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An interesting site containing information on Indian politicians. Includes quite a lot of details like assets, status etc. Should be pretty useful come election time.
It's an initiative by a bunch of IITB students.
The article (by Dick Brass, a vice president at Microsoft from 1997 to 2004) is almost 2 years old, but just as relevant after the news of the demise of the Courier tablet. Also makes you wonder whether Microsoft's strategy of focusing on software is becoming its Achilles heel.
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As the fellow who tried (and largely failed) to make tablet PCs and e-books happen at Microsoft a decade ago, I could say this is because the company placed too much faith in people like me.
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Its marketing has been inept for years
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Sound advice, but who'll bell the "bull"?
So, Marx had something in his diagnosis of capitalism. Now, if we could only find a suitable prescription for the economy.
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America's largest private employer is Walmart. America's second largest employer is McDonald's
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while Marx's prescriptions were poor, perhaps, if we're prepared to think subtly, it's worthwhile separating his diagnoses from them
The case against centrism from Paul Krugman
A big brand name combined with brains can be a deadly combination
Good thing I rely on multiple online sources for news.
Includes points on the illusion of choice. Q 4 & 5 are pretty interesting.
The original speech
Interesting way to look at things
via http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_the_internet_can_impede_democracy.php
The video is also pretty interesting. Too bad it's part of a podcast & not available for direct online viewing.
The case for showmanship vs invisible action...
"Security theater" refers to security measures that make people feel more secure without doing anything to actually improve their security. An example: the photo ID checks that have sprung up in office build
She has certainly been around for a long long time
'Well, here's my solution to this problem: this is why we have peer review. Average guys with websites can do a lot of amazing things. One thing they cannot do is reveal statistical manipulation in climate-change studies that require a PhD in a related fi
An interactive portfolio of portraits by Platon of world leaders, with commentary by the photographer.
'Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging.'
"In satire, truthiness is a 'truth' that a person claims to know intuitively "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts."
'The Web is certainly a transformative technology, just as TV and radio and newspapers once were. There’s a temptation, as a result, to confuse the medium with the message, to assume that, because the Internet is being used to produce a certain political
So much for thick skinned politicians. A critical 3 year old blog leads to a series of resignations forcing a new election.
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