I’ve observed that most of the times, the things that stop us from forging ahead with our plans are all in our heads. They are not real obstacles, we are the ones that magnify them and make mountains out of …
It looks beautiful, but is it functional?
In all of my days of building tech systems and businesses, I have observed that what matters most is not how it looks but how it works. You have to keep asking yourself over and over again: this thing I …
Bare necessities…
The bare necessities of life in this era now definitely includes power supply and connectivity. While I am more or less used to the idea that I cannot expect 24 hours power supply from the national privatised electric grid, I …
Right back up
It is important to develop a reputation for getting right back up, life will always hit hard, and you will go down below every now and then, but it is important to put things in perspective. When you go down …
It is your call
After you consult everybody and anybody on whatsoever issue, you have to realise that it is your call. Do not let anybody ever bully you into thinking otherwise. You need to step up and decide that: regardless of how it …
A week of possibilities
Every brand new week is full of possibilities, you can a lot done this week and you could also crash and burn this week and the week could just roll on without you doing anything meaningful or of long lasting …
Perfection in imperfection
The very things that we view as imperfections also make us human. There is no shame or even weakness in being human. Sure, we hail computers for their logic and precision and we want to rely solely on them, yet …
At what age do boys become men??
A boy becomes a man the day he decides. Becoming a man is not necessarily a product of biology, it is a product of a decision. It is a decision that interestingly can be put off for as long as …
The danger of ever-assuming
Assumption is the lowest level of knowledge and it is certainly dangerous. Working on the field, you suddenly find yourself in all kinds of unpleasant situations which came about due to an assumption someone made along the line. We must …
The Pokemon Go effect: Apple is smiling
Pokemon Go, a game that turns your neighborhood into a game using augmented reality is definitely one of the hottest things to emerge this year. In between Niantic, the game developer and Nintendo/The Pokemon Company, the owners of the Pokemon …