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Cover to cover...

Posted by Sid on Monday, November 16, 2009, In : think:next 
Google, Amazon, Wikipedia, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Myspace, Wordpress, LinkedIn, Skype, Netflix, Craigslist etc etc...

 
The list of successful products on the web is huge, but what will be the next big thing?
 


 
Given above is the table of Top 10 sites for the month of October 2009 in terms of unique visitors (Source : compete.com). Lets see if we can get some pointers from this table.
 
Google, Yahoo, MSN, Live, Wikipedia provide answers to questions, give info...

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Its not about the bike!

Posted by Sid on Monday, July 27, 2009, In : general 


 
The 2009 version of Tour de France just finished. Alberto Contador won it quiet easily in the end, but there is a bigger story there for all of us to hear and learn from.

Here is a brief introduction to the sport's most famous personality.
 

Lance Armstrong

1971 - born in Texas, USA
1993 - stage win (stage 08th) in Tour de France
1995 - stage win (stage 18th) in Tour de France

1996 - diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain

1999...

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Books!

Posted by Sid on Thursday, July 23, 2009, In : lists 

 
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
 
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
 
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Austin Phelps
 
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1...

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