“I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.” – Rita Mae Brown Losing a loved one is generally never easy. It does not matter if it is a spouse, a friend, a bother, a sister, a cousin, and especially if it was a child. Everyone grieves in their own way. In order to live, there must be death. We should be grateful that we had the opportunity to have these people in our lives. Many times the anger or resentment that we experience due to the loss of a loved one is not for...

“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” – Henry Clay A lot of times people look for the “Big Wins”. They go swinging for the Home Runs and look for the Big Ticket items. In many cases, the small things are what really matters! Take time to say, “Thank You”. Smile. Appreciate the things you have. Help someone out who needs it, even if they are not looking for assistance. These Acts of Kindness will be more effective than the big things.

“It’s only a thought and a thought can be changed.” - Louise Hay When something gets you down, do you wallow in the misery? Do you let yourself feel like crud? Or do you use it as an opportunity to look for the bright side of it and grow? Both are possible outcomes and both have a place. The important thing is to learn from the incident and move ahead. When tragedy strikes I am not suggesting you ‘poo-poo’ it off. On the contrary, you should stay in the moment and grieve, feel your emotions, process your feelings. These are all necessary. But to stop there is...

One of my team member, kunal, was facing a problem while creating the setup project for v 20 using VS 2008. Even after just changing the target framework while creating the project did no help so had to search for the solution, and the solution that solved our problem is as follows, 1) Create a windows application project with target framework as v2.0 Select Target Framework 2) Create Setup and deployment project and select target framework as v2.0 Target Framework for Setup 3) Right-Click on setup project Name and select Properties, under properties select Prerequisites Select Prerequistes ...

Yesterday I posted about, common questions for job seekers. Here are some questions that job seekers can ask to the interviewer to get good knowledge about the job profile and company culture they’ll be working in. People sometimes mistake that suggestion, however, and think that probing questions about the company include “How much time will I get for lunch?” or “How many vacation days will I get per year?” While important to your choice in the long run, the answers to those questions will not get to the meat of the issue — whether the company is a good fit for you. Those types...