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The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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And then there was a word on “CONVENTIONAL WISDOM”

I was blank for a second: The gentleman in suit had opened a Pandora’s box in my world.

“Experienced guys gets this, gets that!!!” he said..

Technology world is fast changing and all the development and innovative ideas come out of Young minds!! Aren’t you speaking cryptic code for me when you being in a technology company talk about experience.

We are supposed to talk new and fresh. You need an agile and fresh mind and not old gray matter filled with worldly wisdom.

I can bet you on that: When the world is changing so fast and faster is technology, you would want people who are willing to change, and not people who would try to stand on your shoulders, see you do all the work and then take all the credit (because they are so called experienced!!)

I would rather stay inexperienced.

Facebook brought relevance to Social Media. Follow their friends on the internet, sharing and tagging pictures, voluntarily giving out information about oneself. The ability to know about people you care for without people who were updating their status to think about who would be interested in knowing it.  Following the news/videos suggested by friends on Facebook would generate more curiosity than one randomly following a story. In short Facebook brought people together in a more socially relevant way.

Both Google and Facebook are continuously innovating providing us with world class product.

Google and Facebook generate relevant ads based on who the user is: For example Google displays search results based on the users’ previous research and search history. Facebook on the other hand knows exactly who you are, which age group you belong to and which communities, bands, pages you have liked? This information combined with their superior analytics is an advertiser’s paradise.

Google never had the luxury of booming economy, however even during the economic downturn few years of their inception the company was one of the only few dotcom’s to survive the dotcom bust!

Facebook on the other hand hasn’t really faced any stiff competition yet! But nonetheless it has been excellent so far and sure to fend it off.

There have been debates about Google being beaten by Facebook as being advertiser’s paradise but did we ever ask the important question?

Had we not had Google, we wouldn’t have known where the internet would have been.

P.S:  The author is a Google/Facebook addict and sometimes checks his internet connection by checking if Google.com is available !!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 7,900 times in 2010. That’s about 19 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 8 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 38 posts. There was 1 picture uploaded, taking a total of 2mb.

The busiest day of the year was July 8th with 62 views. The most popular post that day was Why Engineering? Which branch is good? – For me or for the world? A rogue engineer’ analysis of the hidden side to everything in engineering!.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were google.co.in, uiowa.edu, search.conduit.com, google.com, and facebook.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for ibanez bass, future of information technology in india, gurgaon vs noida, nagraj, and noida vs gurgaon.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

Why Engineering? Which branch is good? – For me or for the world? A rogue engineer’ analysis of the hidden side to everything in engineering! July 2008
85 comments and 1 Like on WordPress.com,

SEZ (Special Economic Zone) – An Overview, Challenges and Future July 2008
8 comments

Information Technology (IT) in India- the challenges, Future Scope July 2008
5 comments

GURGAON Vs NOIDA June 2008
6 comments

A Day At McKinsey & Co. (and a few days before that!) June 2008
4 comments

From 2 Mountain time, on Dec. 24 thru the early hours of Dec. 25, more than 1,200 volunteer Santa trackers will man the 877-HI-NORAD Santa hotline, answering phone calls from children of all ages. Last year, the 25-hour NORAD Tracks Santa operations center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado received more than 74,000 calls from families around the world.

Peterson AFB uses Avaya’s real-time voice communications to help ensure these important calls get answered. Avaya Aura™ software and hardware have been tested and certified by the Department of Defense Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) to ensure security and reliability for missions such as this — when failure is not an option.

“The NORAD Tracks Santa program has grown immensely since 1955, when it first began fielding calls,” said Joyce Frankovis, NORAD Tracks Santa Project Officer. “Yet the excitement and wonder in children’s voices when they call to ask for Santa’s whereabouts is as apparent now as it was 55 years ago.”

The NORAD Tracks Santa program began in 1955 after a youngster dialed a misprinted telephone number for a Santa hotline, and instead reached a helpful commander at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Courtesy: Avaya Inc.

One the best lines in the Movie, when the Winklevoss Brothers go to the Harvard President to complain about the stolen idea of the Harvard Connection. (to Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook)

“Harvard’s undergraduates believe that inventing a job is better than finding a job”

The Ala Atsinanana, however, is highly threatened and was recently placed by UNESCO the World Heritage in Danger sites list because of the ongoing government-influenced illegal logging crisis and continuing lemur bush meat consumption

How did this happen?

After the 2009 political crisis in Madagascar, several timber barons took advantage of the lack of environmental governance and law enforcement, to illegally fell precious logs (mainly rosewood and ebony) from within protected areas. The aim was to export it, mainly to China.

Exporting of raw precious wood is illegal according to Malagasy laws, but the government has repeatedly granted exceptions (January 29, 2009 and September 21, 2009) and therefore given cover to a rosewood mafia who deprives local people of their natural heritage.

These exceptions are illegal since there hasn’t been any stocking or logging permit issuance since 2002. Past exceptions caused severe depletion of the wood species, thus driving loggers inside protected areas where logging is not legally accepted.

What is worse, is that local communities who have few options in these poverty stricken areas. Local people are often exploited, working for ridiculously small amounts of money in terrible conditions – while the timber mafia has earned more than $250 Millions during the recent political crisis.

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Key Facts

·         Common names

Bengal tiger, Indian tiger; Tigre du Bengal (Fr); Tigre de Bengal (Sp)

·         Scientific Name

Panthera tigris tigris

·         status

·         Population

Around 1,850 individuals

·         Habitat

Dry and wet deciduous forests, grassland and sal forests and temperate forests, mangrove forests

·         Weight

Around 250 kg

·         length

nearly 3 meters

Most numerous tiger pushed out of its home

The Bengal (Indian) tiger is the most numerous of all tiger subspecies. However, a burgeoning human population and its own needs are pushing the tiger out of its natural habitat.

Increasing human-tiger conflicts often lead to retributive killings. The tiger also faces a serious threat from poachers.

Major habitat types

Dry and wet deciduous forests, grassland and sal forests, temperate forests, mangrove forests

Biogeographic realm

Indo-Malayan

Range states

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal

Geographical location

South Asia

Priority regions

Western Ghats

Where do Bengal tigers live?

Bengal tigers are found in a wide range of habitats in South Asia – from mountains to savannas to mangroves.

A tiger also found in mangroves

Bengal tigers mostly inhabit the dry and wet deciduous forests of central and south India, the Terai-Duar grassland and sal forests of the Himalayan foothills of India and Nepal, and the temperate forests of Bhutan.

They are also found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and China.

The mangroves of the Sundarbans (shared between Bangladesh and India) are the only mangrove forests where tigers are found. The Sundarbans are increasingly threatened by sea-level rise as a result of climate change.

How many Bengal tigers are left?

The Bengal tiger is the most numerous subspecies, with around 1,850 individuals surviving in the wild.

India is home to the largest population, with about 1,400 tigers – although a recent government survey indicates there may be as few as 1,300. Around 150 live in Nepal. Accurate estimates are not available in other countries.