Yesterday I tried (unsuccessfully) to convince her that, if she was going for simple point-and-shoot camera, then she would be better off just using the instagram app on her iphone. To convince her I even took a picture of the very camera she was about to buy. [...]]]> http://waamax.com/2012/04/instagram-point-and-shoot-camera/feed/ 0 http://waamax.com/2012/04/being-an-underdog/ http://waamax.com/2012/04/being-an-underdog/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:52:03 +0000 admin http://waamax.com/?p=1782 Here’s a fasinating article from one of my favorite authors – Malcolm Galdwell – on beating the masters at their own game with un-orthodox strategies. This one is from New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_gladwell

It’s fascinating to see how a software tycoon Vivek Ranadivé far from being a basket ball player coached his daughter’s school [...]]]> http://waamax.com/2012/04/being-an-underdog/feed/ 0 http://waamax.com/2012/04/follow-the-sun/ http://waamax.com/2012/04/follow-the-sun/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:32:17 +0000 admin http://waamax.com/?p=1779 Follow-the-sun is a type of global workflow in which tasks are passed around daily between work sites that are many time zones apart. Such a workflow is set up in order to reduce project duration and increase responsiveness. Thus, the work is “following the sun” and never stops.
For example, at the end of [...]]]> http://waamax.com/2012/04/follow-the-sun/feed/ 0 http://waamax.com/2012/04/internalize/ http://waamax.com/2012/04/internalize/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:51:14 +0000 admin http://waamax.com/?p=1777 One of my favorite management words in business world is “internalize”. Word web defines it as “incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal”. This becomes even more significant when you are talking about change management. Forget about the expertise and highly sophisticated tools. Until you have employees internalize the organizational vision/mission/strategy, you are getting nowhere. [...]]]> http://waamax.com/2012/04/internalize/feed/ 0 http://waamax.com/2012/03/sunset-at-chesapeake-bay-2/ http://waamax.com/2012/03/sunset-at-chesapeake-bay-2/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:12:53 +0000 admin http://waamax.com/?p=1773 Sunset at seafront Chesapeake Bay was such a delight. It was my maiden effort on observing a ocean sunset. Stayed close to 2 hours in a great company. Every minute – so worth it.