December 2010
19 posts
Dec 30th
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“New year eve is over-rated.”
– There, I said it, because someone had to. Now I can go back to preparing for my party…
Dec 30th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 24th
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“A: Knock knock. B: Who’s there? . . . . . . . . A: Java!”
– java startup time (via mt3-666)
Dec 23rd
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Radbox: The Instapaper of Video →
jorgeqfolio: At work I don’t have the luxury of slacking off and reading everything published on Twitter or from the 85 RSS feeds I subscribe. At least not as quickly as I would want to. For articles, Instapaper’s success has been due for the ease in which they can be saved to read later but I knew nothing of a straightforward equivalent service that did the same for video. My addiction for...
Dec 19th
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The state of our college incubators
This post is based on my interviews with Smita of Business World magazine for this article: Entrepreneurship LIMITED. Entrepreneurship Development Cells (EDC) and incubators in certain colleges in India are part of the many programmes of our government which have a good intent but bad execution. I was asked why I didn’t consider incubating Radbox at the IIT Roorkee (I’m an alumnus)...
Dec 19th
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You're not my type
Vesper: Am I going to have a problem with you, Mr. Bond?
Bond: No. You're not my type.
Vesper: Smart?
Bond: Single
This is why I can watch James Bond movies over and over again. : )
Dec 18th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Philanthropy is a "nice-to-have"
This post was triggered by today’s Hindustan Times article Trickle-down theory by Sagarika Ghose. To all those people calling out to “the rich Indians” to part with their wealth and follow Premji’s example, I have this to ask: What percentage of your wealth goes to charity? What percentage of your time is spent working on any social cause? (even helping the...
Dec 8th
Dec 7th
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My heuristic for hiring developers
I’ve been seeing quite a few startup hiring discussions in the past few days and am also involved in recruiting for Radbox (well the “Jobs” page is under construction). I recalled an email exchange I had with another entrepreneur, and thought some of you may find this useful. I’m pasting the (slightly edited) mail contents. Please read this in the context of tech...
Dec 7th
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There is no spoon
Boy: Do not try and bend the spoon; that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Boy: There is no spoon.
Neo: There is no spoon?
Boy: Then you will see, it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
Dec 3rd
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If found feasible
This is the story of a bank (really big one in India) and a customer (me). This bank’s online application (as in, the website) has a customer support form which looks like this: When you try to submit this form after entering all required information, you see this: Did you get it? There’s a mandatory hidden field! This is a far bigger joke than the mandatory checkbox field.  ...
Dec 2nd