~ Communication..

Salam alaik,

have been a happy man ever since the advent of VoIP..

VoIP is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things.
But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things.
What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration. I try to learn certain areas of digital communications exhaustively; then I try to digest that knowledge into a form that is accessible to people who don't have time for such study.

Otoh, I need to communicate with hundreds of people all over the world as I write my periodicals.
I also want to be responsive to the people who read & review those articles and have questions or comments.

My goal is to do this communication efficiently, in batch mode --- like, one day every three months. So if you want to talk to me about any topic, please use good ol' snail mail and send a letter to my postal address..
You might also try faxing me. Chances are that it'll be seen last, perhaps once every six months instead of three.
:o)

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~ Projects

Salam alaikum,

While having a lil light chit chat with a good friend of mine, he sent some funny stuff my way.
A disgruntled I.T dude, as he is, its kinda expected coming form him.
umm..
a bit too gynecological (or obstetric?) perspective of IT, i dare say :D.. but here goes nothing;

I.T. Designations:

1) Project Manager is a person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month.

2) Developer is a person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a baby.

3) Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks a single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.

4) Client is the one who doesn't even know why he wants a baby.

5) Marketing Manager is a guy who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.

6) Resource Optimization Team reckons they don't need a man or woman; they'll produce a child with zero resources.

7) Documentation Team deems they don't care whether the child is delivered, they'll just document 9 months.

8) Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the PROCESS of baby production.

And lastly..

9) Tester is a person who always tells his spouse that this is not the Right baby!

The How's :

>> How a web-design goes straight to hell?

That's how !

>> How projects really work?
click the below to zoom..

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~ Emotional Quotient

Asalam alaikum,

Speaking of IQ - intelligence quotient that is - men are usually intellectually_intelligent but low on emotional_intelligence.

Ladies on the other hand, tend to depict reverse_transformation of the above mentioned equation..
(not that im saying they are low on intellectual intelligence.. heck nooo!)

That said, it comes as a relief that I ain't alone in the wide world..
.. i suppose :p

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~ Polly Wants a Cracker

Asalam alaikum,

Cramming is demonized all around as a despicable lil duress to our greater conceptual clarity & development.
not that i'm saying no to its negation.. if u get what i mean :p

just that.. i think turning the toss coin would indeed help us see the exception to this generalization.

Down the line of years its usefulness has been downplayed by people from all walks of life, calling it the enemy of intellect.

I dare to defend the art_of_memorizing by mentioning few of its advantages here, leaving rest of the pros as a homework for the readers;

The first n foremost 'plus' is the ability to analyze a complex problem.
A complex equation / piece of code / text / poetry yada yada when stored and imprinted in our grey-mater... cooks, evolves and dis-solves.

Debugging codes, deriving mathematical derivations & similar tasks are greatly enhanced & improved by formulas-cramming capabilities.

The second merit is the ability to survive as a loner in tough world surrounding us.
This situation might arise out of misfortunes (i.e. sudden change of HQ's) or mishaps (e.g., crashed HDD) etc.

Infact, I've witnessed a genius friend of mine re-producing, in a jiffy, the lost C-code for a video-standard which he had been writing for past few weeks, with the deadline looming large and the hard-disk that got all phuff into hot smokes.

moral pretty much would be;

• next time you meet a crammer.. don't get all grumpy about it & avoid tripping.
• steer clear of broad generalizations in branding all part-time crammers as counter-productive.

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~ illustrations

Salam alaikum,

we & our preference for sedentary life;





nice 'dad character' chart of yanks & franks;

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