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		<title>Thoughts on retirement from work &#8230; of my dad !</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/03/04/thoughts-on-retirement-from-work-of-my-dad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
 Recently, my father, (Prof. R. K. Deshpande) retired from long and distinguished service service as a Botany Lecturer in Science college and on the occasion of his retirement and I had a privilege to be part of his last day at his work and the small facilitation by his department in his honour. 
It <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/03/04/thoughts-on-retirement-from-work-of-my-dad/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to live before you die?</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/20/how-to-live-before-you-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspiring talk from Steve Jobs (Apple CEO)
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How to live before you die? &#8211; Steve Jobs

While stumbling through the TED talk videos, I came across the following video talk of Steve Jobs (Apple CEO) and I must admit, its nothing short of inspiring. 
He talks about three little stories he experienced in his life and how <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/20/how-to-live-before-you-die/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hello World Windows Phone 7 Series ! Is been a very long wait &#8230; but worth it !</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/16/hello-world-windows-phone-7-series-is-been-a-very-long-wait-but-worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, finally Microsoft took the curtains out of the much awaited, much anticipated next version of the Windows Mobile Phone platform and its been named as Windows Phone 7 Series. 
There is nothing new that I would be writing here mentioning the plus points / minus points about the platform and Engadget has done a <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/16/hello-world-windows-phone-7-series-is-been-a-very-long-wait-but-worth-it/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Have breakfast &#8230; or &#8230; be breakfast!</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/12/have-breakfast-or-be-breakfast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY Y. L. R. MOORTHI      [Management Views from IIMB is an exclusive column written every two weeks by faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore] 
[This very good article was forwarded to me by one of my friends and original article is found on http://www.iimb.ernet.in/node/1820]




Who sells the largest <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/12/have-breakfast-or-be-breakfast/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving to IT Operations 2.0? &#8211; Using Web 2.0, for managing 24&#215;7 IT operations</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/02/moving-to-it-operations-2-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you manage the teams that work 24&#215;7 across the shifts? Especially on 12 hour/day shift and 4 days/week model? If yes, then I would really be interested to know how manage to have team meetings and to the team collectively?
Getting everyone together for a briefing, team meeting, gathering, round table etc., has been a <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/02/moving-to-it-operations-2-0/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Practical Guide to Managing Innovation &#8211; By Robert Goldsmith</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/25/a-practical-guide-to-managing-innovation-by-robert-goldsmith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-publishing from Forbes.com (Original link).
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What does innovation mean? 
It used to relate mainly to products, and that&#8217;s still important. But over the last decade or so, businesses have been putting more and more emphasis on innovating new services and business models as well. In light of this, it’s time companies take another look at how <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/25/a-practical-guide-to-managing-innovation-by-robert-goldsmith/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be LEAN .. this year !</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/24/be-lean-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
In last few days I have been fortunate enough to participate in the workshop for LEAN service framework. And thus, I am trying to share my experiences and learning on LEAN here. 
The LEAN framework originates from the manufacturing system developed by Toyota called Toyota Production System [TPS] that pursues the principle of optimum streamlining <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/24/be-lean-this-year/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I have moved my blog ..</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/23/i-have-moved-my-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
I have moved to a new hosted solution for my blog now.
Yes, its something I have been wanting to do for a very long time now.&#160; Last few days I was busy in the installation &#38; configuration of the new wordpress blog for my website, and hence the absence for last few days. 
Anyways, so <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/23/i-have-moved-my-blog/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I want to be a Project Leader .. in 2 years ..</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/09/i-want-to-be-a-project-leader-in-2-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guess what .. this was a response given to me by a non engineering fresher graduate in response to a question, “where do you want to see yourself in 2 years time if you join us?” !
Of course, the person was not selected. Moreover, this was not the first time I got such an answer <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/09/i-want-to-be-a-project-leader-in-2-years/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>You have got a new year wish &#8230;. via BCC !</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/05/you-have-got-a-new-year-wish-via-bcc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sure in the flood of wishes over the new year, quite a few of you would have received the wishes in the form of “BCC” email.&#160; If yes, what was your reaction? Do you prefer receiving the wishes in the “BCC” ? 
For some reason, I have not been a fan of either <a href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/01/05/you-have-got-a-new-year-wish-via-bcc/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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