Friday, March 20, 2009

India: A Million Mutinies Now

This is the best book on India that I have ever read. It takes us on a journey into the lives of a number of Indians (late 80's). And in the process exposes the various issues that India faces or had faced in that time period. It made me reminiscence my childhood days living in India. Reading this book makes me want to time travel in the 80's. Mr Naipaul's narration is excellent. Reading the book was so easy, i felt as if i was traveling and meeting people along side Mr Naipaul. I highly recommend this book.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Productivity


I have picked up a new book: Getting Things Done: Art of stess free productivity

User and User Account Management as a Service

Since the last few days I have been wondering as to what is the most important thing to keep in mind while developing an application for a new/startup company. And the more the think about it the more i realize the importance of having a separate application for managing user's accounts (money accounts and also the user details stuff). This is very important because you never know in what direction the company is going to grow. The company might decide to add a few more applications or a few more revenue generating business lines. Having a separate application for user account management will ensure that the business can offer all applications to all users and customers.