Last weekend, I read Cal Newport’s latest book – “So Good They Can’t Ignore You” and was very happy that I read it – it was just the sort of book that helps a person who is a few years into his/her career and is beginning to question many things about his/her own career. Of course, the book is relevant to people in all stages of their career, but I think people who are in this stage are more likely to grok what the book is talking about. The book starts off by destroying the “passion hypothesis” which states that you “should find work…
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Review of Cal Newport’s So Good book
Swaroop C H3 Oct 2012 | 1:49 am
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Review of Cal Newport’s So Good book
3 Oct 2012 | 1:49 amLast weekend, I read Cal Newport’s latest book – “So Good They Can’t Ignore You” and was very happy that I read it – it was just the sort of book that helps a person who is a few years into his/her career and is beginning to question many things about his/her own career. Of course, the book is relevant to people in all stages of their career, but I think people who are in this stage are more likely to grok what the book is talking about. The book starts off by destroying the “passion hypothesis” which states that you “should find work… -
Exploratory Cycling
26 Sep 2012 | 7:53 pmI recently got my cycle fixed up at Rider Owned Bikes (ironically, despite the grumpy owner of that shop). I hadn’t done that good a job at reassembling the bike gears after I had taken apart the wheels and put them all in the back-seat of the car when travelling from Bangalore to Pune. This was one of the fortunate days where I slept early enough and woke up early enough. And I badly wanted to take the refreshed cycle out for a spin. I had been too often to Nagar Road, Viman Nagar and related areas. I wanted to explore a different part of Pune, I wanted to go south. I didn’t have… -
Doing the Flying-Fox at Vihi-Kasara
10 Sep 2012 | 12:38 amI came to know there was a water rappelling event organized by VRangers this weekend via the Mumbai Hikers blog. We booked it and only realized later that it was 220+ km away and we’ll have to be there by 10am. Ouch. We inquired for stays in Igatpuri so that we can reach there on Saturday afternoon and head back on Sunday afternoon. No luck – every single hotel we could reach out to was fully booked. Yikes, what is so special about this place Igatpuri that the whole area is full? We were going to find out later since we decided to head out anyway, and started driving at 5:30am… -
Learning Gamification by attending a MOOC
7 Sep 2012 | 11:29 pmI remember when @Ravi_Mohan kept talking about MOOCs and how excited he is by it, I didn’t pay attention to it at the time. A few weeks ago, I watched Daphne Koller’s TED talk and was blown away. I ended up signing up for one of the courses and have been enjoying the course since a week. 4 more weeks of class to go MOOCs stand for “Massively Open Online Courses”. The idea of online educational videos is not new – Academic Earth, Khan Academy, etc. have been around for some time. What is new is online full-length courses taught by the best professors who teach… -
Holiday at The Machan
25 Aug 2012 | 11:47 pmMy wife and myself recently had a great time at The Machan in Lonavala, Maharashtra, India. It’s perfect for nature lovers who want a weekend (or in our case, weekday) getaway and be amidst greenery and silence. It is certainly not the place if you’re looking for “activities to do in a resort”. The word “machan” means “a platform erected in a tree, used originally for hunting large animals and now for watching animals in wildlife reserves.” To reach the place, you need to first book online. Couples and small families go into the…
