Resetting habit defaultsVishy KurugantiDecember 08, 20172 minsWe know adding good habits is hard. Stopping bad habits is harder.. though Sam Thomas Davies will have you believe it’s not impossible. Exercise every day? Good. Smoking? Bad. Eat vegetables? Good…
Experiments in Tiny HabitsVishy KurugantiAugust 14, 20143 minsI once audited a class at Stanford. The year was 2007. I was in the midst of a startup (Graspr.com – an attempt to create a ‘howto slice’ of Youtube), yet I was intrigued enough to take that class. It…
The two jeans ten shirts manVishy KurugantiApril 14, 20143 minsThe TJTS man drove a small car. Actually a very small car. A car described by his wife as “a kid’s toy car being driven even after he grew up”. The TJTS man liked his small car. He didn’t mind the…
Of leaky boats and writing in the connected ageVishy KurugantiJune 04, 20122 minsPic: courtesy telegraph.co.uk A writer is tasked with writing an article. His progress is akin to a man’s exertions on a paddle boat. Smooth rowing strokes at rhythmic intervals gets him closer and…
Why some blog posts have a longer gestation periodVishy KurugantiApril 22, 20122 minsYears ago, during my time at Yahoo, I had a manager (let’s call him “X”) who exhibited an interestingly annoying behavior. He would promptly respond to all my tactical emails but When it came to the…
Don’t let your friends fly with AfrinVishy KurugantiAugust 14, 20102 minsMy inseparable flying companion for the past 12 years! [Jan 7, 2015 update: seven years after I wrote this post, a helpful commenter informs us that the technique described below is called the…
