Archives for September 2007

First, Break All the Rules

I’m a compulsive reader - I read whatever I can lay my hands on. I also like business management titles. So when I happened upon the book “First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently”, it didn’t take me long to get from front cover to back.
This book is not about […]

26 September 2007 | Book review | 1 Comment

Alert Box As Soon As HTML Page Loads

One way to display a dialog box as soon as an HTML page finishes loading is to place some Javascript code right before the </body> tag. However, this might cause the browser’s progress bar to make it seem like the page is still loading, which goes on until the user dismisses the dialog box.
The solution […]

18 September 2007 | Javascript | 2 Comments

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

The Glass Palace is an historical novel spanning about a hundred years from the late 19th century. It opens with the exile of the Burmese royal family to India. Rajkumar, an Indian boy who happened to be in Mandalay when the British invaded the royal city, takes as his mentor a hindustani-speaking Chinese Christian called […]

16 September 2007 | Book review | 5 Comments

You Got Your MBA from … Where?

I read in the Economist that IESE Business School at the University of Navarra, Spain, has the best full-time MBA programme in the world.
X: I finally got my MBA!
Y: Harvard Business School?
X: No, IESE. It’s the best!
Y: IESE? (Very doubtful look)
X: IESE, Navarra University, Spain! It has the best full-time MBA programme in the world!
Y: […]

13 September 2007 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

On Blogging

Yesterday was an interesting day for me blog-wise. First Patrick McKenzie mentioned me in his blog in response to my saying that he is no longer posting daily. Then my longtime friend Azman H asked me - independent of Patrick’s response - how come I haven’t posted anything these past few days.
Actually this blog started […]

13 September 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments