A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
I have used MIT’s AppInventor in class rooms. All non-professional programmers appreciate how easy it is to use AppInventor to create apps. I have also seen lot of professionals using it to create one time use apps including me. It’s a great tool except you can’t generate an iOS app. On the side...
Since the beginning of Data{Meet} maps have been hottest discussion subjects. Data{Meet} community has contributed to various maps over the years. But Data{Meet} is a small part of much bigger mapping community in India. This community has created a variety of free and open maps in India which institutions have failed to deliver...
I learnt about FSF in 2002. It’s a guess. I don’t remember actually. I started programming professionally in the last quarter of 2002. It was then I learnt about and appreciated the concept of Free Software. Since then I have talked about it to every one. Over the years parts of Free Software...
In 2015 I had put together a simple script to check the status of various websites that were blocked (Censored) by ISPs (Internet Service Providers) in India for various reasons. It was a very simple script based on simple rules. Idea was to get a sense of censorship in India. After a while...
For a project of mine I was looking for an embedded scripting language. Lua was my first choice. But not many outside gaming know Lua much. Even though I thought about JavaScript, I ignored it for a long time considering it isn’t great for an embedding. Recently I while exploring embeded systems I...
MOOCs (Massive open online course) is probably the best way to reach a set of learners whom you can’t reach otherwise. Its also the best way to reach thousands with just you as the teacher. That said installing and running a MOOC platform usually takes engineering skill, time and money. But lets say...
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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