Steve Jobs - have you read it?

Friends,
If you have not read the book on Steve Jobs (by W Isaacson), I would suggest you grab it on your next trip to the bookstore, or on your next long flight out of Changi. Given our IT background, almost every page is a page we can relate to. The new chapters on iPod, iPhone and iPad (not seen in earlier books on him) are riveting, esp his one-liners on Bill Gates. And of course, his ultimate fight against cancer.. which will give us all a gentle tap on our shoulders, reminding us of life's fragility.

"Shark Tank" - reminds me of the ole days

Folks,

If you have not watched this TV series called "Shark Tank" yet, find the time to catch an episode or two. It's quite a blast watching these "neophytes" pitching to 5 big "sharks" - all wildly successful individuals from IT to Retail - for their investment money. It never fails to remind me of the sharks of our times like:
- Vasenwala of Ngee Ann Poly
- Dr Joe Chen of Seagate
- one or two from our VARs network, who shall remain nameless

and many more..

The show will also bring back those stomach-churning moments when, after our presentations to customers, we walked off empty-handed, or triumphantly with a huge PO!

Keep a lookout for that bald-headed shark..
Melvin, this show will be of great interest to you, given that you are not just one of the sharks already, but you are actually living it, everyday ..just like that bald-headed shark, but with way more hair, of course.

(Shark Tank is on Starhub Ch 407 every Monday, with plenty of repeats. Actually, the Brit version is just as good, called Dragon's Den)