Like much of the internet, I am still in mourning over the upcoming, planned demise (or as Google would like to call it “sunset”) of Google Reader. I have tremendous respect for the product not just for what it does but how it does it. In the era of fancy page turn driven Flipboard, Pulse …
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How working from home can be good for the employer and employee.
The blogosphere and Twitter is abuzz with the leaked memo from Yahoo! HR effectively putting an end to Yahoo!’s employees working from home from June 2013. Reactions have pretty much been consistent and it is scathingly against Yahoo!. In this post, I share my experiences as an engineer who has occasionally worked from home for …
From pen and paper to the screen: Taking written text to the digital form
This blog post comes after a brief break- one that best explains the topic of this post. I have recently fallen in love with pen and paper- all over again. More specifically, I am besotted with fountain pens and high quality paper. I recently wrote a post about this new found love for all things …
First Impressions: Moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8
I am a technology junkie. I cant wait to see, experience and play with the latest and greatest technology has to offer. So it is that part of me that preordered a Windows 8 Pro upgrade copy on Amazon a few weeks ago. I must confess that of all the active devices in our house (and there …
The Stickiness Factor
I recently moved from an iOS phone to an Android phone. The move was by and large painless but for one big hassle- lack of iTunes on Android. On a completely unrelated note, I have been trying to use Google + about the same as Facebook. Part of it is driven by my personal preference …
Celebrating the life of Steve Jobs
Hours ago, we were all informed that Steve Jobs is no longer with us. A wave of sadness followed. It hasn’t gone away. It feels like a friend, a relative, someone I have known all my life just departed. I have never seen Steve in person. But it feels like he was around, all this …
The other suitors for Skype
If you missed the big news from two weeks ago, Microsoft agreed to acquire Skype for a lot of money. This post does not focus on that MS-Skype deal. Instead it looks at a what if scenario- Facebook and Google were rumored to be interested in Skype before MS jumped in with their huge offer. …
A digital only future for periodical content
I love reading newspapers. And I love perusing through magazines. We get the print version of Wall Street Journal in addition to a multitude of magazines that arrive weekly, biweekly and monthly. In recent times, as I have made my trek to the recycled bin in my apartment complex to drop off the old newspapers …