I can't make it on Saturday August 31st. This Saturday works for me. Sent from my iPhone
On 20-Aug-2013, at 10:17 AM, silklist-requ...@lists.hserus.net wrote: > Send silklist mailing list submissions to > silklist@lists.hserus.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/silklist > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > silklist-requ...@lists.hserus.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > silklist-ow...@lists.hserus.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of silklist digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: On self-improvement (Thaths) > 2. Re: On self-improvement > (=?utf-8?B?U3VyZXNoIFJhbWFzdWJyYW1hbmlhbg==?=) > 3. Re: On self-improvement (Udhay Shankar N) > 4. Re: On self-improvement (Mahesh Murthy) > 5. Re: On self-improvement (Thaths) > 6. Re: On self-improvement (Mahesh Murthy) > 7. Re: Meet up. (Andy Deemer) > 8. Re: Meet up. (Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan) > 9. Re: Meet up. (Venkat Mangudi - Silk) > 10. Re: Fwd: [costiima] Rajeev Srinivasan on how Indians are > satisfied with illusions, not reality. (SS) > 11. Re: Meet up. (Biju Chacko) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:21:47 -0700 > From: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> > To: "silklist@lists.hserus.net" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] On self-improvement > Message-ID: > <CABiLDDz+GYFHvs0+-V7M6vrk6Ocv+ZvwB1-gKJbbL8=btk9...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I cannot remember seeing this thread in Silk when it first happened. > > I stumbled upon this corpse when I was searching for something else. > > That said, I had a followup question. > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < > kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can't remember why, but somewhere in between the half intoxicated >> banter, the conversation shifted to self-improvement books a la >> Stephen Covey and his ilk. >> >> I typically stay away from them with the same amount of revulsion some >> feminists have for balemia-inducing fashion magazines. Since I've not >> read any of them, I may not be the best judge - but a title like >> "Seven habits of highly effective people" is enough to make me turn >> away. Neither am I interested in people of a spiritual disposition who >> sell their Ferrari. > > What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a GTD-focused > tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different one? > > S. > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 05:38:24 +0530 > From: "=?utf-8?B?U3VyZXNoIFJhbWFzdWJyYW1hbmlhbg==?=" > <sur...@hserus.net> > To: "=?utf-8?B?bWFpbD1zaWxrbGlzdEBsaXN0cy4gaHNlcnVzLiBuZXQ=?=" > <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] On self-improvement > Message-ID: <e1vbzun-0004tz...@frodo.hserus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > In seven habits' defense it is actually quite good in a corporate coaching > environment if you find a trainer who knows his job. Anyway it is simply a > method by which you can become more systematic in whatever you do, if you > aren't already. > > Life hacker is strictly on a caveat emptor basis, totally may not work for > you. > > --srs (htc one x) > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Thaths" <tha...@gmail.com> > To: "silklist@lists.hserus.net" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: [silk] On self-improvement > Date: Tue, Aug 20, 2013 2:51 AM > > > I cannot remember seeing this thread in Silk when it first happened. > > I stumbled upon this corpse when I was searching for something else. > > That said, I had a followup question. > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < > kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can't remember why, but somewhere in between the half intoxicated >> banter, the conversation shifted to self-improvement books a la >> Stephen Covey and his ilk. >> >> I typically stay away from them with the same amount of revulsion some >> feminists have for balemia-inducing fashion magazines. Since I've not >> read any of them, I may not be the best judge - but a title like >> "Seven habits of highly effective people" is enough to make me turn >> away. Neither am I interested in people of a spiritual disposition who >> sell their Ferrari. > > What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a GTD-focused > tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different one? > > S. > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:57:15 +0530 > From: Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> > To: Silk List <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] On self-improvement > Message-ID: > <cabrrnsvuzgynup7_kgv25nex+xbcoafmykrz6czurr61bvv...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a GTD-focused >> tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different one? > > IMO, blogs like lifehacker are task-focused rather than trying to improve > the reader. GTD might be a different beast - its proponents display some of > the same quasi-religious fervour that a Covey trainer conveys. :) > > Udhay > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:06:29 +0530 > From: Mahesh Murthy <mahesh.mur...@gmail.com> > To: "silklist@lists.hserus.net" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] On self-improvement > Message-ID: > <CAO0VB74nkx_1SHHN+B9JY+W-KtSq5G1=gdlouowjy4ej5re...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I quite like LifeHacker. A little less for the GTD-type info and lot more > for the "smarter way to hack / use tech" stuff. > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I cannot remember seeing this thread in Silk when it first happened. >> >> I stumbled upon this corpse when I was searching for something else. >> >> That said, I had a followup question. >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < >> kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Can't remember why, but somewhere in between the half intoxicated >>> banter, the conversation shifted to self-improvement books a la >>> Stephen Covey and his ilk. >>> >>> I typically stay away from them with the same amount of revulsion some >>> feminists have for balemia-inducing fashion magazines. Since I've not >>> read any of them, I may not be the best judge - but a title like >>> "Seven habits of highly effective people" is enough to make me turn >>> away. Neither am I interested in people of a spiritual disposition who >>> sell their Ferrari. >> >> What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a GTD-focused >> tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different one? >> >> S. >> -- >> Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? >> Carl: Nuthin'. >> Homer: D'oh! >> Carl: Unless you're crooked. >> Homer: Woo-hoo! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:53:16 -0700 > From: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> > To: "silklist@lists.hserus.net" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] On self-improvement > Message-ID: > <cabilddzhdcrlu32uf-h4qw+dj+dr0ksb3w539ym7ohw3ehh...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a GTD-focused >>> tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different one? >> IMO, blogs like lifehacker are task-focused rather than trying to improve >> the reader. > > > Isn't improving one's life just a collection of individual life hacks? How > is a Carnegian tip about winning friends different from a life hack? > > I guess self actualization is one of those irregular verbs: I am hacking my > life, you are optimizing yours, he trying to self-help his way through his. > > Carnegie's text reflects the zeitgeist of the time when it was written. So > does Covey's. > > >> GTD might be a different beast - its proponents display some of >> the same quasi-religious fervour that a Covey trainer conveys. :) > > Amen! Like religions, GTD has some good principles at its core, but is > often taken to extremes. > > S. > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:30:40 +0530 > From: Mahesh Murthy <mahesh.mur...@gmail.com> > To: "silklist@lists.hserus.net" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] On self-improvement > Message-ID: > <CAO0VB76cG=wkwczct4fqcbbnpxkksofhx6eksr10+wf2bxr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a >> GTD-focused >>>> tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different >> one? >>> IMO, blogs like lifehacker are task-focused rather than trying to improve >>> the reader. >> >> >> Isn't improving one's life just a collection of individual life hacks? How >> is a Carnegian tip about winning friends different from a life hack? >> >> I guess self actualization is one of those irregular verbs: I am hacking my >> life, you are optimizing yours, he trying to self-help his way through his. > > > Sure Thaths. Perhaps I'm just more receptive to the tech-tip kinda hacks > than the re-imagine-your-kundalini type of hacks. > > To each his/her own. :-) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:57:34 +0530 > From: Andy Deemer <andydee...@gmail.com> > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Meet up. > Message-ID: > <CADaijOQPH69CGVPfTw3iVD-uXxtoCtQ+MDNRoMJVbF0oniaj=w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Yep - I'm definitely in! > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On 10-Aug-13 11:47 AM, rashmi v wrote: >> >>> This weekend might be short notice for most people. I was thinking of >>> Saturday August 31st. >> >> Current schedule appears to be Friday Aug 30th, at the same venue as >> last time (Naresh's office at Venkataramanan Associates in Langford Town) >> >> Current confirmed attendees: >> >> Rashmi >> Naresh >> Andy Deemer (+1?) >> Udhay >> >> Others? >> -- >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > -- > Have you played my new iPad game yet? The Stormglass > Protocol<https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id639520711?mt=8>. > Try it today! > > *And my other projects:* > > - Creator, AsiaObscura <http://asiaobscura.com> (as seen in *The Daily Mail*, > *BoingBoing*, *Weekly World News's The Sun, **io9*, *Ain't It Cool News*, * > IncredibleThings*,* The Phnom Penh Insider* and *The China Daily*) > > - Producer, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken > Dead<http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poultrygeist-night-of-the-chicken-dead/> > ("Perfect" > - *The New York Times*, "Terrific" - *Entertainment Weekly*, "Brilliant" - * > Salon.com*, "Hilarious" - Stephen King, "Hilarious" - *New York > Magazine*, "Hilarious" > - *MTV's The Big Ten*, "Hilarious" - *All Movie Guide*, "Hilarious" - *The* > *SF Bay Guardian*, "Hilarious" - *Film Threat*, "Hilarious" - > *Fangoria*, "Hilarious" > -* **Rue Morgue, "*A vegetarian-manifesto masterpiece" - *PETA*) > > - Writer & Director, Poultry in Motion: Truth is Stranger Than > Chicken<http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poultry-in-motion-truth-is-stranger-than-chicken/> > ("A > fascinating, darkly funny glimpse into the underbelly of genre filmmaking" > - *The Dissolve*, "Fascinating" - *DVD Talk*, "A must-see" - *Blu-ray*, > "Fearlessly Honest" - *MSN*, "One of the best feature length behind the > scenes documentaries." - *KillerFilm*) > > - Tributor, Pyongyang > Too<http://asiaobscura.com/2010/07/pyongyang-too-a-tribute-to-guy-delisles-pyongyang-graphic-travelogue-comic.html> > ("Un > belle hommage" - *T?l?rama*, "La surprise de sa vie!" ? *Casemate*) > > - Eater, via The Huffington Post <http://huffingtonpost.com/andy-deemer> (As > seen in *Bon Appetit*, *The Village Voice, TrendHunter, That's Nerdalicious > *and *IncredibleThings*) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:59:36 +0530 > From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <chandrachoo...@gmail.com> > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Meet up. > Message-ID: > <CA+7VsziVhvwbmeO-5mFHVckhZ+_4Q1pq-jta0Bj=el4aoky...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I'm maybe in. > > On 8/20/13, Andy Deemer <andydee...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yep - I'm definitely in! >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >>> On 10-Aug-13 11:47 AM, rashmi v wrote: >>> >>>> This weekend might be short notice for most people. I was thinking of >>>> Saturday August 31st. >>> >>> Current schedule appears to be Friday Aug 30th, at the same venue as >>> last time (Naresh's office at Venkataramanan Associates in Langford Town) >>> >>> Current confirmed attendees: >>> >>> Rashmi >>> Naresh >>> Andy Deemer (+1?) >>> Udhay >>> >>> Others? >>> -- >>> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >> >> >> -- >> Have you played my new iPad game yet? The Stormglass >> Protocol<https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id639520711?mt=8>. >> Try it today! >> >> *And my other projects:* >> >> - Creator, AsiaObscura <http://asiaobscura.com> (as seen in *The Daily >> Mail*, >> *BoingBoing*, *Weekly World News's The Sun, **io9*, *Ain't It Cool News*, * >> IncredibleThings*,* The Phnom Penh Insider* and *The China Daily*) >> >> - Producer, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken >> Dead<http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poultrygeist-night-of-the-chicken-dead/> >> ("Perfect" >> - *The New York Times*, "Terrific" - *Entertainment Weekly*, "Brilliant" - >> * >> Salon.com*, "Hilarious" - Stephen King, "Hilarious" - *New York >> Magazine*, "Hilarious" >> - *MTV's The Big Ten*, "Hilarious" - *All Movie Guide*, "Hilarious" - *The* >> *SF Bay Guardian*, "Hilarious" - *Film Threat*, "Hilarious" - >> *Fangoria*, "Hilarious" >> -* **Rue Morgue, "*A vegetarian-manifesto masterpiece" - *PETA*) >> >> - Writer & Director, Poultry in Motion: Truth is Stranger Than >> Chicken<http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poultry-in-motion-truth-is-stranger-than-chicken/> >> ("A >> fascinating, darkly funny glimpse into the underbelly of genre filmmaking" >> - *The Dissolve*, "Fascinating" - *DVD Talk*, "A must-see" - *Blu-ray*, >> "Fearlessly Honest" - *MSN*, "One of the best feature length behind the >> scenes documentaries." - *KillerFilm*) >> >> - Tributor, Pyongyang >> Too<http://asiaobscura.com/2010/07/pyongyang-too-a-tribute-to-guy-delisles-pyongyang-graphic-travelogue-comic.html> >> ("Un >> belle hommage" - *T?l?rama*, "La surprise de sa vie!" ? *Casemate*) >> >> - Eater, via The Huffington Post <http://huffingtonpost.com/andy-deemer> >> (As >> seen in *Bon Appetit*, *The Village Voice, TrendHunter, That's Nerdalicious >> *and *IncredibleThings*) > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > http://about.me/chandrachoodan > > +919884467463 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:05:22 +0530 > From: Venkat Mangudi - Silk <s...@venkatmangudi.com> > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Meet up. > Message-ID: > <cagj1xhog6u5wvefohj7tuu7afdy1tv5upoef9u_0510bb2d...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Another maybe. > On Aug 20, 2013 9:59 AM, "Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan" < > chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm maybe in. >> >> On 8/20/13, Andy Deemer <andydee...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Yep - I'm definitely in! >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.c
