My schedule…

I have been out of my residence for a while traveling and have been unable to write here. I will catch up later on to share some of the instances I noticed during my travel.

laptop computer catching fire?

aw! that's scary. Here is the report on dell laptop computer catching fire all of a sudden. I have a dell laptop computer (inspiron) for almost 4+ years now and going to be 5yrs soon. Off late I did notice the fan going wild and crazy. Although cpu and memory page indicators seem to be normal.

Thought and purpose…

Until thought is linked with purpose,
there is no intelligent accomplishment
          — James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

6/6/6

6/6/6 a.k.a June 6, 06.

I started realizing about this way back in 1988 - when I took some sort of exam on Aug 8, 1988 – and that happen to be 8/8/88. I remember many people mentioned and planned for great things to do on 8/8/88. Anyways, just recently there were some blogs, emails floating around with respect to 1:2:3 on 4/5/6 – this actually happened twice depending on where and how it was considered (d/m/y or m/d/y). Well, 6/6/6 remains same in any date format – irrespective of d/m/y or m/d/y or y/m/d. That's cool.

just thought of sharing it across here….

Predictability…

I was reading Robert's blog – there he mentioned about many things in this post. What caught my eye tonight is about the various business chains and the standards – Consistency. ["The chain restaurants stand out on signs like this. Why? Consistency." ]. This reminds me and inspires me to think about the predictability. I remember reading somewhere – "What business in McDonalds in? – food or real estate?"

I heard and have noticed many people walking into the fast food restaurant like McDonalds / BurgerKing and ordering food by the number associated with and not really need to even know the name (to exaggerate) – thats right. People know what they can expect from BurgerKing in any corner of the country. [exception - for any regional offers they provide in different countries - for instance, i heard McDonalds in India makes different kinds of burgers for the local taste and ingredients].

Reading about various articles and books, working with various teams, I realized certain standards and being Predictable and having that consistency is what makes individuals or businesses to build that trust with other people / customers. The same concept of consistency and predictability applies every where – from individuals working in team environment, within family and to the small and huge businesses in any industry.

Alright – this post made me recall terms like consistency, predictability, trust, standards, expectations, individuals, businesses, etc., When it comes to be in team environment – I realized communication, being Open and transparent – is another factor that helps people to earn the required trust and to be predictable and consistent in what an individual promise and does. That's hard to be open as I have seen in many environments.

note: Even i need to learn writing properly and be predictable on what I write and categorize appropriately, i guess

<update> one other example I noticed for consistency is most software applications that we use today. Krishnan has posted a related information on his blog. </update>