Tag Archives: New York Times
Goodbye, David Rakoff
One of the side effects of regularly listening to This American Life is the pleasant experience of getting to know some great artists. Since it is a public radio show, sound is all that is available for the show’s producers to make a good impression and they do extraordinarily well to broadcast the best possible […]
How To Design a Fantastic Infographic
When we hear the word ‘infographic’ we often remember the commercials that show statistics in a fancy graph or an animated bar chart. But the science of infographics goes beyond just advertisements that show us how micronutrients in the new health drink is 4 times more than the leading brand. If it is true that […]
Ray Bradbury On Reading
Ray Bradbury, the author who made science fiction writing a main stream category in literature, passed away this Thursday. His death was mourned by a variety of personalities, from Stephen King to Steven Spielberg, and publications from the New York Times to the Huffington Post. I had only recently discovered Mr.Bradbury works when I stumbled upon […]
The Anxiety of Unemployment
Imagine being unemployed. No, really imagine it. Imagine the state of a being where a major part of every day is simply doing nothing but wait; waiting for that phone call or the email from a recruiter. Imagine not seeing the pay check every other week – the same pay check that you were so […]
A Cruel Prank on a Genius
For your mid-sunday viewing pleasure, here is a delightful documentary from NOVA about the interesting life of Richard Feynman. Feynman is a Noble prize winning theoretical physicist and über genius who identified himself as an explorer. I’m an explorer, okay? I get curious about everything, and I want to investigate all kinds of stuff. Upon his […]
How To Become A Morning Person
One of my recent post listed top five things to improve our intelligence and it garnered some good responses from some of you. Over at Facebook, my friend SS and SV mentioned that point #4, which was about getting up early in the morning, seemed to be one of the trickier habits to form. It […]
Conflict Free iDevice From Apple
It’s no secret that Apple is one of the most coveted brand names in the world. Their products are instantly recognizable and they transcend every day consumer electronics genre to create objects of artistic beauty and innovative spirit. Apple, already a giant among personal electronics makers, is still growing at blurring speed, raking in massive […]
What About Talent ?
Oh yes, the age old debate. Is talent something one is born with or is it deliberately acquired during one’s life time ? Talent is crucial, everyone agrees to that. But can it be acquired ? More importantly, can it be acquired enough to make one awesome, as opposed to just good ? I am […]
