Category: Life & Times
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10 Post-Lockdown Choices That are Yours to Make
The last time I engaged in a potentially life-altering activity was in Cabo St. Lucas, Mexico. I had joined a few colleagues to ride a series of ziplines. Everything seemed fine until I had to sign a waiver form. One line stood out. It read: The “Activity” can be HAZARDOUS AND INVOLVES THE RISK OF…
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The Last Dance – A Documentary That Will Surprise You
When my daughter recommended a documentary on Netflix, titled “The Last Dance,” I was skeptical. Documentaries are not my thing. I cannot remember the last time I sat down and watched a full documentary on anything. So, when she left it with a “Try it, you’ll like it,” I was intrigued. After having watched eight…
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Privacy Implications of Video Conferencing From Home
If you have recently started referring to your bedroom as your home office, you should probably read this post. Overnight, COVID-19 has changed the office landscape. Companies who were once averse to employees working from home are now advising their employees to telework. Zoom, Webex, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and other such collaboration tools are becoming…
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Floyd Cardoz – It’s Like I Knew the Man
“Renowned chef Floyd Cardoz dies after coronavirus diagnosis,” read the headline. It came as a shock. It’s like I knew the man. The 59-year-old Mumbai-born chef was diagnosed with Coronavirus on March 18th after admitting himself to a New Jersey Hospital. His tweets, embedded in some of the news reports, give the impression that he…
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Self-isolation, OK. Self-directed Portfolio, Not OK.
COVID-19 has hit home. My wife and I are under voluntary self-isolation. We have shown no symptoms. Just doing our part to limit the coronavirus from spreading. COVID-9 does not discriminate. It transcends geographical boundaries, colour, race, and age. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau in Canada, Tom Hanks in Australia, and the fashion industry workers in Italy…
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Cloud Services Adoption – Should It Take a Pandemic?
There is a familiar ring to this. It often takes a crisis to drive technology adoption. Cloud services adoption is no different. COVID-19-related queries for technology upgrades are on the rise. Despite the growing rhetoric around digital transformation, cloud services adoption has lagged. C-suite executives are big on vision. However, when it comes to putting money…
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Luxury Brands and Services Are Targeting the HENRYs
As the Uber driver dropped us off, I wondered if we had the address wrong. We were looking for the entrance to a cocktail bar that my daughter had categorized as “secret.” My wife and I were back in San Francisco for the long weekend. The plan was to have a couple of pre-dinner drinks…
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Good Enough – When Failure is an Option
If you have not been paying attention, you may have missed this. There is a shift away from the pursuit of perfection. The world is going with “good enough.” Perfection is dynamic Products and services have to evolve continually and adapt to the needs and wants of consumers. Many successful products of the decade, have…
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Don’t Walk Left – A Perspective on Homelessness
I could see her from a distance. For that matter, I wasn’t sure that it was a woman until she briefly lifted her head to tuck her straggly hair back behind her ear. She didn’t look a lot older than my daughter. She was bent over the garbage bin by the roadside. Looking for food,…
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Living the Dream – A Reality Check!
The patio of the Taj Malabar Hotel is quiet as I sit nursing a drink and working on an e-book for a client. I am in Kochi, a coastal city on the southwest coast of India, often referred to as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. I am living the dream! Travelling and working; mixing…