Came across a nice way to classify bloggers : If one has to broadly classify bloggers, then there are 2 categories . First category are Linkers who link to an article and either comment on it or help generate buzz on it. Second category are the thinkers, who write an essay / thoughts and as such do not refer to any external link perse. And obviously there are bloggers who adopt both patterns .

What are banks meant for : Intermediaries between Lenders and Borrowers. Why should internet, the supposed platform for killing all intermediaries spare banks…atleast that’s what a group of people from London think so. Zopa , a new service promises exactly this : Bank - Your idea of hell: a place where you’re told which rate you can invest or borrow at and how long you can invest or borrow for and then offered, in a sad mockery of the word ‘choice’, a meagre number of off-the-shelf solutions which either suit you or don’t.

I had to do a brief revisit of UML Fundas to work on a new project. This also coincides with the current book, I am on “ Design of every day things” , which stresses the importance of design in the modern world. To the non-IT readers, UML is the language of designers of software systems. It helps to put the designer’s mental model on to paper using a set of diagrams which then can be used , to check whether it is compatible with the user model , a mental model relating to that of the end user of the software.

“It’s business, you have to have a thick skin. If you let people get to you, on or off the court, it’s going to affect how you play.” -Gar Heard

“It’s business, you have to have a thick skin. If you let people get to you, on or off the court, it’s going to affect how you play.” -Gar Heard