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• How Can Hackers Help In The Fight Against Cancer? (18/04/2012)When 1 in 3 humans are affected by a disease, it needs attention and help from all corners. There are many types of cancers, so it’s hard to say if we’ll ever be able to completely cure cancer. But prevention, early detection and proper care are crucial in cancer diagnosis and its treatment. As David Agus, ...
• Someday, Everyone Will Be a Programmer (15/01/2012)Over the past few decades, Computer programming has ignited gallons of technological innovation, disrupting one industry after the other. For as long, programming has been a skilled task, a niche profession, art of sorts too. It has also made good programmers a rare breed. But I’ve started to imagine that in the coming years everyone ...
• 3 Things I Learnt After High School About Selling (11/04/2011)In between high school and university, I sold my first commercial software, a billing application I wrote back then in Pascal for a banquet organizer in the neighbourhood. Those were probably the most satisfying $10 I had earned. It taught the programmer in me some simple yet invaluable lessons in selling. 1. Know your customers – ...
• The Anti-Social Network (4/11/2010)“Do feelings of deprivation drive entrepreneurs and economies?,” asks Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard Business School. After watching ‘The Social Network‘ one evening this week, I was left with feelings of inspiration and speculation, much to do with the same question. Speaking at Startup School, Mark Zuckerberg got a laugh out of how accurately ...

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• 6 Ideas Off My Chest - For the past few months I've been sitting on some ideas (for Web applications) that I've scribbled here & there. I'm working on a few (not listed here) in my spare time, but realistically I won't be able to work on all of them. So I thought it will be bet...
• Mera Rang De Basanti Chola - dam nikale is desh ki khaatir bas itna armaan hai ek baar is raah mein marna sau janmon ke samaan hai dekh ke veeron ki qurabaani apna dil bhi bola mera rang de basanti chola In October 1990, Rajiv Goswami, a student of Delhi Univeristy (India),...
• We Lift On Three - At one of the company stand-ups I attended recently, the topic of discussion was 'Good Communication'. As simple and ordinary it may sound, it did make me think about an interesting hypothesis. Research tells us that only 7% of all communication is imp...
• Hand in hand - A thoughtful and aesthetic look at natural recursion! It's called Dactyl Fractal, conceptualized by Zapato. Each time I look at the infinite-iteration Flash version, I can't help thinking of the Six Degrees of Separation theory. An interesting art-wor...
• How Can Hackers Help In The Fight Against Cancer? - When 1 in 3 humans are affected by a disease, it needs attention and help from all corners. There are many types of cancers, so it's hard to say if we'll ever be able to completely cure cancer. But prevention, early detection and proper care are crucial i...
• My New Laptop - Disclaimer: The following article is based on my personal opinion, and it highlights my own experience, views, and observations. It is not sponsored or endorsed by any commercial organization. I'm not a representative for HP computers, nor do I sell lapto...
• Pain in the SaaS - Ben Yoskovitz shares his experience with SaaS (Software as a Service), in which he suggests that vendors should charge their customers monthly, or offer discounts for longer term commitments. In my opinion, a more efficient option will be to offer a PAYG ...
• The Tilt-Shift Illusion - Update (9 Jan 2009): TiltShiftMaker gives your photos that delightful tilt-shift look (via Boing Boing). After some playing around, I think that the manual effect in Photoshop or Gimp gives better results. Couple of weeks back, I saw a sample video whi...
• A Red Duct Tape - Joel Spolsky recently wrote about the "Duct Tape Programmer": Duct tape programmers are pragmatic. Zawinski popularized Richard Gabriel’s precept of Worse is Better. A 50%-good solution that people actually have solves more problems and survives longer...
• Sign That You’re A Good Programmer - What makes a programmer good at their craft? For years, organizations which hire programmers have reasoned with this question. Yet, the criteria for selection of a "good" programmer differs by the lot. As candidates, most programmers are put through tough...