One language... one world

I am sure you have wondered like I do sometimes, what would it be like to have a single language that might become the means of unifying the world.

A language that is not biased because it was created or nurtured in a particular culture or region.

A language not tainted by ethnic or other considerstions.
A language that reflects the expressiveness of Spanish while retaining the logical simplicity of the grammar of Sanskrit.
A language that would be easy to learn for everyone...

There is such a language... well at least there is a language created keeping similar ideals in mind...

It is called Esperanto.

Here is a site that gives the flavor for the language.

Believe it or not, as is the case for everything else a quick check of Wharton student body reveals that there is one person who is fluent in this language!

AJAX is cool but...

Here is a site that uses AJAX for IM www.meebo.com

AJAX is cool but other than the application to mapping I am yet to find a killer application for the technology.

Blink an eyelid..

and a semester is almost over... I cannot believe that my last post was more than 3 months ago.

While I might not get any better at writing more entries on this blog, I have something to share today.

The lyrics of a a song that I listened to today.

Something good from The Sound of Music

Perhaps I had a wicked childhood
Perhaps I had a miserable youth
But somwhere in my wicked, miserable past
There must have been a moment of truth

For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should

So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good...

4:15

Well, we have a nice group of runners forming here. People are training for the upcoming race in Philly. So last weekend when I noticed some other Whartonites who do not usually run with us, I started telling them about this group.

Having done a marathon and a couple of halfs, I am always keen to know about other folks who might be training for similar events and with whom I could find synergy for regular training. So I inquired - "I run 10 minute a mile, how about you guys?". My jaw dropped when one of them humbly replied, I am not so much into long distance running but I used to do shorter runs before. My best was 4:15 a mile.

4:15 a mile!

And here I am dreaming of someday running a 6 minute mile.

ADITL

Came across ADITL - A day in the life of MIT.

They describe the project as:

"About the event and site On April 21, 2005, over one hundred people from the MIT community documented a single day in photographs. Together they took more than six-thousand pictures in the twenty-four hour period. ADITL.mit.edu Is a collective photo blog of sorts, and is the repository for these photographs.

ADITL is sponsored by Technique, the yearbook of MIT"

This sounded like a exciting idea, one that I would like to try out at Wharton or maybe later in any start-up I do. In the company setting it could be a fun team building exercise. With the proliferation of digital cameras and availability of internal portals it should be relatively economical to execute as well.

What does diversity really mean?

Well joining Wharton I had pretty much expected the class to be a diverse mix. So yes as expected there are 40% international and more than 60 countries represented. However, what I find much more interesting is the diversity of international work experience. Surprisingly, it is much more than what these numbers tell.

How? Here is how...

In this batch there is a Chinese person who has worked for 6 years in Japan, a Japanese person who has worked in India for past 4 years, many Indians who have worked in US for years and a couple of Americans who have been employed in Mainland China for past 3-4 years. So there, that is a complete circle that I think accurately represents what diversity really means.

Anonymity

Having thought about this a little more I am going to continue to be anonymous for a little while more.

I do not take anonymity as seriously as farmboy does. I think it is too easy to get triangulated if someone does really want to find out who you are. Moreover, being the person I am, I do not think I will have enough politically incorrect things to say, unlike fellow Whartonite bskewl, requiring anonymity.

Yet, I choose to be anonymous for sometime while I get my bearings in blogosphere.

The Way I See It # 31

Quote from my Starbucks cup today:

The Way I See It # 31

Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy.
Without risk, nothing new ever happens.
Without trust, fear creaps in.
Without serendipity, there are no surprises.

-- Rita Golden Gelman
Author of Tales of Female nomad.

ENFP

The result is out, apparantly ENFP is my MBTI type.

The funny thing is, on the dimensions E, N, and F there was no confusion. On the last dimension though the test and my self-assessment were way off. So I guess an alternative verdict could be ENFJ.

It is interesting to think of others both people who we work best with and those who we have had issues with in the light of the personality types. I just could not help thinking about different managers I have worked with and what there types would be.

Significant learning for the day:

For professional success, figure out your boss's type and learn to satisfy that type. That is the term on which he/she will evaluate you.

Internship in India...

Still resolving the anonymity question, in the mean while here is something interesting to read about...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/236553_indiainterns15.html

Why Blog?

To blog or not to blog is the question. And another one is whether to do it anynomously?

Since I am posting this message, it answers the first one. I should have the answer to the other question by the time I am ready for next entry on this blog.

Stay tuned.