I originally wrote this blog for a post on the IBM intranet but thought of sharing it on my blog as well. This post has been rewritten to ensure IBM’s confidentiality is maintained. Lastly – The postings on this blog are my own and don’t necessarily represent IBM’s positions, strategies or opinions. Does the thought […]
Managing the largest project on the floor Read More »
Ever heard of Manjit Singh? Also known as the ‘Strongman’, Manjit Singh holds more than 30 world records including pulling an empty double decker bus with his hair, pulling a double decker bus with 54 passengers with his teeth and, wait for this, pulling a Jet with his ears! His potential to do this stuff
Supercomputers: Designed for humans(?!) Read More »
Ever wondered how many tweets you read or how much time you spend on facebook everyday? That’s a rhetorical, I already know your answer, Don’t give me that ‘waste of time’ sh*t. I spend a lot of time there and I like it and I don’t care if you think it’s a waste of time.
How to attain social nirvana! Read More »
You are enjoying coffee on a rainy Sunday afternoon video chatting with a friend. 5 minutes later, out of the blue, you get disconnected from the internet. Now that is something you really didn’t expect especially when you and your friend met online after such a long time. At first you try to restart the
Hi! Can we follow you on Twitter? Read More »
One of my good friends has come up with an amazing website called zootout.com. You can get on the site and find information about the places to eat out or, as the site calls it, “zoot out!” Okay before you start to think that I am being paid for this blog let me tell you
Can websites think? Read More »
Prelude – Yay! Always wanted to use that word 😁. This blog was originally a comment I made on one of the traffic blogs, but since it turned out to be quite a lengthy comment, I thought I’d post it on my blog as well! Rules are meant to be broken. Whoever said that was
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As I sit through the night at the Bangalore airport, I thought about writing a blog on one of those days which has always been very important during our school and college, the Teacher’s Day. It was today. It is celebrated on 5th September, the birthday of the second President of India, also an academic
Me and the legacy of 5th September Read More »
Since my phone has been on roaming for the last few days, I decided to name this blog accordingly. First, it was Pune for IndiaSoft 2011, and then Bangalore. Although I really like travelling, there are times when you get bored and decide to open up your laptop to write a blog! In a train
‘Apps’ is the buzz word these days. And more so if you own a smart phone. When I thought of writing a blog on apps, I figured it will be a lot easier to segregate them on the basis of the mobile operating systems. So here we will have a look at the top 5
The best Apps around Read More »
Dabangg, starring Salman Khan, was the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2010. While it definitely had the advantage of the Eid holiday, there were several other things that really worked in its favor. Oh, and by the way, I am serious about writing this blog on Dabangg, so let’s dive into some of the best things
It takes a Dabangg Read More »
Before starting this let me make it clear that I am not an Islamic scholar. This blog simply has a few things that I feel everyone must know as a general knowledge about Ramadan and fasting. I have compiled a list of 5 things below, so here goes, 1. Just like the Gregorian calendar there
5 things you must know about Ramadan Read More »
Last year around this time, it was pretty much the same situation. All of us (MBA Fall ’09 batch) were busy with the heavy dose of pre-term assignments which we had to submit on the first day of the college. I used to burn the mid-night oil working on assignments, similar to what I am
Rain, Assignments, Obama, Nostalgia Read More »