http://amit.asaravala.com/ en-us amit@asaravala.com 2007-05-25T23:48:31-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/001053.php I've been working on this theory that there are just a handful of small actions which, if observed, can reveal volumes about a person's inability to be a leader. In other words, bad leaders have "tells." If you're fortunate... 1053@http://amit.asaravala.com/ management 2007-05-25T23:48:31-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/001034.php People say dumb things. Things they don't mean. Things that just come out wrong. Things that are exaggerated. Things that are embarrassing. And they do it all the time. It's just the nature of verbal communication. And for most... 1034@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2006-11-01T22:08:52-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/001026.php I know the following two items have both been covered -- separately -- in the news this past week, but I think it's important to put them together and turn the spotlight on them again (seeing as there's clearly... 1026@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2006-09-11T22:22:50-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/001013.php Good lord. I've just returned from the conference on international citizen journalism -- at which many of the discussions focused on overcoming government and corporate censorship (both explicit and implicit) -- and the news today is uncannily about government... 1013@http://amit.asaravala.com/ technology 2006-07-17T21:41:18-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/001007.php At tonight's NetSquared event in San Francisco, I listened to Creative Commons CTO Mike Linksvayer tell the story of how a group of environmentalists is working to subvert Monsanto's claim that it owns the copyright to the DNA of... 1007@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2006-06-13T22:23:49-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000611.php Making a donation to the Bush campaign in my name is either the cleverest joke or the most patient jab anyone has ever unleashed upon me. Bravo, you bastard. Whoever you are. (And a side note: What happened to... 611@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2004-05-15T10:31:32-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000610.php Today, I used the phrase it's not a tumor without invoking Arnold Schwarzenegger.... 610@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2004-05-10T22:19:08-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000191.php I'd like to propose an amendment that disallows people from proposing amendments that are based on the argument that "my god says so."... 191@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2004-02-25T13:47:34-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000189.php Hey everyone, look at the bigots who don't believe that gay couples should have the same rights as everyone else! How retro! Point and laugh! Point and laugh! Oy. There are few things that really get me angry, and... 189@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2004-02-11T19:12:07-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000183.php If you have a Web site and haven't analyzed your logfiles yet, I highly recommend doing so right away. For how else would I have discovered that members of the US Social Security Administration have visited my site recently?... 183@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2004-01-16T14:59:51-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000172.php If the US Social Security Administration is widely expected to go bankrupt by 2037, then why the heck am I paying hundreds of dollars a year out of my paychecks to support the system? And when I do retire... 172@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2003-11-13T13:24:34-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000165.php Money and fame will buy you anything you want in California.... 165@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2003-10-07T22:23:25-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000008.php CA Senator Dianne Feinstein has weighed in on the issue of voting No on the Recall and Yes on Bustamante, and she calls it a "hypocrisy." Well, what else would you expect from someone who almost got recalled herself... 8@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2003-08-28T00:27:59-08:00 http://amit.asaravala.com/archives/000011.php Oh come on now, you knew I wasn't going to withhold comment on this one forever: Yessir, we folks here in California are well on our way toward a real honest-to-goodness, old-fashioned, darned-tootin' Recall Election if there ever was... 11@http://amit.asaravala.com/ politics 2003-08-22T00:51:46-08:00