I think making mistakes inexpensive is the most important factor to encourage innovation. I personally learn a lot from making mistakes. But I have also seen others think better or think different when the don’t have to worry about the consequences of their experiment. [Continue]
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Is Brainstorming Ineffective?
Studies seem to suggest that brainstorming does not work. I have seen it fail before. Yet I insist that every group should have a try at it. [Continue]
Reinventing The Wheel With Tizen?
It looks like Meego will soon be abandoned to move over to Tizen development. Meego is an open source OS for mobile devices. Tizen aims to be an open source OS for mobile devices. [Continue]
Locking Down For Security, And Loss Of Freedom
The concept of UEFI secure booting seems great from a security perspective. But I can’t help but wonder that these things are going to make it more and more difficult to customize them to our likes. It is not only about running Linux on Windows machines, it is about decoupling the hardware and software so that once you buy any hardware you can install any software that can run on it. [Continue]
Certifications Are Like Shoes
MCSE or RHCE? A good question for individuals who want to decide which stream to flow in. From a certification perspective they are two different streams that never mix. [Continue]
Sanskrit And Lisp
This year my daughter’s school started teaching Sanskrit to her class. We were happy that she had a chance to pick up this beautiful language at such a young age. We told her that it is very expressive, has excellent grammar, has a well defined structure, and has loads of historic and religious literature published in it. [Continue]
I am Not
After whatever experience I have in working on my own, I realized that it is important to clearly convey what I am good at. However, often I have taken up work where it was all good, but crossed the fuzzy boundaries into other roles that I am not good at. So it is equally important, if not more, to convey what I am not good at before someone hires me. [Continue]
Inherently, Design Is A Combination Of Art And Engineering
I witnessed yet another debate whether Web development was art, or engineering, or both. I personally believe that it is a combination of both, which requires close collaboration between corresponding experts. To think of it, this is true about every design. [Continue]
Only Your Decision Is Remembered, Not Your Reasons
Whether it is one of the smallest decisions, or those of the higest stake, it is the decision that is talked about and recorded. If your decision leads to success, it gets celebrated. However, if does not, you can very easily become the victim. [Continue]
Probems Or Symptoms?
It has often happened with me that what I considered was a problem was only a symptom of the real one. For the user, the symptom is usually the problem itself. That is why it is all the more important for a problem solver to sift through the symptoms and arrive at the underlying problem. [Continue]
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