Author Archives: Ruchit

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on life and choices we make

When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices … Continue reading

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Seaplane ride

Last week I rode a seaplane (plane which takes off & lands on water) at Seattle downtown area and spent about 30 minutes over Seattle skies at low altitude. Though it looks cool, it takes time to adjust in these … Continue reading

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Found my desktop

  If you ever had a Windows XP desktop, i am sure you remember this wallpaper, which was default wallpaper on XP machines.                   This weekend, we drove to place called Palouse … Continue reading

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When you are in love with competitor’s product

In startup world, we expect entrepreneur to be obsessed with his/her own products or offering. But what does it mean when you are falling in love with your competitor’s product? No, I am not talking about phones here, but I … Continue reading

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Negative Operating Cycle

  I discovered something amazing about Amazon.com  this morning, while I was watching this interesting presentation on design treasures of Amazon. Amazon.com makes $19billion every year and have total customer base which is larger than the populations of some countries … Continue reading

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Annoying Security Warning

Ever since I have been using IE8, one thing which annoys me is the dialog box below. Every single click ( almost) I get to see this and I have to click one additional button.           … Continue reading

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Internet connection speed

  I have my internet wireless router kept 2 rooms away from my usual working location at home here in Redmond, WA. I decided to run speedtest on my internet connectivity at home and I am surprised. You are reading … Continue reading

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Founders Institute Seattle, Graduation

Yesterday night was graduation night for the Founder Institute Seattle chapter. Proud moment for everyone involved. 16 companies got incorporated (Puzzles to PetCare to Satellite device for adventure tourists to music search, education online……) Great Food, Great Pitches and some … Continue reading

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[Survey Result] Is facebook your gateway to Internet?

Few days back I started a survey to find if people really like facebook or twitter logins to log into other sites. There are some great Facts & Figures available about the facebook, but then there was not enough data … Continue reading

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Is facebook your gateway to internet?

In one of the product design forums, there was a discussion recently, if providing a facebook/twitter based login on a portal makes people concerned about losing their personal/private data. Technorati Tags: facebook,survey Though it seems like a valid possible reason, … Continue reading

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