Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Gmail's email id format issue - My discovery

Suppose the original recipient email id is -> firstname.lastname@gmail.com
Obersvation that i have made are a) Even if I use in the "To:" section the email id as
firstnam.elastname@gmail.com
the mail reaches the original id.
I have tried placing the "." in different places in the id and the mail still reaches the original email id.
So xyz@gmail.com == x.yz@gmail.com == xy.z@gmail.com
It does not matter where the "." is in the email id!
My problem here is what if there are unique ids like these? Will the mail reach the intended recipient then?

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Go long on ideas, short on selling them and hedge time




Look around....
How important do you feel??
Step out, what do you see now?? Is being important, important?
What if nobody really gives a damn. Ah well i give a damn.
Don't care if you get the credit just do what you got to do.

And of course the first impression. Girls, bosses, clients why does one have to always to impress.
I would rather let the guy be what he/she is, and what they are good at. Not talking, not building relations.

Guess what we like your work, but you are not visible in the organisation to other department bosses and they skipped your name for promotion. They don't know you work and things you have done for the team/process. Guess I have to blow my own trumpet.

We have to sell ourselves, as a brand. And that too an exclusive one.

If everybody did what they are supposed to, all this organisational visibility stuff can be done with. See its not always about merit. I wouldn't question the judgement, but the judge. Cos' thats where it came from.

Who decides who judges? Guess end of it all its "TIME".

How all of us are limited when it comes to time. Our accomplishments,judgementss, relationships, opinions. I remember reading this "They say time goes, but I say time stays you go".

How much can TIME give?
It gave me history, but that would again just be documentedjudgementss, opinions and observations. Very unlikely to be impartial.
Its giving me present. Andthats's going by every moment. I have to use it to get what I want - from myself. Don't know what to expect from others?
What would I do with an idea, if not sell it. Its a barter system all the way, oldest form of businessSimlpele give and take. As I would say " Go long on ideas, short on selling them and hedge time ".


Now 'Present' is the only time I have to hedge time. Invest in present. Everything I see, I see investments

  • Education - Investment of time & effort for well paying and less demeaning job
  • Food - Investment for a healthier life
  • Relationships - I like to call them emotional investments
  • House, car, cell phones - Investment for daily needs


I have been humbled by the vicissitudes of life, which is nothing more than we have spent our time.