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		<title>Boost Communication with Smart Brevity Techniques</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Currently reading https://a.co/d/eggTLuw &#8211; Smart Brevity. I like the concepts overall, with several examples and suggested framework. Why it matters: Though the messaging can be tailored depending on the audience, the overall framework of providing just enough information to capture attention is imperative. Further, this book provides:&#8211; Ample examples for day-to-day business communications.&#8211; Granularity at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: The Lean startup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://a.co/2IE9BCO The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is one of the significant books I have read in the recent past. Great tips and examples to learn processes for a start up. You have the Ideas, start rolling them the product. This book can be your tag along guide as you go through the process. My [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: When: Perfect timing for everything?</title>
		<link>https://ramsblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/when-perfect-timing-for-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 22:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://a.co/cA9ZF9E I must admit, This is the very first book I read within 5 days. I just couldn&#8217;t keep the book down. A great book to read and refresh some of the forgotten thoughts and lessons. Yes, several of the tips and concepts explained in this book made me recall what my dad used to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Engineering Quality vs UX Quality (Knowledge vs Understanding)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 05:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Quite an interesting concept about what and how our mind perceives learning into the muscle memory and the effort it takes to unlearn and re-adapt based on the newly learned information. The important thing to note is, it is doable. Adapting to change is what creates the engine going. In this video, the designer talks [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book review: Mindset &#8211; Psychology of Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 23:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am currently reading this beautiful book “Mindset” by Carol Dweck, a psychology professor from Stanford University.  It is one of the great books I have read so far, from interpersonal awareness point of view. Being aware of “Fixed” and “Growth” mindset characteristics and the thought process that we cultivate are much imperative for building [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aloo bonda</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 21:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a long time, we thought of making aaloo bonda (potato) at home. It was just instantaneous that our friends were coming home that afternoon, we looked around for the ingredients required , and happened to have all of those available at home. Viola ! there got started the process of making bonda within half [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kids Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 07:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For whatever the reason we couldn&#8217;t celebrate our kid&#8217;s 3rd birthday couple months ago. Our friends were so particular about not skipping his birthday celebration, even if it was a small scale to our usual. Last weekend, was the day finally worked for all of us to meet together and get this going. Kids enjoyed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shoot the messenger? Or understand the core of the problem?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 06:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Often times, we tend to get wear thinking hats and find the solution even before we hear the problem statement completely in its entirety. Well, most whom I interact with, are engineers, and it is way too common that our brains work alike. It takes a constant awareness to really hold our feet firm on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whats wrong with my inputs for dates here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 13:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; start date: 3/1/1999 End date: 8/25/2000 the validation error: Date must be equal to or after Start Date (mm/dd/yyyy). &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Role of Dev and Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2014 07:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stop, If You Want To&#8230; I agree on thoughts in this post. The testers should be really looking for the dataflow and analyze the root cause of data loss, the security glitches, the performance issues and so on. Last couple years, I switched over to end to test testing space in enterprise commerce testing over [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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