" 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.

For a lot of reasons, I do not like any activity which constrains me to be only a gyan giver - There are a lot of professionals like that, teaching,hands off vc investing, consulting etc, where one is not involved in the operations per se but he bets on various aspects from the spectator stands. In this regard, I came across a quote from Theodore Roosevelt which aptly sums up my feeling :

In the book, 25 ways to win with people, author John says : Forget about:Searching for ways to make yourself look good.Instead, search for ways to make others look good. Ask:What positive, encouraging thing can I say to eachperson I will see today? Do it:Give everyone you meet the Triple-A Treatment—attention, affirmation, and appreciation. Remember:Within the first thirty seconds of a conversation,say something encouraging.

When the software industry was beginning to explode, there was a need of design language so that designers and programming community can talk to each other. UML was the answer and many companies reaped gold in coming up with tools to support UML. These are the times when Nano is the buzz word and its no surprise to see a tool for specifying designs in the Nano World. I guess this is just the beginning of tool deluge that will hit the market in the years to come.

Mike Treder , the director of CRN says that Nanotechnology is on a upward curve and it might not be obvious to a lot of people, at this point of time. Why ? The problem is human perspective, what Ray Kurzweil calls the “Intuitive Linear View.” When we see something that looks like a straight line, we naturally assume that it is. Although change occurs around us every day, unless we look closely we may not notice it.