I don’t know whether this ruins the engine or not, but when I’m low on fuel, I like to let my motorbike just coast along on it’s own momentum. I just give it a tweak on the throttle and glide down the road. It’s taught me a couple of things. You don’t really realise how … Read more
Just working on the website – Margazhi Raagam.com. Update when the website is up.
If you’re interested in Brand Building, Customer Relationship Management and things like that, Custommerce is getting together the 5th Chapter of this wonderful conference. Custommerce India Chapter 5 is built around the ‘back to basics’ theme. Managing hype cycles, customer experience statistics, cutting edge technology, customer service differentiators, brand building, people and process investments, customer … Read more
I’ve been using iTunes 8 (Look at what’s new)for a couple of days now, both on my Mac and my PC… and I’ve found that the selection of music that it brings up is rather diverse playlist. Now, my playlists have a number of songs that I play really often, and others that I play … Read more
I’m an Apple fan. I have been for quite a while now… I’ve moved all my work from a PC desktop to a mac book pro so that I can get things done one the go, and things work great. Recently though, 37Signals brought into question, the forthrightness of one of Apple’s ads. Here’s a … Read more
A couple of days ago, a friend and I finished lunch and were about to part ways when he mentioned that he was going to try and find the office of “The Musalman”, possibly the last remaining Calligraphed Urdu Daily newspaper. Being a purported fan of typography and related areas, I had to join in … Read more
This is going to be a long one, so settle down. If you’ve got to go get dinner, go get it and read while you’re at it…. So, we’re in the train… Off to Umesh’s wedding, with a gaggle of girls, no space, and Karthick’s India Today magazine (Did I mention that? I did? Well, … Read more
Balaji Booked tickets to Umesh’s wedding. It was to be held in Kerala, near Umesh’s hometown, Ottapalam. He booked the tickets a month in advance. We left Chennai on the evening of the 12th of January, 2008. It was a Saturday and had been a full day for me. I packed my bags early in the morning, when I was leaving for office, carried it with me, and managed not to forget anything.
I’ve finally got a Mac. Everybody who knows me knows that I have one. I love it. It’s got a beautiful, sleek exterior, great build, a very intuitive interface, and a great hardware configuration. Hey, you… Stop drooling… That’s MY Mac I’m talking about… You go get yourself your own piece, buster! I’ve been using … Read more
That day was yesterday. I was at the end of a pretty good day of architectural photography and was headed back to pick up my motorbike from one of the buildings that I had photographed. I had a bag with me, which had some papers, but was essentially empty. The car dropped me off at … Read more