I know i am little late in posting this, but wiseman said its better late than none. 2014 was year with announcement all around technology. It had some surprises as well & biggest of all MSFT taking .Net to open source. Cloud Foundry foundation announced. This announcement will add more value/credibility to overall project. Other vendors/enterprise …
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A driver i met in Bhuj. #faces
Name: Ganni Bhai Location: Bhuj, Gujarat Occupation: Driver Story: I met Ganni bhai through his brother who picked me from the bus stand and drove me to my hotel on (date) at (time) of the night in Bhuj. Ganni bhai picked me at 9am the next morning for a trip to the white Rann of Kacchh. …
Notes from James Altucher, TEDxSanDiego
I am a big follower of James Altucher & yes it has changed my life in a better way. Its a 12 minutes video i would strictly recommend everyone to watch the same. I have made a super small note for the talk, James talks about 4 things : Physical Fitness laugh more eat well …
Tibetan superstitions
I bought book title “Folk Culture of Tibet”, I am done finishing first few sections which mentions about known superstitions prevalent tibetan culture, some of these seems similar to hinduism. I am adding some of the crazy/funny/interesting ones here : 1. …
#Faces : Ordinary people with extraordinary efforts.
Before I begin, credit for this goes to my friend Jugal Mody It was his suggestion while i am traveling i should make notes about interesting people i meet in my overall trip. During this 20 days trip I met …
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2014 passed, 2015 welcome!!
Happy New Year to everyone to start with. Year 2014 been amazing in following ways : 1. Joined The New Stack, working on building community & writing occasionally. 2. Sister got married to one of the smartest kid I have met so far in 20+ odd years of my life. 3. Moved to Bangalore after …
Contributing to Open Source
Searching “contributing to open source” throws About 30,100,000 results (0.56 seconds) Now the real question is being an Open Source evangelist, what/how should one proceed when talking about same? I am still from Old school & believe contribution to Open Source comes from inside hence: 1. Telling someone to use Open Source because its virus free …
On building a tech community
I have been asked several times about community building. For a start, the following points form the basis for any tech community. Passionate Leader: To build a good community it is essential to have a passionate leader with strong temperament. The leader must be duly motivated, ready to accept suggestions and advise accordingly. The leader …
Why startups abort?
Product market fit: Let’s say you have built an e-commerce product targeting the local market but it has limited internet penetration & online banking close to 0%. What happens to your product? It becomes restricted and misfit in the market you are targeting. Uber changed its payment policy in India because less than 10% of …
information overflow
We are in age of information overflow. Everything is just click of a button for us i.e pizza/taxi/grocery. It has done wonders for us but at same time it has bought lots of noise which can distract you to new high. 1. Paid Opinions: It is too easy for a firm to get our opinion …