Bloggers are ordinary people. We are not terrorists

This is a must read article by Shel . The depth of the issues becomes very clear.

Kudo's to Shel for this nice read.

Gmail displaying wrong contact

This is a strange bug that I noticed while working today. Gmail is showing my another person's contact details for some reason, when mouse over is done. Here take a look.

stats in twitter

by typing in 'stats' in twitter, you will see the number of followers and following numbers. Thats neat, I wish they had more keywords - like help , SOS whatever.. :)-

Xmas web cams around the world

you want to watch xmas around the world.. here's a list of webcams operating

Good Quote

"The ability to make good decisions regarding people represents
one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage." -- Peter Drucker

Have come out of one big cluster fuck. I certainly am now seeing the wisdom of these words. Leadership, needs pinpoint who actually is creating value and who is just whitewashing reality to suite their own agenda's.

How to Get 16 Million Facebook Application Users?

This is an interesting read to the degree that one has 16Million users within 10 weeks. Thats quite a high velocity and traction in a short period of time.

"e answer is simple. Run a facebook class at Stanford. Facebook Class instructor Dave McClure reviews the amazing results from the class. You will see that the lesson here is multiple iterations of applications and a 2 pronged focus on virality and engagement of the facebook applications.

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Dave McClure also covers his infamous Pirate Model for customer life cycle: AARRR
Acquisition
Activation
Retention
Referral
Revenue"

Is this model compareable to the CMM, SDLC, Agile etc ?? Worth take some serious notes on this model