Weekly Notes 35/2024
It was a busy week at work; a significant feature we have been working on for the last six weeks went live mid-week. I am happy about my team’s work and the result.
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My niece and nephew were home during the weekend. We watched some good movies and some bad ones. Two of them, BLINK and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare were better than the others. BLINK is a Kannada movie about a time traveler. It’s well-written and keeps you engaged. Over the week, I saw...
I was at Fifth Elephant and met many people after a long time. I had great conversations with Kiran from Swetcha, Chaitanya, Yeswanth, Haripriya, Srinivas Kodali, Venkat of Scribble Data, Rasagy, Prashant, etc. I missed OpenDataCamp, which was my place for such things. Maybe in the summer of 2025, we will get to...
We went out with my team to Dubare this last weekend. Dubare is near Kushalanagar in Coorg, about five hours from Bengaluru. Dubare is known for Elephant Camp. It’s a rescue and training camp for elephants. There isn’t anyone who doesn’t like elephants, hence the choice. We also decided to stay at the...
This week was working with Team Peppo week. They were all in Bengaluru this week. We are a fully distributed team and meet once a year. I am meeting so many of them for the first time, and some after a gap of two years. We are at Dubare today for the weekend...
We celebrate September 5th as teachers’ day in India. It used to be significant when Amma was alive and working. She used to get a lot of gifts from her students, flowers (especially roses), Cadburys five star, peacock feathers, Coffee Byte toffee, etc. She used to say government primary school kids are the best. Personally, teaching has been a fantastic experience for me. It has made me more empathetic.
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