Erlang String Handling

How to be efficient at handling string data in Erlang

The cat is out of the bag. Now, since WhatsApp had success using Erlang, more people will gravitate toward the platform. One of the common things that will happen as a result…

When Coffee Meets Maslow

Why do we need coffee?

Thank You, Jack

My Tribute to a Fallen Marine I Never Knew

During this week in February my thoughts often turn to my uncle, Jack Beattie, who served as a Marine and participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima. I never knew Jack, who died after six days of hard…

The Universe Stops When You Stop

Life follows your passions, and moves as you do.

Fair comment in academia

Rapoport’s Rules for critically handling literature and reviewing articles 

One of the hardest things to get right in academic contexts is how to comment fairly on other people’s work. On the one hand…

The natural evolution of user interface design

The modern movement of the web

CVS and the Nerd/Normals gap

This probably won’t work but…

Eating Trophies

Is there a meaningful difference between trophy hunting, and much of our meat eating?

Understanding introverts: A peek behind the curtain

Come on in. That’s far enough.

 “We Don’t Need Another Dr. Khan”

The Meaning of Choice and identity as a South Asian Diaspora

Life Without Subtitles

America, the Land of the Monolingual

Biggest Mistake I Made in Business

Let me share with you the biggest mistake I made in business and…

The Master of your Fate.

My Favourites from Think and Grow Rich

“ I am the Master of my…

Chameleon

The first time it happens you are on a playground, the sawdust underneath the plastic slide making your eyes water, your wobbly knees…

A simple, yet fantastic view on life

One of the best movie quotes ever

Leap and chase

A short story about timing

Coping with Commuting

My commute is a subject never far from my thoughts. I wake up wondering what public transport calamity will befall me…

Try new things no matter when

What learning to ride a bicycle at 24 taught me about life…

Forget Articles and Unnecessary Verbs

 Communicating with Minimal English in W. Africa

Why are we constantly told to ‘love ourselves’ these days?

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone…

Relating Happiness & Money 

From short & long run perspectives

Short run (today — this month): Money > Happiness

If I paid you $10,000 to complete a miserable task that would take a few hours (clean up…

Medium Feels Like The Good Old Days of Blogging 

Celebrating my 20th essay with some Medium love

Why are you a musician?

Getting to the heart of the matter

The Clock

The clock sits on the corner of the low-slung table surrounded by small potted plants, three primroses in assorted colors and a spider plant with two spider plant babies hanging over one side. The clock is what is noticed though.

Dear Control Freak

To the Overwhelmed who Seek Control

Dear Control Freak,

I understand that you are in a state of constant emotional overwhelm and that the only way you know how to deal with the situation is to control your environment…

The $5 Rule

Creating guiding principles for random acts of kindness. 

If Your Mind is Your House

Be your own thermostat

This post contains the best advice I’ve received in my lifetime. It begins with a story told to me many times by my mother and has always been beneficial, so I want to share it with you.

Farewelling Charlotte Dawson

Sydney’s Social Saga

Yesterday is a day that so many of my Facebook friends will not forget for a long time. In saying that, it sounds utterly selfish. My friends. I don’t know Charlotte’s family, old school mates, or her most recent…

How to deal with rude people

A step by step guide

The “Bull-entines” Run

Select information from the PSE Bull Run 2014 and The Bull Runner Dream…

Cupids played their game in 2005

Chapter-1

Resolution Arithmetic

It’s February, do you know where your resolutions are?

Launching tomorrow

So here we are

Jailbreak FOMO: Episode 5

The end of the road — What now?

The Sermon: 

Your friends are gatekeepers

What is a gatekeeper? The simple definition is someone who controls access to something. In this sense, your friends are the gatekeepers to their own personal network(ie their friends). Though many don’t realise it, they control how…

On Reading

How Writing Taught Me To Read