SridharTuraga

Personalisation in Android

I keep thinking about why Android is Free. The Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft battle for the device OS is fascinating to watch. I am sure there are strengths each bring to the table. In the case of Google personalisation is probably one of those. It seems with a mobile device there is a lotContinueContinue reading “Personalisation in Android”

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge

Charles Darwin noted “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge” Nobel prize winning psychological analysts defined what is known as the Dunning Kruger effect … “The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which the unskilled suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to aContinueContinue reading “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge”

Learning from Obama – Part II

Back in 2008 I wrote a post about learnings from Obama’s election for startups … I am now compelled to write the second part of that observing what appears to be dissapointing presidency of Barack Obama. Here are some lessons for startups … Long term vision, scalability are all great but with out short term tacticsContinueContinue reading “Learning from Obama – Part II”

5 good reasons why CWG were messed up intentionally

May be Mr. Suresh Kalmadi and his team are smarter than they look. Remember Pointy Haired Boss and Evil Dogbert? Here may be 5 good reasons why they intentionally messed up CWG preparations. #5. To embarrass the Queen and the British … To tell them that even this last colonial relic of the British empireContinueContinue reading “5 good reasons why CWG were messed up intentionally”