Ta Ra Rum Pum - TaTa Run Pan

After watching the movie the title doesn't hold any ground. What tune "ta ra rum pum" sends out which is in sync with the movie. Editor seems to have made no homework. All good will happen by itself. A Tire crew member will become Car racer simply, hero and heroine falls in love simply, car racer becomes star in one day simply, marriage against parents will happen simply, one race turns the whole life towards doom simply, manager decides to support hero simply and in 2 days life again makes a turn. No ground work was done to make storyline convincing. I don't think the whole movie was to give messages like "bongs are hot" - ya ya (I know they are)save money for future.

By now you should have taken the point home, that movie is not that great. Its not gripping. You are not anxious to know what the director wants to show next because you know what will happen next. Nascar racing could have been made gripping. Instead of showing 3-4 races of 5 min each, single race could have been shown with more drama.

I liked the different style approach couple takes when director showed the family became poor. The way couple keeps their children happy, tells them rosy stories is also good style. Apart of these scenes none other scene is worth remembering.

The Google Story - Book review

I have been reading "The Google story" by David A Vise and Mark Malseed for last few days.
The reason I picked up the book is my interest in google, google founders and curiosity to read about the hottest techonology company in this internet age. The book is well written and grips attention till last page. I had to find time amidst all hectic work to read and finish the book as soon as I could.

The book and story is inspiring to anyone. The grit determination of Page and Brin, The google founders, is well captured by the author. The way two students from Stanford met, made friendship, tied together to work on a concept and took it to great heights is worth reading. Their dedication and wish to make world a better place for all is seen till today. "Do No Evil" is their motto. The way two founders extended campus setup to workplace is worth reading. I hear googleplex is worth spending time and weekends there. People need personal space after hectic work; give them the space at workplace itself. I can feel that people work and relax at the same place - googleplex. The best way to build team is to allow them to spend quality time in company of each other.

Brin and Page created pathways for others to follow. They believe in themselves and stick to it to this day. Reading about figures of revenue generated by sponsored links (Advertisements in cliche) is astonishing. The idea of sponsored link seems so obvious and beneficial to end-user. Get the Ad for what you are searching at right moment.

Success of google also shows you need to have right mentors behind you. The VCs turned out to be major support in making google a true corporate and ensuring it doesn't take backseat.
I would recommend this book for reading to anyone who uses google (which means almost all :-))