us ages to be able to engulf it (but if Darwin [...] Continue Reading…

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It isn’t over yet. Amazon just rocks!

On April 26, 2011, in books, reviews, by Amit Srivastava

 

Kindle-Lighted-Leather-Cover

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Image Courtesy (Amazon)
 
It isn’t over yet! You may tend to feel that I am biased towards Amazon, but I have to write this. While I was still going gaga over the replacement of my Kindle, I never imagined what more could I expect. To be precise, I was facing this peculiar issue of Kindle getting restarted on it’s own and a faster than normal battery drain. I read on some forums that some people have faced this issue and strangely attribute this to the leather cover for Kindle (non-lighted).
I thought I was in the same [...] Continue Reading…

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The Kindle! (Image courtesy- Amazon)

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I’ve just experienced what might be the best customer service in my life! It is definitely the best so far. The story goes like this. Eyeing an eReader for a long time, I had ordered a Kindle back in November. Since I one of my friends was travelling to India from the US, I got my Kindle delivered in the US. Once I laid my hands on it, it was definitely one of the most prized gadget I ever owned (yes, there are emotions involved).

The Kindle worked flawlessly for a couple of [...] Continue Reading…

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee Live!

On February 26, 2011, in Internet, by Amit Srivastava

 

Tim Berners-Lee, founder WWW

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I am in Riyadh to attend the 2nd ELI Conference on eLearning, which is the largest conference of its kind in Saudi Arabia. I was particular excited to listen to Sir Tim Berners-Lee, founder WWW and Jimmy Wales, founder Wikipedia. We all watch so many speakers on video sites like you-tube, TED etc. I was particularly interested to see if it is a different experience to listen to them live.

And there is a huge difference. You suddenly feel more connected. Even though I was just one of the crowd, there was a [...] Continue Reading…

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