Happy 19th Birthday, Linux!

Posted on 25-August-2010 by Atul Chitnis

Linux TuxToday (August 25th) is the 19th “birthday” of Linux, so I thought I’d wish everyone’s favourite computing platform a Very Happy Birthday!

Why August 25th? Well, just read up about it :)

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How I use my iPad

Posted on 24-August-2010 by Atul Chitnis

iPadEver since I got myself an Apple iPad (64GB, Wifi only) in early April, people have been asking me why I bought it, and how I use it. These questions just got more common once people saw me on the NDTV techlife awards, with the iPad glued to my hand. And since Twitter is such a “smoke puff in a hurricane” medium, people keep asking the same questions over and over again – enough for me to put together this blog post. Which has been languishing for a while now, until Kishore Bhargava, who was also putting together a rather broader post about iPad usage, pinged me and asked me for inputs. I’ll update this post and link to his when he publishes it.
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Raghu Dixit Project in London

Posted on 21-August-2010 by Atul Chitnis

Last year, at FOSS.IN, the Raghu Dixit Project performed during the event closing ceremony. People went nuts with delight.

Sadly, no video of the show exists, but Raghu recently performed in London, as part of a wildly successful UK tour, and the BBC filmed it and put it up! And here it is, straight from the BBC site:

*Video:raghu dixit oroject live in london

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Goodbye, TRRK! :’(

Posted on 10-August-2010 by Atul Chitnis
Dr.TR Rajesh Kumar

Dr.TR Rajesh Kumar

I just received a message from Mrinal‘s dad, Babu Kalakrishnan, that Dr.TR Rajesh Kumar, who was known as TRRK on the CiX BBS, passed away last week.

TRRK was effectively the Godfather of the CiX BBS, and in the nicest possible way. Many members of the BBS owed their online existence to him – which was amazing for someone who lived in far away Alleppey.

He would religiously dial into the BBS, participate in all discussions, help resolve differences, and generally maintain peace and order in what was then India’s only online service.

Over the years, he became an active participant in many online forums, and made it a point to stay in touch with as many people as possible.

Ongoing condolences can be found here.

Rest In Peace, TRRK. You will be missed.

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The Wind of Change – Part IV

Posted on 7-July-2010 by Atul Chitnis

Image Credit: Tina Phillips / FreeDigitalPhotos.netLong time readers of my diary will know that the title of this post is usually associated with my professional activities. And this one is no different.

I left  my 4 year old position as Chief Products Officer and Senior VP at Geodesic Limited several months ago – April 30th 2010 was my last working day at Geodesic.

I chose not to make that public till now because I wanted to have a few months free of distractions while I went through the massive exercise of completing the construction of my house, and moving there. This is now complete, and I am writing this from my office in my new home. (More on home related matters in a separate post).

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