Posted on : 07-01-2010 | By : tshanky | In : Beyond Code
As we enter 2010, its time again to celebrate a new year and the beginning of a new decade. 10 years into the new century we are still far away from frozen humans in suspended animation that Sir Arthur C Clarke wrote about in 2001: A Space Odyssey and again in 2010: Odyssey Two. However, we are deep in the age of socially networked internet that is helping us replace our real self with our online persona. It is a time where so many are so consumed in online stardom that they have stopped worrying about real people, real relationships and sometimes even real jobs! However, much of the new web also holds some great promise, including great new ways to collectively learn to make better decisions and mingle with like and unlike minds. Hopefully this mingling will extend beyond playing computer games like halo with strangers around the world to understanding alternative viewpoints and a little less bloodshed due to the age old religion based feuds.
May you all have a great New Year and may you have at least a little more exciting things to do for yourself and the world — more than buying lottery tickets using your mobile phone and tweeting to the world that you finished breakfast! That’s not asking for much or is it
Posted on : 25-09-2009 | By : tshanky | In : Beyond Code
Yakov Fain invited me as a guest to his podcast — “No BS IT” — to speak about cultural differences in outsourcing. Yakov and I tried our bit to explain and understand the cultural aspects of outsourcing to Eastern Europe and India. Listen to the episode and let me know what you think.
Posted on : 07-10-2008 | By : tshanky | In : Beyond Code
Have you seen this advertisement? I found this by chance on Ben Nadel’s website.
ColdFusion Advertisement
This is by far the most insane piece of advertisement I have seen in a while. Cheeky and nothing but screaming to attract attention! In addition, being nasty and depicting gender bias. Is adobe against women as programmers? Do they believe in discriminating against women? (Ben Forta clarified that it was Ben Nadel’s creation and had nothing to do with Adobe). He also pointed me to a link where someone from the community responded to this advertisement.
Posted on : 03-10-2008 | By : tshanky | In : Beyond Code
Born on October 2, 1869 was a man who proved through his deeds and actions the power of truth, love and non-violence. Celebrated as the father of a nation of over 1 billion people and revered by all as the beacon of non-violence, this man needs to be remembered more for his thoughts than the events that he affected. Textbooks portray him as the person who got India its freedom from the British and put him on the list of the venerable who are titled as “Mahatma”. However, more often than not the essence of his philosophy and how it relates to each one of us in our everyday lives is conveniantly forgotten.
Posted on : 21-09-2008 | By : tshanky | In : Beyond Code
My wife, who has super cool baking skills, updated me on what geeks seem to be loving in terms of cake decorations.Watch what you have got to choose from:
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