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TEDx is not about talks

Before it becomes a controversy let me rephrase it. TEDx is not just about talks. Sure, it is the place where you can hear best of the people. But TEDx is also about people who have ideas.  This way TEDx is not very different from TED.

Ijanaagraha – What we have for developers 0

Ijanaagraha – What we have for developers

Crossposted from Janaagraha. Three months back when I was introduced to iJanaagraha, by Jaagte Raho! Coordinator Jasmine Shah, I was struck by the amount of geographic and ward data that Bangalore based Not-for-profit Janaagraha wanted to publish. That was the time when Data.Gov was live and developers all around the world were going...

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Why Android is my platform of choice

I never developed for mobile platform. I have tried a bit of J2ME but never got hang of it. When iPhone got in, I was so exited to develop for it. But then it had a lot of entry barriers. I never got a start there. Then came Android, but then I was...

Upgrading 0

Upgrading

Blogs these days are always under construction. I am upgrading my blog theme based on wordpress 3.0 and default theme twentyten. So if you find anything broken, let me know.

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Three requests to Google India regarding Android

I am back from my first ever Bangalore Android meet-up. I should say I was impressed with the turn up on Friday evening. Here are the questions that I asked as a developer and user. 1. Support for Indic fonts and IME I use Nexus one which doesn’t have Indic support (2.1 update...

Going down the hill 3

Going down the hill

Going down the hill is easy and fun. But how ever high speeds on the bike is dangerous if you are not careful. This time when I was coming down from Nandi, I was less conservative. My average speed was 25.93. Its nothing great but I reached 50kmph at a point and it...