Via: JotBlog Jotspot has an event called hackathon which helps engineers in the firm become more creative. It’s a day-long event where our engineers each crank on something: valuable to the company but not what they’re “supposed” to be working on and that can be taken from idea to working prototype in one day Results are stunning!

Came across this word in seth’s post - was curious to know its origins : ** Doppelganger :** Meaning “double walker” a doppelganger is a shadow-self that accompanies every human. Only the owner of a doppelganger can see it, otherwise it is invisible to human eyes. Dogs and cats have been known to see doppelgangers. Providing sympathetic company, a doppelganger almost always stands behind a person, and they cast no reflection in a mirror.

Years ago, I was given an article by my classmate titled " How Resilience Works " . Though I had read it long time back, I could not relate to the article for many reasons. It was debunking the oft repeated quote from many a people who say " I am resilient “. Infact one does not know whether he is resilient or not, unless one goes through some hardship.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain, for no amount of gold can bring them back  - Abdul Kalam ( President of India)

We do come across a lot of crap jargon in documents and ppts. Possibly we are also prey to that attitude of using jargon..Here’s a tool from Deloitte! which helps remove Bull from documents. Link: Download Bullfighter.