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Two down; still going strong
Jul 27, 20071 min read

Two down; still going strong

I just completed two years in IBM! It has been an interesting, challenging and rewarding journey so far. It has been my pleasure to work with some of the industry leaders and some of the most uniqu...

Screen real estate optimization in Firefox
Jul 25, 20071 min read

Screen real estate optimization in Firefox

So here is a collection of hacks that I have made in my Firefox browser to optimize the usage of real estate and still have control over my browser - Install the extension to replace your menu with...

Have I stopped blogging?
Jul 21, 20072 min read

Have I stopped blogging?

"Have you stopped blogging?", people ask me. I don't have a definite answer. True, it has been a long time since I blogged. Although I have been quite active in my online activity as is apparent I...

Search results and relevancy
Apr 10, 20071 min read

Search results and relevancy

Search engines suggest alternative keywords when you mistype keywords. I was looking for a Wikipedia article on Liskov substitution principle . I came across this when I was reading about Design By...

iPod Nano - my new acquisition
Mar 28, 20071 min read

iPod Nano - my new acquisition

What would you prefer? A single gadget which does all or a gadget which does the best in its category? I got a new 4 GB blue iPod Nano today. Special thanks to my cousin for getting it from Canada....

Ananya is 3 years old today
Mar 10, 20071 min read

Ananya is 3 years old today

I am turning 3 years old today. It has been a fun filled journey. During the course of the year, Gautham developed interest in photography, and so you will see a steep decline in his technical blog...

CSI Web 2.0 conference
Feb 23, 20071 min read

CSI Web 2.0 conference

I delivered a talk today on 'Enterprise application of Web 2.0' in the National level CSI Web 2.0 conference. The conference saw participation from companies like IBM, Yahoo, Google, AOL, Oracle et...

Wanna reduce email spam?
Feb 19, 20071 min read

Wanna reduce email spam?

I was curious about how much a 'abc-at-xyz-dot-com' way of displaying email addresses, helps in reducing spam. So I did this search: and the results did not surprise me. :) I then searched for diff...

ISL Innovator watch
Feb 14, 20071 min read

ISL Innovator watch

I received this watch as an award for my first patent disclosure. Thank you ISL!

Trip to Honnemaradu
Feb 06, 20075 min read

Trip to Honnemaradu

Our team had been to Honnemaradu this weekend. Honnemaradu is famous for its water activities. It was the first time that I got into water and camped in an open place it was a wonderful feeling. We...

Lalbagh flower show
Jan 21, 20071 min read

Lalbagh flower show

I visited the Lalbagh flower show today along with Ashwin and Debarshi. In continuing with my photography craze, I clicked about 400 photos today! I have uploaded about 50 of them in Flickr.

The death of browsers
Jan 16, 20072 min read

The death of browsers

About a year back in one of the internal 'prediction' wikis of IBM, I had predicted that 'folders' and 'browsers' are going to be a thing of the past in about 2 years' time. I in fact blogged about...