Yahoo! is recommending IE 8

Why is Yahoo recommending Microsoft internet explorer 8 !? Any guesses ?

Noticed this in my Yahoo chat window....

1-9-90

The 1-9-90 rule. This new rule, pioneered by Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li in their seminal book Groundswell, is quickly becoming a standard: 1% of your population will create content, 9% will comment or engage with it, and 90% will just browse. Voyeurs rule the online world, so keep this in mind.

Countries least affected by recession.

The countries perceived to be surviving the economic crisis the best, as voted by international businesspeople are:

Brand value

Here’s the top 20 list of brand values

1. Google ($100 B)
2. Microsoft ($76.2 B)
3. Coca-Cola ($67.6 B)
4. IBM ($66.6 B)
5. McDonalds ($66.5 B)
6. Apple ($66.1 B)
7. China Mobile ($61.2 B)
8. GE ($59.7 B)
9. Vodafone ($53.7 B)
10. Marlboro ($49.4 B)
11. Walmart ($41 B)
12. ICBC ($35 B)
13. Nokia ($35.1 B)
14. Toyota ($29.9 B)
15. UPS ($27.8 B)
16. Blackberry ($27.4 B)
17. HP ($26.7 B)
18. BMW ($23.9 B)
19. SAP ($23.6 B)
20. Disney ($23.1 B)
21. Tesco ($22.9 B)
22. Gillete ($22.9 B)
23. Intel ($22.8 B)
24. China Construction Bank ($22.8 B)
25. Oracle ($21.4 B)

What do you think ?

When to start ???

What is the right time to take a dip in the ocean to unearth the treasures deep down !? This is conversation Me vs Me...

Me : Get into it as young as possible . When u r young u have a very strong will to do something, u get things done no matter what, stay with the problem no matter how big it is until u solve it. You can work long hours , non-civilized timings. and last but not the least what everyone preaches.. You dont loose but at this age. Dont have much at stake, got ur parents , siblings for support (if u r one of those lucky ones) just in case something goes wrong, dont have a family of ur own to worry about and hey if nothing works out u can always take up a job . You have YOUNG age to ur advantage

Me : Hey hey hey hold on, yes ive read , heard all this many times but dont you wonder at times that starting that such a young age you might get lost half way through. I mean most of the " successful " ventures you can think of from YOUNG "technologist/programmers" needed a bit of luck to get famous , if not luck help from seasoned people to make it big (who actually take a big bite out of ur portion). And from my current experience sometimes even seasoned people in the industry take help form more seasoned people (even a bigger bite gone).
So why not make yourself seasoned and bank on yourself than to bank on someone else. Youl actually get to keep your portion with you. Get experience , a good look into the industry and then take the plunge , in the worst case you still be hiring someone else to make it big but the odds of that happening are in ur favour.

Me : Yeah that is there but then if you grow that big that you actually need a CEO for your company or someone to help you scale to a totally different level , its a good problem to have (My current manager uses it a lot), if you reach that stage youve already made it big. Youll have a big enough portion for sure.

Me : Do you realise how much politics it injects when your company does that !? It kills to see what you made being run by someone else (maybe even against your wishes) just because its good for "marketing" purpose !!! No matter what youl be a technologist at heart for a long long time and understanding the marketting stuff will tick you off.

Me : But hey wat the end of the day whatever that guy is doing would be in favour of the GROWTH of the company so at the end of the day its a win win situtation right ?! thats what you wanted in the first place ... to make it big !? thats what you hired him for !? right ?!

Me : Ye to hai ... but I dont know deep down inside its the thrill of doing it all on my own would keep me going for a longer time than otherwise

Me : Such rigid lines can spell doom too.

What the @#$% ? Till the time you are thinking when ,what, why ? Its not the right time for you to get into it. When you start thinking How? rather than When? thats when you know its time.

Baba Ramdev + Google Chrome ?

I have NO WORDS for it.