Well, I am back in Bangalore, after a nerve-wracking trip back from Berlin. When I set out from Berlin, I was worried to death for a number of reasons: Due to the G8 meet in Berlin, security at the airports was reported to be unbelievably high. And I was worried because not only was my [...]

How many of you kicked yourself for missing Eben Moglen when he was in Bangalore last August? Well, for those of you who did – here is your second chance: Monday, 6:30pm, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Don’t miss this! Eben is the world’s foremost authority on the GNU General Public License, for one simple, [...]

Been to RadioVerve recently? As in the past 24 hours? Or less? No? Shame on you! Go check out the magic that is Behold the goodness of not one, but EIGHT (seven now, one more coming up) channels of 24×7 independent music from India – ranging from everyone’s favourite main RadioVeRVe station, though dedicated Rock, [...]

You know how sometimes, you feel that you shouldn’t do something, then you do it anyway, and realise that you were right all along about feeling that you shouldn’t have done it? Today was one of those days for me. One of the items on my list of things to do here was to buy [...]

I am currently in Berlin, Germany, to attend Linux Tag. I came in early to be able to spend some time with my mom over the weekend. This morning, I went out and put a resounding tickmark against an item long outstanding on my wishlist – I bought a new acoustic guitar, to add to [...]

Wow! Remember my post about Mundu Radio – the first product I was responsible for when I joined Geodesic? Well, that little product has been doing VERY well for itself, and now finds itself to be a finalist for C|Net’s Webware 100 awards in the Mobile category! I am *thrilled*! To win the award, Mundu [...]

On May 17th, 2007, my parents-in-law, Mahadev and Bhagyawati Deshpande, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The three sisters – Shubha, Keerti and Arati – moved heaven and earth to make sure that this day was special, with both Keerti and Arati flying in from the USA a week before, spending time with them in their [...]

On Sunday, the 6th of May, I will be speaking at the “Mobile Monday (on Sunday) Chennai” event, on “The Challenge of Mobile Internet”. And on Monday, the 7th of May, I will be speaking at the “Mobile Monday Mumbai” event on “Mobile Messaging Futures”. If you are into (or interested in) mobile computing, and [...]

One of the advantages of having friends who become relatives is that you usually know a lot about each other. Such is the case of my wife’s younger brother-in-law, Vibhu Srinivasan who was a friend long before he married my sister-in-law. From the kid growing up next door, through attending the same engineering college I [...]

If you are a startup, then you could do worse than reading Paul Graham’s “Hacker’s Guide to Investors”. Go on, read the whole thing. Then read it again. I’ll wait for you here.