A picture of my room (den) at my house in 1999. I had two PCs and a whole load of accessories then. A group of friends used to hang out here and it was like a “free” community computer centre – had a boatload of fun! All of us were carefree, unmarried and with full of dreams. #nostlagic #1990s #desktoppc
SOIL Institute of Management has been running a series of webinars during this season. A friend forwarded me an invite and I attended a webinar today hosted by Mr Anil Sachdev, Founder & CEO of SOIL and the guest was…
100 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு ‘ஜேம்ஸ் ஜாய்ஸ்’ (James Joyce) என்ற பிரபல அயர்லாந்து எழுத்தாளர் எழுதிய புத்தகம் Dubliners [Available for free at Project Gutenberg). இதை தமிழினி பதிப்பகம், “டப்ளின் நகரத்தார்” என்று வெளியிட்டிருக்கிறார்கள், தமிழில் மொழி பெயர்த்தது திரு க.ரத்னம் அவர்கள். இந்தப் புத்தகத்தை தமிழிலோ ஆங்கிலத்திலோ நீங்கள் படித்திருக்கிறீர்களா? நேற்று…
Till a few years ago, I had to reset my devices (PCs or Smartphones and even Macs and iPhones which many Apple fanboys will not agree) once (or twice) in a year because they became too slow due to the mechanical hard drives, or clutter of apps or messed up OS configurations. Nowadays, I do an OS reset & reinstall only when I am too bored and feeling low or I have got nothing else to do! It helps to declutter the device by taking stock of apps installed that are redundant or unused for long and gives me a…
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a typical time travel film with an unoriginal plot but was super successful. Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are boneheaded high school students, one day when they are struggling with their history report,…
Ask an Astronaut by Mr Tim Peake: This is a free-flowing book, mostly Q & A format, addressing numerous questions we may have about travelling to space, what it takes to be an astronaut, and how is life in space.…
Today SPIN Chennai had organized an engaging and useful session over zoom video call by the creator of Scrum development process and the famous author Mr Jeff Sutherland. The topic was a relevant one for the current times – Why 47% of Agile Transformations fail?. Watch the full presentation that’s available in YouTube for everyone, thanks, Mr Jeff Sutherland. This post is from the notes I took: Apple is said to have used in full, the ideas from my book – The Art of Doing Twice the work in half the time. Today, Agility is disrupting not only the software…
தாயுடன் வாழ்வது வரம், ஆனால் இந்த ஊரடங்கில் ரொம்ப கஷ்டம்! தினம் காலை எழுந்து சமையலறைக்கு வந்தவுடன் அம்மா ஏதாவது ஒரு வேலை எனக்கு யோசித்து வைத்திருப்பாள். இன்று காலை எழுந்து, நான் பால் சாப்பிட போனப் போது, என்னை தடுத்துவிட்டாள்: “என் குளியலறையில் இருக்கும் ஸ்விட்ச் உடைந்து வந்துவிட்டது, அதை மறக்காமல் சரி செய்துவிடு.…
Alpha (2019) is a Bangladeshi film, that shows the lives of the underprivileged living in Dhaka City. The film is made available online for free by the Federation of Film Societies of India. The story is about an “artist” (painter)…
