Product Development and Customer Feedback

“If you asked a group of Porsche owners what they wanted they’d tell you things like “smoother ride, more trunk space, more leg room, etc.” He’d then say “well, they just designed a Volvo.”” - Robert Scoble talking about how a Porsche would be a Volvo if they let their buyers decide on features.

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A toast to all fellow nice guys

This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.

This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.

This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it. This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumor that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumor to spread around the floor. This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that.

The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches. Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or “he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: “no, it would ruin our friendship.” Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!). But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.

So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.

Fu-zu Jen, SEAS/WH, 2003

Murder or Suicide? Brilliant...Read it

A unique and interesting real life incident...

Why we create Computer Viruses.

Excellent quote by Stephen Hawking

"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."

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I completely agree. The purpose of life is to create but we end up creating destruction. Completely changes the purpose and probably that's why all the things around us are changing so drastically and at such speed. Showing us that we are not following our purpose.

Although the power to create destruction is a necessary evil in certain cases, it has become such a regular part of some people's lives that every thing for them revolves around destroying things.

Well said by Stephen Hawking, "We've created life in our own image."

Now should we look ourselves in the mirror and ask who the best creator of all or who is the best destruct-or of all???

Dumb

I was all dumb thinking only about you,
Every moment of my mind captured by you.
Nothing else stood a chance to be seen,
Now this emptyness made me realise how dumb I have been.

  
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Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the 
stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk.
I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your
fellow passenger.' 
 
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said
to the stranger, 'What would you like to talk about?'
'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger. 'How about nuclear power?' and
he smiles. 
 
'OK,' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask
you a question first.

A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass;
yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass.

Why do you suppose that is?'

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence,
thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'
 
To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel qualified to 
discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?'

What Is Self-Appraisal

The Entrepreneurship Summit 2009, 7-Feb, Mumbai

E- Summit is a unique initiative by The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay and as an integral part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of IIT Bombay has an overlying theme of Empowering entrepreneurs. It will exhibit a broad realm of Sessions which include insightful Panel discussions and Interactive Talk Sessions by seasoned entrepreneurs.

Venue: IIT Bombay                          Date: 7th Feb, 2009

Apart from being just about Panel Discussions or Talk Sessions the e-Summit 2009 also has Mentoring Sessions for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Ensuring maximum substance and purpose for the participants. Mentoring endorses the absolute need of a mechanism through which guidance and advice from senior entrepreneurs and professionals can be passed gainfully and efficiently to aspiring entrepreneurs.

• Each mentoring slot will be for 45 minutes.
• There will be six mentoring slots (2 in morning and 4 in afternoon), each team will be given a maximum of 2 slots.

• All the registrants of E-Summit'09 only can participate in mentoring. We would be selecting only a few applicants based on their application.
• Participants shortlisted for mentoring will be contacted by e-mail.(In case of teams, each team member must be registered for E-Summit'09)

Warren Buffet's advice for 2009

Financial wisdom from the guru himself.

Hard work:  All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Laziness:  A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.