I’m being blocked from McKinsey’s website as a competitor, a practice dubbed "knowledge unsharing." Although I’m on the receiving end of their access restrictions, the move has surprisingly had zero impact on my life or productivity so far.
I attended a brief McKinsey presentation at Lord's Cricket Ground, networking with consultants from London and Kuala Lumpur. I skipped the business cards but prioritized the cricket-ball-shaped chocolates, even salvaging an extra wrapped one from the floor.
Starting a startup on an easy-to-copy idea is still worth it because competitors are slow to notice, slow to implement, and prone to execution errors. Your continuous innovation keeps you ahead as a moving target.
Explore various methods for receiving email on mobile devices using early 2000s technology. The guide highlights legacy solutions like SMS alerts, pager notifications, and specific Microsoft Outlook add-ins for remote mail management.
I share my practical methods for bypassing corporate internet restrictions, including running Portable Apps from USB drives, gaining admin access with password recovery tools, and using SSH tunnels or Google Reader to access blocked sites.
I compare Indian IT service firms to prisons where professionals endure physical searches, strict clock-ins, and restricted internet access. I share my survey results on corporate web freedom and discuss the industry's pervasive lack of trust.