Teleo is a voip service , skype types which failed post beta phase got acquired. This is the probably first time I am coming across a case where a failed beta product gets acquired by none other than the behemoth in the IT industry, MSFT. Is such a thing possible in India ? How did Teleo in the first place do a sale ? Was it a distress sale ? Did MSFT buy it for peanuts ?

“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” -Yogi Berra

I have never thought of this idea till this day when I came across a post in headrush. It was quite a nice idea to build something in flat 24 hours even if it is crap. I am planning to try out this weekend with rails. Only problem is that I do not have a domain name as such and an IP..I need to work out on the details. Can you imagine yubnub.

Why do a rapid development ? Speed - Improve your ability to perform tasks quickly, even under pressure. Adaptation / Agility - Learn to hit a moving target and adapt to radical shifts in design and requirements. Hindsight - Benefit from a high frequency of postmortems and a quick turnaround on action-verses-consequence lessons. Fun - Have a good time. Laugh at yourself. After all, you’re really quite pathetic. Balance - Learn to govern the balance between speed and quality, between risk and reward.

My friend TP always use to remark that Keyboards and mouse need a major revamp, for according to him, they have been in our midst for too long a time.May be he should have a look at the following snaps :