Mouli's thoughts and musics over two decades
Just read a wired article titled ‘Who is afraid of Google’. Interesting read on how the tech industry views Google.
It seems no one is safe: Google is doing Wi-Fi; Google is searching inside books; Google has a plan for ecommerce.
Read the full article here.
All of us would have read the famous quote by Robert Frost:
But has anyone heard the following two quotes by the same man ?
Satire at its best ! 🙂
In the US, the generation that saw the WW or the sons of those who saw the war are often called the Gen X or the baby boomers. As a natural consequence, their sons are hence called Gen Y – this is the generation which was born around the late 70s and early 80s.SavvySaver has an excellent post pointing to a yahoo biz article on how the attitude of Gen Y towards financial planning and work is totally different from how the Gen X used to look at it. Very nice.
Interesting point qouted by savvysaver from the article:
After witnessing the financial insecurity that beset earlier generations stung by layoffs and the dot-com bust, today’s newest entrants into the workforce are generally savvy when it comes to money and savings. They care about such benefits as 401(k) retirement plans.Thirty-seven percent of Gen Yers expect to start saving for retirement before they reach 25, with 46% of those already working indicating so, according to a September survey by Purchase, N.Y.-based Diversified Investment Advisors. And 49% say retirement benefits are a very important factor in their job choices. Among those eligible, 70% of the Gen Y respondents contribute to their 401(k) plan.
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Unlike boomers who tend to put a high priority on career, today’s youngest workers are more interested in making their jobs accommodate their family and personal lives. They want jobs with flexibility, telecommuting options and the ability to go part time or leave the workforce temporarily when children are in the picture.
The 401(k) plan in the US are retirement plans – kind of like the PPF.
R.I.P.Management guru Peter Drucker died at the age of 95, at his home in Clarement, California. A well respected figure and a great author of management books. He is also known for coining the terms ‘knowledge workers’ and ‘management by objetives (MBO)’.
I will be on a brief hiatus for the next 7 days. Leaving for home (Chennai) for Diwali holiday. For non-Indian viewers, Diwali is called the festival of lights and is probably the hindu equivalent of the holiday (christmas) season in the US. Houses all over India have brightly coloured lights decorating their frontage.Read the wikipedia entry for Diwali.
I do not think I will be posting for the next one week or so.
Ciao !
Read the following thread for a touching account of how a man living in Washington DC posted on AskMetafilter to find out the address of where his grandfather lived in Vienna before he fled (during WWII). Someone from the Holocaust Museum (another reader of Ask Mefi) responded within 32 minutes of posting. He and a colleague of his, were able to trace down a large amount of information about the grandfather. A very touching story, – only that it is real.Read the full thread here.
We hear so much about globalization, and see it in a dozen facets of daily life. But there are times, when it touches your heart, you feel a sudden pang of joy. It happened to me this morning, when I found this post over at Lifehacker.com. I have been a loyal lifehacker reader for quite some time now. It had the following today :
Diwãli, the festival of lights, is just a week away.
If there’s a special Hindu, Sikh or Jain person in your life, why not send an eCard to wish them happiness and prosperity?
Hallmark offers several free Diwali cards that you can personalize and send by e-mail.
Being a hindu myself, I was touched by the above post. I am sure posts like these are what would be the first steps in building better global understanding and unity. Thanks lifehacker.