Another gem from Scott Berkun

Filed in Uncategorized, July 31, 2005, 9:55 pm by Sukumar

Another gem from Scott BerkunI have already raved about Scott’s essays. Here is his latest on “how to learn from your mistakes”.   (Via del.icio.us/franzenjb)

Story telling and Cognitive Linguistics

Filed in Uncategorized, , 4:27 pm by Sukumar

I have been preaching the gospel of story telling as a tool for

persuasion in the management context for a …

Origin of the “Red Carpet” treatment

Filed in General Interest, July 24, 2005, 8:39 pm by Sukumar

Origin of the “Red Carpet” treatmentWonder how this  practice originated?  An interesting discussion in Google Answers  points  to Aeschylus describing the practice in 500 B.C. But the discussion on Phrase Finder points to a more recent Moghul origin. Apparently, the brother-in-law of Emperor Jehangir  decked out the  path with  velvets and  gold brocade  so that [...]

Friday Night Lights Shines Bright

Filed in Uncategorized, July 17, 2005, 9:00 pm by Sukumar

H.G. Bissinger takes you along for an emotions-soaked ride with the

Permian Panthers (a high school football team from Odessa, …

Google chasing Paypal’s Longtail?

Filed in Uncategorized, July 10, 2005, 8:52 pm by Sukumar ,

Speculation is running rife about Google’s supposed paypal-like payment service not withstanding Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s denial. Forrester’s Charlene Li has some real …