Monthly Archives: June 2008

The Mismatch Problem

I was watching this video of Malcolm Gladwell’s talk over the weekend and enjoyed every minute of it.  Malcolm has the uncanny ability to look at problems in new ways. He was talking about the challenges in finding the right

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Found in a Job Description

This was nice to read. Do you know of any other fragments of cool job ads? Forrester hires people who are inspired and inspiring. Our people are our product and the source of our intellectual capital, so we welcome and

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Children of the Petabyte Age

Is it really the End of Theory, as Chris Anderson predicts? Sixty years ago, digital computers made information readable. Twenty years ago, the Internet made it reachable. Ten years ago, the first search engine crawlers made it a single database.

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The New Skills?

What are the skills required for handling future jobs? I found this report  from National Academies Press. A few skills listed in this document include: Creative Problem Solving Complex Communication Skills Adaptability Self-management Self-development Systems thinking From my experience of

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LinkLog: Internet – A Resource for Going Green

From Why Internet is an Innovation – our Best Resource for Going Green by Courtney Webster As an entirely online resource, the Internet can be used to share information across the world, without ever having to waste natural resources. Online

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A HeroCamp?

I attended a BarCamp at Chennai last week. I forgot to turn off alerts to the barcamp pbwik and keep getting notifications of new barcamps  I got one on (Super)HeroCamp and it piqued my curiosity. It is one of the

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Technology Trends

I gave a talk on Technology Trends and Gleaning Opportunities at TiE Chennai today. It was gratifying to hang out with the participants and swap stories. I just uploaded a copy of the presentation (in PDF format). Here is the

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Technology Trends – A List

Here is a small sample of trends in software.  This is work in progress. I will keep updating it frequently. Instead of waiting till I have my full list, I thought I may just publish this crude list and get

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Blogs – Keeping Content Current

I watch my blog stats once in a while (used to be a daily routine once). I notice that there are lots of readers for some of my old posts even though some of them may be outdated. When I

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