Thursday, January 15, 2009

Linux in the skies

I was traveling from Karachi to Lahore on a PIA flight and just after take off the on seat screens started to flicker and got shut. Now, traveling on a PIA flight, you would expect that to happen, however the interesting part in this one was that during the rebooting of the system, I saw that the operating system behind all the entertainment application is Linux. hmm.. pretty intresting.. it also makes a lot of business sense as its freee and customizable as per requirement.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

What kind of profile are you..

I was going through a pretty well written book called groundswell by Bernoff and Li who are both senior consultants at Forrester. The books has some pretty neat things on using social networking, blogs etc to target existing and new costumers. One thing which I found pretty interesting is a technographic profile, which splits up internet users into various ladder spaces...the more you goo up the ladder..the more hooked you are..so the ladder starts with spectators and at the ends up with creators..pretty cool..


so what kind of technographic profile are u?

How to Create a Clear Project Plan

Here is a six-step approach to creating a project plan. It not only provides a road map for project managers to follow, but also acts as the project manager's premier communications and control tool throughout the project.

Interesting read..on CIO