Nehal Shah's Weblog

Knowledge occupancy

2011-01-30T00:03:00.000-08:00

Four quadrants of knowledge in descending order of occupancy in human mind :Things that you don't know 'that you don't know' (99.99999%)Rest 0.000001 % is occupied by below 3 =>Things that you know 'that you know', Things that you know 'that you don't know' and Things that you don't know 'that you know'

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

2010-10-09T08:41:00.000-07:00

It was inspiring to watch Sir Ken Robinson's speech on bringing revolution in education. It truly makes sense in giving a thoughtful approach to the idea of letting children evolve as per their passion, rather being forced to follow a linear approach to live and waste precious lives.I particularly liked statements, "The great problem for a reform or transformation is the tyranny of common sense"

False ceiling in Nehru Stadium collapses

2010-09-22T03:57:00.000-07:00

Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandreshekhar told, "The cables which were to be set up for the data network were placed on the false ceiling and due to the weight of the cables the ceiling fell off. It's a minor thing and it will be corrected. It's not a matter to be worried about"Is CWG to degrade or enhance the image of the world's third most powerful nation?

MS-Speech Recognition

2010-09-09T20:00:00.000-07:00

Today morning, exploring my ThinkPad for its features, came across this Speech Recognition application from Microsoft. It took me through the wizard to setup the component which also involved certain training to the application, so that it recognizes my voice and words correctly during dictation in office files.I also underwent additional training lessons, for the computer to reach better

Cycling: Hobby Revisited

2009-11-10T21:50:00.001-08:00

After a gap of 15 years, googling to find some cyclists, I came across this wonderful website, which left me overwhelmed. It was a networking site exclusively meant for cyclists in India. I was overjoyed to find loads of people like me who were interested in cycling and searching for information.In the foray, I met some cyclists who proved highly helpful to provide me all the information

Sixth Sense

2009-03-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

Yes, that’s true. In my previous post you read about the advent of Microsoft Surface with a huge price tag for commercial use. But, if Pranav Mistry has his way, the technology will soon become available for masses for the price no more than a mobile phone.Pranav from the MIT Media Lab has developed a wearable internet-connected computer that can turn virtually any physical surface (like the

Microsoft Surface

2009-03-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

I hope most of you may have heard of Microsoft Surface. It’s a computer without a keyboard and mouse. It allows you to do almost anything at the sway of your finger tips, providing a very easy to use table computer with a magic of touch. Sway your fingers and there you are maneuvering the objects on the surface.It’s also called Touch and Gesture computing. The line between the physical world and

Soap business: Change in Indian Television

2009-03-19T02:53:00.000-07:00

I am not referring to the detergent business or, nor do I have plans to start one. Here I am referring to the soaps shown on Indian Television on almost most of the entertainment channels. All, with almost same set of story line involving some kind of disputes between family members. It could be between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law or two sister-in-laws fuelling their husbands to take up a

The Road Ahead

2009-03-13T05:40:00.000-07:00

It’s been a long time that I wrote a post. Few of the hurdles in life kept me away from writing. At times, there are situations where we are forced to take some tough stand, without any of our fault.On the road of life we come across some people whom we expect to enhance our journey, but not always. We are given a choice to either rely on them and help us, or not rely and continue with the

Happy New Year 2009

2008-12-31T02:00:00.000-08:00

Year 2008 has been marked as one of the worst in the history. It all started with sub-prime crisis followed by world-markets crash. We saw oil prices climbing above $ 150 per barrel and witnessed wiping off some of BIG MNC banks like Lehman Brothers, Wachovia and saw companies like Citibank and GM tremor to the economic tunes. US had to bail out Citibank and GM, preventing a big financial

Serious security flaw found in IE7

2008-12-22T04:05:00.000-08:00

A week back a serious security flaw was found in Internet Explorer and everybody is been advised by 'MICROSOFT' not to use Internet Explorer for any confidential banking transactions until the new patch is released.The new patch would be released at the earliest and Microsoft advices everybody to use the browser from their rivals until the patch is released. As many as 10,000 websites have been

Scientoons

2008-12-18T02:17:00.000-08:00

Scientoons are the cartoons, based on science. They not only make you smile and laugh but also provide information about new researches subjects, data & concepts in a simple, understandable and interesting thought provoking way.Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Senior Scientist (Chemical Technology Division) at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India coined a new name for such

Mumbai Local Trains

2008-12-15T04:08:00.000-08:00

Only local train passengers in Mumbai will know how helpful commuters try to be...... Last week, a hapless victim fell prey to the over enthusiastic Bombay's local train commuters. Our hero, a man from Pune, wanted to go to Matunga, but as luck and trains would have it, boarded a fast train not halting at his destination. He panicked on realizing his mistake but by then the local had started

Silence

2008-12-05T08:28:00.000-08:00

"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute"- MK GandhiThat sounds true but not when communication is need of the hour. Study says 95% of the life problems arise either due to the lack of communication or improper communication. Communication plays a very important role in the life of any individual. It could be at home, office or at social events. Communication can bring two individual/

Thought of the day !!

2008-12-02T09:31:00.000-08:00

It's really worth thinking on the below thought :"What a shame and disgrace to every citizen of India that the elite NSG Force was transported into ordinary BEST buses, whereas our cricketers are transported into state of the art luxury buses, these Jawans lay down their lives to protect every Indian and these cricketers get paid even if they lose a match, we worship these cricketers and forget

Mumbai, meri jaan

2008-11-29T18:19:00.000-08:00

On hearing the news of recent spate of attack on Mumbai, I was very furious at the unscrupulous terrorist activity carried out by Jihadis. I wished to have been in the defence forces(my childhood dream) fighting out these militants.I first got the news early morning on 27th Nov, when my sister called me from US. Since then, I couldn't keep away from the news and was closely watching every update

Constructive criticism

2008-11-24T04:07:00.000-08:00

Recently, while browsing through some of the management sites, I accidentally bumped into this site called wisegeek.com, which outlines the significance of constructive criticism :“Constructive criticism is criticism kindly meant that has a goal of improving some area of another’s person’s life or work. Often constructive criticism refers specifically to the critique of someone else’s written or

Economic burst, or economic opportunity?

2008-11-13T11:15:00.000-08:00

It all began with the subprime crisis in US at the beginning of this year and yet nobody is able to see light at the end of this dark tunnel. Nobody knows when this turmoil would wound up, for the happy times to return.It has shut-up Analysts world over as the predictions have lost their sheen. Although, Indian economic situation hasn’t yet worsened to the extent of US, it surely is bound to face

Diwali

2008-11-09T22:47:00.000-08:00

Diwali is the festival of lights celebrated on account of Lord Rama’s, his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana’s return from 14 years exile and from a war in which he killed demonic king Ravana. It’s a five day festival and all these five days are exciting in every household of India. People get together, visit friends and relatives to pass good wishes. Children enjoy by bursting fire-crackers and

How to Forgive

2008-10-18T10:36:00.000-07:00

One of the hardest, thorniest and most difficult things we humans are ever called upon to do is to respond to evil with kindness, and to forgive the unforgivable. We love to read stories about people who've responded to hatred with love, but when that very thing is demanded of us personally, our default seems to be anger, angst, depression, righteousness, hatred, etc. Yet study after study shows

The Persuasive Young Bania – Part II

2008-07-03T23:33:00.000-07:00

At 17, he left India to join his oldest brother in Yemen, where he worked as a petrol station attendant in Aden. Initially, Dhirubhai worked as a dispatch clerk with A. Besse & Co. Two years later A. Besse & Co. became the distributors for Shell products and Dhirubhai was promoted to manage the company’s oil-filling station at the port of Aden. He also worked in Dubai for some time during his

The persuasive young Bania – Part I

2008-06-19T23:12:00.000-07:00

He is known by many names – a persuasive young bania, the polyster prince, man of the century, guru of equity cult and many more names to reckon. Born on December 28, 1932, in the family of banias, he was the third child of a poor school-teacher in a rural village called Chorwad in the State of Gujarat, India. Yes, I am talking about a great Indian business magnate, Dhirubhai Ambani. I came

Microsoft’s Vista : Is migration really worth ?

2008-05-31T07:49:00.000-07:00

Nearly 16 months after Microsoft launched Vista, the company is still trying to convince some consumers of the operating system's merit. "Vista is a disappointment," says Shawndra Hill, operations and information management professor at Wharton and a Vista customer. "It's too complicated. We had Windows XP and were using it fine. Then Microsoft decided to provide us with something new. But there

Pune's Growing Real Estate Market: Pune's Growing Real Estate Market

2008-05-25T21:29:00.000-07:00

Pune's Growing Real Estate Market: Pune's Growing Real Estate Market

How Richest Familes Manage Their Wealth ?

2008-05-23T18:37:00.000-07:00

For many of the world's richest families, SFOs -- Single Family Offices -- play an essential role in their investment strategy. SFOs manage the family financial portfolio and often provide other services, such as handling children's college applications, hiring domestic staff or managing the family fleet of jets. About 1,000 SFOs are in operation around the world catering to families with a least