Part 1
As 2006 comes to a close, i have the opportunity to sit back and reflect on some of the momentous times in the course of the year,not only as pertains to my one dimensional existence but to a wider range of issues that we had to come to terms with. Of course my take in these moments are unconsciously biased for i will be the first person to admit it; i don't know everything there is to know.
David Kirkpatrick owes me an apology
Slightly over one year ago,OK, to be precise, 9 days to the exact date last year, i was going on about my business when something caught my eye.And you bet it wasn't a beautiful damsel flirtatiously looking back at me from some glossy cover.My heart nonetheless missed a crucial beat.David kirkpatrick,the respected Fortune Senior Editor donned a prophets cloak and predicted that Google would falter in 2006.Of course he confessed that his initial attention was to get our(my) attention."....but my first prediction is that a year from now we won't think that the search company is the invincible behemoth that we do now", he wrote.Whether Google is invincible or a behemoth is subject to debate,but the gist of Kirkpatrick's argument was that Google was going to find itself in very cold water by the time Santa Claus(Father Christmas,for some of us) comes knocking.Yahoo was supposed to be hot on the heels of the Internet search leader with its 'community based/powered search' and that Yahoo's acquisition of del.icio.us was a sign of greater things to come.The last time i checked,something wasn't going well for the sunnyvale based company.I watched,half asleep as Terry Semel went to great lengths,in an interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo that everything was well and that the press was making a big deal out of the re-organization that is currently taking place in the company.
In all fairness to Kirkpatrick, there might have been signs early in the year that showed Yahoo to be gunning for the top post,but to run away with the ball based solely on a new catch phrase was very audacious.David Kirkpatrick owes me an explanation for catching my attention in the way he did.
Am selling and i am buying
I have for the past three months,been thinking of selling off my cell phone.I was the proud owner of a Motorola MPX200 until about three months back,for my phone suddenly grew relentless and starting going off in the middle of the night without provocation.Whats worse is that when i needed it most to stay in touch,it just switched off.Look,am not very thrilled about all these especially when i have to convince the next person that i am late because the clock on my phone happens to be one hour late.That has led me to something i haven't done in a while;a new year resolution.I am not ambitious when it comes to setting goals for the new year.I take refuge in the knowledge that i am a fairly modest person.Modesty comes with a price tag and mine is roughly $ 115(2500 Czech crowns).I have decided to invest the said amount in a new mobile phone.'New' here doesn't mean a new,it just means 'something i didn't have in my possession before' meaning that i could as well buy a good second hand cell phone of any brand.
A few weeks ago,i decided to add some spice to my life and in the process upgraded my computer monitor to an LG Flatron L1718S.So far so good.Just a little problem.I find it hard to sell off my previous monitor,especially since it served me so well these past number of years.Sadly i need to sell it partly coz i need the money and also to create more space in my room.I am not a good salesman and so don't any of you get a heart attack when i quote an exuberant figure.Heck,its a samsung and samsung's are as good as they get.Its a sync master 793DF and still in very good condition,like(but not limited to) the one shown below:)Whoever said that what u see is what you get was probably thinking about this piece of technological wonder!