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Monthly Archives June 2005

Books: The Innovator’s Dilemma

The Innovator’s Dilemma is a great book by Clayton M. Christensen. The central theme of the book is that unless specific measures are taken, disruptive innovation causes highly successful businesses to fail. This is not because they are badly managed or are technically incompetent, but because they get pressurized by their existing customers and investors [...]

Posted 16 June 2005 † amit § Books ‡ Comments (0) °

Anonymity on Internet

On the internet nobody knows you are a dog
Unfortunately it’s only true in cartoons! Basically you are leaving a surprisingly easy trail of the websites you visit. Visit Test anonymity if you want to find what web servers can know about you. A determined person can find out about the websites you browsed, what [...]

Posted 09 June 2005 † amit § Internet § Security ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Books: The Automatic Millionaire

The Automatic Millionaire (by David Bach) is a little book telling a simple and automatic formula to become a millionaire. It talks about saving money (by sacrificing costly lattes, cigarrettes etc. if needed), effects of compounding (really dumbs down the argument).
Here is a brief sumary of the book:
* Save at least a few dollars [...]

Posted 05 June 2005 † amit § Books § Investment ‡ Comments (0) °