The crazy boss Hall of Fame

Think your boss is crazy, read this. News.com’s Michael Kanellos publishes his crazy boss hall of fame list. He writes -

… which brings up the unanticipated side effect of nutty supervisors: they are often very effective. Thus, to be in the Hall of Fame, they can’t just be crazy. Like Highlights magazine, they have to be crazy “with a purpose.” …

Wharton study – Benefits offered by Google may be grand, but they’re all business

A very interesting article about benefits offered by Google and others, which ultimately concludes that in the end its all business. Another intersting thing in this article is that it categorises emplyees into Integrators and Segmentors. Integrators who tend to mix their work life and home life, and  Segmentors who try to keep a distance between them. This article tries to study what these benefits mean for each of these type of employees and how do they percieve them.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1690

Palm might not be Palm anymore

Lately there have been alot of news about Palm being up for sale and companies like Motorola, Nokia and some private equity players being some of the suiters. I have heard Palm prefers private equity investment over Nokia or Motorola. Personally I think Motorola would be a better suitor among the rumored ones as it already has decent exposure in multiple platforms – its own OS, linux and windows mobile. On the other hand Nokia is an all in all Symbian shop with some R&D and other initiatives in Linux. Also, if this deal goes with Nokia or Motorola, Palm would get a good exposure to emerging and fast growing markets like India and China.

So in a few days Palm might not be Palm anymore ….