What the Game of Thrones is about
This isn’t a story that ends with “happily ever after”. That’s where it started. This whole series is the sequel to a book never written. A classic fantasy, about heroes who fought against an unambiguous evil, about people who took their lives and their honor into their own hands and stormed the gates of the mad … Continue reading
Closures
People talk of closure without knowing what it is. They think closure is overrated. Nope. It’s amazing. Closure can come in the form of an apology – either one received or one given. It heals whatever happened and releases shame and guilt. Giving an apology gives the person getting the apology the control. It puts … Continue reading
How I think about products
A good product development strategy is centered around concept of iterative optimization. STEP 1: Understand what you are trying to address STEP 2: Who/What will I need to address what has be addressed STEP 3: Start with basic work, the layouts, the designs, the processes and procedures STEP 4: Start working on hypothesis. Develop … Continue reading
Surprises while growing up
Everything costs something Nobody has answers Authority is arbitrary. You will never “find” time. You have to make it. Nobody is thinking about you (or the gaffe you made today). People are thinking of themselves. Most people are just “doing their job” and don’t really care what you do. You can get away with a lot. … Continue reading
Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture Ever
GSD! Just ship it! Fail fast! Fire fast! HUSTLE! They’re the battle cries of the startup world, which maintains a culture of moving quickly. Maybe you’ve experienced this culture? I definitely have. I’ve worked at companies where “get shit done” was the mantra, actually posted huge on the wall. If you weren’t performing, you were … Continue reading
Retorting to Clichés
Here is me taking a shot at some age old, irrelevant Clichés ___________________________________________________________________ “Power corrupts.” Powerlessness corrupts even more. “Follow your Dreams.” Dreams are just visualized form of interests, interests are nothing but manipulations of society, opportunities and culture. “Live Free.” Free world has been tried and failed and only feasible way to co-exist … Continue reading
The lifestyle of default
I got back to writing because I am sick and hence bedridden. Being sick limits number of things you can do, but opens up range of issues you can think of. Well, this is an irony, and a stupid one at that, I got to do my favorite thing because I did not have … Continue reading
Of the Choices and Conflicts
We are constantly at the crossroads of choice- big or small. Little by little we continuously head to a direction dictated by these set of our choices, all choices however random, chaotic and unrelated. Every bit of small choice govern our future. Every once in a while, with time, things start to get murky; the … Continue reading
Curse of a writer
I recently came across rather heartbreaking observations about writers, especially creative ones. There are two facets to exceptional writing that are potential indicators/causes for clinical depression. The first is a keen ability to observe and process the world around you, which by default makes you less likely to take part in it. It’s been said … Continue reading
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