Tuesday, October 18, 2005


Google Throws up....

A search of "Http" on google throws up the following results all except any useful link..

Monday, October 17, 2005

Y2K at 1985.....

One of the earliest threads on the then usenet groups on the impending Y2K problem can be found here
Paul Graham shows the way.....

A must read essay "How to Start a Startup" for anyone who has an idea of starting a company or interested in good sensible practical business reading . It is available here

"So if you want to invest two years in something that will help you succeed in business, the evidence suggests you'd do better to learn how to hack than get an MBA"

And the evidence is there are only four MBA CEO's in the Forbes top 50.

"There are plenty of other areas that are just as backward as search was before Google. I can think of several heuristics for generating ideas for startups, but most reduce to this: look at something people are trying to do, and figure out how to do it in a way that doesn't suck"

"You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible"

"In a startup, your initial plans are almost certain to be wrong in some way, and your first priority should be to figure out where. The only way to do that is to try implementing them"

"A 10% improvement in ease of use doesn't just increase your sales 10%. It's more likely to double your sales".

"So if you want to win through better technology, aim at smaller customers"

"If you build the simple, inexpensive option, you'll not only find it easier to sell at first, but you'll also be in the best position to conquer the rest of the market"

"In technology, the low end always eats the high end. It's easier to make an inexpensive product more powerful than to make a powerful product cheaper"