Posts by Atul Chitnis

“Why are you so quiet?”

A number of people are pinging me, asking me why I went silent during the iPhone 4S launch, and since. The answer is quite evident if you watch the video of the keynote – the stiff faces, the absolute out-of-character subdued atmosphere of the Apple team… They knew. (Update: This appears to have been confirmed [...]

Here’s to the crazy one…

For now, I am at a loss for words. I will add more text to this when I can. This video is different in two ways: the last image has been edited, and the voice is that of Steve Jobs (the released ad had the voice of Richard Dreyfuss).

Yesterday

Back in December 2010, I wrote that we were ending our 10 year old event – FOSS.IN – and I promised that I would write more after FOSS.IN/2010 was over. Here we go.

Corruption

The root of corruption lies not with the corrupted, who are swayed by the lure of opportunity, but with the corruptors, who provide it.

Some of my talk videos

Since people have asked, I have linked to some of my talk videos from my site. Not all of them (some are honestly not worth showcasing), but if you want to see what I am like as a speaker, feel free to hit http://atulchitnis.net/talks/talk-videos/ (also linked from the main menu of the site, under “Content [...]

My TEDxBITSGoa Talk: The Next Billion Users

The TEDxBITSGoa folks finally got around to posting the video of my talk from February 2011. This was one of the two talks I did almost back to back (one in Goa, the other in Chennai), and is entitled “The Next Billion Users“. The talk is about product design, and what I discovered on the [...]

Change of Twitter ID to @AtulChitnis

I have changed my Twitter ID from the old “@achitnis” to “@AtulChitnis”. People who were following the old ID now automatically follow the new ID, so there is nothing you need to do, except to remember to write “@AtulChitnis” (upper/lower case does not matter) instead of “@achitnis” when sending me a message on Twitter. Why [...]

TataSky: How to rip off your customers

12-May-2011 Update: The new HD DVR has now been ordered and paid for, and will be delivered in a few days. My existing account will be transferred to this box, and my existing TataSky+ SD DVR will be installed at my mother-in-law’s place, transferring her account to it. If all goes well, this story should [...]