Excellent Taxi Cab Service At Kodaikkanal (Kodai)

I recently visited Kodaikkanal with my family.   I engaged a driver named Abbas who runs a cab company called Masha Alla cabs.    He not only took us to every nook and corner of Kodaikkanal, but acted like a guide to us at no extra charge explaining every bit of details.   The guy hails from Kodai and hence has indepth authentic knowledge about it.    He was also friendly and patient with us which is rather more important than anything else.  And most importantly, he strikes a clear balance between being a friend and a taxi driver and doesn't indulge much into our personal space.

It was a lasting experience for us.

I suggest you seriously consider this guy if you happened to visit Kodaikkanal.

For your benefit, I am putting all the details here.

Inspirational Video - Attitude is Altitude

This is a story of Nick Vujicic who was born with no arms and no legs.  It was not his mistake. Neither it was his parents' mistake nor society's mistake.  So, whose mistake was it? We could point to God....that's easy for us.

Please watch and share this video. It might better you, your family, your friends
and most importantly, your children. In today's era of crime and corruption, it
is important to look at life with a different perspective.

Believe me, after watching this video, if tears do not whoop out of your eyes,
then you are not a ..... what do I say...!

But, this is an inspirational video that everyone should watch.
Anyone who has an aversion towards life and mankind can see
and learn from this video.

I saw this with my wife and son yesterday and we were so
moved by Nick and his attitude towards life. We felt happy and good after
watching it. We also felt that it was a Sunday well spent.

I thought I should share it with some of my friends like you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbX6mDnMwM

Naked Atrocities - Whose fault it is ?

I was shocked and deeply saddened to witness this scene at Hosur Railway station today at 6:30 am.
A family of 8 with children and toddlers had to face major discrimination.  They were fast asleep on the railway platform when a cop who came from nowhere took a stick and started beating every elder of the family including women.  The "crime" committed by the family was nothing but having slept on the railway platform.   The cop probably would have got a directive from his superiors to get them vacated.  But is this a way to behave in public?  The family probably did not have a permanent home.  The act of the cop to me was extremely disheartening in a civilized society of modern India and should be condemned.  That minute I was ashamed to call myself an "Indian".   Just imagine what would the young minds would have undergone seeing their own kiths and kins getting beaten up.  God only knows what atrocities those young minds are facing daily.  Was it their fault of having born in a poor society?   No doubt, we are grooming terrorists.

Cell Tamil Kavithai (Poem)

My wife wrote this Tamil Poem yesterday!  

A Simple Understing Of "What Usability Means..."

Being Innocent Can Get You Death Penalty!

I got this information from my friend.....just copy-pasting the same....

If you happen to buy a water bottle at the airport, please check the bottle.

BEWARE of fake water bottles...........

Be careful !!!! At the airport or close to any customs service, never
accept or help somebody to hold his/her bottle of water or other
objects , even for an elderly person or a pregnant women, ... you
could be arrested for cocaine or any illegal drugs possession. In
Singapore, that means Death Penalty !!  Tell them to put them on the
floor or other places...
 

Watch this attached video by the US Customs.You will understand.
(Cocaine dealers are  very smart ).

It's better to loose one minute in life, rather than loose life in a minute...

The Economics Of Computer Software and Microsoft

I was wondering if an economist or a student of economics indulged in academic research leading to doctorate can purse the following topic

                                      "The Economics Of Software Industry"

If you look at the changing face of software industry before the revolution of hand-held smartphones, it was primarily dominated by Microsoft.  Then came the gaint - GOOGLE.   The revolutionary iPhone from Apple changed the face of  mobile phones getting a facelist in form of smart phones or a computer on your palm.
The downtime of NOKIA, the uptime of HTC and SAMSUNG.

Notice, there is no Microsoft in all these.....!    Why....is it because Microsoft was focusing too much on Windows Desktops, Azure, Sharepoint, .NET, SQL Server and stuff like these and did not care too much about smart phone markets?  That is too tempting to find.

As you see in the above diagram, software economics have the following patterns of

• Psychology
• Organizational Behavior
• Statistics
• Software Development
• Economics
• Social Psychology

 To, it sounds like SOFTWARE IS NOTHING BUT COMMON SENSE.   And Common Sense is simple human Psychology and behavior.   

It is also relevant for anyone to do a detailed research of the intricacies and do a market project for next 25 years on what could be expected.