वर्ग पुरालेख,,en,दिलबर्ट जैसे विचार,,en,कठोर परिश्रम,,en,बड़े बोनस के लिए एक तर्क यह है कि अधिकारी इसके लिए कड़ी मेहनत करते हैं और इसे उचित और चौकोर कमाते हैं,,en,यह सच है कि इनमें से कुछ अधिकारी काफी समय खर्च करते हैं,,en,तक,,en,सेवा,,en,घंटे एक दिन,,en,यहां स्पॉटलाइट के तहत एआईजी के कार्यकारी के अनुसार,,en,लंबे घंटे और कड़ी मेहनत हमें स्वचालित रूप से बनाते हैं,,en,जो जीवन में सर्वश्रेष्ठ के हकदार हैं,,en,ट्रेसी चैपमैन के रूप में इसे डालता है,,en,मैं सिंगापुर में टैक्सी ड्राइवरों से मिला हूं, जो उल्लू-शिफ्ट के घंटे से पहले सड़कों पर चलते हैं, इससे पहले कि वे भी टूट सकते हैं,,en,जाहिरा तौर पर किराए के लिए कैबियों का भुगतान करना काफी अधिक है,,en,और वे ज्यादातर अधिकारियों की तुलना में लगातार लंबे समय तक काम करते हैं,,en,हमारे नैतिक क्षितिज से परे है,,en,मानव झुग्गी कुत्तों के लिए कचरा डंप करते हैं जो वे खा सकते हैं या बेच सकते हैं,,en,बैक-ब्रेकिंग लेबर,,en,मैं कल्पना करता हूँ,,en,लंबे समय तक,,en: Corporate Life

Dilbert-like thoughts

कंप्यूटर,,en,मेरी पहली किताब के बारे में,,en,मेरी दूसरी किताब के बारे में,,en,सपोर्टिंग मी के बारे में,,en,संपर्क करें,,en,दिसंबर,,en,मनोज,,en,आप में नवोदित फोटोग्राफर के लिए,,en,iPhoto एक देवता है,,en,यह iLife फोटो ऑर्गनाइजेशन प्रोग्राम है जो आपके स्वैन्नी नए iMac या मैक बुक एयर पर प्री-इंस्टॉल आता है,,en,असल में,,en,मैं जहाँ तक कहना चाहूँगा कि iPhoto मैक पर स्विच करने का एक मुख्य कारण है,,en,मुझे पता है,,en,विकल्प हैं,,en,लेकिन सहज एकीकरण और चिकनी-रेशम रेशम वर्कफ़्लो के लिए,,en,iPhoto सर्वोच्च शासन करता है,,en,iPhotoTagger,,en,परंतु,,en,आह,,en,वहाँ हमेशा एक है,,en,परंतु,,en,iPhoto में वर्कफ़्लो कुछ के लिए एक समस्या पैदा कर सकता है,,en,यह आपको चित्रों को शूट करने की उम्मीद करता है,,en,अपने कैमरे को अपने मैक से कनेक्ट करें,,en,कैमरे से फ़ोटो को Mac पर ले जाएं,,en,बढ़ाने / संपादित करें और साझा करें,,en,फेसबुक,,en,फ़्लिकर,,en,या फोटो बुक करें या प्रिंट करें,,en,यह प्रवाह,,en,कुछ चेहरे की पहचान के साथ,,en,लाल आँख हटाना,,en,घटना / एल्बम निर्माण आदि,,en, Corporate Life

Analytics SME

It has been a couple of weeks since I posted anything on Unreal Blog. This short hiatus in my posting activity was for a good cause. I just launched a new company called Analytics SME.

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Corporate Life, Life and Death, Quantitative Finance

Income Inequality

I read on BBC yesterday that the richest 62 people in the world now earn as much as the poorest half, which would be about 3.5 billion people! Although there is some confusion about the methodology, it is clear that the wealth and income have been getting more and more polarized. The rich are certainly getting richer. Income inequality is more acute than ever.

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Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance

How Greece Got Quantitatively Eased

One thing we need to understand about bailouts is this – those who get bailed out don’t really get any money. So it was for Greece; she did’t get any either. Where did the money go? To the rightful owners of all the money, of course, the bankers. I used to work for a bank, so I know a little bit about it, although my station in the pecking order was way below the billion dollar bailout levels.

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Corporate Life, Work and Life

Disappearance of the Middle Class

Most people (who are likely to read this post) think of their financial station as middle class, so you might find it strange that I should say the middle class is disappearing. But the polarization in the wealth distribution of the world is very real, and it is visible at every strata of the society. I would like to convince you by anecdotes and examples before getting logical and formal about it.

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कंप्यूटर,,en,मेरी पहली किताब के बारे में,,en,मेरी दूसरी किताब के बारे में,,en,सपोर्टिंग मी के बारे में,,en,संपर्क करें,,en,दिसंबर,,en,मनोज,,en,आप में नवोदित फोटोग्राफर के लिए,,en,iPhoto एक देवता है,,en,यह iLife फोटो ऑर्गनाइजेशन प्रोग्राम है जो आपके स्वैन्नी नए iMac या मैक बुक एयर पर प्री-इंस्टॉल आता है,,en,असल में,,en,मैं जहाँ तक कहना चाहूँगा कि iPhoto मैक पर स्विच करने का एक मुख्य कारण है,,en,मुझे पता है,,en,विकल्प हैं,,en,लेकिन सहज एकीकरण और चिकनी-रेशम रेशम वर्कफ़्लो के लिए,,en,iPhoto सर्वोच्च शासन करता है,,en,iPhotoTagger,,en,परंतु,,en,आह,,en,वहाँ हमेशा एक है,,en,परंतु,,en,iPhoto में वर्कफ़्लो कुछ के लिए एक समस्या पैदा कर सकता है,,en,यह आपको चित्रों को शूट करने की उम्मीद करता है,,en,अपने कैमरे को अपने मैक से कनेक्ट करें,,en,कैमरे से फ़ोटो को Mac पर ले जाएं,,en,बढ़ाने / संपादित करें और साझा करें,,en,फेसबुक,,en,फ़्लिकर,,en,या फोटो बुक करें या प्रिंट करें,,en,यह प्रवाह,,en,कुछ चेहरे की पहचान के साथ,,en,लाल आँख हटाना,,en,घटना / एल्बम निर्माण आदि,,en, Corporate Life

Robotic Takeover

Years ago, I read this fictional story by Marshall Brain called Manna. It talked about the robotic takeover of a fast food chain by an intelligent system.

Marshall Brain, as you may know, is the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and a well known speaker, teacher, writer etc. Although he wrote Manna as fiction, he was so certain that it was the way of our future that he actually patented the system he described (if memory serves). Of course, he was right. I just got this link from a friend about how fulfillment centers work — how do you get the same-day or next day delivery on all those mountains of things that you order from the Internet? Here is how. It is astonishing how similar this scenario is to what Marshall Brain described in Manna.

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Corporate Life, WordPress

Back to Blogging

As you may have noticed, I haven’t been writing much in the last couple of months. It was because of one of my regularly scheduled writer’s blocks. When I’m blocked, I usually find other things to do, and convince myself that they are really important and urgent. One such thing this time around was a revamping of my blog backend. The original design was dated, and it really needed an upgrade. Or so I told myself and worked on it for a few weeks. If you are reading this post, you can see the fruits of my labor. And I hope you like it.

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Corporate Life, Humor

Three Parrots

Once upon a time in India, there were three parrots. They were for sale. A prospective buyer was interested.

“How much is that parrot?” asked he, pointing to the first one.

“3000 rupees.”

“That’s pretty steep. What’s so special about it?”

“Well, it can speak Hindi.”

The prospective buyer was impressed, but wanted a better deal. So he probed, “How much for the second one?”

“5000 rupees.”

“What? Why?”

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Corporate Life, Humor, Work and Life

Instant Water Heater

My primary degree is in engineering of the electric/electronics variety, which is why I can fix LED lights, for instance. I suspect an engineering degree gives you more of a theoretical understanding rather than practical knowledge. I mean, I’m no electrician. At times, I take on projects where I may have been better advised to call an electrician.

Recently, our maid’s instant water heater died, and some action on my part was indicated. Though an engineer, I have been in the corporate scene long enough to know that the right response to any action item during a meeting is, “May be by next Tuesday.” So I asked the maid to use my mother-in-law’s bathroom, thinking that I could postpone this issue to one of the future Tuesdays. But the maid, probably bound by some sacred ethical covenants of her profession, refused to do that. At that point, I should have called the electrician. But I foolishly decided to take a look at the prima facie evidence. The switch looked fine, with its indicator light coming on as expected, but the water heater remained intransigent.

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Corporate Life, Humor, Life and Death

How to Act Young

Everybody wants to be young forever. Of course, nobody is going to be succeed in that quest. You will get old. The next best thing you can hope for is to look young. If you have enough money, tricks like facelifts, BOTOX, tummy tucks, hair implants etc may help. Those on a budget will have to content themselves with delaying tactics like hair dyes and gym memberships in their battle against the ravages of time. This is not too bad; I’m in this category and I think I have managed to stave off about five years.

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