- Organic food makes us judgmental and stuck up
A recently published study says that our usage of organic products make us validate our personal moralities, whatever they might be, and thus we tend to see the world as more black or white than grey and otherwise. It is…
Topic: Nutrition, Study | Read more
- What ails India #1: Big Business is as much to blame for the current mess as the Central Government
Other than outsourcing, copying of patented drugs, buying government-owned companies at discounted rates, getting licenses and policies fixed in collusion with politicians, and getting outrageous amounts of land to set u…
Topic: India | Read more
- Let Americans import drugs direct from Columbia and Peru
Joaquín Guzmán, C.E.O. of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, aka El Chapo is America's most wanted man after the death of Osama Bin Laden. But, just like its war on terror, America's war on drugs did not lead anywhere. All it did …
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- How to identify bad books: Or, How to identify and stay away from books with smart titles and fancy generalizations
This decade has seen a big spurt in non-fiction books with smart titles becoming popular - aka the 'Gladwell books' - books with smart titles (World is flat, Four hour workweek, What would Google do?), books containing …
Topic: Books and Literature, Howto | Read more
- Five things fresh Indian MBAs should never forget
If you are one of those who thought about doing an MBA because it seemed a good way to get a job at the time, then you may be in trouble. Here are five truths about the next phase of life that every fresh MBA graduate mu…
Topic: Mba, India | Read more
- 33 awful (but smart) ways to succeed in life
Truth be said, most successful people in this world got there by a combination of luck, smarts, occassional spurts of hard work, and some underhand smarts. Otherwise, every ironsmith in this world would be a millionaire…
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- 8 ways to deal with copy-protected web pages
Many times, we want to copy something from a web page while we are writing or researching something, but teh web page turns out to be copy protected. Here's eight ways you can deal with it:
- print as pdf, then select…
Topic: Howto, Hack | Read more
- Why VCs Really Reject Startups: They don't like the CEO
The number one reason why many Venture Capitalists reject startups is because they don't think "you are the right CEO". Of course, some might say what gave the VC the right to be true about everything apart from the fact…
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- The 10 Commandments of Buying and Owning Cars in India
Here is a list of most important piece of advice you will ever come across about car buying and ownership. But, first, why do you need to buy a carTravelling on public transport too embarrassing for you(of course, findin…
Topic: Auto, India | Read more
- Pic of the week: Father and Son, same outfit, 24 years apart
If this is a true photo, then, again we recognize that things go in cycles, enjoy the newness of your life while you can.
Via RedditNext: Read 2500+ consumer guides to shopping, electronics, appliances, home services,…
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- How to take online courses (and make it look like a regular class)
Online courses are the future. No, not the University of Phoenix type but a mix of 'Khan Academy + MIT Open Courseware + Youtube + Wikipedia + Coursera + Mobile Learning + Degrees of completion'...well people are still w…
Topic: Education and Schools, Online courses | Read more
- How to be remarkable #133: Build a business from scratch
Ah, the eternal business sucecss story, to build a business from scratch. It takes a lot of things for this to happen - the idea, resources, the motivation, the planning, ...and luck. Whether or not you have all these th…
Topic: Remarkable, Startup | Read more
- How to use workplace boredom to your advantage
So, you got nothing to do at work. Lucky guy. A good way to stay interested in work, which will also help you get better is to look at the last piece of work you complete the other day and audit it - What went rightMist…
Topic: Work, Howto | Read more
- How to get Linkedin to stop sending you spammy emails
Here's two facts about LinkedIn everyone must know: 1. It is a spam machine as no one likes to visit one's resume repeatedly 2. LinkedIn is more useful to HR companies who in turn spam all the time, than the average user…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Howto | Read more
- Useful exercises that you can do at your workstation
Did you know that you can burn upto 350 calories in a work day by just tapping your footThebelow graphic is illustrative of how important it is to keep your body moving all the time to keep fit and healthy. Some of these…
Topic: Health, Fitness | Read more
- How to influence customer service people and make friends with them
If you are lucky enough to pass through the maze of IVR choices, then now you got to make the customer service person at the other end really help you out with your problem, which can be a long drawn and often impossible…
Topic: Customer service, Howto | Read more
- How to be remarkable #132: Go on a clothing diet (aka the steve jobs clothing style)
The idea of going on a clothing diet is about having a simple wardrobe - 1. just a few essential items (e.g. the six items of less movement - sixitemsorless.com), or 2. a simple color palette ( e.g. Jobs always wore b…
Topic: Remarkable, Fashion | Read more
- 10 useful links to learn all about (and test out) Responsive Web Design
Responsive design is so much in. Basically, Responsive Design means that your web site should automatically recognize the device a user is accessing your site from, and then automatically adjust its display to fit the de…
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- How to be remarkable #131: Promote your company like Google
Google has had a long history of promoting its products in innovative styles. You remember the comics made to promote Chrome in 2008, or the beautiful online book made in html5 to promote html5 usageNow Google Indonesia …
Topic: Internet and Websites, Remarkable, Google | Read more
- What Size Am I: A Universal Size Chart for Women
Developed by Anna Smith, What Size Am I is an online visualization tool that helps women find branded clothes that fit. You enter your body measurements (inches/centimeters) and you will get recommendations about suiting…
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