Writings
The hidden limitations of manual transport planning
Operating a vehicle fleet for delivery or collection of goods to & from various locations is a very common industry use case. Every day, the dairy industry delivers fresh milk from millions of cattle farmers to billions of …
Knowledge without language barriers
India’s language diversity creates barriers for its vast citizenry to understand one another. A skilful farmer in Rajasthan cannot share insights with a farmer in Karnataka. They simply may not have a common language. Beyond the …
Can protests truly improve society?
Protestors often think of themselves an agent of change and take pride in it. I’d like to examine that claim. For any consistent change in humans or societies, first the idea of change needs to take root in the hearts and minds of …
To enjoy work or get things done?
Any significant achievement requires consistent long term focussed efforts while facing and overcoming challenges and failures. It is also humanly impossible to maintain a sustained long time effort without enjoying what we do on …
Why does Nike keep getting technology right?
Nike sells shoes and clothes, yet its tech projects keep succeeding. This case study starts with a running app and asks what lets an apparel company out-innovate tech companies. What makes it tick?
What is product strategy?
Article explains what product strategy actually means for an early stage software startup. Using examples of Airbnb and Uber article shows how one can think through their product’s strategy. While the article is written for the …
Rainy day
It is eight o clock in the evening. I am walking out of my house. I climb two stories down and step in between the gates of my building. I open my umbrella. It is raining. A pond of water has collected just in front of my house. I …
Fixing the bike
A few few days ago a fresh guilt took hold of me….. Of not getting my motorbike serviced. I had missed the second service by months. My heart was bleeding. On 07-07-07, “no more” I said. I took my bike to service. I took an entire …
The team and the customer
Right now I am working on my first real assignment. We code named it RAStik. I am supposed to develop a software product. We are a team of four people. Three developers and one tester. Plus we had a specialist R&D guy to do our …
15 year olds
When I graduated from standard 7 to standard 8 we had a new teacher to teach us Physics. I still remember her name was Kalpana. We used to call her “Kalpana Miss”. She taught very well. She answered every question honestly. She …
Physics
The first thing I ever fell in love with was Physics. I was 13 I think. My father used to keep getting transfered from one city to another due to the nature of his job, and I had to jump to and fro across a lot of schools. I …
Navigation
Navigating across one view and the other is always a matter of choice. You see, there are lot of ways of navigating across a software. Some of them are Menus Nested Menus and Context Menus Tabs and Tabs Inside Tabs Keyboard …
The swim
I love swimming. I remember waking up early in those chilly winter mornings reaching the pool after a shivering ride, taking a shower and that chilly first dip. The first five minutes were the hardest when my body had to produce …