Archive for November, 2009
Fetish for connecting dots?
I never realized I talk about connecting dots more than a normal man does. A friend of mine made me aware of that. The startling question he posed was ‘Do MBAs have a fetish for connecting dots?’
Well I was like ‘Excuse me’. That’s an over generalization and I was never aware I was using that word so frequently. Well it’s nothing about sounding stylish, classy or sexy at all. It’s just a desire to know the truth. But as in life every things depends on your perception. When I told one of my MBA friend about my interests of moving towards consultancy, his only remark was ‘Wow consultancy sounds so sexy’. Duh?
But the thing here is about knowing the gaps and articulating facts and information so that it makes sense. And my nature says, either you have the full picture or there is no picture at all. It bugs me up big time when I can’t figure out the relation between things that matters to me. Two of my friends, one in China and one here in US were sharing comments in facebook and I had no freaking idea how they both know each other. Of course they never talk to me about each other. Now that bugs me up. And for me, to find out how they know each other is connecting the dots. There are numerous such scenarios everyday.
So Basically for me its more of a curiosity to know the truth rather than sounding stylish or sexy. And yeah, I have a fetish for knowing the truth.
Why project management matters?
Because it depends entirely on the project managers and not on the project management tools. I am a great believer of Agile manifesto which suggest that individuals are always well over tools.
So no matter how good and sophisticated tools you use, they are only as good as the person using it.
Hello Holidays!
Holiday starts early here at VT with almost 9 days for the ThanksGiving. The only complain about the holidays is that they run out quite fast.
Let’s enjoy the freedom.
Where is the fun?
Back in Nepal I never use to see the weather forecasts. Firstly, they weren’t accurate always. And secondly, I didn’t felt the need for that. So when I got caught in a sudden rain, it used to be a surprise and fun too (not that I always appreciate returning drenched from my office)
But here in US, the weather forecast are amazingly accurate and I already have this habit of seeing these forecasts for the anticipation of the first snowfall (Yes, I am yet to see a snowfall). So all this makes the everyday weather kind of boring. You already have an idea on what the rest of the week is going to be like. Where is the fun?
Rahul: The Wall
There are few things that are pleasure to behold. One of them being Rahul Dravid playing his square cut.
