Talk of Many Things

Most web applications, online shopping websites and payment methods force users to choose between convenience and security: Somehow, convenience seems to come at the cost of security and security makes…

Unearthly working hours are often blamed for the high attrition rates seen among inside sales guys (and, increasingly, gals!) in the IT industry. My last two months of interviewing over 15 people…

A few years ago, when I'd just moved into a new house in Pune in India, I had to hang several picture frames. Forever guilty of shunning DIY work, I…

You've done the research and made the comparisons. You've selected your product and you're all fired up in anticipation of your purchase. Then, you reach the store and the salesman…

In this subprime mortgage caused financial meltdown, public opinion accuses some players of abject greed and others of downright fraud. But incompetence is a charge perhaps reserved only for credit rating agencies. The aspiring…

Along with my new notebook PC, I've been trying to buy a licensed version of Visio, the leading drawing software from Microsoft. I find it very surprising that the leading distributors listed in…

Over the past few years, a few private and state-owned banks invested heavily on their ATM networks and were able to differentiate themselves by providing their customers with wider access to…