November 2016 – Talk of Many Things

How To Replace Excel For Collecting Master Data For Your SAAS

25 November 2016

In Why Overcoming The Tyranny Of Excel Is A Lousy Positioning Theme, we’d cautioned software companies from pitching their software as a replacement for Excel. Since then, we’re happy to…

PSA: Don’t Get Defensive About Not Going Cashless

18 November 2016

The Indian government recently demonetized the INR 500 and 1000 notes and announced plans to introduce new design notes in INR 500, 1000 and 2000 denomination. In the wake of…

Do You Face Online Jingoism? I Do

11 November 2016

The Internet is full of jibes on people's nationalities. They appear on articles, blogs, reviews and comments. Often sarcastic and sometimes venomous, they run down the author's or commenter's nationality without…

Strange Happenings In Amazon

4 November 2016

I exhibit cult loyalty for Amazon among a few other brands. As I wrote in What Drives Cult Loyalty?, I’ve been shopping on Amazon for over 15 years in Germany,…