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Inventor to an Industry

This weekend I was in Ohio and so went over to visit Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Museum near Dayton, OH. We never managed to go there when we lived in Columbus but here we were visiting that place...

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Cutting the Chord to Reality

It’s rarely that I am serious disappointed with an Economist story but I feel that way about the special report, “A World of Connections” (subscription required). It talks about machine-to-machine...

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April Roundup

Phew! I have completed six months of blogging a few days back. It seems I embraced blogging just before the bubble burst. Just as well :-) There might be slow blogging for the next two weeks. From...

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Rethinking Solitude in a Connected World

I am just back from a vacation in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). YNP let in the cars in 1915, snowmobiles in recent years but surprisingly hasn’t been friendly to the Internet. I had no Internet...

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Linkroll is Back; More Follows

I got back from my vacation a few days back but have been busy catching up at work and at home. This weekend I caught up with my blogfeeds so the Linkroll is back. I’’ll back with some blogposts soon.

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Avaya Quits Halfway Through Its Transformation Marathon

A few days back Avaya announced that it’s going private. It has accepted a $8.2b deal from TPG capital and Silver Lake Partners. At this point, it’s not clear how going private will help it compete....

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Charlie Munger’s Tenets of Life

Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathway’s Vice Chairman and Warren Buffet’s partner gave a wonderful Law School Commencement address at the University of Southern California recently where he lays out his...

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The Silly iPhone Frenzy

I am sorry I don’t get the iPhone media frenzy. What gets my goat is that people have gone ahead and declared this to be the “before iPhone” and “after iPhone” era. I think they are smoking pot. Let’s...

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Explaining The Silence

I haven’t posted anything for two weeks. June has also been the slowest month with only 4 posts. An explanation is in order. As many of you may have guessed, the real culprit is my new job. It’s been...

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Tinkering With The Business Model Doesn’t Count

I have been on the look out for somebody in the Big Pharma to break out of the pack. I have given up on Daniel Vasella, Chairman of Novartis. He is still firmly in the cyclical slowdown camp. He...

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