Dec 31, 20162016: Year (and a half) in ReviewSaturday, December 31, 2016 — I wanted to write an EoY Review post last year like I did two years ago but I didn’t as I was too busy making sure 2016 was beginning with my most important goal for that year — overcoming my fear of coding and becoming a better programmer. …Happy New Year11 min readHappy New Year11 min read
Oct 6, 2016Things I wish I knew in CollegeHow to Learn I spent two years in industry before going for a master’s degree. After being away from a traditional educational institution, it took me a whole semester to figure out how to learn effectively. How come my usual learning process, reliable enough to pass any exam in college, was not working…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Jul 30, 2015Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam’s visit to NIT CalicutThursday, October 15, 2009 It was this day, that I had waiting for for almost a month now. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam visiting the campus of National Institute of Technology Calicut, my college. And, it was just last night and this morning, that I was so excited to get his…Memoir4 min readMemoir4 min read
Published inThe TechGlider·Jul 18, 2015I have been reading Bjarne Stroustrup’s A Tour of C++ and the language feels like a totally new…I have been reading Bjarne Stroustrup’s A Tour of C++ and the language feels like a totally new language since my last project in C++ which was years ago. Since, (re-)learning a language requires both reading and writing code, I decided to work through some exercises on Exercism. For C++…Test Driven Development2 min readTest Driven Development2 min read
Jul 16, 2015Becoming an EngineerDeepak Malani provides insight into how, through various stages of his academic and professional life, he turned into an innovator. Quoting him: Recently, I was speaking to first-year undergraduate students at IIT Bombay. The students were set to start their first major hands-on learning journey through summer projects in campus. I compiled my learnings through my engineering projects since undergraduate days. This helped me connect the dots, in retrospect.Innovation1 min readInnovation1 min read
Published inThe TechGlider·Jul 14, 2015Controlling iTunes using Android WearI happen to be surrounded by a lot of gadgets lately. One of them is a pretty Moto 360, one of the early Android Wear watches: In all its glory. #androidwear #moto360 Thanks a zillion @todoist Mar 8, 2015instagram.com and another a MacBook Air (PlatiniumAir) which is about to celebrate its first anniversary: Let there be light! Aug 4, 2014instagram.com This morning while walking-reading in my room, I had iTunes…ITunes3 min readITunes3 min read
Jul 12, 2015Caste-OffJust read a Jeffrey Archer work for the first time, a story titled “Caste-Off” from his short story collection “And Thereby Hangs a Tale”. The book was gifted by a junior last year and I had avoided reading it since, for I generally avoid reading fiction unless it is Sci-Fi…Books1 min readBooks1 min read
Published inThe TechGlider·Jul 12, 2015Organizing a messed up movie collectionIf you are like me who likes their media collection well organized, you might have found it difficult to sift through a huge but unorganized collection of movies that you retrieve from a friend’s external hard disk. …Tools5 min readTools5 min read
Jun 28, 2015On BloggingSomething interesting happened this morning which leads to existence of this post. I had gone to visit a long time friend and mentor Amarjit at his home. It was unusual of him to not welcome me at the door himself. I soon learnt why — Deepak Malani was there! I…Blogging3 min readBlogging3 min read
