Author: Thejesh GN

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Satyamev Jayate and The world Tomorrow

There are two interesting shows on TV The World Tomorrow hosted by Julian Assange and Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan. Both are completely opposite but looks at changing the world for tomorrow. One is a softer version and looks at the problems of India. The other one is very radical and loud....

Books, Books and Books 3

Books, Books and Books

Thanks to Audible and Kindle. I have already read/listened to nine books this year. I am very happy about it considering that I read 5 books in entire twelve months of 2011. 1. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 2. The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick 3. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures...

Why I support Annulment of Intermediary Guidelines (Indian IT) Rules 1

Why I support Annulment of Intermediary Guidelines (Indian IT) Rules

CIS has a detailed blog post explaining why all of us who care about freedom of expression on the internet should support annulment motion by MP P. Rajeeve. You should actually read that blog post but the following are the most important points No chance to defend. There is no need to inform...

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How to stay anonymous online

I like to use my real name everywhere. But I can afford to that because I am in a reasonably safe place. But there are people who rationally fear retaliation from employers, bad police, bullies, or the rogue state. So it makes sense to stay anonymous. It is very difficult to stay anonymous...

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Personal Notes from Open DataCamp Bangalore

When we planned for the Open DataCamp, we never expected to attract such a big gathering of interesting people. The venue we picked could accommodate hundred participants. We didn’t expect more that on a long weekend in any way. But on the last day we had around 200 participants on the list. I...

First Open DataCamp is here 0

First Open DataCamp is here

Open DataCamp is a one day unconference for people working with data from various sectors to come together and share their projects and ideas. The first one is scheduled on this March 24th, in Bangalore. Google has very graciously agreed to host us in their cafeteria. We are still working on the details...