Apple is killing it with a new nano, updated touch, and a very nice tv unit. Huge news day for Apple. This is good stuff and great timing before the Holidays.

FI have a 3gs iPhone and a MacBook. Outside of that, for work I have 15 iPod touches, iPads, etc… I talk with Apple dev reps regularly and my clients will purchase around 5,000 iPod touches in the next month. To put that in perspective, “mac” dev is less than 5 percent of our software business (that is changing though, for various reasons).

So first off, in the news is a bit on Windows Mobile 7

And then there is the nano and touch.

It will be interesting to see if the Windows 7 unit takes off like the Zune or if it sales as much as the droid or if it does well. Anyhow, if you haven’t seen the newness, check out engadget for the latest.

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“If someone is said to be the judge, jury, and executioner, it means they are in charge of every decision made, and they have the power to be rid of whomever they choose.”

I am by no means the Judge, Jury and Executioner on most of what I do. I am on some projects though. So peeps need to watch what they do.

I recently came up with a great interview for hiring in India. The people that past the interview are excelling. Those that had come on board before I had created the interview process are, well, uh. Lets just say I will be traveling back to India in a few weeks to see how things are progressing.

It is very important to know what you want when hiring. If you know exactly what you want, you can create an interview around the position. My interviews now are around 4-5 hours. I don’t really get into “personality” but concentrate on “skills.” I feel that my interaction is enough for “personality” for now.

Get the right person for the job, not just a place holder.

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I have seen people make cash offers before on homes and done it. I have also seen people write large earnest money checks. What I had not seen until Friday was a guy write a check for a house, basically he made a cash offer with the earnest money check of the full amount. Some people just do big things.

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“A revenue or expense stream that changes a cash account over a given period. Cash inflows usually arise from one of three activities - financing, operations or investing - although this also occurs as a result of donations or gifts in the case of personal finance. Cash outflows result from expenses or investments. This holds true for both business and personal finance.”

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Looks like I will be here for a while. I will be traveling back and forth to India every 2-3 months for 2-3 weeks. We had a few good things happen this week. We did demos of my recent work to 2 fortune 100 CEO’s. Previously I had shown the demos to key people in the right places, we have gotten a bit of traction now. So I will be here trying to drum up work, while driving work here and offshore. Interesting times.

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I am heading back home this weekend. I have 27 hours of travel time coming up. I enjoy airtime as it is usually the only time I get to gather thoughts. 27 hours might be a bit excessive though. I now have 7 employees here that will be holding down the fort while I am away. All and all the trip was a decent success.

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So this is modern/minimalist. And it does it well. I always look for these types of homes. I am jut not to sure if this is not too minimalist. What are your thoughts?

Is it possible for a house to be too chill? I know that sounds like an odd way to describe something, but this house is almost perfect. Check out a few more details at archdaily.

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I am in London for the weekend. Knightsbridge area is still a bit crazy… I saw three lambos parked in front of Versace, a pagani zonda on the other side of the road, and there are more shops in this area than any where in the world. If you can name it, London probably has it. Harrods was disgusting as usual. I have seen more Maybach’s in the last 24 hours than the last few years. From LV, Gucci, DG, Versace, Gina, to whatever, it is on this strip.

I also decided to make my way to the bape store on the other side of town. I had been wondering the city for a few days and had heard someone mention the shop, so I figured I would try to find it if I was in the area. WE I hadn’t found it for a few days, so I looked it up and the hours. They swung by there to check it out. I got there at 5:30 and it was closed. Site says it closes at 6:30, but what are you going to do… well other than spend your money else where. I did get to do the eye, see big ben, windsor castle, tower bridge, westminister abbey, etc…

I have one more day left then back to India for a few more weeks…

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There is a bit to be said about getting things done. There are a few sayings such as “why do today, what you can do tomorrow.”

I have enjoyed the times in life where I have put things off and others have stepped up and filled in for me. That is not necessarily the best strategy though. I would recommend that you hustle and get things done. The sooner you get things done, the more you get done. Then more things will begin to snowball. Once you get the things done that you need to, more options will become available.

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Here are some songs that I have had in rotation as of late…

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