Friday, January 30, 2009

Free

No ties on Mondays. No projects, no deliverables, no meetings, no reviews, no goals, no calls, no all hands, no town halls, no one on ones, no time-lines, no presentations, no decks, no pitches, no immersions, no models, no scoring, no data refreshes, no queries, no left joins, no right joins, no outer joins, no equi-joins, no power lunches, no working lunches, no seminars, no round tables, no presentation-to-senior-managements, no dry runs, no visits, no on-sites, no off-sites, no team meetings, no validations, no peer reviews, no reruns, no reworks, no modifications, no back-ups, no transitions, no databases, no cross team projects, no roadshows, no initiatives, no goal-sharing, no quick checks, no modifications, no merit cycles, no on-boarding, no new joinees, no interns, no dummy projects, no live projects, no follow-up calls, no calendars, no meeting requests, no appointments, no rescheduling, no conferences, no dial-in's, no agendas, no cubicles, no meeting rooms, no coffee machines, no water coolers, no farewells, no welcomes, no expectations, no meets-expectations, no exceeds-expectations, no to-do list, no fire-drills, no golden hour, no quick turnarounds, no quick hits, no deep dives, no exploratory analyses, no request forms, no proposals, no PPT's, no Excel sheets, no output, no code, no log, no one-over-ones, no rhythm, no pulse, no calendars, no all-nighters, no pick-ups, no drops, no cabs, no time sheets, no footprints, no utilization sheets, no ice-breakers, no trainings, no hands-on, no contests, no quizzes, no team-building sessions, no ad-hocs.

Free.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Limerick

There was once a firm full of idiots,
Whose defining characteristic was being nuts,
They'd come into office and blabber,
On a scale to make you stagger,
The lot of 'em needed a kick up their butts

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A new beginning

Peoples.
Especially peoples who like Pune, have a look here .

For the nonce, blogging will be rather more frequent there.
Danke.