Saturday, June 25, 2005
Reading Pirsig is like tasting vintage wine - the wine is great and the connoisseur that much richer with the experience and eager for the next.
Pirsig's hero, Phaedrus, the man with laser precision thought, discusses analysis as if it were slicing a problem finer and finer until there was nothing left but what is undeniable and that is the answer.
So if I were to retrospect about some of the seemingly instantaneous decisions made in the past, these have really NOT really been spontaneous. The unconcious was working at it until the slicing of the problem at hand has led to THE moment of truth. No amount of further labouring at the concious level would have yielded any further value. Post the event, the unshakeable faith is similar to perhaps how resolute a baby feels about exercising its vocal chords at 2:00 AM :).
Some call this hope and others foolishness.
Pirsig's hero, Phaedrus, the man with laser precision thought, discusses analysis as if it were slicing a problem finer and finer until there was nothing left but what is undeniable and that is the answer.
So if I were to retrospect about some of the seemingly instantaneous decisions made in the past, these have really NOT really been spontaneous. The unconcious was working at it until the slicing of the problem at hand has led to THE moment of truth. No amount of further labouring at the concious level would have yielded any further value. Post the event, the unshakeable faith is similar to perhaps how resolute a baby feels about exercising its vocal chords at 2:00 AM :).
Some call this hope and others foolishness.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Existential angst the week through and I conclude it with YACQ (Yet another Calvin Quote)
Dad : Calvin, how do you explain this test score ?
C : I didn't study for it
Dad : What do you mean you didn't study for it ?
C : I forgot
Dad : You forgot ? You could possibly forget ??
C : What ? Huh ? Where am I ? Who am I ?
Dad : Don't give me this amnesia stuff !
Hope the weekend makes up for it.
Dad : Calvin, how do you explain this test score ?
C : I didn't study for it
Dad : What do you mean you didn't study for it ?
C : I forgot
Dad : You forgot ? You could possibly forget ??
C : What ? Huh ? Where am I ? Who am I ?
Dad : Don't give me this amnesia stuff !
Hope the weekend makes up for it.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
A surprisingly good weekend and in Calvin's own words :
"I have been thinking Hobbes --"
"On a weekend?"
"Well, it wasn't on purpose.." !!
Have a good week !
"I have been thinking Hobbes --"
"On a weekend?"
"Well, it wasn't on purpose.." !!
Have a good week !
Friday, June 03, 2005
Ivory tower and a few white knights
Implied powers and short sights
Masochistic heroes and fallen angels
Yes, cost control always sells.
Are they the gurus of project management
If yes, what is the unstated intent ?
Of preaching to an eskimo about ice
Then wailing that they should pay a price ?
What is the path to flawless quality ?
Is it luck or pure serendipity ?
Or a title, a tag or bureaucracy ?
Some times stragegy most others a fallacy ?
How is the world of services defined ?
Sweet labour and smart attitude aligned ?
Or many an hour manpower led ?
Catch me billed or catch me dead !
Implied powers and short sights
Masochistic heroes and fallen angels
Yes, cost control always sells.
Are they the gurus of project management
If yes, what is the unstated intent ?
Of preaching to an eskimo about ice
Then wailing that they should pay a price ?
What is the path to flawless quality ?
Is it luck or pure serendipity ?
Or a title, a tag or bureaucracy ?
Some times stragegy most others a fallacy ?
How is the world of services defined ?
Sweet labour and smart attitude aligned ?
Or many an hour manpower led ?
Catch me billed or catch me dead !
