Dilbert tries to discover the better one ..


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... is like using actual wads of currency to fuel a steam engine train.

I guess The Train will probably move a few metres after you shove in a couple of million dollars. But where's the cash flow? And where are the profits ( Read more... )

Well, the WSJ article is titled "Americans Are Scarce In Top Tech Contest".

Of the 48 best computer programmers in the world, only four are Americans. By contrast, there were eight from Russia, and four each from Norway and China. The biggest delegation -- 11 -- came from Poland.

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Nicholas "IT doesnt matter" Carr has a blog. Here, he speaks about how, with our digitized world, information is increasingly being used as a proxy for knowledge/wisdom.

One quote from Will Davies (Institute of Public Policy Research) -
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One doesn't read too many stories of sportsmanship nowadays. The competitive streak seems to conquer all. Well, not all it seems.

Here's a recent case.

The story was new to me, but if you are a regular tennis watcher, you may have already read it. Like a Roald Dahl or a Saki tale, this story has a final twist that makes you think, again.
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So you've heard of C9.

Now check out 10! It looks really neat, right from the login & registration screens, to the clean interface and to the nice videos. As a 360 gamer would say, Jump In!

Check out this site for some real advertising and branding goodness.

Click on Enter.
Click on Work.

All the 4 areas (Montages, General, Graphics and Brandtheatre) have some really good stuff in them. Of course, be prepared for a lot of wastage of your time.

There's been a long-drawn debate about BPOs being nothing but white-collar sweatshops. There have even been plans to create unions within BPOs to ensure better work conditions. Well ..

Here is a contrarian perspective, and a pretty sound one too.

For photography enthusiasts, here's a post from Kiruba's blog that is sure to make you smile.


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