Thursday, July 10, 2008

Yahoo thinks I spammed myself!

by The Big K on July 10, 2008

Now I know why Yahoo isn’t getting #1 spot on the Internet. They need lot of work on their popular solutions. I’m talking about – Yahoo Mail. Some time back, I sent a small PHP code to myself using Yahoo Mail. Guess what? It got delivered in my spam box! Whoa! Since when did I start spamming myself, Yahoo? I hate spam as much as you do. Come on, add that basic check before you submit emails to SPAM folder. [...]

The “Good Job” Mail – Do you care?

by The Big K on July 10, 2008

This little post is dedicated to all the software engineers (hmm, engineers?) who’ve worked in cubicles at some point in their life. You must be used to receiving (I hope) the “Good Job”, “Great Job” mails from your manager. I wonder how many of you really got excited and felt your work was appreciated? Or you just deleted that email and forgot about it? Come on, tell me! -The Big K-

The Mission/Vision Statement First – Really?

by The Big K on July 10, 2008

In this post, I’ll rant about something that I personally think is stupid. However, the rest of the world, most probably, thinks that its the smartest thing to do. I’m going to talk about importance of writing a mission statement or vision statement or even the business plan before starting a new business. I think all of the above are totally NOT required. My friend KGV got admitted to NITIE, which is a very good business school in India. He [...]

Superblog – Mission Statement

by The Big K on July 10, 2008

Hello everyone! What you see in the header is my empire – The Big K’s empire. So, with the new theme – I’ve made few changes to the blog. I’ve removed my photograph from the sidebar. I’ve uploaded a mission statement for this superblog which is as follows:- The Big K’s Superblog shall try to eliminate stupidity from the universe by pointing out stupidity in most of the things people do everyday. It doesn’t look like a ‘Mission Statement’. I [...]