BuzzFeed is known for pulling story from Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter, imgur, Facebook, Whatsapp [YEP] and making it CLICKBAIT/LINKBAIT. Every entity has revenue model & this works best for BuzzFeed. One of my friend wrote a nice post Quantifying the Clickbait and Linkbait in BuzzFeed Article Titles It was my prejudice that did me wrong at …
Author Archives: Atul
Walking down memory lane
This post is about me growing up, the part where my parents disciplined me to turn out better in life. I hail from a very remote part of Bihar. When I was in school, electricity in our native was available on an average of about 10-20 hours per week! Most of time, I recall us …
Beer Hopping In Vancouver
There is no disputing my ultimate love for Beer and for evidence to prove that I profusely love my beer, I went around beer hopping with a couple of friends in Vancouver. Here is the post to express that one such event that led my friends Razique, Anna and I to indulge in a beer …
Glorious days of #IndiPop
I grew up listening to IndiPop & our music channels like Mtv, B4u and Channel[V]. I was having conversation with friends on twitter, felt like revisiting to my memory lane. I have added some songs and singers below [not in …
Notes from OpenStack summit, Vancouver
I was very ecstatic to attend the recently concluded OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. While the summit was the main focal point of my trip, I was elated to bump into my friends and colleagues. After almost five years I was reunited with my very old friend Razique & Heiko.During the initial days of the documentation …
THE IMPORTANCE OF CLOSE KNIT FRIENDSHIPS
I am not sure what inspired me to post this but I’m writing about valuable friendships that I am happy to be affiliated with. Last year was a tough one for me. I was not in great shape with too many things stressing me out. The only thing that kept me going were my dearest …
20 Lessons Life Has Taught Me in 2015.
Kickstarting Tuesday with a perspective over my life, trying to analyze life’s lessons that I’ve learnt in 2015. Clearly, I’ve learnt atleast 20 valuable lessons that have moulded me to be where I am so far. The year is quarterly complete, I wonder what the number will be at the end of December. For now, …
Pray4Nepal
Rescue efforts are in full swing as the depredation caused by the earthquake in Nepal and surrounding nations has brought life to a sad still. Images flashing across social media and news networks are only an infinitesimal proportion of the havoc nature has caused over the weekend. The quake registered at a magnitude of 7.8 …
On Substandard Marketing
Lately, I’ve been receiving a lot of mails related to PMP training & other skill development for freshers. So I found a reason to write a post considering my inbox is spamming with this content. I wonder, if I am the only one getting these kind of mails/promotional campaigns via the email medium or targeted …
Notes from Chris Sacca/Jason This week in startup conversation.
Chris Sacca is considered as one of the best Unicorn hunters[In my observation 🙂 ]. In Investors term “Unicorn” means companies which are disruptive and have redefined the way we are using technology besides billion $$ evaluation. He has invested in over 40 companies almost every other top companies that you know or are aware …
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