I have started to wonder lately if there are more getting things done blogs in the blogoverse(short for blog universe).
On last count Google blog search turned out 1,818,289 blog posts mentioning GTD, there is a whole bloody website by the name of GTDtimes that has many contributors writing on the same topic.
I mean isnt that getting a bit too much, if there was so much content to write about on this topic David Allen would have written 10 books by now. So what are these guys writing anyways?
Frankly it seemed to me they are all writing the same thing over and over and over again. I wish someone would tell them to stop. People are reading so much of this getting things done stuff, they dont get time to practise what they learn.
So what is this fad? Lifehacker hangover.
The popular blog style website that started writing about productivity online years ago and was probably the first ones to evanglise DavidAllens GTD method online has written about GTD and tools for long now.
There huge popularity has egged all other wannabes to think writing the stuff lifahacker writes about will get them popular. And then we end up with 1,818,289 blog posts and no readers. Its funny.
From what i could understand by reading Davids book is this
1. Take all incomplete tasks/ideas/actions outside your head and write them somewhere, anywhere paper or a word document or god frickin anywhere
2. Plan on how to complete each one of them by wriitng down next actions and keep completing them
3. Keep your bloody information documented so when you need them you can find them
4. Dont be a egoistic dog and delegate when you cant do something
GTD bloggers, please stop, find a new topic to blog. If you have no topics, Read more books. Write less. Fine?
Sunday
Google and Yahoo Ad Deal Delayed By A Month
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc, will not be pleased by a delay in the ad deal with yahoo because of a inquiry by justic department as reported by washingtonpost
The justice department is looking at the deal to see if it will create a monopoly in the online advertising market. Not yet, it wont.
If Yahoo marries Google, it would.
Will it happen? Yes.
The justice department is looking at the deal to see if it will create a monopoly in the online advertising market. Not yet, it wont.
If Yahoo marries Google, it would.
Will it happen? Yes.
FutureVision: Ni Hao, Welcome to Moon, This is year 2050 and this is Moon, Republic of China
While i was on the topic of China, i just cldn't help mention that China has had a successul mission to space. They also plan a manned mission to Moon soon and create a space station on Moon by 2020.
US & Russia both have landed on Moon previously in an attempt to outsmart each other and wasted bilions of tax payers money for no real gains. Though they did setup international space station, they did not do it on Moon, which led to the speculation that there are aliens on moon already.
Come to think of it, setting up a space station on moon, should be easier than having a space station that is orbiting like satellites right?
If China does infact setup space station on moon, will they proclaim the land on moon as theirs. Space tourism will be a great revenue maker in the time to come and surely China would want a pie out of that.
But this will be a problem for people who have already bought land on moon. Apparently there are companies that are letting people buy land on moon and even sending them certificates of ownership. Gimme a break. Actually i want to know what is the current real estate price there.
But China isn't alone. It takes more than one fool to have a race right. India is launching its own mission to space soon called chandrayaan. I know people would argue that this is a display of our technological innovation(or russias?) but i just have one thing to say. Feed all first. Still got an argument?
But this is nomore a country thing, the popular payment processing company papypal's former co founder, started a company called spaceX, which had its first successful run in space recently.
Everything is ok, i mean China wants land on moon, good, they need it. Actually we need it too. Its ironical, Canada has so much land, no people, India & China have so many people, no land.
I just hope they dont find lot of natural resources there, specially radioactive material. If they do, two things will happen.
1. Moon will be abused to get all its natural resources.
2. Moon will becoming the dumping ground for radiactive waste.
And like we always do, we would not realise the implications of this on the enviorment till its too late.
But this is not the worse that could happen, i mean China loves cutting of access right? What if it cuts off our access to moon light?
Update: Did you know Google Inc. has moon contest of 30 Million Dollars?
US & Russia both have landed on Moon previously in an attempt to outsmart each other and wasted bilions of tax payers money for no real gains. Though they did setup international space station, they did not do it on Moon, which led to the speculation that there are aliens on moon already.
Come to think of it, setting up a space station on moon, should be easier than having a space station that is orbiting like satellites right?
If China does infact setup space station on moon, will they proclaim the land on moon as theirs. Space tourism will be a great revenue maker in the time to come and surely China would want a pie out of that.
But this will be a problem for people who have already bought land on moon. Apparently there are companies that are letting people buy land on moon and even sending them certificates of ownership. Gimme a break. Actually i want to know what is the current real estate price there.
But China isn't alone. It takes more than one fool to have a race right. India is launching its own mission to space soon called chandrayaan. I know people would argue that this is a display of our technological innovation(or russias?) but i just have one thing to say. Feed all first. Still got an argument?
But this is nomore a country thing, the popular payment processing company papypal's former co founder, started a company called spaceX, which had its first successful run in space recently.
Everything is ok, i mean China wants land on moon, good, they need it. Actually we need it too. Its ironical, Canada has so much land, no people, India & China have so many people, no land.
I just hope they dont find lot of natural resources there, specially radioactive material. If they do, two things will happen.
1. Moon will be abused to get all its natural resources.
2. Moon will becoming the dumping ground for radiactive waste.
And like we always do, we would not realise the implications of this on the enviorment till its too late.
But this is not the worse that could happen, i mean China loves cutting of access right? What if it cuts off our access to moon light?
Update: Did you know Google Inc. has moon contest of 30 Million Dollars?
Which is the best english accent out there?
Ni hao?(chinese - how are you?)
I was listening to a oXygen tutorial here on youtube today and noticed the author was speaking in a very chinese accent(or japanese?)
Althrough i didnt understand much of it i enjoyed the accent a lot. if you havent yet taken a peep at the video, do it, its fun.
I prefer calling this accent chinglish(chinese+english). Its hilarious whenw e mix english with various accents. There is hinglish(hindi+english) which is in a league of its own. There is Inglish(Indian speaking english) which is what most Indians sound like in USA, which is again in a league of its own.
With so many verisons of english accent going around which literally make this language seem like a completely new language on its own, i wonder which accent is the most entertaining.
I wish there was a contest out there which lets net users vote for the best and most entertaining accent out there. It would be fun.
Till that time, i declare Chinglish as the best english accent out there, heck its a new language altogether better than english, china rocks.
Till later Zai Jian!(chinese - good bye)
I was listening to a oXygen tutorial here on youtube today and noticed the author was speaking in a very chinese accent(or japanese?)
Althrough i didnt understand much of it i enjoyed the accent a lot. if you havent yet taken a peep at the video, do it, its fun.
I prefer calling this accent chinglish(chinese+english). Its hilarious whenw e mix english with various accents. There is hinglish(hindi+english) which is in a league of its own. There is Inglish(Indian speaking english) which is what most Indians sound like in USA, which is again in a league of its own.
With so many verisons of english accent going around which literally make this language seem like a completely new language on its own, i wonder which accent is the most entertaining.
I wish there was a contest out there which lets net users vote for the best and most entertaining accent out there. It would be fun.
Till that time, i declare Chinglish as the best english accent out there, heck its a new language altogether better than english, china rocks.
Till later Zai Jian!(chinese - good bye)
Thursday
Don't be evil, what about being outright stupid?
Recently i have been running a Google adwords campaign and saw some silly mistakes in my account. I am kind of sure, i am not the only one who has faced this issue, i am also sure Google would compensate for this.
So what happened here is this, i have bid a maximum of 0.04$ for a keyword. So ideally each click should cost me 0.04$, but Google has charged me anything from 0.04$ to 0.06$ for each keyword.
Its easy to understand by just looking under the Current Bid, Clicks, Avg. CPC, Cost columns for all keywords in the screeshot i am presenting below.
The question is if i have bid 0.04$ for each click, and i have recieved 1 click, how can the cost of one click be 0.05$. Or am i getting my maths wrong?
I have uploaded a screenshot you can click to see in full screen below. Take a look at this screenshot here
The bigger question is that this is not a startup company who has just started operations and facing some operational glitches, there have been billions spent on Google adwords, most by folks who are not that analytical or tech savvy to look at the data Google provides in great detail. How many millions have passed through to Google this way?
Incase i have just got something horribly wrong please let me know!
So what happened here is this, i have bid a maximum of 0.04$ for a keyword. So ideally each click should cost me 0.04$, but Google has charged me anything from 0.04$ to 0.06$ for each keyword.
Its easy to understand by just looking under the Current Bid, Clicks, Avg. CPC, Cost columns for all keywords in the screeshot i am presenting below.
The question is if i have bid 0.04$ for each click, and i have recieved 1 click, how can the cost of one click be 0.05$. Or am i getting my maths wrong?
I have uploaded a screenshot you can click to see in full screen below. Take a look at this screenshot here
The bigger question is that this is not a startup company who has just started operations and facing some operational glitches, there have been billions spent on Google adwords, most by folks who are not that analytical or tech savvy to look at the data Google provides in great detail. How many millions have passed through to Google this way?
Incase i have just got something horribly wrong please let me know!
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