After quitting Minio I have been spending my free time in reading & consuming lots of coffee. This book was recommended to me by Anurag Ramdasan as I am still in process of figuring out what is next. This book is strongly recommended for product managers or folks building customer products. Do follow Marty Cagan’s official …
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Notes from reading: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
This book is list of wisdom shared by Randy Pausch, he had cancer and few months to live. I got this book from my sister’s bookshelf, it is one of the best read for me so far this year, extremely recommended. These are some notes, some are titles of the book [self explanatory] : Dream …
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Paris climate agreement, Donald & us.
President Donald Trump announced that he is withdrawing the U.S. from a landmark, international climate agreement. I understand the concern of whole world and who bad this comes on fellow american friends. Is keeping climate clean is just Paris climate agreement? Are we doing our part? Switching off light for an hour in year & running AC …
Notes from reading: On Fear by J Krishnamurti
Continuing with my quest of reading more on J Krishnamurti I picked up On Fear. It is his series of discourse on our fear. These are some of my clipped notes from the book: We have so accepted the pattern of fear that we don’t want even to move away from it. When you compare …
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Falling in love, breakup up and moving on
Falling in love We have to fall in love, it is mandatory : You won’t get place to sit or meal if you are alone and visiting eateries or elsewhere. How will you share all those photos to your Facebook et all. Peer pressure and friend circle around us takes over this. How do we …
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Random Thoughts: society baggage
Society has its own yardstick, from birth to death it wants you to follow a protocol. Stick to the rules or become a misfit. I remember how my dad wanted me to do engineering in electronics & comm, because it was hot{he heard it from some relatives}. I don’t blame him, I am proud of …
Notes from reading: “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com
My curiosity to find out what runs Amazon, its philosophy, vision and roots resulted me in picking “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com. The book provided some interesting insights, rise/fall, good/bad part of early days of Amazon and particularly Jeff Bezos vision and leadership. These are some notes from the book I …
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Notes from reading: Freedom from the Known by J Krishnamurti
Continuing with my quest of reading more on J Krishnamurti I picked up Freedom from the Known. Its a series of discourse on various aspects of life. These are some of my clipped notes from the book: If one wants to see a thing very clearly, one’s mind must be very quiet, without all the prejudices, …
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Tips for attracting contributors to Open Source project
Empathy One of the first thing for getting new contributors is empathy. Existing members should be kind enough to answer all kinds of basic questions. The new comer might be new to the overall ecosystem and trying the tool for the first time. Appreciation We all like being appreciated. A thank you note, congratulation …
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Random Thoughts: Our insecurity
Our society and being part various different affiliations we are insecure. We are insecure about our job, relationship, future to mention a few. Will I get appraisal this year? My Gf/Bf loves me as much i do or not? What if my competitor raise more funding than mine, will it kill my business? Will I …