Here’s a nice blog with more than interesting articles. Definitely belongs to the category of thinkers and not linkers - Headrush

There’s an open souce software called MindMaps which can be useful for a lot of activities like : Keeping track of projects, including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording Project workplace, including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information Workplace for internet research using Google and other sources Keeping a collection of small or middle sized notes with links on some area which expands as needed.

Time is life’s greatest leveler. We all have the same allotted 24 hours and what separates the great people from the also-rans is what they do with the allotted time. Most of us live as if we have an infinite amount of time to do all the things we know we must do to live a full and rewarding life. And so we procrastinate and put the achievement of our dreams on hold while we attend to those daily emergencies that fill up our days.

I began reading Art of Profitability last night and the most exciting thing about the book is the way of delivering the point using simple schematic diagrams. The book urges the reader to read one chapter a week , try to get the gist of each of the chapter , chew, ruminate, reflect on various businesses that one has come across which fits the models described in the book. From the title of the book, it is clear that the book talks about various profitability models that are present across successful businesses in various industries.

Google has come up with a updated desktop version: a side bar which includes news, web clips(automatic rss aggregator), scratch pad, recent documents, and whatzz hot on web, weather and stocks..Nothing great about the application as such..But as such it Google-esque–which is to say it’s logical, efficient, and practical. Check it out, its worth having on your desktop