Re: [silk] Favourite books read in 2008
Do you have The Hacker Ethic & Peopleware? If you could lend them, I'd be grateful. I'm quite willing to buy them off you, but not sure someone who owned these would ever agree. - Mo On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last > year? > > > My list: > > Non-fiction: > > * The Hacker Ethic --Pekka Himanen > * What Management Is --Joan Magretta > * Peopleware --Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister > * The Case for India --Will Durant (available only from Strand; no ISBN) > * Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China --Peter Hessler > * Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology --Devdutt Pattanaik > * Palestine --Joe Sacco > > Fiction: > > * My Name is Red --Orhan Pamuk > * The Glass Palace --Amitav Ghosh > > > > -- > Kiran Jonnalagadda > http://jace.seacrow.com/ >
Re: [silk] When I Have The Time
That's a good definition. But IMHO it's rather more useful to define it slightly tightly. My definition is (and I borrowed it from somewhere, like all other good things in life): "When I can live off the interest on the interest on the wealth". By today's standards of living, since I need about 25K p.m., assuming an interest rate of 7% post tax, it would probably imply Rs. 6.2 crores in the bank :) Mohit http://unjustly.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohitmohit http://tinyurl.com/57lrf3 On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > Get rich? Definitely want to do that. > > > > Define rich. > > > > Enough wealth so all this list-making loses significance and I can do > anything I want and claim it is something I always wanted to do it. Even if > I'd just heard about this something y'day. > > C > > > -- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages > http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ > > +91-9884467463 >
Re: [silk] When I Have The Time
Udhay: you are a sadist :p Ok. Just to put it in perspective. My comment was not with respect to "if i had the time", but more to do with those "someday" wishes we all seem to have. The two lists are not mutually exclusive however, and so i'll just categorise them as "things to do before i die". heh! My list (in no particular order): 1. Clear Google Reader - Starred items (700+ at the moment) 2. Financial Projections for 2008-2043 3. Plan European Trip - 4 weeks - May-June 2009 4. Form IT-BHU Ceramic Engineers' Association 5. Teach - Prepare course material for management Course, starting next sem) 6. Launch own business - performance management solutions for mid-sized firms 7. Travel to Australia, New Zealand, Yellowstone National Park, Rajasthan, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Munich, Italy, African wilds 8. Write a book 9. Learn Swimming 10. Learn poker 11. Finish off to-Read books on the shelf (30 fiction & 10 non-fiction at the moment) 12. Read the books on the to-read list in excel file (110 at the moment) 13. go on a long trek Some of these are obviously more achievable (e.g. 1-3,11) than others; some will NEVER get done (e.g. 12 - there will always be people writing more & more good books); some will take a fair bit of work & planning (4-7); some are wishes & will need help from other people (6-7; 9, 10 & 13) Actually, scrap that. Most of these will need planning, luck, courage & support to accomplish. And that's what makes it all worthwhile. BTW, reading through others' lists is a great experience. I hope you guys won't mind if i get "inspired" :) Mohit http://unjustly.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohitmohit http://tinyurl.com/57lrf3
Re: [silk] Intro
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome (Just)! > > That's an unusual first name. How did you come by it? > The first name (& the full name) is Mohit. "Just" is a nickname, since I don't have a surname to go by (The family disowned me & so no family affiliations!) -- Mohit http://unjustly.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohitmohit http://tinyurl.com/57lrf3
Re: [silk] Intro
Interesting! :) The grape thing appears on some of the replies sent to me, but doesn't in others. Seems to be some sort of unicode buggery as Sumant said. I will need to investigate & rectify. Thanks for pointing it out. Have never met Udhay, but he seems to enjoy an awesome reputation in certain (infamous) circles i frequent; leading me to believe he might not exist (or might be 3 or more people posing as one!) -- Mohit http://unjustly.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohitmohit http://tinyurl.com/57lrf3
[silk] Intro
Hi All, Firstly let me thank Udhay for accepting my request & getting me on to Silk. My name is (Just) Mohit. I live in Delhi after having wandered around a bit. I am a finance professional by profession & dreamer by choice. Love books, traveling & food. Enjoy single malts & good conversations. Am a GTD-freak, and being lazy beyond repair, am always on the lookout for the perfect tool to organize my life. Look forward to some interesting conversations. -- Mohit http://unjustly.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohitmohit http://tinyurl.com/57lrf3
