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Trivandrum Bloggers Meet on 2nd October 2008

Any of you in Trivandrum during this Gandhi Jayanthi?
A few of us in Trivandrum, claiming to be Trivandrum Bloggers , are planning to meet up for a dinner at 5 PM on 2nd October 2008 at Hotel Indrapuri. If you are interested to be part of this simple gathering, please leave a comment in … Read full story »

Sree Pillai|September 29th, 2008|Category: General|4 Comments, Add Yours!

Worse is better. Always. In everything. All the time.

” Big-bang, long winded epic plans to create anything are always trumped by smaller, incremental, self-correcting, attempts. ”
That was my attempt to summarise one of the seminal papers in software making – Richard P. Gabriel’s ‘Worse is Better‘.
Gabriel coined the tongue in cheek catchy phrase to explain why the ‘worse’ C and Unix won. And … Read full story »

Jayasankar|August 26th, 2008|Category: General|4 Comments, Add Yours!

Blog Camp Kerala 2008 – Reviewing the Unconference

I had initially decided not to attend Blog Camp Kerala [BlogCamp Kerala] 2008.
I should admit that I was prejudiced.
“There we go”, I thought, “another place where nerdy, techie guys are gonna meet, talk about wordpress plugins/Apple’s coolness/ jihad against proprietary software/making more money by gaming google…. Yawn…. Tell me something new.”
Sure as hell, I wasn’t … Read full story »

Jayasankar|August 18th, 2008|Category: Blogging|9 Comments, Add Yours!

Courage, Innovation, Gmail – A Few Thoughts

Posted by Jayasankar
Safe and conformist is easy. There is much less chance of getting blamed. “ Hey I tried my best. And, you too had agreed it was a ’sensible’ way. ”

“I think , in general, people are uncomfortable with things that are different. Even now when I talk about adding new features to Gmail, if … Read full story »

Jayasankar|July 29th, 2008|Category: Google|5 Comments, Add Yours!

5 ‘Insanely Great’ WIRED Cover Stories

Posted by Jayasankar
If you are associated with the technology world and you do not read the Wired magazine, you are missing a lot. If you make your living in technology and you don’t read Wired, it is closer to being a crime.
Really.
If I were asked to give advice to a young person in technology … Read full story »

Jayasankar|July 22nd, 2008|Category: General|3 Comments, Add Yours!

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