Yahoo WooHoo's

Never seen Yahoo playing with Logo's like Google..maybe Googler's have a lot more time to spare(the luxury Thursday's ?), a better sense of humour (remember those April fool jokes, pretty fun actually :)) or just an attitude that reeks of college... maybe I didn't see it in Yahoo because they never seemed to do things differently till their recent pipes idea or their hack day concept...my respect for Yahoo has grown by leaps and bounds after their "Pipes" ... Yahoo Answers is pretty good too actually...anyways what perked me to post this was actually their "doodling" which almost seemed like a google thing...

I thought their Mother's day doodle was far better than Google's ... time for more comparisons in the future...hope Yahoo offers some stiff competition to Google in areas beyond Doodles (read Search :P)...was talking to a friend of mine from Yahoo a couple of weeks back and he mentioned that if Yahoo "retained" it's market share, it could almost double it's revenue from Search...Well, my friend doesn't represent Yahoo totally, but might be reflecting some thoughts from inside ... That ain't the way to win, is it?

Anyways here go the doodles :)...Enjoy! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!




Can't show you the animation that was present in Yahoo's doodle...even without it, it looks far better than what Google has :)

Habit of winning

Mavs are gone. They exit from the first round of playoffs! All this after

"The Mavericks won the most games in franchise history and might have had more victories if Johnson hadn't backed off after clinching the league's best record. They lost only 11 times after an 0-4 start.

They did it with a roster designed to win in a variety of ways. That's how they strung together streaks of 12 and 13 wins in a row, then a franchise-best 17-game run. No other NBA team ever has had three streaks of at least 12 consecutive wins in a season."

Unbelievable, isn't it? They did have a bad streak against the Warriors, but that is no reason to lose a first round playoff battle! This has been a "habit" of the Mavericks.."Glorious victories followed by shameless, gutless defeats"...remember last year's run against Miami in the finals? That was heart wrenching :(

Mavs have a playing style very similar to what India has in Cricket...a playing style that leaves fans exasperated....do we celebrate their victories or mourn their defeats? Fans can never answer that question and that will soon get them to be indifferent toward their teams...but what is it that makes kings paupers in no time?
Is it false bravado?
Don't think so because I can never see an iota of confidence, leave bravado in those teams..
Is it bad luck?
Luck might decieve you once, but not every time!
OR is it just the lack of guts to win?
Don't know this one, but I can surely say that they have beaten mighty teams in crunchy situations earlier...
so WHAT IS IT?

I personally think that it is just the habit of winning in big games/tournaments etc..or just a false sense of accomplishment for their achievements (Best season record/ beating Suns, Spurs etc to reach the final is enough, isn't it? Well, they think so) :)..If you have to win, you have to thirst to win..you should be used to it..Look at the Australian dominance over world cricket..I can see their thorough professionalism (very irritating) and their determination and confidence to win as their weapons...

Guess we can extend that to ourselves too...people who succeed are the ones who want to...our successes are limited by our vision and our drive..lose the drive and you ain't going nowhere!!!