Japanese Multiplication

This seems a lot like the sutras in Vedic Mathematics (Ancient Indian text), but this still blew me away with its simplicity.

(via kottke)

How Not-To: Give a Presentation

There are quite a few how-to’s on Good Presentation. Some that are obviously very good like PresentationZen. But there are times when we learn only we see the worst that can happen. Hence the How Not-to. Wow. When you watch this video, I am sure several things will ring bells. We have seen such presentations over and over again. Enjoy.
 

[via GAS]

Nice co-branding (WordPress + Firefox)

Pleasant surprise to see this today morning. I opened up my wordpress.com dashboard, and what do I see ? A notice that my firefox is out of date, and that I should upgrade. Nifty marketing I should say. Kudos WordPress and Firefox.

Readers Digest fodder

I could not resist taking a dig at Readers Digest magazine after seeing this. I challenge you that, within the next 6 months, there would be an RD article on this. and yes, it would be titled — “Dog alive after 4 days in avalanche!”.

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GCMOULI logo design

I wanted to try my hand at logo design. so gchandramouli became ….

Awesome LG Ad

 

Shot beautifully.

(via TechCrunch)

Geeks vs Non-geeks – Script Automation

ROFL. So true.

(via GAS ; via Bruno Oliveria)

Nilgiri Steam Rail

Again, an old pic, postprocessed a bit, to give it ‘a look’.

Temple Car

Temple Car (Ther) – SriRangapatna – Karnataka.

Simplicity, and yet refined Sophistication

Watched a rare interview of Steve Jobs circa 1980 yesterday. That man was a genius. He knew what he wanted 30 years ago. And I believe he accomplished what he wanted. *RESPECT*

Some key points that just blew my mind away:

• Man builds tools to amplify his abilities.
• A computer is a tool to help you solve a problem. But we throw a big problem betwn you and your problem-learn how to use the computer. Our goal is to simplify that problem between you and your problem as much as possible”
• For some crazy reason in the Universe (that I dont know about), two people in Los Altos and Cupertino had a need for a computer (and built), that a million other people want. Crazy that this fits the exact same need of all these people.
• The name “Apple computers” represented what we wanted as a culture – simplicity and yet very refined sophistication”.
• We should be talking about solutions, and not hardware or software. It is the solution that should just work – whatever it takes.
• Comparison of Automobiles to Computers. Dump trucks, cars, buses – they have pretty much the same parts – transmissions, steering mechanisms, wheels, seats. They are all a means of transportation. What they differ on is emphasis on its function. Same way, we will build Apple computers with an emphasis that we will refine and define.
• We have about 500 people. We will probably do between a 150 and 200 million dollars of sales. If you divide this by the number of employees, the sales $ per employee that you will get is probably a number that no one ever has heard of before. Thats because we have the most incredible collection of people on the planet.