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Seven Habits of Highly Successful People

Do I have to say anything more ?

Why things cost 499 and not 500 ?

Almost all price tags have numbers ending in 9, like 499, 899, 999, etc. I always have wondered what was the logic behind the pricing. A recent paper explains it. It says that people calculate the worthiness of a  product in whole numbers and pricing not in whole numbers confuse the consumers. buyers were less [...]

Ohh The Google App Engine

I am very sure you would be drowning in Google App Engine (GAE) announcements news with people excited/ disappointed with it. We are digital people and hence we can only be 0 (disappointed) or 1 (excited). At first sight, it looks like Amazon’s AWS. But, it isn’t. It is more like a walled garden. You [...]

Customer Complains

In this compettive world, negligence of customers happens. What is disheartening is that this customer waited for 30 Mins. That is 1800 Seconds. When customers start leaving in 5 mins of no service, then there is hope for change.

I wish I were…

Lyrics of “Tree Hugger” -Kimya Dawson from Juno The flower said, “I wish I was a tree,” The tree said, “I wish I could be A different kind of tree, The cat wished that it was a bee, The turtle wished that it could fly Really high into the sky, Over rooftops and then dive [...]

Save your Willpower

The brain’s store of willpower is depleted when people control their thoughts, feelings or impulses, or when they modify their behavior in pursuit of goals. Psychologist Roy Baumeister and others have found that people who successfully accomplish one task requiring self-control are less persistent on a second, seemingly unrelated task. In one pioneering study, some [...]

Before and After Death

I feel that death is something that is keeping man sane. It is one thing that is full of mysteries and untold territory that man is trying to grasp. Nothing is as certain as Death (well, also Tax). Except for death, this world will be a mess, not with over-population but with people’s mind working [...]

iPhone Users Survey

I think it’s safe to say that the iPhone is the most publicized new mobile product of the last several years, especially in the United States. But although there has been endless commentary on the iPhone, there hasn’t been much solid data on how it’s being used, and what impact it’s having on the industry. [...]

“Opinion” Links

Three links from NewYorkTimes Opinion section, 1, How people are judged by the books they read 2, Asia’s rise 3, Racial confusion of  Mixed-racials