Macroeconomics First pass

Macroeconomics is really not bad. To get stuff in perspective, imagine a giant star in a glaxy far away exploding and hurling a huge block of super hard matter maybe roughly the diameter equal to the distance getween the sun and Earth towards our solar system. This thing has missed hitting anything in its path and headed straight for us at almost the speed of light.

The event sending the rock has already occured and we have no means to know if we are in its path. What can we do about it? How significant is our existence? What does knowing this mean for us?

I cant even begin to ask the questions to make sense given the scenario, however we can model all our risks using known and measured parameters.

That is exactly what Microeconomics is like. Understanding what can be measured, measuring it, understanding the limits of the measures and trying to guage what happend and what might happen.

whew! that was a wild one was'nt it?

:-)

Weekend experience

THis was one of the weekends with a lot on my todo list. FInally managed to read some "Keith Ferazzi" and implement a couple of suggestions. I have absolutely no problems being generous, offered to work for a couple of people but the most important task was asked someone really smart to deliver a talk at the business school on IT security.

He agreed, it didnt feel that bad to ask, not I need to make a habit of it and then figure out a way to return the favor in the future. I cannot have a balance of payment deficit.

This is what conservatives are like. Surpluses are ok but no deficits. Now the next step is to ask the BSchool faculty or organization to help setup the event.

I am reading the "Memos to the president" and guess what, unless the presidents are really smart or educated or both, they take a long time to sink in. I liked primers but this primer needs priming. I guess it would be a good " remember this" book but not a good one to learn Economics.

Have a full week ahead, reading, prep and camping, I hope the weather clears up a bit.

Share of my brain

This is my upteenth attempt to write a diary of my thoughts. Not a personal diary but just a collection of interesting thoughts and ideas and my understanding of the world at this poitn in time. Someday, I want to look back on these musing and reflect" you know what? with the information at that point? it was a pretty good assessment"

That said, i am struggling with actually organizing my thoughts into coherence. A decision on building my personality from ground up or top down is very hard, leading to a Mosiacal approach. Build bits and pieces as available and juggle them around to fit into the picture. I just need to take care not to change the picture but shuffle the pieces until the right spot is reached.

Broadly speaking, I have Many tasks to accomplish and have the first action plan ever.

1. Review and get into perspective my understanding of Economics, Accounting and management and leadership.
2. Understand the software industy, divided up into verticals, horizontals and players.
3. Network and add one new contact a week in the management arena.

Pretty straightforward and I hope this bite is not more than I can chew.