Category Archives: annoyances
A Resaonable Suggestion to Facebook
When you click ‘Like’ on something on Facebook and then place the mouse on top of the link, a tool tip shows up beneath the mouse pointer saying ‘Stop liking this item’. See, I didn’t realize that ‘Like’-ing something on Facebook was a present and continuous affair. I thought ‘Like’-ing is a one-time affirmation, like […]
No Cause For Concern, May Be
Yeah, it is officially my longest break from writing this blog since my two-weeks-long absence last August when I visited my home in Chennai, India. Somehow, I have managed to not write anything since last Thursday. With a bit of exhaustion from personal interests and work and a generous allotment of good-old fashioned procrastination, I […]
What is Procrastination ?
I was reading through my post from yesterday, which listed twenty improvements to make TODO lists better, and I noticed that quite a few of those features were oriented towards helping people who procrastinate. Long term readers of this blog know that I am no stranger to this annoying habit. Procrastination comes in many forms […]
Work Stress
“One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours—all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is […]
Logic Fallacies: How to Detect and Destroy False Arguments
Do you like to argue ? Of course you do. Everyone does, even people who say they don’t like to argue. Arguing is the common form of testing the boundaries of one’s knowledge and validity of one’s opinions. Arguing can also play a vital role in spreading information when people of varying intelligence in different […]
Do We Really Need Thank You Letters ?
Every single advise column about nailing an interview mentions the ‘Thank You Note‘. From Monster to CareerBuilder, LinkedIn to GlassDoor, the importance of the thank you letter is proclaimed as an essential, almost a mandatory step, for any candidate if he or she wants to get the job. Of course, like many things in life, […]
Checking Facebook at Work Increases Productivity
Okay, this is getting a bit suspicious. Previously, there were studies suggesting that office productivity can be increased by bad and grumpy people, terrible hardship and even being intoxicated with Alcohol. Now a new study claims that periodically checking Facebook and other social media increases productivity at the workplace. This time, the research comes from […]
How to Change a Flat Tire in the Dark
Say you are walking out to your car at 9:17 pm to get some groceries only to find the front passenger side tire completely flat. Your car, which you and only you consider to be far superior to all other automobiles, a super-mobile, if you will, now looks like it lost its footing at a […]
FAA is Thinking About Allowing iPads on Planes
Everybody hates the annoying safety announcement that comes on before a flight take-off. The only thing that is more annoying is the flight attendants’ insistence that all electronic devices are turned-off during take off and landing. Ever found yourself immensely involved in an e-book or an app only to be disturbed by the cold tap […]
Five Essential Tools To Arm Your Browser Against Internet Usage Tracking
You have set the right privacy settings in Facebook and checked the appropriate boxes in Google settings to make sure none of these Internet giants are keeping tabs on what you are browsing online. But these steps may not protect you completely since hidden traps in third-party websites, like the Facebook ‘Like’ button in The […]
