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Friday, October 17th, 2008 |
Would you like to be welcomed by your parents on your visit to them with a brief message on the new Insurance Policy from AIG that can transform your life? Well, imagine this, you walk into your parents place and at the door your dad comes up and the first thing he says; “AIG now offer detailed and personalized risk reports based on your daily habits. Join today and you could also qualify for a $500,000 grand price!…. [pause]….Hey son, come on in.. how are ya?”
That is how I feel when I see ads on my favorite sites. Forbes, Entrepreneur, Wired, AskMen, or whatever.. I dont understand how come ads are now the welcome screens? It annoys me so bad that I just feel like closing the damn window. I know its a great palce to put an ad, great for the company but reall? Do you want to annoy your visitors?
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008 |
Sometimes, after a long busy day at office, I don’t feel like working at home. I feel so lazy that I either watch another episode of Family Guy/America Dad/Arrested Development or something like that and just hit the bed. I would even spend couple of hours with my roomies, talking nothing but worthless crap (I know I need to be social too, but its just not my kind of thing right now). Lately I started reading some books on getting ‘motivation to work’ and also implemented few of the techniques that are proving fruitful. Here’s what I’ve been doing:
- Split the tasks into very small 10 min. tasks that look doable and easy
- Write down all the best things that would happen If I finish these small tasks early.
- Make a small plan on how I can tackle difficult problems in an efficient way.
- Talk to Mom for encouragement (sometimes this takes lot of time!).
- Realize how happy my client would be if I finish the project way before deadline (or) realize how mad my client would be if I delay the project any further.
- Go through my goals list to realize that I need more money!
- Have a coffee or tea to ensure I stay awake and work.
- Staying focused on those small tasks I created. Avoid blogging!
But unfortunately sometimes, even with all that my laziness overshadows my plans, tasks list, talk with my mom, goals list and everything under the sun. That’s when I feel I am tired and I need a good night sleep 
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007 |
Alright I did some customizations and installed few plugins to make it little worthy. Here is a start for my blog. A post on what’s in this site.
Blogging Engine: Wordpress
Template: Blog oh Blog 2
Plugins: Akismet, cformsII, WP-Related, AddThis, All-in-one-seo,
Blogger: Boxed (encrypted)
Update: New plugins added:- Google Analytics, Plugoo
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007 |
Finally I have decided a name for my new blog. ‘Vaked’ is a not a dictionary word (not so easy to get these days) but its my derived word for ‘boxed’. Vak means ‘box’ in dutch and ‘ed’ is used to describe an action. After months of research on domain names and trying to find the right one that would truly represent this blog, i’ve decided to go with vaked.
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