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Why you need to go to good college?

Forbes this morning touted MIT as game changer by brining most of their content online available for anyone who is interested. Folks completing courses online would get a certificate which won’t have weight as that of MIT diploma you get … Continue reading

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Madmimi C# Sample code

We use Madmimi (an awesome emailing service) to send emails to our 9Slides users programmatically. Though they have pretty good developer help with plenty of samples, they do not have .Net C# samples for any of their REST APIs. We wrote some code … Continue reading

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Farewell Microsoft

Excerpts from my final note to Microsoft team Many years ago a senior corporate executive spotted me passionately pitching ideas for my my startup in India and few years later convinced me to join Microsoft India(R&D) as one of the … Continue reading

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401 keg plan

I read this somewhere on the facebook, and could not resist sharing it with you all given the roller coaster going on with economy. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 … Continue reading

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Snail

Snail Originally uploaded by Ruchit. Found my way back home…

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Need a backup app to restore my phone

Windows Phone 7 comes with great security feature, which automatically wipes all the data from the phone if someone tries to unlock my phone by typing in wrong password and fails. Sounds great, but I have a toddler at home, … Continue reading

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Talk: Measuring right metrics

Seattle Tech Forum have invited me to give a talk on Business Intelligence this evening in front of their couple of hundred members. I am excited about it. Below is the deck I am presenting. Measuring Right metrics View more … Continue reading

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Few moments besides Harbour bridge, Sydney

Amazing view as I captured this video while going from Circular Quay to Darling Harbour on a Ferry in Sydney.

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Yoga commercialization

Couple of days back I happen to saw some really unusual ( from India’s context) items on sale in a big local store. These are Yoga straps, Yoga blocks to be used with some yoga postures ( I don’t know … Continue reading

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Founders Institute Seattle, Graduation

Yesterday night was graduation night for the Founder Institute Seattle chapter. Proud moment for everyone involved. 16 companies got incorporated (Puzzles to PetCare to Satellite device for adventure tourists to music search, education online……) Great Food, Great Pitches and some … Continue reading

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