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		<title>links for 2008-11-16</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The End of Wall Street&#39;s Boom The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong. (tags: economics)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom">The End of Wall Street&#39;s Boom</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong.</div>
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		<title>links for 2008-11-04</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security (tags: security design)]]></description>
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		<title>links for 2008-03-25</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What Every Programmer Should Know about Memory The article explains the structure of memory subsystems in use on modern commodity hardware, illustrating why CPU caches were developed, how they work, and what programs should do to achieve optimal performance by utilizing them. (tags: hardware memory threading performance)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-extended">The article explains the structure of memory subsystems in use on modern commodity hardware, illustrating why CPU caches were developed, how they work, and what programs should do to achieve optimal performance by utilizing them.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/hardware">hardware</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/memory">memory</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/threading">threading</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/performance">performance</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2007-12-22</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GPL vs BSD: A Matter of Sustainability &#8220;Both license models make software free, but only GPL software is sustainably free. The BSD gives greater freedom, the GPL gives more freedom. Choose which one you value more.&#8221; (tags: opensource licensing essays)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/12/15/gpl-vs-bsd-a-matter-of-sustainability/">GPL vs BSD: A Matter of Sustainability</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">&#8220;Both license models make software free, but only GPL software is sustainably free. The BSD gives greater freedom, the GPL gives more freedom. Choose which one you value more.&#8221;</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/opensource">opensource</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/licensing">licensing</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/essays">essays</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2007-12-12</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Programming Can Ruin Your Life The application of programming specific processes and habits to the everyday is where peril lies. The same traits that make you a great programmer can make you an awkward, misunderstood and miserable human being. (tags: programming psychology) Introduction to Abject-Oriented Programming Abject-oriented programming is a set of practices for encouraging [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://devizen.com/blog/2007/09/11/ruin/">Programming Can Ruin Your Life</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The application of programming specific processes and habits to the everyday is where peril lies. The same traits that make you a great programmer can make you an awkward, misunderstood and miserable human being.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/psychology">psychology</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://typicalprogrammer.com/programming/abject-oriented/">Introduction to Abject-Oriented Programming</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">Abject-oriented programming is a set of practices for encouraging code reuse and making sure programmers are producing code that can be used in production for a long time &#8230;  NOT!</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/humor">humor</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2007-10-27</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[General Steps for Making Coffee very funny tongue-in-cheek memo on the steps to prepare coffee (tags: management humor)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://guff.szub.net/2003/03/06/general-steps-for-making-coffee/">General Steps for Making Coffee</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">very funny tongue-in-cheek memo on the steps to prepare coffee</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/management">management</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/humor">humor</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2007-10-21</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Planning Fallacy The planning fallacy is that people think they can plan. If you&#8217;re doing something broadly similar to a class of previous projects, just ask how long they took &#8212; the answer may sound hideously long. This answer is true. Deal with it. (tags: planning estimation bias)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/planning-fallac.html">Planning Fallacy</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The planning fallacy is that people think they can plan.<br />
If you&#8217;re doing something broadly similar to a class of previous projects, just ask how long they took &#8212; the answer may sound hideously long.<br />
This answer is true. Deal with it.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/planning">planning</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/estimation">estimation</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/bias">bias</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2007-10-13</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Aging Entrepreneur: Can older people be great entrepreneurs? When you are young, hungry, and single, you have * huge amounts of free time (more swings at the ball) * less to lose (more swings) * enthusiasm (more likely to swing) * sublimated sex drive (more likely to swing to stand out from your peers) [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.startupboy.com/journal/2007/8/8/the-aging-entrepreneur.html">The Aging Entrepreneur: Can older people be great entrepreneurs?</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">When you are young, hungry, and single, you have<br />
* huge amounts of free time (more swings at the ball)<br />
* less to lose (more swings)<br />
* enthusiasm (more likely to swing)<br />
* sublimated sex drive (more likely to swing to stand out from your peers)</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/entrepreneurship">entrepreneurship</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/career">career</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/age">age</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/enthusiasm">enthusiasm</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2007-10-06</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why software sucks (tags: software development)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/46-why-software-sucks/">Why software sucks</a></div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/development">development</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2006-10-24</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Limits of self–organization: Peer production and &#8220;laws of quality&#8221; The quality of peer–production projects such as PG/Wikipedia is often ascribed to so-called &#8220;laws of quality&#8221; inspired from open source software. Faith in these laws may often not guarantee quality but instead hide the need for improvement. (tags: peer-production content essays)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_10/duguid/index.html">Limits of self–organization: Peer production and &#8220;laws of quality&#8221;</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The quality of peer–production projects such as PG/Wikipedia is often ascribed to so-called &#8220;laws of quality&#8221; inspired from open source software. Faith in these laws may often not guarantee quality but instead hide the need for improvement.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/peer-production">peer-production</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/content">content</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/essays">essays</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2006-10-18</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Twelve Benefits of Writing Unit Tests First The ones I found significant: 1. prove that code actually works 2. low-level regression-test suite 5. demonstrate concrete progress 6. form of sample code 10. eliminate coder&#8217;s block 11. make better designs (tags: agile programming)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.jtse.com/blog/2006/07/11/twelve-benefits-of-writing-unit-tests-first">Twelve Benefits of Writing Unit Tests First</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The ones I found significant:</p>
<p>1. prove that code actually works<br />
2. low-level regression-test suite<br />
5. demonstrate concrete progress<br />
6. form of sample code<br />
10. eliminate coder&#8217;s block<br />
11. make better designs</p></div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Knowing More By Knowing Less (or, How Do You Learn?) We can now know more by knowing less&#8230;imagination and understanding of concepts create value in today&#8217;s world. &#8211; Learn to effectively use tools that allow you to forget. &#8211; Free your mind to understand concepts. &#8211; Leverage concepts against each other. (tags: memory learning) Homophily [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-extended">We can now know more by knowing less&#8230;imagination and understanding of concepts create value in today&#8217;s world.<br />
&#8211; Learn to effectively use tools that allow you to forget.<br />
&#8211; Free your mind to understand concepts.<br />
&#8211; Leverage concepts against each other.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/memory">memory</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/learning">learning</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/10/homophily_in_so.html">Homophily in Social Software</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">&#8220;Homophily&#8221; is the phenomenon where birds of a feather flock together, which creates a tight circle of self-similar recommendations that support individual prejudices. Breaking out of this circle creates serendipity: pleasantly surprising the user.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/social">social</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/psychology">psychology</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060330.html">Prisoner of Redmond</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">Why Paul Allen left Microsoft:<br />
&#8220;During one of the last long nights working to deliver DOS 2.0 in 1983, I am told that Paul Allen heard Gates and Ballmer discussing his health and talking about how to get his Microsoft shares back if Allen were to die.&#8221;</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/microsoft">microsoft</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/greed">greed</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/051205crbo_books1">Everybody&#8217;s an expert: Putting predictions to the test</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">Experts suffer from knowing too much: the more facts one has, the more they can be enlisted in support of pet theories and more chains of causation can be found beguiling. Also, the future is seen to be indeterminate and the past as inevitable.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/predictions">predictions</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/psychology">psychology</a>)</div>
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		<title>links for 2006-10-16</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[5 Principles For Programming &#8220;since nobody seems to know very much about making good software, it makes sense to try to distill a little wisdom when possible.&#8221; 1] Fail Fast 2] Write Less Code (and DRY) 3] Computer Programs Are For People 4] Do The Right Thing 5] Reduce State (tags: programming principles)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://empathybox.com/archives/8">5 Principles For Programming</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">&#8220;since nobody seems to know very much about making good software, it makes sense to try to distill a little wisdom when possible.&#8221;</p>
<p>1] Fail Fast<br />
2] Write Less Code (and DRY)<br />
3] Computer Programs Are For People<br />
4] Do The Right Thing<br />
5] Reduce State</p></div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding Solutions From Inside Out While everyone will agree that addressing the cause is the best way to get a different effect, it is rarely put in practice &#8230; because effects are easily seen and causes are frequently hidden from view, they are completely misdiagnosed as a result. (tags: gtd self_improvement)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://lazyway.blogs.com/lazy_way/2006/09/finding_solutio.html">Finding Solutions From Inside Out</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">While everyone will agree that addressing the cause is the best way to get a different effect, it is rarely put in practice &#8230; because effects are easily seen and causes are frequently hidden from view, they are completely misdiagnosed as a result.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/gtd">gtd</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/self_improvement">self_improvement</a>)</div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why Startups Condense in America The less you identify work with employment, the easier it becomes to start a startup: when you see your career as a series of different types of work, instead of a lifetime&#8217;s service to a single employer, there&#8217;s less risk in starting your own company. (tags: startup culture) The Emerging [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html">Why Startups Condense in America</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The less you identify work with employment, the easier it becomes to start a startup: when you see your career as a series of different types of work, instead of a lifetime&#8217;s service to a single employer, there&#8217;s less risk in starting your own company.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/startup">startup</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/culture">culture</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://perens.com/Articles/Economic.html">The Emerging Economics of Open Source Software</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">Forms of cost-center technology:<br />
*) Differentiating: something that makes your business desirable over your competitors<br />
*) Non-differentiating: infrastructure upon which the above is built.<br />
Open Source is the key to spending less on non-differentiators</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/opensource">opensource</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/economics">economics</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/models">models</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/extreme-interviewing">Extreme Interviewing: A faster and better way to recruit</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">In Extreme Interviewing, you recreate the actual work environment with the existing team involved, with an equal focus on personal/technical skills. Reminds me of the quote: &#8220;you hire a juggler after seeing him juggle, but not so for a programmer.&#8221;</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/recruitment">recruitment</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/interviewing">interviewing</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/motivation/what-are-the-rules-hopefully-none.html">What are the Rules? Hopefully, none.</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">Great managers define what success will look like, and why that success will be meaningful, but then they get out of the way, allowing people creative license and the freedom in decision-making to motivate themselves in attaining that success.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/management">management</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/motivation">motivation</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060901/column-freedman.html">The Idiocy of Crowds</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The effectiveness of groups, teamwork, collaboration, and consensus is largely a myth. In many cases, individuals do much better on their own .. groups often breed false confidence that leads to unsound decisions which no one would have made on their own.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/creativity">creativity</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/collaboration">collaboration</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/psychology">psychology</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-top-employees-quit.html">Why Top Employees Quit</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">A good discussion of top 5 reasons why people quit<br />
1. Money<br />
2. Work is not challenging<br />
3. Too many challenges<br />
4. Company atmosphere<br />
5. The small stuff</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/career">career</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/psychology">psychology</a>)</div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When winning is a bigger loss than losing Winning is not the opposite of losing all the time. Sometimes, it can be a bigger loss than losing. (tags: gtd self_improvement) Big hitters offer their takes on the meaning of success If I see something I don&#8217;t like, I try to change it, and if I [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-extended">Winning is not the opposite of losing all the time. Sometimes, it can be a bigger loss than losing.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/gtd">gtd</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/self_improvement">self_improvement</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://whatdoesanentrepreneurdo.blogspot.com/2006/09/this-article-pretty-much-sums-it-up.html">Big hitters offer their takes on the meaning of success</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">If I see something I don&#8217;t like, I try to change it, and if I can&#8217;t I change my position of looking at it: seeing it from a different angle I might be able to change it; or I might find some good in it that I can use, which might make it change itself.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/success">success</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/entrepreneurship">entrepreneurship</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.davecheong.com/2006/09/13/how-to-overcome-distractions-anytime/">How to Overcome Distractions Anytime</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">The trick to doing this is by quantifying our experiences ie. measure how much enjoyment we hope to get by indulging in our distraction and then diminish that enjoyment in our minds to a level low enough that it is no longer appealing.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/gtd">gtd</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/procrastination">procrastination</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/self_improvement">self_improvement</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2006/09/job-interviews-when-to-lie.html">Job Interviews: When To Lie</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">How does a job candidate handle embarrassing, possibly unethical questions from a hiring authority?</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/interviewing">interviewing</a>)</div>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/09/the_unusual_wor.php">The strange world of digital music</a></div>
<div class="delicious-extended">What&#8217;s particularly fascinating is how the market development contradicts the received wisdom about the evolution of technology markets:  that technologies evolve from proprietary &#8220;integrated architectures&#8221; to open &#8220;modular architectures&#8221; as they mature.</div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/tech">tech</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/innovation">innovation</a>)</div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Long Tail: The Probabilistic Age Q: Why are people so uncomfortable with Wikipedia, Google and that whole blog thing? A: Because these systems operate on the alien logic of probabilistic statistics, which sacrifices perfection at the micro scale for optimization at the macro scale. (tags: longtail probability innovation trends) Kill the television, keep the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div>Q: Why are people so uncomfortable with Wikipedia, Google and that whole blog thing?<br />
A: Because these systems operate on the alien logic of probabilistic statistics, which sacrifices perfection at the micro scale for optimization at the macro scale.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/longtail">longtail</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/probability">probability</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/innovation">innovation</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/trends">trends</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/10/kill_the_televi.html">Kill the television, keep the shows</a></div>
<div>Television is bad for your brain, but TV shows (via DVD/bittorrent) can be good for your brain. Some Reasons:<br />
1) TV Addiction is a distinct possibility<br />
2) TV News reduces left-brain logical thinking<br />
3) Having TV in background causes &#8220;brain drain&#8221;</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/television">television</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/health">health</a>)</div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Z-Axis Urban Agriculture: The Vertical Farm Project interesting idea on overcoming food shortage by using a series of high-rises in urban areas where fruit, vegetables and livestock can be raised by utilizing greenhouse methods and recycled resources year-round, allowing cities to become self-sufficient. (tags: environment agriculture) Jim Brandenburg&#8217;s Chased By The Light Images Photographer Jim [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div>interesting idea on overcoming food shortage by using a series of high-rises in urban areas where fruit, vegetables and livestock can be raised by utilizing greenhouse methods and recycled resources year-round, allowing cities to become self-sufficient.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/environment">environment</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/agriculture">agriculture</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.jimbrandenburg.com/gallery/90%20day%20images/90day_htmls/day_01.html">Jim Brandenburg&#8217;s Chased By The Light Images</a></div>
<div>Photographer Jim Brandenburg&#8217;s challenge: Make a portrait of the north woods in upper Minnesota over the ninety days between the autumn equinox and winter solstice, with one, and only one, exposure per day. Amazing photos!</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/photography">photography</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/17/google-talk-puts-gun-to-skypes-head/">Google Taunts Skype, Releases GTalk API</a></div>
<div>Google has just released a set of components called Libjingle that allow third party applications to interact with Google Talk. The components, which include some source code, are being released under a liberal license allowing for free incorporation.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/google">google</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/open">open</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/api">api</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2005/12/the_broken_leg_.html">The Consumer Electronics Industry is Broken</a></div>
<div>VC Fred Wilson says its high time the consumer electronics industry joins PCs and the internet in becoming flexible vis-a-vis consumers and entrepreneurs: its nearly impossible to take control of one&#8217;s experience and impossible to innovate in this sector.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/consumer">consumer</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/electronics">electronics</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/345/business-personality/">Small Business Branding: It’s Not &#8220;We&#8221;, It&#8217;s &#8220;Me&#8221;</a></div>
<div>talks about the &#8220;corporate&#8221; persona often assumed by startups and how it prevents relationship-building. &#8220;I slowly realized the importance of relationship building, especially with customers and how powerful it can be as a competitive advantage.&#8221;</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/bootstrapping">bootstrapping</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/microisv">microisv</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/tips">tips</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.genuinevc.com/archives/2005/12/network_effects.htm">Network Effects and Connection Strength</a></div>
<div>makes the point that the value of a social network is also determined by the strength of the connections between the people in it. gives examples that on Amazon individual reviewers don&#8217;t matter but on Skype, individual people you talk to do matter.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/social">social</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/network">network</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/effects">effects</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.genuinevc.com/archives/2005/12/dont_just_look.htm">Don&#8217;t Just Look Left and Right, But Also Up and Down</a></div>
<div>In the long run, the value of a social network is not only determined by the number of people in it, but in the ability for the network to monetize them. It is much easier to do that if you are vertically focussed rather than horizontally focussed.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/web2.0">web2.0</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/entrepreneurship">entrepreneurship</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/social">social</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/network">network</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/trends">trends</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.genuinevc.com/archives/2005/12/the_search_for.htm">The Search for Delicious Bookmarking Revenue</a></div>
<div>presents four ways in which del.icio.us-like services can generate revenue: 1) Contextual Ads in a Social Search Engine 2) Selling &#8220;Tag-Stream Data&#8221; 3) Advertorial Tags 4) Other Contextual Advertising based on User Value</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/web2.0">web2.0</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/business">business</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/models">models</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.userscape.com/blog/2005/12/20/4-rules-for-the-practical-entrepreneur/">4 Rules for the Practical Entrepreneur</a></div>
<div>Practical entrepreneurs don&#8217;t follow a big vision but look for a low-risk market where one&#8217;s skills can be applied. The 4 rules: 1) choose a fragmented market 2) sell to business not consumers 3) clear and simple revenue model 4) eat your own dog food</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/entrepreneurship">entrepreneurship</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/startup">startup</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/tips">tips</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.yafla.com/dforbes/categories/softwareDevelopment/2005/12/20.html#a223">Edit and Continue: Valuable Tool, or Sloppy Vice?</a></div>
<div>discusses the &#8220;Edit &amp; Continue&#8221; feature in Visual Studio in the context of whether such tool advances are making programmers more sloppy. Also, hypothesizes that additional checks are no guarantee and may paradoxically increase the probability of errors.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/quality">quality</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/12/20/what-is-turbogears-not/">What is TurboGears not?</a></div>
<div>&#8220;In product management, the things you choose not to do are at least as important as the things you choose to do. Though it might seem like adding features is always a good thing, there are actually tradeoffs being made with each feature added.&#8221;</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/design">design</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://dukenukem.typepad.com/game_matters/2004/01/contract_deal_p.html">Game Matters: Points to Ponder for Contract Deals</a></div>
<div>an interesting post on what game developers should ask for in retail contracts.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/business">business</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/contracts">contracts</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://safarisoftware.typepad.com/mlp_developer_news/2005/12/why_squidoo_mat.html">Why Squidoo matters to micro-ISVs</a></div>
<div>how filters/aggregators like Squidoo help micro-ISVs get attention and showcase their expertise and translate it into revenue.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/microisv">microisv</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/starup">starup</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/attention">attention</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://domino.research.ibm.com/Comm/wwwr_projects.nsf/projectlist.html?ReadForm&amp;alpha=all&amp;count=2000">All Projects at IBM Research</a></div>
<div>A list of all projects at IBM Research. Most of them have papers and documentation, and looking at them might spark off an idea..</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/startup">startup</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/ideas">ideas</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.baychi.org/calendar/files/harris20051213/harris20051213.pdf">Beyond Menus and Toolbars in Microsoft Office 12</a></div>
<div>a great presentation on how Microsoft has changed the UI in Office 12 to make it more usable, essentially an exercise in managing complexity.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/usability">usability</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/presentations">presentations</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/microsoft">microsoft</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2005/12/changes-in-the-centuries-old-ice-industry-arrive.html">Changes in the Centuries Old Ice Industry Arrive</a></div>
<div>a very fascinating story about how changes and trends in specific vertical industries can happen, giving the example of the centuries-old ice industry which is being forced to change in a disruptive way due to innovation.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/entrepreneurship">entrepreneurship</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/innovation">innovation</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/trends">trends</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.llrx.com/features/opensource.htm">Best Legal Practices for Open Source Software</a></div>
<div>Ten tips for businesses analyzing the impact of a decision to use an open-source project. Quote: &#8220;Don&#8217;t be an Open Source ostrich. Open Source software is not likely to go away nor are you likely to avoid it. As always, &#8220;be prepared&#8221; is the best motto.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/opensource">opensource</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/legal">legal</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/tips">tips</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.subnixus.com/2005/12/19/google-tips/">Google Search Operator Tips</a></div>
<div>a list of Google search operators, which actually pretty handy for repetitive searches that you make into shortcuts.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/google">google</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/tips">tips</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://blog.softtechvc.com/2005/08/glenbrook_netwo.html">Trawling the Deep Web</a></div>
<div>&#8220;The Deep Web is the gigantic source of information stored deep down in databases &#8211; rendered through DHTML and not accessible to standard crawlers. In many cases, they actually do not even exist until a user asks a question by filling up fields in a form&#8221;</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/web">web</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/trends">trends</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://blog.softtechvc.com/2005/12/repeat_after_me.html">The Index of a Search Engine is a Commodity</a></div>
<div>In the light of Alexa (an Amazon-owned search company) opening up access to its index via an API at cheap rates to anyone who wants it, the index of a search engine is fast turning into a commodity.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/search">search</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/trends">trends</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.yafla.com/dforbes/categories/softwareDevelopment/2005/12/13.html#a216">Adoption = (Functionality &#8211; Cost) ^ Ease of Use</a></div>
<div>Discusses how simply reducing the complexity or number of steps marginally can lead to market dominance (eg. Google, Skype). Also discusses how reducing the barriers to entry make your products much more attractive.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/usability">usability</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.yafla.com/dforbes/categories/softwareDevelopment/2005/12/19.html#a222">Build, Buy, or Uncertainty: The Great Dilemma of Software Development</a></div>
<div>very interesting article which talks about competition in the software components market, and how it impacts the choices you make in development &#8212; essentially leading to analysis paralysis. also discusses the problems inherent in internal code reuse.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/competition">competition</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/programming">programming</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://dlorenzo.blogs.com/daves_blog/2005/12/harness_your_im.html">The Power of Perception: Harness Your Imagination</a></div>
<div>good tips on overcoming fear and achieving success. &#8220;While fear embedded in the unconscious mind can sabotage our success, the reverse is also true. You can use your unconscious mind to influence your thinking in order to achieve your goals.&#8221;</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/self_improvement">self_improvement</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.hojohnlee.com/weblog/?p=483">Filtering, aggregating, searching, and monetizing the Long Tail</a></div>
<div>a very good summary of the conversation about how to make money from the Long Tail. a must read!</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/longtail">longtail</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/insightful">insightful</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/humor-skills/">Humor Skills</a></div>
<div>Can humor skills be developed? Yes, absolutely. Steve Pavalina gives some extremely good tips on how to develop them.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/humor">humor</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/self_improvement">self_improvement</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/tips">tips</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/rules-are-no-obstacles-for-committed-people/">Rules Are No Obstacles for Committed People<br />
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<div>how normal people act when committed people set out to do extraordinary things, taking examples from the author&#8217;s life. Very inspiring, makes you feel that you missed a lot by not acting when it was needed.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/motivation">motivation</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/self_improvement">self_improvement</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://sightlog.sightlinesconsulting.com/public/item/107437">The Long Tail of IT Consulting</a></div>
<div>With bottlenecks removed and the costs of production dropping, IT Consulting looks like the Long Tail of services. The future of services is in making lots of small engagements pay, rather than shooting only for the big ones.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/longtail">longtail</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/12/the_piecemeal_e.php">Might the Long Tail actually reduce choice?</a></div>
<div>discusses the fundamental tension of the internet: between convergence/anti-convergence, bundling/unbundling &amp; centralization/decentralization and suggests that if all content is &#8220;unbundled&#8221;, the cultural products subsidized by commercial junk may go away</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/longtail">longtail</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/internet">internet</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/economics">economics</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/12/buying_eyes.php">Buying eyeballs</a></div>
<div>quotes Bill Gates: &#8220;Google&#8217;s business model is based on advertisements from which they make a lot of money, which it keeps with itself&#8221; and makes the point that there&#8217;s too much profit right now in online advertising for Google, which isn&#8217;t going to last.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/google">google</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/advertising">advertising</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/competition">competition</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/trends">trends</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.relevancellc.com/blogs/?p=92">Ruby/Rails: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is</a></div>
<div>explains in numbers how picking Rails over Java affects the bids he puts in for consulting jobs (considering only the actual programming part of the bid). The approach that Stuart takes in differentiating between the two is quite interesting.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/rubyonrails">rubyonrails</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/consulting">consulting</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/pricing">pricing</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/comparison">comparison</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2005/12/19/i-made-phil-ripperger-stand-in-line-for-an-xbox-360/">.NET folks tell Microsoft&#8217;s Scoble why they left for Rails</a></div>
<div>Microsoft’s Robert Scoble was concerned about the exodus of developers that are leaving .NET for Ruby on Rails, and asked for feedback on the reasons. Follow the comments/trackbacks for a very interesting discussion.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/rubyonrails">rubyonrails</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/microsoft">microsoft</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/comparison">comparison</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/index.php">Tiny MCE: JavaScript WYSIWYG Editor</a></div>
<div>TinyMCE is a open-source web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control. It has the ability to convert HTML TEXTAREA fields or other HTML elements to editor instances and is very easy to integrate into other CMS systems.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/javascript">javascript</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/webdesign">webdesign</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/tools">tools</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://c82.net/article.php?ID=25">Check it, don&#8217;t select it</a></div>
<div>Nice CSS technique for replacing multiple-select boxes with a scrollable series of checkboxes.</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/css">css</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/webdesign">webdesign</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/usability">usability</a>)</div>
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<div><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/index.php?p=79">0.1% downtime is more than 8 hours a year</a></div>
<div>an explanation of what all 99s in uptime measurement really mean in terms of hours. also recommends two rules for on-demand service providers: 1) Take steps to keep users informed 2) Be upfront about service levels</div>
<div>(tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/webservice">webservice</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz/availability">availability</a>)</div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I really love Overheard In The Office. Here are some recent gems that I particularly liked: Agent #1: Why is that dog wearing a &#8220;W&#8221; on its head? Agent #2: That&#8217;s not a &#8220;W&#8221;; it&#8217;s obviously an &#8220;M.&#8221; It&#8217;s just upside down. Bystander: Um&#8230;those are reindeer antlers. Boss: I&#8217;m getting nailed to the wall here, [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really love <a title="Overheard In The Office" href="http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/">Overheard In The Office</a>. Here are some recent gems that I particularly liked:</p>
<p>Agent #1: Why is that dog wearing a &#8220;W&#8221; on its head?<br />
Agent #2: That&#8217;s not a &#8220;W&#8221;; it&#8217;s obviously an &#8220;M.&#8221; It&#8217;s just upside down.<br />
Bystander: Um&#8230;those are reindeer antlers.</p>
<p>Boss: I&#8217;m getting nailed to the wall here, guys! C&#8217;mon! I&#8217;m not Jesus Christ! Help me out!</p>
<p>Manager: Here you go.<br />
Employee: Oh, thank goodness. This is what she&#8217;s looking for&#8230;I&#8217;m so glad you found it. I would have had to redo it right now.<br />
Manager: I found it on your desk.</p>
<p>CSR #1: What does IT stand for?<br />
CSR #2: Idiotic tendencies.<br />
CSR #1: Oh, so that&#8217;s why we forward them all the stupid questions.</p>
<p>CSR on phone: Sir, would you mind slowing down just a little bit? You&#8217;re really giving me a lot of information, and it&#8217;s not really registering in my brain because I&#8217;m still trying to type in all the other crap you told me.</p>
<p>Worker: So the Christmas party is mandatory?<br />
Boss: Of course not, but if you don&#8217;t show you&#8217;ll probably be ostracized.<br />
Worker: &#8230;And I have to sign a waiver to drink?<br />
Boss: Do you think a company of lawyers would let everyone drink, then drive, and not cover their asses?</p>
<p>Co-worker #1: Where is my breakfast burrito?<br />
Co-worker #2: Sorry bud, I totally forgot to order you one.<br />
Co-worker #1: Next time I shoot my .357 magnum at the range&#8230;I&#8217;m going to draw your face on the target.</p>
<p>VP: There is only so much you can do with one hand.<br />
Co-worker: I&#8217;m not going to touch that.</p>
<p>VP: We have to create the problem that the customer will want to solve.</p>
<p>Co-worker #1: I&#8217;m really hot.<br />
Co-worker #2: I&#8217;m turning the heat down to 90. If anyone&#8217;s cold then they can go into [Jessica]&#8217;s office, but first you have to take off your clothes because it&#8217;s a sauna in there.<br />
Co-worker #3: You shouldn&#8217;t tell people to take their clothes off before going into [Jessica]&#8217;s office.</p>
<p>Worker #1: Do you have any time available to meet on Thursday?<br />
Worker #2: It will be pretty tough; I have back to back meetings all day.<br />
Worker #1: How about 11AM?<br />
Worker #2: Okay, I have nothing scheduled at all between 9AM and 5PM.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashish Kulkarni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been going through my backlog of links on bloglines, and I&#8217;ve bookmarked well over 30 links, so expect that the next post will have a lot of links to read through! I tend to put description about the links in the del.icio.us entry itself, instead of creating a blog entry for every link (that [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been going through my backlog of links on bloglines, and I&#8217;ve bookmarked well over 30 links, so expect that the next post will have a lot of links to read through!</p>
<p>I tend to put description about the links in the <a title="my del.icio.us entries" href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz">del.icio.us</a> entry itself, instead of creating a blog entry for every link (that would be too many entries!) and a duplication of effort. I also treat it as a challenge to produce a 255-character <a title="Elevator pitch" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_pitch">elevator pitch</a> for the article. Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I don&#8217;t <img src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/twemoji/2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> What do you think is the best way to go about it?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be posting how I use <a title="my del.icio.us entries" href="http://del.icio.us/ashkulz">del.icio.us</a> and <a title="my bloglines blogroll" href="http://bloglines.com/public/ashkulz">bloglines</a> to find good articles on the web within a few days.</p>
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