I am honored to be included in the list of cool blogs by Mike Sansome at Converstations. Here is the complete list:Link – Converstations: Blue Ribbon Finale Thank you Mike for including this blog. I discovered a set of blogs that I am sure will be on my list of blogs to read. Please sign… Continue reading →

Thank you all for welcoming our ambitious project Suggestica. Vijay and I have created a Squidoo lens that will slice the information by Trusted Authorities. Please take a look when you have a moment: Squidoo lens: Suggestica Once again, thank you for all the support! Please sign up for my newsletter here:

The day has come. Finally. What started off as a simple idea took on a “larger than life” size over the last few months. Vijay and I are blessed to be surrounded by so many bright people that made it happen. A project of this magnitude cannot be brought to life without the involvement of… Continue reading →

Regular readers of this blog may be wondering whether I have become lazy as there are not many posts on the blog. I have not been lazy – in fact, I have been busy preparing for the launch of a new venture that I am involved with called Suggestica. A brief story of the genesis… Continue reading →

While this can make you laugh, it also has an important lesson – “How you look at things depends mainly on who you are” For those geeks that are out there, here are the imaginary resposnes from scientists for the age old question – “Why did the chicken cross the road?“ Andre Ampere: ‘To keep… Continue reading →

I remember an old joke (they say it really happened) where someone parked right next to the sign “Fine for Parking Here” and when confronted he quipped “The sign clearly says that it is ‘fine’ to park here. In fact, by reading the sign I thought you were encouraging people to park right here.” Of… Continue reading →

We have trip coming up to go to India. Second one this year for me. This one is special as my book “Beyond Code” is just being released there. I have a few talks related to that. So the trip planning has begun. The other day Kavitha (my wife) was filling up a Visa application… Continue reading →

This month I was traveling a bit (an excuse, lack of discipline is the right excuse, though) and used up a bunch of cell phone minutes. I was over by a few hundred minutes (at $.40 per minute, it adds up quickly) above my 1400 minutes per month. I called the fine folks at Verizon… Continue reading →

Note: “New Russians” are Russians who have acquired wealth through questionable meansTwo “New Russians” meet. One of them looks extremely happy and the other one wants to know the reason. The first one shares the secret – “I have to tell you. It’s all because of the elephant that I bought recently. It is so… Continue reading →