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How Indians do arranged marriage in 21st century

Rajpat (the father): Son, I want you to marry a girl of my choice. Son: "I will choose my own bride!!!" Rajpat: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter.." Son: "Well, in that case... Ok" Next Rajpat approaches Bill Gates. Rajpat: "I have a husband for your daughter...." Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry!!!!!" Rajpat: "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank." Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case... Ok" Finally Rajpat goes to see the president of the World Bank. Rajpat: "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president.." President: "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!" Rajpat: Read More →

Bill Gates asks a question on LinkedIn Answers

Bill GatesLinkedIn has recently upgraded it's home page and functionality to be more inline with the competition like Facebook. However, I've never really perceived Facebook as direct competition for LinkedIn because they focus on different markets completely. As you may know Facebook is more of a student hangout and LinkedIn has always been a place for business people. So recently Bill Gates created a profile on LinkedIn and also posted the following question on the fantastic LinkedIn Answers service: How can we do more to Read More →

My Toastmasters speech on reducing technology stress

http://www.toastmasters74.org/My friend Ronnie Apteker published a book 1999 called “Do you love IT in the morning?” and this was a great play on words because it could imply “it” as in perhaps sex or “IT” as in “Information Technology.” Sadly this book is now out of print and I remember picking up over 50 copies a few years ago for R5 each when CNA was clearing their old stock. Anyway his central theme was called the progress paradox. What that means is the more technology Read More →

Bill Gates gives high school learners 11 rules to live by

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings, created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
  • Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
  • Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will Read More →