Me too

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Yes, I get forwards like most other email users. Most of them are not really valuable [worth spending time on] or is just an old forward that I might have glanced before. I delete them now more than ever even without opening it.

But if you people sending such forwards think that the message is really worth reading, than spend a minute in tidying up the message and be creative with the subject line. That might get my attention.

Ad data implies only 23% of iPhone owners updated to 3.1 – Ars Technica

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And I am one of those who haven’t updated to iPhone OS 3.1 yet. My two good reasons: –

1) I want my tethering and have read of reports that OS 3.1 is going to block it. So will wait till there is a work around
2) I have read reports at multiple places that battery life has gotten shorter and I definitely do not want that.

My Hunch for what is happening with Hunch.com

I at times find it amusing and something to ponder about that how some sites come into focus for a day or two [or a week] and then vanish away for a long time.

Today, I am thinking about Hunch? What is happening with it? What kind of response is it getting? How many people are using it?

Threadsy so far

I got Threadsy invite today and I have signed up.

Good Remarks: –

Good idea and has a place for people who are across multiple sites and wants a consolidated view
Can save time
I am impressed the way Threadsy collects information about a contact

Just Remarks [Because I don't know if they are good or bad] : –

Why do they need me to put email address and password before I can use the product?
They have not yet earned my trust so that they can access to my inbox. Is there only audience is the audiene who used Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo email?
I tried deleting email from within Threadsy, but nothing seemed to have happened
I entered my email address and password so that I can get to see main dashboard of Threadsy [Temporarily]. I then deleted it and now I am back to square 1 – it is asking me for my email address and password again – I DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE IT

What do you think? Is it going to become part of your lifestream?

Video Summary of Seth Godin’s “The Dip” Through Mediabistro

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I loved the book “The Dip”. This is a video summary of it.

The Happniesss Test

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It cannot get any easier on this? This makes it simple to find out what to do if you are not happy or want more happiness.

5 Tips to boost your career

While I was reviewing what can I do to boost my career, I came up with these 5 high level steps [I do need to re-remind myself of these things now and again]. They have worked for so far and have helped me to move to bigger and better things. I thought I will share these with the rest of the world as well.

They are not new, it is the same old but golden rules that just work again and again.

1) work on interesting, new and challenging projects. Change is good and keeps things interesting
2) find/create positions where you have power and authority to do things differently
3) update/advance your skills
4) take more responsibilities/projects at work
5) give your 100 percent to tasks/projects at hand

Do you have any other major tips to share?