Open Source Blogging

Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal productivity, personal development, or business/entrepreneurship book of interest.

Over the last several years, I’ve worked very hard to become more and more organized with my stuff. I used to have a very difficult time finding things that I needed when I needed them and I also had some degree of difficulty effectively managing my time. Thankfully, over the last few years, I’ve really managed to conquer both of these. I feel incredibly productive on an average day now … Continue Reading

Uttarakhand tour: I was unable to write something on my blog, I was unable to read newspaper regularly, I was …. yet I was very happy as I was on a tour of “Devbhoomi Uttarakhand” with my parents last week. Its name was uttarakhand initially, then changed to uttaranchal and again uttarakhand as it was the northern part of Uttar Pradesh. But I think they should have thought of some other local good name. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya pradesh are very boring names. There are two parts in uttarakhand - Garhwal and Kumayun. Somebody suggested that we should merge Uttarakhand … Continue Reading

When it Feels Like Nobody is Reading Your Blog
10 Ways to Hurt Your Blog’s Brand by Commenting on Other Blogs
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
10 Ways to make your Blog more Attractive to Advertisers
Find a Sponsor for Your Blog
Blog Design for Beginners
How to Find Readers For Your Blog
How to Make Money From Your Blog - Direct Methods
How to Make Money From Your Blog - Indirect Methods
10 Techniques to Get More … Continue Reading

I keep trying to ignore this year’s biggest technology industry news story. I’d rather try out the latest Twitter client (TweetDeck is the one on my screen right now and it’s pretty cool). But through that client came a torrent of news this morning and, indeed, the story is all over the top of TechMeme. Steve Ballmer still wants to buy Yahoo, but only if Yahoo’s current board gets fired first.

I don’t care and I don’t feel sorry for Yahoo. I am thinking back to the first days of this story, back in January. I still remember Maryam, … Continue Reading

15 Tips on How to Generate Ideas and Write with Ease
Stephen King’s Greatest Lesson for Writers
31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing
10 Tips for Getting Started as a Freelancer
12 Essential Blogwriting Tips for Building a Successful Blog
Juicy Writing: 5 Ways to Glue Readers to the Page
How to Use Reading to Become a Better Writer
How to Write First Thing in the Morning
10 Steps to Create the Habit of Writing
How to Write … Continue Reading

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Be the change

This is a long emotional article, so read carefully and only when you have time, otherwise bookmark it and read when you are in position to think.

Are left parties traitors? Is congress is working for what is best for US, not what is best for India? Whether RSS is a terrorist organization? Is BJP trying to promote the communal ideals? Is protest in Gorkhaland, Mumbai, Rajasthan unpatriotic? I come across these questions and comments at online blogs, in speeches of leaders and even in books. Not … Continue Reading

A Shove with Love - A Kickstart to Change.
The Fifty Success Habits
Eight Steps to Getting out of that Rut
Low Fat Meals that Aren’t.
Smells Like Team Spirit
The Value of Criticism
Single? What’s WRONG with Him?
Weight-Loss Bullshit.
The Thief of Time.
Sure, girls are cool.. but I so don’t wanna be one.

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First of all, a tribute to the best Indian soldier ever Field Marshal Manekshaw. He died today. He was one of the founding father of Indian modern state. As Nehru was prime inspiration and lighthouse in politics in initial years of India, Field Marshal was for army personnel. He was famous for his inspiring words and guiding a policy of involvement of army in political matters. It was fortunate for India to have him in those scary times of late 60s and 70s, when everywhere else in the world democracies were falling apart and military was taking over.
This brings … Continue Reading

Manmohan singh, our dummy prime minister is in the dilemma of lifetime. He has asserted many times that he will resign if nuclear deal is paralyzed by anyone. Now we have very interesting situation. Points to be considered:

NDA, BSP have distanced themselves from deal and will vote against government.
Left front is in no mood to go along with deal. They have said that if deal take place, they will withdraw support by all means.
Congress (read Manmohan uncle) is very strongly with deal. Specially Manmohan Singh has made it a prestige issue. He will certainly resign if deal is snapped.
Congress (other … Continue Reading

There is a high pitched debate going on among Indian bloggers whether India can produce an Obama or not. (here, here) By “producing an Obama” we mean the very rapid rise of a particular leader at the national level like Mr. Barak Obama in USA. We know that India always has tradition of old leaders, leaders in their 90s, 80s. We have Mr. Advani, age above 80, Mr. Karunanidhi, Buddhadev Bhattacharya, Devegauda as patriarchs of Indian politics. But we do not have any leader in his 40s or 50s, who has a national appeal (I do … Continue Reading