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Recent Readings

Posted by Sid on Sunday, January 9, 2011, In : lists

I have been reading a lot lately. Atleast by my own standards. This is partly due to a consistent inability to go to bed on time (lack of sleep), and partly due to a friend lending some good books to me. My recent readings are primarily fiction novels, but around half a dozen of business books are up next. Find below a list of some of the stuff I have read in the last fortnight or so :-

The Bridges of Madison County is easily the best love story ever written. Even if you have watched the ...

Link clearance!

Posted by Sid on Sunday, January 10, 2010, In : lists

Here is a list of interesting stuff from around the interwebs...

Website & Social Media

Photography

Link clearance!

Posted by Sid on Saturday, December 5, 2009, In : lists

Here is a list of interesting stuff from around the web past week.

Whats in my feed reader?

Posted by Sid on Thursday, December 3, 2009, In : lists

Not exactly the bundle created by Thomas Friedman or Arianna Huffington for Google Reader, but here is a list of blogs and websites I follow/visit on a regular basis.

News & Information TechCrunch Mashable Engadget Lifehacker World CAD Access	Marketing & SEO SEOmoz Hubspot Pragmatic Marketing Google Analytics Blog Google Adwords Blog

Gurus & Forums Raymond Chen Joel Spolsky Seth Godin Business of Software	Comics Pearls Before Swine Calvin & Holbes Dilbert XKCD

Sports BBC Sports ESPN S...

Smartphone Apps!

Posted by Sid on Friday, August 21, 2009, In : lists

Photo by Nimbuzz

Like many of you, I carry a smartphone (Nokia 5800) in my pocket. Whether you have a Nokia, a Blackberry, an iPhone or any other smartphone in your pocket, you will find these applications useful :

1. Mail for Exchange
2. Opera Mini
3. Gmail Client
4. Google Search
5. Google Maps

[I have purposefully left out games and social networking related apps here.]

Google provides three of the five applications in my list, but Microsoft's Mail for Exchange simply rocks. Ano...

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...