This is a must read for all dog lovers and owners – especially, if like me, you have a large crazy yellow lab retriever who might very well take over … Continue reading “”

OLX aspires to become the leading free local classified site on a global level. The company was created in March 2006, the site launch announced on this blog on April … Continue reading “”

I recently came across an amazing article on happiness. It is well researched, written and presented. Interestingly, maybe even ironically, it is written by analysts at an investment bank! They … Continue reading “”

Allmydata is an online virtual drive with backup, storage and sharing services. Progress has been slower than expected, mostly because of the product choices we made early on in the … Continue reading “”

In a recent interesting book “The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (a Lot of) Success in America” author John D. Gartner, an assistant professor of psychiatry … Continue reading “”

I think many people don’t realize how funny it actually is. Their closing sentences for most articles are usually very sarcastic and they use a very ironic tone in many … Continue reading “”

In a world overrun by political correctness and where random local events pass as news for most people, it’s refreshing to read such an opiniated, analytical magazine covering world events. … Continue reading “”

This is the rare sequel that much surpasses the original. L’Auberge Espanole was ok, but confusing and not that much fun. Russian Dolls’ exploration of life and love for the … Continue reading “”

Ah, the problem of high expectations… I may have liked the Da Vinci code more than it deserved to be as I had low expectations in light of all the … Continue reading “”

Yes the pace is a bit slow at the beginning, yes Audrey Tautou and Tom Hanks are terribly miscast (I would much have preferred Clive Owen, Matthew Fox – the … Continue reading “”

Paul Graham, an essayist, programmer and programming language designer, just wrote a very interesting essay on the hardest lesson for startups to learn. You can read the entire essay here. … Continue reading “”

You have a brilliant idea for a product and may even have found the technical resources to build it. You are almost ready to get going – now you need … Continue reading “”

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. Joel A. Barker A rejection is nothing more than … Continue reading “”

I am a big believer in gestalt. A gestalt is what you get when you absorb varying and often seemingly unrelated tidbits of information and then take a leap beyond … Continue reading “”

While traveling in Argentina and Spain, I came across an amazingly fun racquet sport called padel. Not to be confused with the American paddle or platform tennis, this fast paced … Continue reading “”