I am using google calendar, blackberry calendar and from last few days outlook / windows live calendar. Is there any way to sync everything ?

Facebook is getting bigger and bigger. Worldwide as well as in India. I have seen most of my friends moved to facebook and using it regularly. Couple of reasons using FB over orkut are - its more 'lively' and facebook apps. There are several apps and games to keep you linked to your and friends profile. One of the most popular app is Farmville.

Its a most popular social game having more than 8 million unique users. I started playing Farmville around 2 months back. Prior to that it was Mafia Wars which brought me to facebook. In last couple of months playing regularly, I have made more than 1 lakh exp points. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I can't just enjoy things. I need quantification, evaluation and perfection in whatever I do. Typical Virgo :) Hence, in Farmville also, I worked more on playing strategies to maximize exp and coins.

I am not going to explain how to play Farmville here. If you already know, great !! otherwise you can try it yourself. If you are a farmer and have searched net for Farmville guide, you might have came across many. What I am sharing here is a crop plantation calculation sheet.

This sheet requires 3 inputs: your current level, mode of play and no. of hours you’ll be visiting your farm again. And this sheet will give you crop for maximum coins and maximum experience. Mode of play is 1 for no breaks and 2 for with breaks. Instead of me explaining that here, I suggest you to try it out on the sheet directly. For detail calculations, you can refer second sheet.

 

Link to download sheet is: Farmville Crop Calculation Sheet

Just try it out and let me know whether it helps or not. All positive negative feedback is welcome.

Keep Farming, WHola Farmer !!!!!

Found this advertisement on Vashi Subway ..

And thought of scene from 3 Idiots.

Anybody interested to call that number and check what exactly they want ? ;)

http://www.youtube.com is throwing error.

Is it IPL effect ? Or chinese hackers ?

Change is the only constant thing in life. I am also planning for one in terms of career.

Till now, it is going really well. I have carefully planned my short term and long term goals in terms of education, career and was lucky enough to achieve them. In last 4.5 years I have learned so many things. I enjoyed taking responsibilities, creating processes, defining & executing steps and leading people. Now I believe its time to define the next step for my own career.
There are two alternatives a) product manager - take challenge and create new products rather than just getting it done OR b) consultancy - help others to achieve their goals. At this moment, both the roles seem very interesting and challenging. But its very difficult to get both at once. Hence I have to choose one of them. The analysis process has already begun. Soon I’ll be ready with the result.

If anyone from Indiagames HR is reading this post, don't worry. Its not about any other job offer :)

Just two more days .. And 2009 will end. A mixed year for me with some good / bad memories on personal, professional, social fronts.

Here is the year summary from my side ...

First about blogging : Reading other's blog, there was an improvement definitely but pretty bad year for my blogging venture. Just lost track and passion I had. But 2010 will definitely be like that .. I promise :)

MandY holding is doing well :) but not great. I made as well as lost some good calls. Won some by luck and lost some BIG ones as well. But overall, it gave me a good learning year. From coming financial year I'll definitely able to make use of these concepts. The target for coming year is 50% gain from april 2010 to 2011. I think I'll be able to achieve that. Let's see..

On personal part, had some kaande pohe programs by now and hope will be able to have shaadi ka laddu in 2011 :)

Got new blackberry this month and I can feel great improvement in my productivity. I am active 24x7 now professionally on personal front as well. Always connected on mail, messenger and a great push mail support. Apart from these I learned lot of new things and will continue to do so in future .. Had some great ideas but didn't get time to work on most of them. They all are due next year ..

That's it frnds.. Wishing happy new year to everyone !!!

First time in this monsoon season we experienced proper rain. Condolence to the families in south India who lost their lives and properties because of this. Otherwise the rain was most welcomed one for many of us. Hope mumbaikars will not have water problems in coming summer.

Checked google's homepage ?

Nice one..

Friends ... Am coming soon ... stay tuned :)

Hello frnds ... remember me ? Was totally busy in my day to day routine work, job and personal things.

In last couple of months so many things happened. There was some great moments in personal life, family matters. Professional life gave increassed pressure but provided stability. That was much needed in current environment. MandY Holdings lost 40% of its capital due to my ignorance and over confidence.

Overall a mixed bag of experiences ... but thats life ..  and I am enjoying it :)

One more important thing .... got a blackberry from office. First time I shifted from windows touch screen phones to a non touch screen phone. Configured all my personal professional mail accounts and IMs on that. I'll be posting another separate post on that experience :)

Ending this small status update .. now I'll be regular here as I was before :)

India failed to defeat Afghanistan in the world cup qualifier in the Asia -Pacific zone

Coach sehwag said that he is not worried bcoz he has backing of selectors, captain and board....and that they had won a close match against Papua new guinea just 2 yrs ago.


Rahul Dravid,the coach of new zealand team said that Sachin should now consider retiring gracefully and let his son take over the captaincy

mahender singh dhoni broke ajit agarkars record of most no of conecutive ducks in twenty 20

saurav ganguly, the coach of england feels that the boys need to control their emotions on the field

the current leading man from bollywood bret lee advices ms dhoni to take upacting as well

Minnows Pakistan beat Ireland in a close match...and thus they avanged their defeat in the 2007 WC against the then minnows ireland

Inzamam ul haq, who was the captain of the losing team and now the present coach said in a press interview that
"Boys plays well...they try hard...inshallah we wins the world cup"


The police arrested 8 ppl for voilence after England and NZ match...
Investigations revealed that these ppl were members of Dravid and Ganguly fan communities on Orkut which have 623241516 and 126542 members respectively.

the Indian cricket board led by president Rahul Gandhi has called for an emergency meeting to discuss future course of action ..former players like yuvraj singh, md kaif,vvs laxman and kumble have been invited...coach sehwag and captain Tendulkar will present a report...

vvs laxman today created a new controversy by saying that he expected a written apology from Rahul gandhi for including him in the category of former players....he said that he has improved his fielding and fitness and wants to play 2023 WC in Brazil.

Frnds ... I remember I have a blog too .... don't worry ..... I'll be back soon .....

This is with regard to the shoe-throwing incident involving a journalist (the accused) and a senior minister ( the victim). It is not as simple as it seems, to throw a shoe at a politician you hate (Question: Are there any politicians you don't hate?). You need to prepare early in life. But here are some tips, not necessarily in order of importance.

1) Practice for some days before undertaking your mission, preferably with your wife's/girlfriend's shoe.

2) Sit as close as possible to the target on the day of the incident.

3) Keep a spare shoe, in case the first misses the target (anyway we all wear two shoes).

4) Exercise for at least a month before D-Day. You need to look perfectly fit. No one likes a clumsy shoe-thrower.

5) Ensure the shoes you are wearing (and intend to throw) are not with laces. You cannot be struggling at the last minute trying to unlace your shoes.

6) Train early in life to be a journalist, preferably a political reporter, so that you can attend press conferences addressed by politicians.

7) Polish your shoes well before the attack. So, if your shoe misses the target, the politician could at least pass out with the strong smell of polish mixed with the stink of the streets.

8) Have a hearty meal a short time before the incident. You can never tell how many hours you will be detained in a stinking prison cell, and whether you will be sentenced to death later.

9) Don't tell the world about your plan. Keep it top secret.

10) Most important: Select a proper, old shoe, preferably a woman's high-heeled shoe. Remember, the purpose is to cause maximum damage.

11) Hey, did I not say 10 tips? Well, you may not like one of them, so here's the final one. Aim a little below the head, as your target will duck.

Just read this news -

Infosys to offer NGO work to staff at half pay

All companies are laying off people to cut cost. But this Infy's move is adding great value to its reputation. Kudos to Nandan Nilikani and his team. Hope shareholders also understand the value addition.

Checkout this advertisement on Orkut ....

Indian Political Parties are also following Obama style now ... by going online n all ....


I'll be adding one separate post on my views on election. Probably by this weekend when I get soem free time ....

Couldn't post anything in last two weeks :(

Have lot of things to post but not getting time.

Let me take a short break for 2-3 weeks. Will be back soon with full recharge :)

Like a computer, a human brain is capable of doing several things at once. But our task manager is not as efficient as computer's task manager. Several times positive/negative outcome of one process affects another even though they are not related.

It would be great if we get a better, well managed, bug free task manager where we can simply right click and minimize or end any process.With this, a bad day in office won't affect your personal life or a girl friend's phone call won't affect your day to day work.

Hopefully GOD will install it in next release.

Effective from March 09, SEBI increased lot sizes by almost 4 times, hence the margin in same proportion. With a small capital of 1.3 Lakhs we were able to buy/short two lots at once with worst case averaging limit of 4-5 lots. But now, that option is no longer available. Either we need to increase our capital to 4-5 lakhs or increase our expertise to do more correct analysis and risk evaluation. The first option is very difficult hence we are proceeding with the second one. Alternatively, there is an option of using department D when we predict bullish short term trend. We can buy few shares which we can average instead of taking risk of full lot. But in case of short sell, we have to take risk. Probably, SEBI also wants the same thing - more equity traders (investors) than f&o (traders).



We love challenges, we'll come out with solution and move ahead.

To our current and future aspirant shareholders, we are happy to announce that we did our first trade with new lots today. Bought reliance lot at 1264 and sold at 1280 earning 4800 rs. Although it reached intra-day high of 1297 due to heavy buying in last 15 minutes, we are happy with our small first gain. MandY Holdings has earned 17% profit on the investment of Rs. 1,20,000 in 6 weeks time.