National Museum: US Air Force

Well as the picture says, I took some time to visit the National Museum.. It was a wonderful experience. The museum houses some of the best both old and new air crafts. It also serves as a historical museum to aviation. It houses some of the artifacts of the Wright Brothers. Shown below is one the Cycles made at the Wrights' shop. 

Dayton is the place where Wrights brother's built the innovation. So Ohio is called the BirthPlace of Aviation. The Musuem has three gallery. Early Years,Cold War and Modern Air. More details could be had at http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/

The Early Years Gallery has the collections of flights which were the prototypes to the first flights and the first set of flights thereon. 

They were more towards getting things into the air and about flying for a longer time.. The other things that were obviously worked on were Speed and arming it.. The early flights were armed with more engines to make them powerful and had more broader wing span to float. The engines were generic engines and not the Jet ones :) . The control of the wings were done through pulley mechanism.. A mechanical engineer would have better understood the working... 

The second gallery is about the Cold war and WW collections.. It was a wonderful sight.. The Speed, the Arms and the Jet were the obvious things seen in these flights.. 

Coincidently on the day of my visit, the Museum was celebrating the Tokyo Raiders [Refer the Pearl Harbour Movie] The Brave Gentlemen who took part in the attack were in the museum were present and it was a honor to see them and get their autographs... 

A Japanese Flight...

Contd.....

Project: Myths Vs Facts

Myth: A Project has a Start Date and End Date
Fact:  The definitions of Start Date and End Date are Pretty unclear when it comes to Project. They should not be taken literally but should be viewed as non-mandatory attributes of the entity Project. A leader projects the date of the Project as start and end. But  the project might never kick off.. On the other hand, the bioscope of the Project combined with the missing attribute of Quality will ensure that the Project goes on for ever..in which case End Date is a ever stretching milestone....


Myth: Start Date comes before the End Date.
Fact: Only in reverse alphabetical order..

Myth: We start on a Start Date.
Fact: Whenever we start that Day becomes Start Date.

Myth: We end on a End Date
Fact:  End Date reaches us.

Myth: Tasks are Delayed
Fact: Tasks are poorly laid or derailed.

Myth: PM Tools helps to track the projects
Fact: PM Tools are good expense

Friends Chat...Missing the Call...

Friend 1: Life Loves me...
Friend 2: What makes you say that...
Friend 1: Death has not called me...
Friend 2: Are you sure..
Friend 1: Well, Probably I missed his call.. Nice to have missed calls..
Friend 2: Well Did you check your voice mail... He might  have left you one...
Friend 1: Oops...
Friend 2: Did you have one...
Friend 1: No I did not have one... I had a call forward to your number set...

Do.................Synergy

Voodoo: Charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
I do: Charm scientifically believed to embody individual powers
We do: Charm globally believed to embody synergistic powers

Synergism, in general, may be defined as two or more agents working together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents independently. Team is the best thing and makes anything possible.

Marriage in a sticky note...

Pre-Marriage Days
                TODO : Get Married

On the Marriage Day
                I DO... (Got Married)

After Marriage

                DO and Dont'

After Children

               Honey Can you DO.....

You can DO it....

Life Aint EASY

Life Aint easy
When body coldly lazy
When actionable thoughts hazy
When books read browsy
When peers sound noisy
When sickness makes one drowsy
When whole thing seems lousy

Cycle.... Wright Bros

This Cycle was sold for $63. This was one of the few that was made by Wright Brothers. It is interesting to know how the early concepts of Flights  took off.. I was at the US Air Force Museum. Will Share details of the Same in the next few days. Wrights' contribution to this world is amazing. "I believe I can fly"...

Learning, Earning and Owning.

A job is something everyone takes up for a living. It is part of Career. It is a part of Life. But then I felt we take jobs just for materialistic reasons and soon start complaining. I have done that too.. So one day about an year back, I sat down and started to write down what exactly might keep me motivated in a job.. After much thought process, I realized that Learning, Earning and Owning are the things that kept me happy in a job.

Learning: The moment you stop learning new things, it is a downhill from that point. I always was interested in learning new stuff on the job. A challenge, an innovation,  a different approach etc have always excited me. What s the fun in doing things you know repeatedly. The excitement lies in doing it differently, better and in new way.. For this to happen, I always try to make sure I do on the job learning.. I do realize that everyday world does always demand "Difference" but in order to move to the next step, we need it.. In Short, Today you can't things of yesterday and expect to be in tomorrow. And Today becomes yesterday tomorrow and this means Learning is a continuous process.

Earning: Sadly there are is nothing like "Free Lunch". Need the big bucks for everything under the sun. Money to me is not only a way to satisfy my worldly desires but a measuring stick for how important the employer thinks I am to the organization, how dispensable I am.  I need this one to make sure that I can spend without second thoughts and thus save time in making decisions. Classy might not be always necessary but messy is not welcome too... I try to maintain a life of average organized person and thus require a earning to keep this going...

Owning: This is related to responsibilities and team work.. I would like that the component I am working on is owned by the team I work with.. I never liked to work alone and work on things that are responsibilities of others. The product, the component or feature is always I treat as my baby and make sure that it meets every angle of expectation. This adds meaning to the work you do.. You do it because it is yours..

I always will try to make sure I have these three things in my job!!!and gladly I do now!!!