»July 1, 2009: Get your maths right
When do you know its time to fire your PR agency (or the Website Administrator). When they can t get the maths right I just saw this Press Release from IIML - supposedly a premier management institute (and apparently lacking funds to hire a decent PR firm).http://www.prurgent.com/2009-06-30/pressrelease44340.htmThe release goes on to say The work experience of the students shows that 57% of stu... ... (MORE)
»August 28, 2008: Apple in India - another failure
Apple introduced its latest iPhone 3G in India, just a week back. Another matter that there is no 3G here and quite a few of us (myself included) are already running unlocked for more than a year now. It couldn t have been a worse product introduction. If SMS responses to ads calling for pre-launch bookings were an indication, it was an eagerly awaited phone, like elsewhere in the world. They ... ... (MORE)
)»June 20, 2008: Prediction is especially difficult
It was Niels Bohr who once said "Prediction is difficult, especially about the future". It may come across as funny - except that other than the choice of rather ironic choice of prediction, it isn t. After all, building models of what is know, and trying to fit data to a certain model, is not easy, and anybody who has ever tried this curve fitting will agree. We have not been able to... ... (MORE)
Current mood:
Sceptical
Current mood:
Sceptical
»June 15, 2008: The mathematics of Time
Almost a couple of months ago - I finished my final MBA exams. This being an evening course that had to be managed along with a demanding job in a startup, made time a scarce commodity, and the economics of scarcity ensured that I had to choose how I spend my Sundays judiciously. I almost gave up watching TV or reading newspaper. Giving up TV was a good thing, but I still regret losing the habi... ... (MORE)
