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Johannes Kepler, one of the world's great mathematicians, decided to marry in 1611. He made a list of 11 women to interview, and he wanted, of course, to choose the best. Here's the formula.

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Nice resources for "relearning" physics

Physics Reimagined: New ways to present modern physics http://www.physicsreimagined.com

Physics Circus, http://www.physicscircus.com

Quantum Made Simple, http://www.quantummadesimple.com

SupraDesign.fr, http://www.supradesign.fr

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Mindmap of current capabilities of major IaaS platforms

Capabilities of major IaaS platforms on one page can be found on my linkedin page in the summary section

(Comments and corrections welcome)

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Violinist Kala Ramnath dreams of bringing music education to the underserved children of India. The best Indian and Jazz musicians will perform in India!

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

- Gandhi Jayanti 2013

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(Wartime | Peacetime) product teams

Ben Horowitz's blogs  are always a great source of insight and wisdom. One of the masterpiece blog that Ben authored recently was on Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO, an example of how CEOs need to manage companies during peaceful times and war times. These management lessons are applicable not only for CEOs but also product leaders. Ben's points out that people are by nature peacetime leaders or wartime generals. I tend to relate more to the latter considering my product leadership experience at Nimbula and IPInfusion, both companies I had to lead in challenging times (or as some would say "interesting times"). Going through this experience has not been easy but to make products successful you need to have some wartime experience under your belt. I can only understand and rationalize the lessons about managing in peaceful times but cannot relate to them (yet). Good leadership is about understanding what comes to you naturally and when you have to adopt.

Some excerpts from Ben's blog:

Peacetime CEO knows that proper protocol leads to winning. Wartime CEO violates protocol in order to win.

Peacetime CEO spends time defining the culture. Wartime CEO lets the war define the culture.

Peacetime CEO always has a contingency plan. Wartime CEO knows that sometimes you gotta roll a hard six.

Peacetime CEO works to minimize conflict. Wartime CEO heightens the contradictions.

Peacetime CEO thinks of the competition as other ships in a big ocean that may never engage. Wartime CEO thinks the competition is sneaking into her house and trying to kidnap her children.

Peacetime CEO trains her employees to ensure satisfaction and career development. Wartime CEO trains her employees so they don’t get their ass shot off in the battle.

[Personal favorite] Peacetime CEO sets big, hairy audacious goals. Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand.

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Blogs are mightier than code

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The most dangerous enemy of a better solution is an existing solution that is just good enough.

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Profound letter written by a dad for his little one.

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If we put a number on it, people will try to make the number go up.

Seth Godin

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A palliative nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?

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When the work you have done for a long time does not matter anymore, this is a great perspective from Steve Jobs to mull over. You are building layers not monuments!

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The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.

Edsger W. Dijkstra

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"a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their positive qualities and abilities and to underestimate their negative qualities, relative to others" 

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There's a huge difference between 20 years experience and 1 years experience 20 times