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Most Useless Graphs
Self explanatory :)Self explanatory :)Self explanatory :)The horizontal line indicates the percentage of people falling asleep, running to 100%. The vertical line indicates useless words being spoken.~ Kaustubh
United Colors of Benetton
United Colors of Benetton (UCB) is known for its highly impactful (and many times controversial) advertisements.During MBA, our Marketing professor had arranged a separate discussion session on ad campaigns; and had picked UCB as a case study. Many of the UCB ads used racism, color, gender and social issues/ differences to advertise their products -... Continue Reading →
Dying with your boots on by Jeremy Silman
A well narrated article... IM (International Master) Jeremy Silman (born 1954) is a chess professional who has won the American Open, the National Open, and the U.S. Open; only a few other players have ever won all three of these prestigious events. -------------------------------------------- Dying with your boots on by Jeremy SilmanTo me, dying in battle... Continue Reading →
My life and work by Henry Ford and ‘Bailout’ packages
Just finished Henry Ford’s autobiography – My life and work…an excellent book! It surpassed all my expectations by miles. This is not a typical autobiography of a successful person/ businessman – where you get to know about his childhood, upbringing, what made him great etc. In fact there is almost nothing about ‘My life’ in... Continue Reading →
De-motivating Quotes :)
You must have read "motivational" quotes many times - those cliche quotes from great people, those hyperbole, exaggerated analogies etc.How about de-motivating messages for a change? :)No...don't think that I am sadist or pessimist by nature...I just happened to gather few 'nice' and well designed 'de-motivating' quotes...that's all!
Amazing photograph…
Bulgaria's Bilyana Prodanova performs her routine with the rope during the rhythmic gymnastics qualifying round at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung July 17, 2009. The World Games will be held from July 16-26 in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung.Source: Reuters
An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business Model
Came across a nice article on Wired.com magazine...=================================================================Cutthroat Capitalism: An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business ModelGood read…funny and informative (with charts and equations)! JInteresting to know that even pirates “rather than squandering their loot, they reinvest in equipment and training.” …in short, there is no escape from continuous learning and upgrading skills, no... Continue Reading →
New desktop wallpaper…
Changed my previous wallpaper... from one-kind of natural beauty to the other kind of natural beauty - Katrina Kaif!!!~ Kaustubh
What is 20/20 vision?
While reading stuff about LASIK surgery I came across term '20/20 vision'. I had known proverb 'Hindsight is 20/20' and knew its meaning - from that I knew that 20/20 is something to do with 'perfect vision'...but did not exactly know meaning of 20/20.But I found its meaning while browsing the LASIK surgery info.So what... Continue Reading →
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