A new beginning

I gave a long pause on this website. It is time for a fresh start. Moved to a new domain name. Get, set, go!

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Photo Caption Competition

I am running a photo caption competition for a select group. Here is the photo: This photo is a selected entry for TCPC‘s Chayakriti-2013. I clicked this picture in 2012. Here are some suggestions: Give both a photo caption and a writeup/description about the picture. Limit the photo caption to less than 10 English words… Continue reading Photo Caption Competition

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Business unIntelligence

Dr. Barry Devlin ( @BarryDevlin ) presented a webinar this morning on ACM Learning Center ( @acmeducation ). This talk titled “The Marriage of BI and Big Data” is based on Barry’s book – Business unIntelligence: Insight and Innovation beyond Analytics and Big Data. Business unIntelligence discusses how the trends in Analytics and Big Data… Continue reading Business unIntelligence

Free is costlier in reality

As elections are getting closer, political parties in India are announcing more and more populist schemes across India. None of the major national parties or prominent regional parties are exception to this. Even though these populist schemes work in the short term to please masses (and in return fetch votes), the impact of these schemes… Continue reading Free is costlier in reality

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Bye Bye BlackBerry

Today I said adieu to my long term primary phone – the one I use to make most calls – my BlackBerry. I still love the simplicity of the phone, but the phone became a white elephant for the feature set it delivers. I still have two more phones that I use – an Android… Continue reading Bye Bye BlackBerry

ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు

అందరికీ విజయ నామ సంవత్సర ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు. ప్రతీ రోజూ తెలుగు చదువుదాం. తెలుగు చదివిద్దాం. పై ఫొటోలో ఉన్నవి ఈ రోజు చదవడానికి సిద్ధంగా ఉన్న పత్రికలు, పంచాంగం.

House Of Cards

I am not a big fan of watching TV series, except for random watching of shows like AFV or special interest shows like National Geographic. However, when Netflix announced House Of Cards (here), I got a little more curious than usual. Part of the reason is the presence of Kevin Spacey, the actor who left… Continue reading House Of Cards