February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
- Week’s Tweets 2011-03-27
- Week’s Tweets 2011-03-20
- How Not to Do a Newsletter
- Week’s Tweets 2011-03-13
- The Role of Management Consulting
- Week’s Tweets 2011-03-06
- Why BankSimple Will Get My Business
- Bottom of the Pyramid of Digital Media
February 2011
- Week’s Tweets 2011-02-27
- Capital One – 3X More on Your Savings
- The Role of English in Modern India
- Week’s Tweets 2011-02-20
- IBM Watson – Welcoming our New Computer Overlord
- Week’s Tweets 2011-02-13
- Indian IT Services: Quarter’s Roundup
- Bollywood Music – the Android Opportunity
- Week’s Tweets 2011-02-06
January 2011
- IIM Ahmedabad ranked 11th by FT
- Tiger Moms and Indian Parenting
- TVU Immigration Scam
- Week’s Tweets 2011-01-30
- A Leg Up for Indian English
- Week’s Tweets 2011-01-23
- Week’s Tweets 2011-01-16
- iGate acquires Patni
- The Marginal Cost of Software
- Week’s Tweets 2011-01-09
- App Stores Galore
- My Wish “Less” for 2011
- Week’s Tweets 2011-01-02
December 2010
- Looking for Investment Management Tools
- The Cloud and Infrastructure Management Services
- Another Trip to the Cookie Jar
- Week’s Tweets 2010-12-26
- Week’s Tweets 2010-12-19
- The Problem with the Human Cloud
- Week’s Tweets 2010-12-05
November 2010
- This Could be the Future of the Print Media
- Week’s Tweets 2010-11-21
- IT Services Should be Setting Agenda on Human Cloud
- Investment Hates Uncertainty, Especially in the Law
- Week’s Tweets 2010-11-14
- Kenya Challenges Corruption
- Chart of the Day
- Comparing Chinese Manufacturing and Indian Services
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-07
- Keane and Sonata
- The Cloud and Services
October 2010
- Direct Flight Envy
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31
- Failure 2 Communicate
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24
- Open Toolbox – Blogging etc.
- The Yin and Yang of HR in Services Companies
- Currency Wars and India
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03
September 2010
- Where Will the Good Jobs Come From
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-26
- Rumored Candidates for NEC Director
- Acquisitions in the Offshore Industry
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-19
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-12
- The Long Backlash Against Offshore
- Consumer Electronics Packaging and Wrap Rage
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05
August 2010
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29
- The Cost of Onsite Hiring Just Went Down
- Indian Balance of Payments and Offshore Services
- Real estate prices in India and California
- Indian Traffic – An Illustrated Guide
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22
- Of Leaking Electricity
- Android India
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15
- Another Perfect Notebook
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08
- Survey Results Analysis
- Chennai Expressway Threatens the Beaches
- Day One, Chennai
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01
July 2010
- Conference: The Future of Offshore
- Time for a Reader Survey
- Be There or Be Square
- The Quest for Higher Bill Rates
- What’s the Size of the Offshore Industry?
- Why is Local Hiring in Offshore Services so Sparse?
- For Budding Social Entrepreneurs
June 2010
- You Are the Technology Choices You Make
- An Update
- Tablets and Netbooks
- The Problem With Being Unsure
- IT Services Companies Should Empower Middle Management
May 2010
April 2010
- IPL Notes
- The Politics of Financial Reform
- Its Getting Warm in California
- Innovation and Complexity in Finance
- The Best Names are Gult Names
- Growth and the IT Services Pyramid
- Why are IPL Cheerleaders all Firangis?
March 2010
- No Google Voice on iPhone – Competition or Corporate Spite
- Why Pre Existing Conditions Must Go
- My Personal Tale of Healthcare Insurance
- Lehman and Ernst & Young
- Why are Non-Fiction Books so Boring?
- Online Education is Coming, And Fast
- An Indian Passport and Indianness
- What I Am Upto
- Reuse is Like Cutting Consumption in Half
February 2010
- Kindle Doesn’t Quite Work for Non-Fiction
- Europe is Getting Less Secular
- My Son and Asperger’s Syndrome
- Is Offshore Services a Scale Business
- An Unsmart Phone and an iPad
- Employees Vote Apotheker Out of SAP
- Offshore Services: Whither Consolidation?
- Money Begets Power Begets Money
- Corrupt Congress
- Sena Mobocracy
- What to do About Falling Music Sales
January 2010
- India’s Parliamentary Form of Government Rocks
- Paper Problems
- My iPad Will Have to Wait
- Piracy Pulling Down Music Sales
- Wall Street’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
- Management Consulting in India
- Google and Free Speech
- English Medium Education Can Lead to Poorer English
- Why is the Financial Industry this Big?
December 2009
- A Better Year
- Investing, My Way
- Evernote for Android
- Indian Church in Fremont
- Make Work Homework
- Copenhagen – the Mother of all Negotiations
- Ideas from the New York Times
- More English and More Non-English
- Coevolution in Telemarketing
- The Numbers Behind the Numbers
November 2009
October 2009
- Wall Street Bonuses are Not the Real Issue
- Insider Trading
- KenKen Puzzles
- Leaving the Kindle On During Takeoff
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
- Evoking Negative Images can make for Effective Messaging
- Why do so many NBA games go to Overtime
- Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare
- Spelling Bee Notes
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
- Best Practices in Voter Bribery
- More on IT Unpolicy
- IT and the Government
- Bonuses at AIG – Who Wrote that Compensation Plan?
- Protectionism Ahead?
- Email Scam
- Changes at Gridstone
- Banks and the Dreaded N-Word
February 2009
January 2009
- Expected Bonuses on Wall Street
- How Tech Savvy is Obama?
- Satyam – the Larceny Scenario
- Satyam Operating Margins Look Real
- Satyam Next Steps
- More on Satyam
- Questions re Satyam
- Singapore and Indian Cities
- Have a Great 2009!
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
- Economist’s Global Elections for US President
- Bailouts and the Fog of Finance
- Zoho and the Bottom of the Software Pyramid
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
- Incentive Compensation as a Risk Factor
- Outsourcing Captives is Not an Acquisition
- Charts on my mind
April 2008
- New Look for the Blog
- Setting Targets or Expectation Setting
- Water, No Ice Featured in the Mercury News
- Haryana and Orissa lead Investment Tables
- The IP imperative for IT Services or How to Beat the Recession
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
- Changing Times for IT Services
- Chilka Lake Photos
- Gridstone and the Top-Down Approach to the Semantic Web
- The Perfect Notebook
- My 2008 Wish “Less”
December 2007
- Big Pharma vs Nature
- Thomas Weisel Shutters Discovery Research
- How Will IT Services Fare in the Coming US Recession
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
- BCCI and Indian Cricket – Monopolies are Never Good
- I Hope You are Enjoying This!
- Indian IT Services – Right Turn Ahead
- Old Retail vs Farmers – Now It Gets Interesting
- Auto-rickshaws in Mumbai
August 2007
- Number Games – BEST TV Advertising
- Sound and Fury – the 123 Agreement
- The Importance of being Articulate
July 2007
- Pricing Sell-Side Research – Reading the Tea Leaves
- Contaminated Food
- Kerala Ban on Organized Retail – What’s the Logic
- Wanted: Technical Architect and Project Manager
- Trip to IIM Ahmedabad
June 2007
May 2007
- Joost – Internet TV for Real
- Don’t Believe Everything You Read
- The real deal with offshore captives
- More insiders being recruited as CEOs
April 2007
- Notes from the CRV conference
- The H1-B visa program needs a revamp
- The difference between KBC and a lottery
- The Napsterization of Sell-Side Research
March 2007
- Offshore Backlash Redux
- More IT Services Bashing
- Users in India should have opt-in rights
- Another Ladoo for my Ladla
- Mumbai Taxis
- Open Letter to the Bollywood Music Industry
- Water, No Ice
- Apple and the Music Industry
February 2007
January 2007
- Where are All the Senior Developers in India?
- Model for Indian IT Services
- Hiring in India
- Your Ancestors Were African
- Runaway CEO compensation
- Annoyed Reader
- Thanks…and Happy New Year
- A Higher Intelligence
December 2006
- Land Acquisition: Big Hurdle for Indian Manufacturing
- Wanted: VCs for a Flat World
- The Rise and Rise of Private Equity
November 2006
- Of Mice and Men
- Notes from TiEcon Delhi
- My Government School
- Salon.com coverage
- FDI Controls in India – what are they really about?
October 2006
- My Secret Starbucks Name
- My Mother-in-law Blogs!
- Indian startups making a mark
- Indian Public Services – Crying for Change
- New Blogsite
- Bizarre Bullet
September 2006
- Web 2.0 – Dotcom Redux?
- Startup – Tips and Tools
- Tech Blowback
- The Unfinished Business of Labour Reform
August 2006
- The Future of Business English
- Any Press is Good Press: Tell that to Dell
- Review: Never Say Goodbye
- Go South, Young Man
July 2006
- Indian websites haven’t earned my trust
- Salaam Bombay
- IT industry bashing – the wrong reasons
- Namaste America
June 2006
May 2006
- The Virtue of Simplicity
- Garage-Sale
- Zero touch traffic enforcement
- The right time for labour market reform is now
April 2006
- Street Power
- Directory is History
- Too much of a good thing
- Indian-Americans and the Spelling Bee conundrum
March 2006
February 2006
- Technology and Democracy
- Infosys getting the attention of class-action lawyers
- Class action lawsuit against TCS
- Another TTDMSTM
- Indian Real Estate Funds