“To be what is called happy, one should have (1) something to live on, (2) something to live for, (3) something to die for. The lack of one of these results in drama. The lack of two results in tragedy.” - 19th-century Polish poet Cyprian Norwid

“Life is Good” is a brand of Apparel created by 2 brothers from Boston. It is a fascinating story of how 3 words and passion to create a successful brand can take an idea to an annual sales of 100 Million USD. Via : NY Times : Millions in Sales From 3 Simple Words

I am really pleased that Amazon has seen a great value in Audible.com It is a great site and gives wonderful range of titles for the customers. Now what does it mean to amazon ? Obviously it is going to be a nice complement to its new product - kindle. What can existing customers expect out of this deal ( me, included) ..Hmmm..least of it is more titles ! Link : Amazon.

Riya founder Munjal Shah said in a recent interview that Face Recognition has reached its limits and cannot be improved. Just a day later that I watched the interview, here is something new… Link : Researchers Announce ‘100% Accuracy’ In Facial Recognition I guess the challenge for the researchers now would be to deploy and test it on a large scale.

Very often we seem to think that results are not commensurate with the efforts that we put in….But read this.. James Dyson spent 15 years and 5,126 failures before he created the vacuum cleaner he wanted. His main lesson is one worth taking to heart: It can take a very long time to develop interesting products and get them right. But our society has an instant- gratification thing. We admire instant brilliance, effortless brilliance.