Hi, I am Pankaj Kumar. I work in the enterprise software space as a Principal Technology Consultant at SAP America of Palo Alto, CA. I use this weblog to share my thoughts about my professional life as a SAP professional.Tag Archives for google+
I have been slowly reading ”Thinking fast…
I have been slowly reading ”Thinking fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman. It is full of fun phrases like ” nonregressive assessment of weak evidence” still it is an important book in understanding of human biases and how we decide … Continue reading
BYO or otherwise – Breaking the 10000 server…
BYO or otherwise – Breaking the 10000 server barrier via Gigaom It’s in that 5 to 7.5MW area where the company starts having to know about the niceties of chillers and power systems, he said. “When you break through the … Continue reading
Towards more lighted pixels It has been…
Towards more lighted pixels It has been more than three years that I have had a DSLR(T1i) My usage has been mostly family outings with friends and family. But only after these years of use I have come to terms … Continue reading
Digitopoly is becoming my favorite blog…
Digitopoly is becoming my favorite blog as they seem to touch the very topics I am interested in. Future of libraries and books is something I think often. Let us say everytime I visit the local library. Here is there … Continue reading
Me Myself and Big Data It seems the future…
Me Myself and Big Data It seems the future for self big data is not very far and I think it would be a good thing. Few days ago I read about Up from Jawbone (http://jawbone.com/up) which tracks activity data … Continue reading
Trouble with bright kids There is very good…
Trouble with bright kids There is very good discussion going at Hacker News (http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3284169) on an HBR blogs article. TL;DR version is that bright kids get praised for smartness plus our education system works for the lowest common denominator which … Continue reading
Photography is an art. Dance photography…
Photography is an art. Dance photography is an extreme form of it due to low light conditions, fast moving objects etc. Peter Norvig, a legendary programmers shares his thoughts on Dance Photography in a really good tutorial form. Read and … Continue reading
A colored e-reader. This is sweet.
A colored e-reader. This is sweet. imported from Google+
Happened to read a bit of silicon valley…
Happened to read a bit of silicon valley history from couple of sources recently. One recurring theme is as follows (this bit is from What the Dormouse Said) "but before long he was bored with building xxxxx that required little … Continue reading
When thinking about giants of computing…
When thinking about giants of computing one easily forgets that they were young once, this tidbit from What the Dormouse Said about Doug Engelbart is very interesting. His manager is complaining about him to his manager "Jerry, I know you … Continue reading