September 2009
6 posts
“There may be no I in TEAM but there’ s an I in WIN” - Michael Jordan http://bit.ly/xECim right or wrong?
One billion trees planted in a single day! http://bit.ly/E7uS3
On the way to the supermarket, a panhandler noticed we’re Indians and said “namaste” before asking for money. Smart.
District 9 - 3.5/5
Trying out twitterific from the iPhone
RSSCloud →
We had a meetup on RSSCloud (organized by Nick) at the School of Information today. In a nutshell, RSSCloud is an effort to make the web real time. It has been in the news lately after Wordpress…
May 2009
2 posts
Tweeting too hard →
Tweeting too hard: Self-important, egotistical tweets = Hilarious. It really needs an RSS feed.
EC website crash →
The numbers in the last paragraph of this news report on the EC website crashing indicates one of two things - the reporter who wrote it is clueless, or, there has been some serious loss in…
April 2009
4 posts
The painful truth about trainers: Are expensive... →
Dravid’s day out →
During his long career, I’ve never seen Rahul Dravid succumb to the temptation of having a go at anything. Last year’s debacle in the IPL, his subsequent demotion to a normal player, and questions…
Candidate information from ADR →
The Association for Democratic Reforms has made available data collected as part of the various election watch activities. This should help people make a more informed choice. Please forward the…
Grievance Redress Mechanism in Government →
March 2009
1 post
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay... →
January 2009
4 posts
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The ‘misunderestimated’ president?
Peak Performance: Why Records Fall - New York... →
The 'misunderestimated' president? →
Instant messaging and SMS →
Another service which tries to bridge IM and SMS. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be incredibly hard to provide a good user experience at scale. SMS is mostly asynchronous while IM is not. It…
November 2008
8 posts
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Mumbai under attack - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Mumbai under attack - The Big Picture - Boston.com →
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PHD Comics: Enrollment vs. Unemployment Rate
PHD Comics: Enrollment vs. Unemployment Rate →
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Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen
Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen - Video on TED.com
Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the... →
Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen - Video on TED.com
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Extract from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: Is there such a thing as pure …
We look at outrageously talented and successful people - the Beatles, Mozart, Rockefeller, Bill Gates - and assume…
Extract from Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: Is there... →
We look at outrageously talented and successful people - the Beatles, Mozart, Rockefeller, Bill Gates - and assume there is such a thing as pure genius. Not necessarily, argues Malcolm Gladwell…
October 2008
7 posts
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Programmer Jokes
Programmer Jokes →
SMS service accessibility →
In a purely SMS based service, it goes without saying that the end users should be able to reach the service reliably via the same medium. Making that happen isn’t very easy. At MyToday, most of our…
Slicehost acquired by Rackspace →
This blog and many of my projects, code, svn etc. are hosted on a virtual private server at Slicehost. I started using them a couple of months after they launched their services two years ago. I…
Obama-McCain comedy →
Barack Obama and John McCain do stand up comedy at a charity dinner. Both are very funny. Here’s a story with more details.
SMS Channels from Google →
Google just launched a labs project called SMS Channels. Seems very similar to what we’re doing with MyToday. What a coincidence…
I think it had to happen at some point considering the…
September 2008
2 posts
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Process is an embedded reaction to prior stupidity. Many-to-Many:
Process is an embedded reaction to prior... →
Founder stories →
I’ve always been very interested in the history of the technology industry. An integral part of that history are the stories of the entrepreneurs who have successfully built the companies whose…
August 2008
8 posts
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The Eternal Value of Privacy
The Eternal Value of Privacy →
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Driven: Shai Agassi’s Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road
Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put... →
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Contagious cancer: The evolution of a killer—By David Quammen (Harper’s Magazine)
Contagious cancer: The evolution of a killer—By... →
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Known and unknown unknowns | Economist.com
Known and unknown unknowns | Economist.com →
July 2008
9 posts
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The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of…
The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance... →
J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the…
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Rands In Repose: The Quirkbook
Rands In Repose: The Quirkbook →
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Annals of Transport: There and Back Again: The New Yorker
Annals of Transport: There and Back Again: The New... →
Get Out of Your Own Wayl - WSJ.com →
Foreign Affairs - The Outsourcing Bogeyman -... →