Bay Area Renting – experience needed

Only experienced renters please

15. June 2008 by pankaj
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Amazon down?

It is 11:50 pm PST. Is it just me or there is a temporary glitch in the matrix. What does it mean for EC2 customers?

06. June 2008 by pankaj
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They are humans too

One of the twenty or so must read books mentioned in Poor Charlie’s Almanac is “Getting to Yes” – a principled approach to negotiations. It is an excellent and accessible read on getting to mutually agreeable outcome during negotiations ranging … Continue reading →

28. April 2008 by pankaj
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Shantaram – 1

After many many years I have started reading a novel based on the true story of author – Shantaram. I am on the 11th page and I love it. Here is a blurb about Bombay A bullock cart was drawn … Continue reading →

15. October 2007 by pankaj
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Future of Enterprise Software

Few days back I was at Project Management training and our excellent instructor asked what is the problem executives are trying to solve by going for ERP implementation. What he said rhymed with some thing Jeff Nolan wrote today on … Continue reading →

20. September 2007 by pankaj
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Business of Software Services

I am reading “The Business of Software” these days. What a delightful book to read about business of software as a product and services. After starting as a developer I have been in the services for the past few years. … Continue reading →

19. September 2007 by pankaj
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Safari for Windows and WWDC07

As speculated on Firefox wiki Safari, the web browser from Apple has been released for Windows. It is a very interesting development as this would take away some market share from IE and Firefox. It is also important for me … Continue reading →

11. June 2007 by pankaj
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Redesign O Seven

Finished another redesign of Beta Thoughts. It is hard to understand why I redesign. This redesign is probably the best I have seen on this semi-active blog. Here is how I did it I have used the BloggingPro Widgets Ready … Continue reading →

20. May 2007 by pankaj
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Product to Money

27. February 2007 by pankaj
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Good investment advice from Bogle

But one of the ideas behind the 401(k) was, “you can do it!” You own it; you run it. And you’ve got millions of people out there saying, “I can beat the averages.” What do you say to that? I … Continue reading →

24. May 2006 by pankaj
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