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

One of the major hassles of subscribing to podcasts and listening to them is the anonymity level as far as the content goes. Even though it might give an element of surprise incase the podcast turns out to be good, in most cases, the listener would want to know what’s its all about, whether he can listen to selective pieces of podcast. Here’s Eric Gwinn airing the same opinion as mine in NYT

The Second Model which Zhao describes is the Pyramid Profit Model The firm typically has a slew of products. The products at the bottom of the pyramid serve as a firewall . These act as a barrier for potential entrants and usually these are manufactured and sold very very efficiently. Most often , the company might also end up losing money. However , it more than makes up in the top rungs of pyramid.

" Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity." - Christopher Morley Very recently I have been practicing “The Platinum 30” principle, which states that the first 30 minutes of your day are possibly the most valuable moments which will have a considerable influence of the other minutes of the day.