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The theme for my life over the last year or so has been ‘change without choice’. Things & people, out of my control, are forcing a change in my life – all for good. A fortnight back my web account...
View ArticleNot Kolaveri Di after hearing it
I have been seeing updates on Facebook about this new song called ‘Kolaveri Di‘ . Initially I thought it was another aspiring artist like Wilbur Sargunaraj (whos branding & success can be a case...
View ArticleTheme for 2012: Unf*#k your mind
Last year I began drafting a theme for the year 2011. I called it ‘Being my own superhero‘. Although I did work on those lines and achieve quite a bit, the post remained a draft all year. Here’s a...
View ArticleJargon: Consumer P&L
Consumer P&L is an analysis of the profit and loss from individual consumers/customers or a segment, for products & services they avail. This is extremely important, at least in the software...
View ArticleRemembering Aajoba
I couldn’t have found a better day & subject to resume blogging than recall memories on the birthday of my beloved grandpa – Late Shri Madhukar Bhaskar Gupte – who very unfortunately passed away on...
View ArticleSomething for your empty home
Here are few lines of code that I have repeatedly found useful, especially when moving home between different web hosts. Print the complete address of the page from where it is hosted: <?php...
View ArticleSingapore: 5 years later
I traveled international from Mumbai airport after a couple of years, and the change was more than pleasing. While work is still on, the infrastructure plan is magnanimous and state-of-the-art, and air...
View ArticleMay Day! Confused comparing job offers?
Mangoes. Yippie! Today my dad bought the first set of mangoes this season. If asked to relate a couple of things to May, my answer would be mangoes, and ever since I started working: appraisals &...
View ArticlePHP: Print amount or number in words
Its been real long since I updated this space. And instead of adding something for the heck of it, I thought of posting something really useful. This is a piece of PHP code that returns an...
View ArticleEverything has an expiry date – except software?
I was having a discussion with my friend/colleague Amit Shinde about the quality of things, and he brought up this topic of expiry dates. Fortunately for us, here in India, we now – at least – have an...
View ArticleDefinition of Multi-tenancy
Multi-tenancy was a relatively new concept back in 2010 when I was writing the dissertation report for my MS. This extract from the report aims at providing a clear understanding. Multi-tenancy is an...
View ArticleRapid application development & web frameworks
Rapid Development Over the last decade, there has been a massive growth in the number of web-based applications. For every category – email, collaboration or knowledge management to name a few – there...
View Article10 international air travel tips
Be prepared! 1. Keep copies of travel docs Nothing is worse than losing your passport or tickets and getting stranded in foreign land. Always keep a copy of your passport in every piece of baggage. An...
View ArticleThere isn’t one great trip planner for my vacation!
A few months back I was planning my vacation and things weren’t as easy as I thought. I had figured out the destination, booked air tickets, short-listed places to see and hired a car. The challenge...
View ArticleIdeas for a trip/vacation planner app
Being a product manager is about not being content with what is around. I looked all around the place for a complete vacation planner app and finally created a wish list of what such an app would...
View ArticleIdeas for a trip/vacation planner app – Part II
In the last 2 posts, I detailed the market needs, and the itinerary planner user story. Continuing with more features around maintaining content, creating a transactional marketplace for revenue...
View Article7 key non-functional requirements in B2B apps
Every Product Manager is a ninja when it comes to dealing with functional requirements. But it doesn’t end there in the B2B space. You may not be a technical product manager, but you still need to...
View ArticleBali – 4N/5D trip itinerary
Planning a trip there was quite a experience as I’ve already detailed here. But after much research, we finally had a plan for Bali and I want to share the detailed itinerary so you don’t have to go...
View ArticleBali – Vacations Notes & Experience
Bali had for long been on our minds as a honeymoon destination and we finally managed to work out a decent itinerary after much planning. Vacation Notes Day 1: Arrival & Water sports We landed at...
View ArticleBali – FAQs: budget, airlines, best time, hotels, car rental, tips
After posting the itinerary for Bali and our experience, I have received a lot of emails with questions – primarily – around the budget, airlines, hotels, car rentals and general tips. I’ve put them as...
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