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Six essential tasks of a Product Manager

Fri, 11 May 2012 02:45:43 EDT

Product Manager vs Product Owner

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:32:20 EDT

There seems to be different versions of the responsibilities and accountability that’s floating around in the industry with #ProductManager and #ProductOwner. Especially, these days technology companies are creating several Product Manager positions like, “Tools Product Manager”, “UI Product Manager”, “API Product Manager”, “Technical Product Manager”. In that sense job applicants/employees are highly confused to see what their [...]

Powerpoint Presentation Tips

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:06:03 EST

Presentations can be very easy or very challenging based on the speaker, audience and the topic. Though there is no math formula to make a presentation to stand out, there are few tips that would surely help you. Introduce the topic. Why should audience pay attention to this presentation ? Provide the facts, context. Whenever [...]

Goodreads give away : IBM Rational Team Concert Essentials book

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:01:19 EST

Goodreads Book Giveaway Ibm Rational Team Concert 2 Essentials by Suresh Krishna Giveaway ends December 25, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

Honeymoon with iPhone 4S is over!

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:43:48 EST

From iPhone 3GS it was a natural upgrade for me to 4S. I was so happy to be getting the 4S mainly because of the camera and #Siri. But not anymore. Battery drains too quick. I keep it charging the whole night and when i take it to office the next day morning, it lasts [...]

RIP Mr.Jobs

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:07:46 EDT

My family remembers Steve Jobs in many ways… Connecting the dots. Highly inspirational (and philosophical) beyond religions and beliefs : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA When rest of the world is still on Sony walkman, Apple/Steve introduced iPod. Touch sensitivity, cool factor, utility, usability in one device – iPhone. Unfortunately even after 5 years, no one could introduce a [...]

A New Chapter in Life (Aug 2011)

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:58:00 EDT

My exciting journey with Oracle has come to an end yesterday. I am glad to have so much fun helping customers adopting the Oracle Technologies and Applications. I am taking my passion on building platforms, SDKs and working with Agile teams a step further to the cloud. Starting tomorrow (Aug 15th 2011) is going to [...]

Good Boss & Bad Boss (mindmap)

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:20:00 EDT

A quick mindmap on the good boss and bad boss. Do you guys feel the same too ? Please leave me your feedback if i missed something.

My take on Android phone (Samsung Infuse) vs. iOS (iPhone 3gs)

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:40:13 EDT

Samsung Infuse vs. iPhone 3gsI have been using iPhone since 2007 and thought of moving to Android. Unfortunately, this did not happen. After 2 days of playing with the Samsung Infuse with Android, I returned this device in favor of iPhone 4. Background : In the past 4 years many called me Google and Apple [...]

Rational Team Concert Book is featured on Jazz.net website

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:30:38 EDT

My recent book IBM Rational Team Concert 2 Essentials has been featured on the jazz.net site. Check this out if you are having problems with integrating several development tools and have a hard time in implementing the process in your team. Rational Team Concert and Jazz Platform answers these issues by having a Application Life [...]

Agile Development in Rational Team Concert

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:48:31 EST

Scrum is a concrete discipline of Agile software engineering. While Agile methodologies place emphasis on the principles and benefits of the iterative and incremental software development, Scrum constitutes a concrete set of management practices for highly flexible and productive teams. Scrum is a popular form of Agile methodology practiced these days. In this article, the [...]

Google TV Marketing Effectiveness Survey

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:21:29 EST

Cost vs Price – The bottom line

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:07:24 EST

For a consumer both the terms “Cost” and “Price” seems to be synonymous. Very often we see friends asking “What’s the cost of that Mp3 Player?” or simply put “What’s the cost”. While we use it inter-changeably, it has a huge significance for businesses. Price refers to the amount of money that you have to [...]

Software Development – Team Collaboration

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:31:02 EST

Software development involves people, knowledge, technique, tools, methodologies, and more. Managers, software architects, developers, and quality assurance teams have many challenges to deal with, particularly with the increasing geographic dispersion of software services teams across the entire globe. A lot of focus in the software industry has been on improving the productivity of these global [...]

Google TV – Logitech Revue Review

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:36:51 EST

I am a huge believer that the way we consume the video is going to change. And its not far off. Google TV made a bold step to bring the online video content to the TV. The Google TV platform went into the Logitech Revue and Sony Internet TV. Below is a short review of [...]

How to interpret Credit Card number

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:19:08 EST

Probably very neat explanation of the Credit Card number i have seen till now. Budget Planner Software – Mint.com

Can Skype change your life?

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:21:05 EST

Well.. not exactly. Till now, video calling has been a luxury and expensive act that remained with in the corporate walls or riches. What Skype did is to bring this luxury to common man and small businesses. Yeah… you may say, this is not a big deal. Yes, i agree! But the recent Skype move [...]

Google TV – Customer’s Dilemma

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:28:37 EST

I am planning to do the below Market Research for my Marketing class. Any takers ? Topic : “Google TV – Customer’s Dilemma” Abstract : Every year $70 billion is spent on the ads alone in US and 4 billion users world wide. Google TV integrates the traditional TV and Internet for a seamless user [...]

Integrity in everyday life

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:13:37 EST

Integrity is adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. Integrity is a very important value that you need to hold in the modern society. Integrity makes us build trust on people around us and helps you worry less about the negative effects of lack of integrity. I would like to emphasis [...]

2010 Tech round up

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:05:48 EST

The year 2010 was great for the companies like Apple, Facebook, Google, Groupon and Oracle. In general, companies had more money in banks and waiting for some “invisible” hand to provide them confidence in the spending and future investments. This is a vicious cycle most companies followed and the money in bank did not see any transactions. Apple Had [...]

Product Management tools

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:18:20 EST

Below is a set of PM tools for capturing and tracking products. As you see, there is no silver bullet. Rather use a mix of tools to leverage the best features from each tool. Excel Jira Microsoft Project MindManager Balsamiq Mockups Wikis Blogs Forums Salesforce ? Google Docs IBM Rational Focal Point Accept 360 Qpack FeaturePlan Axure – [...]

Why Google TV?

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:04:50 EST

Bringing the Web and TV content together is attempted by many in the past and it’s Google TV now. Initially i was all skeptical why Google has it as a big project spending huge $ on marketing. Apart from many other obvious reason, i got convinced last night. After a long time i got some [...]

Does your Bank make you happy ?

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:27:01 EDT

Do these Banks and Financial Institutions make you happy ? They are such a suckers… aren’t they ? I got a PayPal credit line for $500 in June 2010 and they raised my credit line to almost 5X and here is the message i got in the statement. They talk about the PURCHASE POWER delivered to YOU. [...]

Oracle Open World 2010

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:32:40 EDT

Oracle is all about offering “Complete integrated stack” of IT infrastructure to its customers. After the Sun acquisition, this is the first OOW and the company showed the synergy of its wide range of products. Some of the highlights that caught my attention were… Larry talked a bit about Cloud Computing. In general Oracle agrees with Amazon [...]

AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 2010 Roundup

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:59:19 EDT

I am so excited to write this blog as this is very very dear to me. I just finished attending the AlwaysOn 2010 Stanford Summit at Stanford, CA. It started on 27th evening and ended today 29th July. Two and half day of non-stop industry experts discussions and insights have filled my brain. This is [...]

A person is much more than what we see and feel

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:01:54 EDT

In the recent days, many incidents have been reported where either wife kills Husband or Husband (or others) kills (or tortures) Wife and all the other combinations of relationships. In most of the incidents, neighbors and friends are surprised about the fact that “this” person could not have don’t that. Or the person whom we [...]

Paper based advertisement and promotions in mail

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:30:15 EDT

This is a small effort to make people realize how much of paper we waste in the name of Advertisement and Promotions in USA. Here is what i did — On On June 8th i decided that i will watch closely on all the mail i get by post. Most of the mail goes in [...]

I can see it coming…

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:30:05 EDT

As i wrote in my previous entry that i will be starting the part-time MBA from this September from UC Davis Bay Area campus. By now, i am already seeing most of the challenges that i would be facing. It’s definitely going to the time crunch and mostly it deals with the time management. 24 [...]

Top 5 reasons to use Eclipse

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:21:28 EDT

A group of Eclipse enthusiasts along with few Indian University students discussed on "Why many use Eclipse ? ". Here are the TOP 5 reasons. Due to lack of time, i am making this blog very short.

USA or India and When should you move back home ?

Thu, 27 May 2010 23:00:13 EDT

These are some factors that many consider to move back to India from USA. These slides contain summary of all the points that me and my friends and relatives discussed over this topic in the past 2.5 years.

Why Calcium for your body?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:04:35 EDT

A real quick reference of why you need calcium ? You need Calcium because… It maintains normal heart beat regulates blood pressure helps nervous system function correctly MAY reduce colon cancer chances … its not only about the stronger bones… Calcium rich foods… low-fat milk butter milk regular yogurt tofu other misc items like milk-shakes, coffee drinks, etc… Calcium requirement / day… elementary through high school kids – 1300mg [...]

Tip 2 [Ecl2JDev] – Discover External Tools

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:25:22 EDT

A very useful feature in Eclipse is the ability to configure external tools. This enables us to configure ant scripts and others tools which otherwise are not part of the development environment. The real value is the ability to use java, jvm, work space settings and run the external tool with in Eclipse. A similar feature in [...]

What is a workout ?

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:21:25 EDT

Thanks to Shrenik Jain who forwarded me this nice write up. Yes, indeed it the matter of time, effort, self-control against all the work and family pressure that keeps one go for a workout! So for all those who have been procrastinating the workout, please follow it NOW!

Tip 1 [Ecl2JDev] – Play with Application Navigator

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:28:01 EDT

With my previous post (Top 10 JDeveloper Shortcuts), i started my blogging series on JDeveloper. Being worked on Eclipse for a long time makes me look for similar features in JDeveloper. In the process of understanding/discovering JDeveloper and Extensions, i am finding many interesting things to share. From now on, i am starting the “Tip X [...]

My Decision on Business (MBA) school in Bay Area!

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:34:23 EDT

This post is supposed to be a private notes. However, i want many more out there who are deciding between colleges to know different questions that i had for the school decision. The decision of choosing the college is very very personal and emotional. One might get so many conflicting answers and finally one may [...]

Next 3 years at UC Davis for my MBA !

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:59:12 EDT

Finally the moment of triumph is here! I decided to join the UC Davis part-time MBA program and today (08-Apr-2010) i got the confirmation. Officially I am admitted to the program and i will need to go for the UC Davis orientation on August 28th. I am really excited to see the fellow students, professors [...]

New home to Blog content…

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:57:18 EDT

Thank you very much for all the readers to visit my blog and providing great comments. In the past few years, you made me to improve the posting style and the content. Starting from 2006, i learned especially the editing part of the blogs and this process enabled me to improve my thinking skills. Starting from [...]

JDeveloper Top 10 Shortcuts

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:24:33 EDT

In 2007 i wrote a post on the Eclipse Top 10 Shortcuts. Recently, working on JDeveloper, i discovered similar shortcuts too. Of course, if you are living day-in and day-out on any Java IDE, it makes sense to know the short-cuts. This time, i want to post my JDeveloper Top 10 Shortcuts and also some other [...]

My take on kids schooling in California, USA.

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:38:38 EDT

The motivation of the post is a discussion that me and my friends discussed over a dinner. Families moved from decent school districts to GREAT (Ranked #1 in that State or County) and pay exorbitant rents and living costs. This is a small effort to understand how the schooling system here works. Consciously or Unconsciously we [...]

English Language – The funny side of it !

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:11:00 EDT

We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice. If the [...]

Boss 4 : What if your Boss cant make a Decision ?

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:23:51 EST

I see that many Leadership development and MBA programs talk about the “Leadership Skills” and “How to be a Good Manager”… and others. Interestingly, no one is interested in “How you should not be as a bad leader/boss/manager”. This is my attempt to write on my own experiences and those of my friends and colleagues. [...]

Bad BOSS can make you quit!

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:06:15 EST

I resisted to write such an article for a long time (almost 3 years). I thought it is best written now. In the previous article about “How to be a good BOSS” few desirable characteristics are mentioned. What is not mentioned in that article is “How to be a BAD BOSS”. While i do want [...]

A Close Look at Google Privacy Policy

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:00:00 EST

When you first enter Google Buzz, to make the startup experience easier, we may automatically select people for you to follow based on the people you email and chat with most. Similarly, we may also suggest to others that they automatically follow you. You can review and edit the list of people you follow and block people from following you. When you use Google Buzz, we may record information about your use of the product, such as the posts you like or comment on and the other users with whom you communicate, in order to provide you with a better experience on Buzz and other Google services and to improve the quality of Google services. If you use Google Buzz on a mobile device and choose to view “nearby” posts, your location will be collected by Google. If you use a mobile device to create a post which shares your location, then your location will be collected by Google and displayed to other users, as described when you first attempt to use Buzz on a mobile device. You may thereafter opt out of the collection and display of your location on a per-post basis. You can also choose to exclude your location from all of your posts.

Design Patterns at a glance!

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:40:33 EST

There is this short test on the web floating around. I captured the screen for everyones reference. I felt this is a simple, precise explanation of patterns. Enjoy.

Does your Boss see you as his competitor ?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:54:02 EST

The title may sound strange, but it’s true in many cases. If you have considerable experience and worked with many bosses, you may have encountered this situation at least once. There are very few bosses who possess real Leadership skills. By this, i really mean that your Boss knows his boundaries, makes sure you know [...]

PGP Plugin for Thunderbird (instructions)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:55:14 EST

Recently, I had to use the PGP for the first time when one of my colleague wanted to send some documents securely. Over all, this is an easy process and works quite well. I use Windows XP, Thunderbird and gnupg for this to work. Following are some instruction to do this… You download the software from [...]

Commercial and OpenSource OCR Softwares

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST

SimpleOCR is the popular freeware OCR software with hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. SimpleOCR is also a royalty-free OCR SDK for developers to use in their custom applications. If you have a scanner and want to avoid retyping your documents, SimpleOCR is the fast, free way to do it. The SimpleOCR freeware is 100% free and not limited in any way. Anyone can use SimpleOCR for free–home users, educational institutions, even corporate users. Our own freeware OCR application provides acceptable accuracy for those who just need to convert a few pages and can’t justify the cost of commercial OCR software. Developers can use the command-line and SDK versions to integrate SimpleOCR with their custom applications.

What not to do as a Boss !

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:22:44 EST

Some of my random observations and rants about BAD managers and bosses… Motivation : Manager thinks that every employee has the motivation and he need not do anything. This is a typical problem i see in the managers who grow up the ladder from the technical streams. These manager’s seldom believe that employees need to be [...]

Why Few Executives Are Skillful Managers

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:52:11 EDT

Cross posting from HarvardBusiness Blog. Very interesting problems with Senior executives… 1. Delegation It is your job to delegate as much as you possibly can: your ultimate goal should be to delegate everything, find a successor and move on to a bigger job. If you are having trouble letting go or trusting others, try to remember how [...]

See the unseen

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:53:06 EDT

Few points from a post i read somewhere on a blog… Employees are afraid to speak up: “People are very deferential to those at senior levels and they’re afraid to be the bearers of bad news”. Also, if playing the blame game happens a lot within the work environment, employees might hesitate to mention their own [...]