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The Approach 2007-05-13 07:21:00 When you land a plane, you need to follow two steps in sequence: Initial approach and final approach. In initial approach, you get runway into visible range, align the aircraft in the direction of runway and start descending. In final approach, you ensure that the nose of the aircraft is at an elevated level (because rear wheels should touch ground first) and lower the landing gear and prepare to touch the ground. Some military aircrafts do take exception from these approaches during emergency but usually any landing would necessarily involve the above two approaches.Why I’m telling about approaches is that the approach you adopt for any particular task plays a very critical role in determining whether you succeed or not. Approach you adopt partially reflects your attitude and mainly indicates how strategic you are in your way of handling things.Let us consider some examples:To find a girlfriend different people adopt different approaches: Few get a bike (with their father’s money
Relatives’ Photos 2007-05-12 10:25:00 Now that Shrinidhi Hande has become world famous by blogging (at least that’s what he thinks, at some remote corner of his brain, (existence of which is not yet verified but only interpolated and speculated)), its only fair that his relatives and neighbors also get their share of popularity by getting an opportunity to appear on his blog. (Our Cat has already become world famous...See here)[Contents are drafted with humorous intent and no offence is meant]Here are a few photos taken during April 2007 of people around me at my hometown (Kota, Udupi, Karnataka, IN). Note: Make-up man, light boys and Director of photography were on leave hence eNidhi India CBO had to handle all these tasks single handedly, so please don’t complain. 1.My mom at workShe works at a bank which has been recently upgraded with CBS (Core Banking Solutions) and this gives me an unique opportunity of interacting with an end user of applications we develop, get a first hand experience of how they are using thei
Thomson Buys Reuters:eNidhi is little sad, little happy 2007-05-16 19:01:00 Glancing over Business Standard newspaper today in my office Canteen, I saw the news in cover page that Thomson
Corporation will be buying Reuters
for US $ 17.2 Billion.[Derailed news here and here] This might be just another business news for most of the people but to me, this is something partially heart breaking/ partially delighting.I love journalism to the core of my heart and I like Reuters founder Paul Julius De Reuter very much for his innovations in news media. Paul Julius Reuters [Full details here and here] was probably the first in modern history to sell news for money. He identified the value of having right information and right time, devised mechanisms to collect and distribute news at a time when news used to be hand delivered by messenger boys (and used to take days to travel across from one place to another) and eventually founded Reuters news agency. Julius Reuter, also known as Israel Beer Jeseph Josaphat, struggled in his early days to make people realize the impo Read more:little
Work phone:A serious joke 2007-05-18 15:56:00 I do not usually post jokes in this blog but this one is an exception:A family of three: Father, Mother and Son, all working, and a maid.One particular month, the home telephone
bill comes very high and father is upset about the excessive usage of telephone. he calls for a meeting of all family members and maid, lectures about cost cutting, reducing overhead etc and finally shows the telephone bill and says "I'm wondering why the phone bill has come so much this time. I never use this phone as I use the one at my office". The mother replies: "I too never use this one. I make calls using the my office phone". The son also adds: "I use the company provided mobile for all my calls. I haven't made any calls using our landline".Now all turn towards the maid, who calmly replies: "So where is the problem? All of us are using our work phones ! ! ! ..."Jokes apart, we're always like that: If it is our property, our people, our life which is at stake, we go to any extent to protect them, but Read more:serious
First time visitor's Guide to this blog 2007-05-18 14:52:00 First time visitor’s Guide
: All you wanted to know about Shrinidhi Hande and his blog.Thanks for visiting and Welcome to my Blog. This page is meant for first time visitors of my blog. I realized that many people land in my blog by means of search engines and referrals and after spending few minutes on a particular post of my blog are rendered clueless as to what my blog is all about.About the author:I’m Shrinidhi Hande, 24, M, working with a designation of Software Engineer for a reputed Software Services firm and currently operating out of Hyderabad, India. Native of Udupi, Karnataka and hobbies and interests include reading, writing, Media and Journalism, Business, marketing and strategic analysis, Photography, Content and Technical writing, Usability and User management etc. I started this blog as a hobby and of late it has become a passion. Other interests include playing Chess, long drives, music etc.Facts about this blogVisits till date:Current Google Page rank:Frequency of Read more:First
Celebrating Blog Anniversary 2007-05-22 00:19:00 22nd May 2006 was when first post of this blog was released and this blog is one year old now. Few weeks ago in my 100th post I have already mentioned my experience as a blogger [Check that here] and don't have much to add at this moment.Over past one year my blog has reached a Page rank of 3 (A page rank is Google's measure of popularity of a website. Most popular websites like Google.com have highest possible page rank of 10 while new and least popular websites will have a pagerank of 0. Page rank of 3 is not something great but not bad either, considering I was not full time into blogging. Page rank is a dynamic phenomenon and keeps changing based on how many websites link to another website. Use prchecker.net to find pagerank of any web pageUsing this post to share some site statisticsAll time most popular posts:Will IBM Buy SatyamClub Mahindra lifetime membership: Pros and ConsBMTC Volvo City BusesSkandaGiri HillsPosts that received maximum number of comments:None of my posts ha Read more:Anniversary
Dell’s Dilemma - Part One 2007-05-19 07:19:00 World’s leading computer maker Dell is finding itself in troubled waters these days. After loosing Numero Uno position in PC sales to HP [link](Since margin is very less the position keeps swinging...this report says Dell has regained its position), after founder Michael Saul Dell taking over as CEO, Dell appears to be uncomfortable with its legendary Direct to Customer Business Model and is reportedly considering opening retail stores/appointing resellers to promote business. (Ref: Business Standard dated 18-May-2007)This blogger has decided to come up with a 3 part series in this regard. In the first part I'll do a quick analysis of Dell’s Business Model, in second part we'll analysis merits and de merits of Dell's strategy and demands of current market scenario in detail and in last part, we'll try to come up with a feasible solution for Dell's crisis: possible options and approaches Dell Inc may consider as a part of its future plans such as feasibility of conventional bus
Dell’s Dilemma - Part Two 2007-05-24 15:05:00 This is part 2 of my Dell's Dilemma series. In part 1 you can find how Dell's business model is different from others and in this post I'm analysing why Dell's business is at risk.Pros and Cons of dealing direct with Dell...Advantage Dell:The main features and advantages Dell and its customers have due to Dell’s Direct to customer model are:1 Cheap product: Dell’s products have always been cheaper than competition for given configuration, due to Dell’s unique business model (explained in Part 1), hence a cost conscious customer would always prefer Dell.2 Highly Customizable: Just like an assembled PC, Dell allows its customers to choose the exact configuration they want and pay for only those features required. Other PC vendors usually release several pre configured models which can not be customized beyond a limit. (I find that even Dell customization has some limits, explained later)3 Built to Order: Dell units are assembled only after an order is confirmed. This gives you Read more:Part Two
My favorite lyrics lines 2007-06-03 04:57:00 In this post I'm just listing couple of lyrics
' lines while I like the best along with a brief description as to why I like them.1.Time is the healer, time moves on… Time doesn’t wait for anybody…-From Krishna nee BEgane baaro, Colonial Cousins [Full details here]I like this line simply because this is the simplest, unquestionable truth on this universe. 2. He was a boy, she was a girl, Can I make it any more obvious?-Skater Boy-Avril Lavigne-[full lyrics]Hindi movies dedicate one third of their time to convey that hero and heroine are in love, while this line makes things obvious at the very beginning, in simple straight forward style, saving all the drama. Saves lot of time and effort you see…3. Ain’t no use complainin, when you got a job to do…-Summer of ’69, Bryan Adams.[Full Lyrics]If you have a job and a regular source of income, you’re luckier than billions of people on this planet. Complaining too much about the job at hand is not good…I’m not saying compr
Infy doesn't consider Satyam as competition 2007-06-07 00:42:00 Here's breaking news for all techies: Software giant Infosys Technologies doesn't consider Satyam
Computers as its competition
.Refer today’s (7th June 2007) Economic Times (I read in Hyderabad edition), Page 6. [Read online here]Infy is asking its employees to sign a non - compete agreement, stating that employees shouldn't join any of its customers or competitors for the period of 6 months from the date of their termination at Infosys. Infy has listed only TCS, Accenture, IBM global services, Cognizant (CTS) and Wipro as competition. Satyam is excluded, meaning those who quit Infy can head straight towards Satyam but not other similar companies like TCS,CTS or Wipro.It is extremely natural that everyone tries to protect their interest. But what does this news mean to different companies? Many more will soon follow suit. Knowledge is such a valuable asset these days, companies will have to take tough steps to protect it.Infy not listing India’s fourth major software services com
Karkala photos 2007-06-06 12:49:00 Karkala is a taluk headquarter in Udupi district, Karnataka. This post shows you couple photos
taken near one of the places of tourist interest in Karkala, Gomateshwara(aka Bahubali Statue). Fully censored and U/A certified image of Bahubali (Gomateshwara) near Karkala. The highest Gomateshwara statue is located at Shravanabelagola [Full details on Gomateshwara]Chaturmukha Basadi: View from top of the hill on which Bahubali Statue is located. This temple is based on jain architecture and hosts statues of different Jain leaders.Bahubali statue far view (from Chaturmukha Basadi)Tourists in front of Chaturmuka Basadi (Four face temple). Chaturmukha basadi and Bahubali statue are quite nearby, within walkable distance. The location is very photoscopic.Gomateshwara from side‘Rama samudra’ lake. Municipality water supply for the Karkala town comes from this lake. (I'd thought it to be a river, thanks to Devika for correcting)CloudsCoconut plantationAnother view1000 pillars temple (Saavi
Endpoint Manipal 2007-06-06 00:04:00 Manipal is a suburb of Udupi, a district headquarter in coastal Karnataka. Manipal is famous for educational institutions and Medicare. In fact the KMC hospital at Manipal is the ultimate place in 200 km radius where any doctor would refer his/her patients if the ailment can’t be cured locally.(ಮಣಿಪಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಕರೆದುಕೊ೦ಡು ಹೋಗಿ ಎ೦ದ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೇರೆ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೇ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಯೋಚಿಸುವ೦ತೆಯೇ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಮಣಿಪಾಲಕ್ಕೇ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು...) Syndicate Bank has its headquarters here in Manipal, and Manipal hosts huge number of educational institutions, including Manipal Institute of Technology and Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Cancer research institute etc. End point is a beautiful place in Manipal where people go to spend their evenings. The name is synonymous with the fact that this location is at the edge of the hill (Not sure if I can call it a hill, just that Man
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Factors to be considered while bidding for office canteen 2007-06-08 20:51:00 You’ve been eating in office
canteen…Have you ever bothered to think what it takes to run an office canteen?Probably you were involved in writing business proposals or responding to request for proposals, ever thought what it takes to bid for an office canteen? For a change, this post is a quick listing of facts one should keep in mind while bidding
for an office canteen, from the perspective of a catering service vendor or hotel operator.Below are the facts an operator considers while competing with other vendors to win a contract to run office canteen for a specific period of time.1.Number of staff/Seating capacity of the building. (Obviously this will give an estimate of business volume)2. Distance from nearest alternative for an employee.If there’s a hotel/mess across the street or within few kms of radius, chances are that a sizable no. of staff will go there instead of heading towards office canteen. This will affect revenue recognition. (External operators can always give
Best Employer: Best way to Survey… 2006-11-11 01:26:00 Genre: HR/Companies/WorkspaceLength: Less than 800 words (2 Pages)I’m nearly one month late in coming up with this post. The November 5, 2006 issue of Business Today (www.business-today.com) speaks of Best companies to work for in India. A BT-TNS-Mercer survey tries to find out India’s best employers.I won’t replicate the entire survey here. I have made some observations which I wish to share.Disclaimer: Contents of this post are derived from public domain and/or information meant for release to public domain. No company specific confidential data has been compromised and the views expressed here are that of the writer as an individual, not necessarily of the organization he works for.1. The survey compares all companies irrespective of headcount under one umbrella. There’s a huge difference in terms of complexity involved in managing people, at a company which has 200 employees compared to one which has 20000 employees.2. The number of companies covered are very very few. Comp Read more:Employer
If Dell sells Motorcycles 2007-06-16 09:18:00 Computer Maker Dell Inc's business model has been legendary and unparalleled in the industry. Dell deals directly with the customers, allows them to customize their system as they wish and delivers it to them direct. No middlemen involved. I've already written detailed analysis of Dell's Business Model, pros and cons which can be read here: Part 1 and Part 2In this post I'm taking you through an imaginary customization page, wherein an imaginary company, let us say Bell Bikes allows people to customize their bikes (or other two wheelers for that matter).Assumption: Motohard is the leading engine manufacturer whose engines Bell Bikes use in their bikes.I did not have the time to make this page as interactive as Dell's customization page and have used basic XHTML tages to give you a similar usability.Disclaimer: This post is not intentended to make fun or any individual or organization, and represents only an imaginary situation as how how things will be if the business model is ap Read more:Motorcycles
Photo Quiz 2007-06-16 05:46:00 See the picture below and tell me what comes to your mind.A multinational IT company, in association with another Hyderabad based IT company took up lot of social service activities recently on the occasion of world environment day. They went around the city, planted trees, took sessions on importance of eco balance, risks of using plastic etc for the public.Subsequently, Hyderabad edition of Metro Plus, a city based supplement of The Hindu, India’s National newspaper, came up with an article and a photo regarding this in its June 11 2007 issue. I could not find this particular report in the online edition of the supplement, hence giving below the scanned copy of the article.While this author has full respects for the social service activities these techies have rendered, he has made a sharp observation in the photograph above. Because I don’t know any of these people in the photo and I don’t have anything personal against them or their company I’ve masked their company name on Read more:Photo
Coco Fresco Hyderabad 2007-06-14 23:44:00 Coco board of Hyderabad has launched a new concept for promoting tender coconut. It has set up over 20 mobile units dispensing tender coconut water. These units are called COCO Fresco
. The green coloured carts have a chamber to store over 100 coconuts in it, mechanical devices to cut open the coconut, filter the coconut water and then the coconut water is distributed in a plastic glass to the customers. This post contains a video on how this Coco Fresco unit works and also analysis pros and cons of buying tender coconut water from these units, vis-à-vis buying from other street side coconut vendors. Read related news article [here]Video on how the Coco Fresco tender coconut juice vending card operates:Advantages:1. Guaranteed volume: You get one glass full of coconut water (Priced at Rs 10 per glass)When you buy individual coconuts, there’s no guarantee on volume of consumable coconut water inside, because the outer size of the shell is not always proportional to the volume of the c
IT security loopholes-Part 1 2006-12-11 12:41:00 The threats of possible terrorist attacks on sensitive IT installations are increasing and this writer did an analysis of how fool proof the security
measures incorporated by most of the organizations (IT companies in particular) are. I have some serious observations, which I’ll let you know one by one.Loophole One: Bomb check with Security mirror:You might have seen security guards inspecting incoming cars with a security mirror (refer images). They use this mirror, connected to a long rod to see the bottom areas (below floor surface) of a vehicle.Do you have any idea what they’re looking for? Though I had some idea I asked one security guard as to what he’s checking for. He told me that he was instructed by his supervisor to look for any read coloured display in the bottom of the car.Did you get an idea? If not let me clarify. These guards are trained to search for Red coloured LED count down timers an explosive may have, which might be hidden in the bottom of the car.In other
Anantagiri Hills: Trecking Expedition 2006-11-19 11:03:00 On november 12, I was on a trecking expedition along with few of my collegues and their friends.Recently found that slide.com/ has a convenient utility to share snaps on the blog. Instead of posting individual snaps posting them as a slide show below Photo courtesy: Pavan and Richie. Disclaimer: With full respect to privacy of individuals I've not included most of the individual snaps in the slide show as it involves people I dont know much or because I can't assume their permission to put their snaps online. I've not sought explicit permission from each participant to publish these. If you want me to remove the group photos in which you're present please let me know, such requests shall be attended to immediately.A better description of Ananta Giri Hills
trecking expedition is available in this blog: (Link courtesy Pavan)Its very essential that we take a break once in a while from the intellectual (??) work at office where there'll be no physical activities. This trecking expedi
Shilparamam (Madhapur Hyderabad) 2006-11-19 11:01:00 Shilparaamam is a village like environment cum good relaxation centre next to Cyber tower, Hitech City, Hyderabad. Shilparaamam contains following: Shopping section-Handicrafts, Dress materials and other village made products are sold here at below market price. Mysore Sales International Limited (MSIL) has a permanent stall here which sells several items ranging from Mysore Sandal soap to pure sandalwood dining table worth several lakh rupees.You'll also find food stalls, artists specializing in Mehandi, drawing etc.Amphitheatre: Lot of cultural activities keep happening here during weekends.Lake: Small lake with boating facility (2 and 4 seaters, self peddle)Rock Garden: Natural rocks which represent various shapes-such as lord Ganesha, fish, frog, mother feeding a baby etc are on displayHeritage Village-You can see villagers (clay made models) in action-blacksmith, potter, etc.The village environment and scenery are carefully replicated hereNeedless to say there’re lots of trees
Do you like Pepsi? 2006-11-18 22:54:00 Yesterday evening I tasted Pepsi
for the first time and didn't like it at all.Was trying some chat items at a stupid restaurant downtown Panjagutta (A place in Hyderabad) and Pepsi came along in the combo offer.I'm wondering how Indra Nooyi and team managing billion dollar business selling an areated drink like pepsi... I'll be thankful to anyone who have been drinking these drinks for long time and can answer these questions:1. What is that you like in soft drinks? Sweetness/Taste/Chill/flavour ?2. After drinking do you really feel refreshed/energetic?3. Any improvements in your health after drinking them long term?4. Why do you think people prefer these drinks in comparision with other juices/drinks of same price? Is it just advertisements and brand name? Or anything else?In todays world it takes lots of guts to say I dont drink soft drinks. I'm just unable to figure out what value these drinks add... Please leave behind your thoughts... Note: Certain audio video contents may not
Hyderabad Golconda Fort 2006-09-25 23:26:00 A Visit to Golconda FortAfter a pretty long time, I went on a short trip with friends. Last time I went on outing was when I was in Chennai and we’d gone to Pondichery on my bike. That was a nice drive though my bike had speed limitations owing to its lesser displacement. That time we had no multimedia device to take snaps. I familiarized myself with the key locations and linking roads in Pondy.Last weekend myself and two of my room mates, Nitin Rawal and Pradeep, went on a casual visit to Golconda fort. We spent only few hours there and had to leave early due to the possibility of a heavy rain. We didn’t hire any guide to explain the historical importance of the fort, just walked all the way to top and walked back, looking around and taking snaps with Pradeep’s Cannon Digicam.As I am also reading a book by Jack Welch, I could sense one thing: Several centuries ago, a king’s success was measured by how he expanded his empire, how many forts he built, how many wars he fought. To
Software As A Service (SAAS) 2006-09-12 07:00:00 Software As A Service
Tough time ahead for those who are used to pirated softwares. Most of the Software vendors worldwide, spearheaded by Giant Microsoft, are moving towards Software As A Service (SAAS) concept as against current practice of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) product.What is this SAAS? Software As A Service concept involves giving software for a small but regular fee (call it rent if you wish) instead of selling it for a one time payment.Before describing on SAAS few lines on existing trend: The software (Games, OS, Applications, Music etc) is sold as COTS in CDs and DVDs.The problem here was two fold:Piracy: For every genuine copy of software sold, there'll be hundred copies generated illegally using CD and DVD Writers and circulated among people, without any benefit reaching the owner of that intellectual property. The mechanisms to prevent contents from copying have by and large failed and piracy was killing the industryUpgradation: Most of the individual, though buy Read more:Software
The power and need for "Sanyas" 2006-08-05 01:58:00 Let me tell you the idea behind internet sanyas as promised.The idea was to eliminate dependency or Single point of failure. We should always have plan B and shouldn’t have full dependency on one individual or technology. When I felt that I’m depending on internet too much, felt that I should stay away from it for some time. I succeeded to a large extent, but had to abandon later. [Reasons deleted by author on June 15 2007]Situations where it’ll be useful:Internet Sanyas was not just about not using internet. Sanyas is also about ability to resist the temptation of doing something, it’s a test of your emotional strength and operational strategies. Consider following situations:1. You like some one very much but he/she is least interested in you.The most decent and respectful thing you can do in these situations is to back off and stop bothering him/her. (When love is rejected people go to various extremes-from committing suicide (extreme depression) to killing the other one (ex Read more:power
Mission "Internet Sanyas" has failed. 2006-07-30 03:58:00 Mission "Internet
Sanyas" has failed.Why? Reasons have been deleted by the author.So due to exceptional circumstances my "Sanyas" stands abandoned at this moment. But what is the idea behind this "Sanyas"? Why did I choose to stay away from internet for some time? Let me explain in next post. -- Note: Certain audio video contents may not appear properly in your mailbox. Pls check the blog for full experience-Shrinidhi Hande Read more:Mission
Standby to attack!!! - Roger That! 2006-07-13 10:35:00 Because of my excessive interest in war time and aviation movies, I occasionally use terms like “Roger
”, “Negative” etc, to which the person interacting with me are caught by surprise. These terms are used extensively when people talk using wireless radio. I’m somehow fascinated by these terminologies and this post is to share my understanding of them with you.keywords: Military Terminology,Radio communicationI may be wrong somewhere. If so please correct me. If you’ve something interesting to add, please let me know.What is the significance of these?Clarity is very important while communicating via radio. Only one person speaks at any given time and others listen. Most of the terminologies used are understandable internationally by any radio operator. This eliminates ambiguities among operators. (When operating in adverse conditions and critical situations, mis-interpretation of a voice message can be fatal, hence a unified practice is essential)I’m not expecting everyon Read more:attack
Getting crazy-Launching one more blog 2006-06-29 15:02:00 July 1st update:1. This month and till Aug first week I'll be very busy. New project at office and couple fo exams to write, new technologies to learn. I'll be working on weekends to keep up my hobby. But expect a little delay in my response. Please bear with me. Thanks.2. Many people are liking the idea of advt-check blog. I'll need your email ID to send invitation if you wish to join. If your blog profile doesn't display it or If I don't know you before please mail (Refer profile for mail ID)so that I can send invi.---Original POst begins-----I think I'm getting mad.Getting addicted to my passion, and going crazy over this blog stuff...But since morning I'm wasting time reading others' blogs (and my own as well), and twelve in the night I'm in no mood to go home...As they say great things happen at midnight, an idea struck me...to create a platform to discuss various advertisements...I've to see where all these will take me...what's there to discuss on advertisements?Some
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