Deadline or to not deadline - Exploring reality

Deadlines are a bad idea when

1. Teams or individuals working on creating something new

2. Initial stages of unstructured or complex work

Deadlines work best when

1. Individual pieces of work are almost complete and integration is required to give product complete shape

2. Repetitive & well understood tasks that require that extra push to reach the finish line

Summary - When the path is clear deadlines help to reach the finish line fast, on the other hand, if one is discovering the path, deadlines are best avoided.

Is United Attack on Libyan Govt Forces a Good Idea?

Why

1. Sends a signal to dictators about repercussions of carrying out genocide in their countries

2. Sends a signal that the forces of democracy are stronger than the forces of oppression

3. UN sanctioned it signalling that predominant world view is against Libyan govt designs

Why Not

1. Presumption of outside forces about what people want in other countries can be terribly wrong

2. Raises questions about sovereign rights of individual nations

3. Armed actions in past have had limited successes in establishing peaceful social systems

World Should Dump Nuclear Power - Really?

World Should Dump Nuclear Power

Why?

1. Catastrophic fallouts of failures

2. No feasible way to cleanly dispose the waste

3. Long gestation time of setting up power plants

4. Over dependence on established nuclear fuel suppliers

Why Not?

1. Cleanest way to product power

2. Reduces dependence on Oil for energy needs

3. Very reliable long term energy source

4. Cost equation does not change too much over the life time - Unlike coal/oil powered plants

Twitter Marketing Series - Step 1 of N

Twitter Marketing Series - An attempt to bring out twitter marketing reality in a few words

Step I of N

1. Select a niche that is broad enough - A segment of 10000 may be

2. Select a twitter handle that forms a problem statement - Four words max - Something that people search on Google

3. Start following experts in your Niche

4. Post something of specific value to your segment every day