I code hard! I’m no java dev but this is super cool ‘Epic’ nerdiest rap ever :) C# or jquery would have been more me though!
Just write poorly. Continue to write poorly, in public, until you can write better.
— From Seth Godin’s blog post Talker’s block
Books I’ll reading over next few weeks.
- Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers
- The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
- Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Books I recently read and would recommend: Poke the Box and The Tribes by Seth Godin. Any suggestions are welcome.
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Four stages to grow as a team
I was recently reading an article on group dynamics, when I came across this interesting break down of group development stages by Psychologist Bruce Tuckman. It was an interesting read on why a team fails to become ‘A TEAM’.
Here’s a quick glance:
Forming
First stage of team forming. The individual’s behavior is driven by a desire to be accepted by the others, and avoid conflict. Serious issues and feelings are avoided, and people focus on being busy with routines. Members get to know one another, exchange some personal information, and make new friends. Doesn’t that sound like Strangers at cocktail party!
Storming
The storming stage is necessary to the growth of the team. It can be contentious, unpleasant and even painful to members of the team who are averse to conflict. Tolerance of each team member and their differences should be emphasized. Without tolerance and patience the team will fail. Some teams will never develop past this stage.
Norming
The team manages to have one goal and come to a mutual plan for the team at this stage. Some may have to give up their own ideas and agree with others in order to make the team function. In this stage, all team members take the responsibility and have the ambition to work for the success of the team’s goals.
Performing
Only few teams reach this stage. Members are interdependent and able to function as a unit to get the job done effectively without inappropriate conflict. The team members are now competent, autonomous and able to handle the decision-making process without supervision.
In my experience I was once lucky enough to be able to go through all these stages, and make a wonderful team. Hope to make some more in future!
(Source: Wikipedia)
Brilliant marketing by Domino’s Pizza!
I have always admired Dominos for it’s pizza and website, and now it’s recent marketing campaign has turned me into a fan! You must have already seen their pizza tracker when you order pizza from their website. Now they have gone beyond to get some awesome feedback from the customers. After you have made your order, you may now write a feedback with your picture, and Dominos will run your feedback on their giant billboard at NYC Times Square.
Here’e what my looks like:
Also checkout Domino’s live cam from NYC Times Square. Now who wouldn’t leave them a feedback!
How to manage expenses at different stages of startup.
Mint CEO Aaron Patzer talks about the history of Mint.com, from its startup to being acquired for $170 Million. AAorn shares some real numbers from Mint finances.
With Facebook being evaluated at $100 bln, do you not see a big ass bubble!!
With valuations for tech companies going through the roof from Facebook on down to Dropbox, the endless bubble debate sees no end. Paul Kedrosky and Vivek Wadhwa recently got into it on Bloomberg West TV.
Source:http://wadhwa.com/2011/07/15/techcrunch-the-endless-bubble-debate-kedrosky-vs-wadhwa/
