Passion vs. Productivity

In my opinion, passion and productivity go hand-in-hand. You can take any employee who is good at what he does, its highly likely that he is a passionate person. Now, the question is the following: Is he passionate about the work that he does or does his passion lie elsewhere? And does it matter at all.. I think that as long as a person is passionate about something in life, there is a good chance that he will do a good job of whatever he chooses to do. Think of a person who is not passionate about anything in life. […]

Self-induced power-cuts and some other ideas to help energy crisis..

Simple questions that could lead to better usage of electricity:  What happens if all the homes with UPS (inverter) get off the main grid between 6PM & 8PM accross the country and run on their UPS? (Self-induced power-cuts) What if we can add intelligence to our UPS so that they can detect the usage of electricity and decide if it is   required to stay connected to the grid or not?  What if we can program these UPS so that they automatically cut off from the grid and power the home till they have a specific amount of charge (say […]

Gaming & social concepts applied to make test drives fun

I bought a car last month (Skoda Fabia). The entireexperience of buying the car was less than satisfactory on many counts. I wasonly able to take a short test drive (2Kms) around the showroom. This was thesame case with all the dealerships. When I asked that I would like to take a longertest drive and in different road conditions, I was always indicated that itwould be difficult to manage & turned down. The sales folks went on ranting about the car technology, engine capacity and all the other features of the car not bother to even understand my needs. For […]