http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts Thoughts that come up in our everyday lives... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:07:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have confessed many times over to being a hardcore fan of creative pursuits. Taking something that has been around for some time and making something new out of it is art in itself. I could not help but share these gems with you. Snow Patrol vs. The Police ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/11/03/mashing-it-up/ Most of you Johnny Bravos out there would know how difficult it is to conjure up a relationship out of thin air... especially with the 'mythical' blonde, blue-eyed malayalee girl*  standing next to you at the local pub.... Fear not! Don Draper has come to the rescue... I hear his ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/11/02/picking-up-women/ This is a guest post from a dear friend and colleague, Mr. Thejaswi Palakshachary. The views presented here are his 'undiluted and biased' opinion on blogging. :-) This post does not, in anyway, resemble my opinion on this topic. I totally confess to being a 21st century 'Pontius ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/10/19/is-blogging-disguised-narcissism/ Dear friends, I apologize for not posting any thoughts on this blog for the last one month. Yours truly was in an utterly disoriented state of mind. Great things have been happening to me and I have been making some tough decisions. But, I am back now. This blog ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/10/18/things-i-dont-remember/ Most of the people I know are not happy with what they have. (Not talking about sizes here, my dear innocent fellow!) They inherently have a craving for better things. (which is a good thing)Not getting what you want when you want it evokes a standard set of ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/08/27/frustration/ Why are we afraid of 'human touch'? When in an elevator, we keep moving so we are at the farthest possible position from the people around us. If you feel a hand on your shoulder in the "Tunnel of horror" at your local amusement park, you freak out! ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/08/14/crash/ Seth announced recently the formation of "a tribe for marketers, for leaders, for those focused on building communities or creating products or spreading ideas". There are those who did not appreciate the idea of putting pre-ordering of his own book as a pre-requisite for membership to this invite-only ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/08/03/seth-godins-tribe/   An excerpt from the sales pitch to the Lord of Hades on IT systems implementation "to ease transition of souls to the underworld" RJ : Imagine this scenario, Mr.D...  You go online on Gtalk/AIM... find people whose time on earth is up and ping them... and BANG.!!! They ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/07/23/the-underworld-it-revolution/ The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in a certain location. The flapping wing represents a small change in ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/07/13/the-butterfly-effect/ I adore spoofs. While most try to achieve a new 'harmlessly humorous' plane, some target a specific person or group. But whatever the motive, it takes some real creative muscle flexing to get it up. ;-) I have put together just a sampling of videos that caught my ... http://www.renjijohn.com/RandomThoughts/2008/07/07/all-praise-creativity-spoofs-are-mainstream/