found this interesting piece …

powered by ODEO some new chap from bangalore … my namesake .. raghu dixit .. but the music is cool !!!

Interesting video

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/131 – Courtesy Jaini. Pretty cool I think.

Awesome skit – IT Mafia (Hindi)

Can’t stop laughing 😀

These guys are brilliant!

-cheers

leela krishna

An interesting case study.

I visit a restaurant near my office on quite a regular basis. Named X (name hidden, coz the case study is my creation), it boasts of being the best vegetarian outlet on M.G.Road. And I believe they face a small issue now.

All that I write could be hypothetical, and meaningless for some. Nevertheless, it could be food for thought for the rest.

Now X, when it started off, was sparsely populated primarily due to the lack of good advertisement. It gained ground on that part, but still wasn’t able to ping in a major crowd. The reason – M.G.Road is a place where corporates would come out mainly for their lunch, at all other times, they simply dont find enough reason to roam around.

X catered to a multi-ethnic group, and has a whole range of Indian veggie cuisine available. However, a mid-day meal (they call it as an executive thali) costed 80 bucks. X soon realised that to popularise their place, they need to introduce something new, and they did. The South Indian thali that they are providing costs 50 bucks, and thats the price which a majority of unlimited course lunches at offer on MG Road.

They then had to assure themselves that the taste should be sufficiently good in order to pull the new customers. Unsurprisingly, they have achieved that off late.

What bothers me although is the loss of some customers at the same point. With comparatively longer serving times, X has an issue of stuffing in more people in its space. They have two constraints, neither can they afford to increase the floor space to accommodate more seating capacity, nor can they increase the waiting line capacity. As a result of it, they have started losing customers on a regular baiss, those who wait outside for eternity and decide to move on as one always has options on M.G.Road. What more, this has adversely affected their customers who not only come for their lunch but also their evening snacks.

Can anyone provide a good solution wherein they can retain their present customers, and at the same time afford to continue with the attraction of a thali ?

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech – 2005 Must watch !!

It is always exciting & to hear this man talking and managing his business. He is really an “iCon”. He never graduated however he gave a very useful and inspirational speech at stanford. Must watch for every one.

Some BIO:

Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co–founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc, and was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2006.^[2] Jobs is currently the Walt Disney Company’s largest individual shareholder^[7] and a member of its Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Steve Jobs is listed as Fortune Magazine’s most powerful businessman of 2007 out of twenty-five other top businessmen.^[8]

Jobs’ history in business has contributed greatly to the myths of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, emphasizing the importance of design while understanding the crucial role aesthetics play in public appeal. His work driving forward the development of products that are both functional and elegant has earned him a devoted following.^[9]

Together with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Jobs helped popularize the personal computer in the late ’70s. In the early ’80s, still at Apple, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven GUI.^[10] After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business markets. NeXT’s subsequent 1997 buyout by Apple brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he has served as its chief executive officer since shortly after his return.

Saikrishna

Lecture by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan at Mumbai University

I found this very interesting, inspiring and informative.

A lecture by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, a doctor, an IAS officer and now a visionary politician.

Cheers,

leela krishna.

The Humble Programmer

The Humble Programmer

All programmers Please read this 🙂 Also this Blog entry

http://www.skrenta.com/2008/02/nobody_is_really_smart_enough.html

Videos …. funny ones.

Hilarious stuff … worth a see

Classical Bond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aomG7gwS7jQ
Chennai Superstars — ICL.

http://www.libra360.com/video/uYl3Kcq188Y/Chennai-Superstars-Anything-is-POSSIBLE.html

Some News stories about IITG !

ibibo blogs – IIT student missing from Guwahati – NEVER GIVE UP [ Promotesh Ramchiary]

Found some Very Old news But Sad that we dont know about this ! Does any one know what happened exactly?

Also have you checked this http://www.iitg.ac.in/aa/ and “Vivek ramachandran’s Iphone Hack from cafe” coverage.

Also Can some one invite Nachiket to blog his experiences and plans about NGO work ? I dont have his email address.

Saikrishna

another abject surrender in the history of the game !!!

you might find this sick that I am blogging a little too frequently, but couldnt help laughing about this one …

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/337746.html?CMP=OTC-RSS