Check out Krithiga's cute little Book Trolley app. What I love best is marking the trustworthiness of your book borrowers :)
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Check out Krithiga's cute little Book Trolley app. What I love best is marking the trustworthiness of your book borrowers :)
That was a very useful link.
Posted by
vimal |
8:46 PM, March 27, 2006
Yeah! Vimal - long time no see! where have you vanished to?
Posted by
Echo/Lavanya |
9:17 PM, March 27, 2006
You can edit/modify the application too! And build your own! Just any database, not just books. And I shall remember the deal :)
Posted by
Krithiga |
9:19 PM, March 27, 2006
Krithika - yeah, it is a deal :) did I get the spelling of your name wrong? Is it a 'k' or a 'g'? I remember seeing a spelling with 'g' somewhere in your blog.
Posted by
Echo/Lavanya |
9:23 PM, March 27, 2006
In a galaxy far, far away...
Posted by
vimal |
12:05 AM, March 28, 2006
That's alright, I use them both interchanegably. Feel free to use 'k' or 'g'.
Posted by
Krithiga |
2:10 PM, March 28, 2006
Isn't it reasonable to assume that one would lend a book only if he / she trusts the borrower? Why should one lend a book if we don't trust the borrower?
Is it a case where we trust the borrower initially and then change our opinions?
Posted by
Kaps |
7:19 PM, March 28, 2006
@Kaps: I think trusting takes on a different connotation in this context. Let us say I lend a book to a friend A. Obviously A is my friend and therefore I trust her. Now A borrowes my book and I don't get it back for ages. I keep following up and A finally admits that she cannot remember where she left it.
As far as A is concerned, it is just a book and therefore not such a big deal. As far as I am concerned, it is a book that I probably spent ages hunting down and associate special memories to. Since I recommended the book to her, chances are I keep rereading the book. Therefore this book and A losing it is one BIG deal to me.
So while I can probably trust A with my secrets and my life, will I trust her with my book the next time? Fat chance :)
Posted by
Echo/Lavanya |
9:17 PM, March 28, 2006
"Is it a case where we trust the borrower initially and then change our opinions?"
Yes. I usually don't say no when people borrow books from me for the first time. The second time onwards, it depends on how long the concerned person had the book, the condition it was returned et al.
Posted by
Krithiga |
9:18 PM, March 28, 2006
Oh, I forgot what I came here for. I would like the "long uninteresting account" of Sambhar.
krithiga[dot]ganesan[at]gmail[dot]com
Posted by
Krithiga |
9:20 PM, March 28, 2006
@Kaps & Krithika: I agree with Krithika. I usually do not say no to someone borrowing my book the first time. But any repeat borrowing happens only on the rating that the first one gets.
@Krithika: Yes indeed - you shall hear soon and in all likelihood, you will be wondering why you ever asked :)
Posted by
Echo/Lavanya |
9:29 PM, March 28, 2006