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A Jan Koum anecdote

A Jan Koum anecdote

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 20, 20141 mins

I never met Jan Koum during my 8 years in Yahoo. I met Brian Acton during his days with Yahoo! Shopping (or was it Yahoo! Finance?) There’s a funny anecdote I remember about Jan though. The year was…

The original model of western education

The original model of western education

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 08, 20132 mins

Pic courtesy thelaughingstork.com A history professor from Colorado State University (Jonathan Rees) wrote a hysterical anti-MOOC rant (The MOOC racket) in Slate 6 weeks ago. As I pored through the…

Hale naayi-ge hosa tricksu kalisa bahudu – ondu chikka storyu

Hale naayi-ge hosa tricksu kalisa bahudu – ondu chikka storyu

Vishy KurugantiApril 03, 20131 mins

Pic courtesy sourceforge.net English translation of title: You CAN teach an old dog new tricks – a small story! A few months ago, I finally enrolled for a Kannada Learning class. 4 1/2 years after…

The Zoo-enslaved Panther’s Ritual Dance

The Zoo-enslaved Panther’s Ritual Dance

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 26, 20131 mins

[Pic courtesy vanwageningen.net I forget where I found the extract below. But it instantly transported me to the last trip to Mysore Zoo – the description couldn’t be more spot-on. The desperation of…

Amazon Webservices or dedicated server?

Amazon Webservices or dedicated server?

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 30, 20133 mins

If your website needs are anything more than a blog (or corporate website), chances are you’d have researched options like “cloud hosting”, “dedicated hosting”, virtualization or the big daddy…

Finally… Australia to acknowledge that Aborigines were there earlier

Finally… Australia to acknowledge that Aborigines were there earlier

Vishy KurugantiAugust 25, 20122 mins

An Aboriginal Didgeridoo player (Pic courtesy didjshop.com) Eleven years ago, my wife and I made our first (and so far only) trip to Australia. A two-week trip spent largely in the Melbourne area and…

The Fifth Elephant coming to Bangalore.. bearing Big Data Goodies

The Fifth Elephant coming to Bangalore.. bearing Big Data Goodies

Vishy KurugantiJuly 24, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy HasGeek Q: What is The Fifth Elephant? A: It’s a community powered conference on the Big Data ecosystem in India, organized by HasGeek. Q: What does ‘community powered’ mean? A: For all…

Searching for Clara W. Huling – a digital archeology dig

Searching for Clara W. Huling – a digital archeology dig

Vishy KurugantiJuly 10, 20123 mins

Clara Myrtle Grey Bird (1900-1988), photo taken in 1917. No relation to “Clara Huling” but most relevant Google Images ‘period’ match When my second batch of friends arrived a few months ago, the most…

How artists put out No Smoking signs

How artists put out No Smoking signs

Vishy KurugantiJuly 08, 20121 mins

The “Ok to Smoke” sign And its counterpart Bangalore peeps, How well do you know your city? Do you know where these signs are? Leave your answers (or guesses) in the comments.

Does mathematics make us boring dullards?

Does mathematics make us boring dullards?

Vishy KurugantiMarch 23, 20121 mins

I stumbled upon an interesting blog today. The interestingness starts with the blog tag line and url: The Intelligent Woman’s Toyboy | The musings of an eccentric but not particularly intelligent…

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