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I read this lovely piece by Shuvam - https://blogs.remiges.tech/history/the-earliest-years-1996-98/The post goes beyond the picture it paints for me because SpaceNET was my first company, and Shuvam was my first mentor. When I joined, SpaceNET was called Starcom.The post made me reflect on how people can work in the moment, trust each other, build something together, and occasionally pause to enjo...

Saurabh Hirani

2 days ago

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Deepak Dhanak

3 days ago

How to get better at marketing — for beginners

Here’s an oversimplified view of all things marketing for beginners. You can do two kinds of marketing: content, performance. Content is a generation engine — where you conjure words to explain what your product does, how it’s different, and why it’s better. Performance helps in distributing said content to the right people. The two work together, because without distribution, you’re screaming off...

Adithya Venkatesan

3 days ago

Rant on the recent high-profile divorce shenanigans

The recent divorce announcement of cricketer Hardik Pandya and Natasha Stankovic has sparked a contentious debate in my head, highlighting some deeply troubling aspects of our society and social media culture.Hardik Pandya's past behavior, particularly his controversial comments on the Karan Johar show, has long been a point of concern. This incident shed light on his problematic views towards wom...

Vignesh Kannan

6 days ago

Because why buy new when you can glue & redo?

There is something really amazing about keeping things simple. Check this Zippered Kit, for example. It's just a straightforward, tough little pouch to store…anything. I got it recently made, from my old scarcely used cushion covers. The cushions are long gone, but the covers got a new life as these handy pouches!! #Upcycle #Upcycling #Repurpose #Recycle #SustainableLiving #EcoFriendly #ZeroWaste ...

jaee jadhav

6 days ago

Beliefs, Validation and Kindness

I wrote this post 9 years ago when I was living in the US. Surprisingly, most of it feels true even today. I published it on Medium then. Moving it to thinkdeli now.I was at work. I was browsing a news website. A colleague walked in unannounced. He saw my screen and said “yaane aap congress wale ho” (So, this means you are a congress supporter!). His tone was almost accusatory. This was not the fi...

Satyajeet Jadhav

6 days ago

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manan dedhia

7 days ago

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Avik Chatterjee

8 days ago

The Emerald

These past events mean a lot to me - they are all about trusting one's instincts & restarting again and again and again. And when I forget to do so, I read these stories! Helps.   Alright, let me again take you back a few years. Today’s story has no takeaway etc, just an event I want to share with you. But before we get into today's tale, kindly check this out first https://jaeejadhav.com/2024/03/...

jaee jadhav

8 days ago

Why doesn’t people talk to each other more

Yesterday had a long talk with the husband on what his current projects are. A bunch of information was shared which made me excited about the IT future in general. The work maybe boring and daunting but the future prospects gives hope. Maybe I was always drawn to new tech. But does this kind of exchange work in non professional circles too? This is not to brag what YOU do in your work or what you...

Archana K B

9 days ago

Family trips

My 5 year old cousin brother called me handsome. Everybody knows kids don’t lie.He called me fat also but lets ignore that.I was wondering if I can get him to also call me a good SRE.Dad called french fries as aloo ka dandi (its true) out of nowhereLess utensils at home, bachelors house, mom asked if I want tea, I said very littleMom gave me tea in a shot glassParents listened to a lot of desi hip...

Srijan Shukla

Our 1st father's day together

Just because I am too tiny to talk doesn't mean I can't write you a letter either. I have a lady here whom I am gonna call Aai, who understands all my emotions, hunger, pain, and joys. If she can understand my hunger, my pain, and everything which no one can, then definitely she can understand my feelings for you, dad. So I am letting her write my feelings here on the very special occasion of our ...

Apurva Khode

What’s it worth?

“Thank you, kaka!”.My niece sent me that voice message from halfway across the world. Duration: 1 second.  What’s it worth? A significant something. 

manan dedhia

Dad was happy

Year 2008, I was in 7th standard. Infact I had just completed 7th standard.I came 4th overall across all sections. Only student to score full marks in maths theory part. I didn’t know back then, but this was my peak academic performance, it has all been downhill since then - academically.We’re on our ride back from school, me and my dad, on the bike.Couldn’t see his face coz he was driving and I a...

Srijan Shukla

Carnival

Go on the Ferris wheel. It will be fun. I was dreading it from the moment his mom had told them they were going to the travelling carnival that had pitched up on the open grounds close to the house. Maybe she wanted to get out of the house. Have something different to do. You boys go on the giant wheel and then we can get some makkey ki roti and sarson ka saag. My dread had started seeping in hour...

manan dedhia

Why doesn’t people talk to each other more

Yesterday had a long talk with the husband on what his current projects are. A bunch of information was shared which made me excited about the IT future in general. The work maybe boring and daunting but the future prospects gives hope. Maybe I was always drawn to new tech. But does this kind of exchange work in non professional circles too? This is not to brag what YOU do in your work or what you...

Archana K B

What’s it worth?

“Thank you, kaka!”.My niece sent me that voice message from halfway across the world. Duration: 1 second.  What’s it worth? A significant something. 

manan dedhia

Keyboard Warriors

“Dear friends!! This group is created to solve our housing society issues and help to maintain society in a better way.. if any group wants to discuss any political, national, or religious issues, please form your separate group. Please do not discuss these topics here in this group.” -  👆Your friendly neighborhood Whatsapp group admin(poor admin) popping intermittently in during the educated  ‘k...

jaee jadhav

A lonely time

In an abyss, completely broken,Fear and loneliness my only companions;You came to search for me. Afraid to face you,I ran away as fast as I could;You still followed me. Panting and shivering,I shouted “You won’t understand”;You hugged me. Holding my hand and smiling,You made me take a step;I cried. You picked me every time I fell,Reminded dreams long forgotten;I started to become me again. We are ...

Rahul Pawar

When your heart breaks but they are not your lover

Rocket engine roaring to life,\r\nOn the television screen.\r\nSowed the seed that,\r\nBlossomed in my heart.\r\n\r\nSince that day,\r\nI had worked hard,\r\nTo work even for a day,\r\nIn a space company.\r\n\r\nAn offer came and knocked,\r\nAt my door,\r\nI bid it adieu,\r\nAnd said my good byes.\r\n\r\nMy heart was broken,\r\nBy my first love,\r\nIt can be broken only,\r\nBy a lover.

Pradeep Mohandas

Easy is not Lazy

\Easy is not Lazy\ provide a framework for achieving tasks efficiently without equating ease with laziness. Here are the key points:Ask How to Do It Easier: Always seek ways to simplify tasks.Define What Done Looks Like: Clearly outline the end goal.Create a 'Done for the Day' List: Set daily achievable goals.Keep a Steady Pace Toward Results: Maintain consistent progress.Do Not Overextend: Avoid ...

Yogesh Pali

run of the mill procrastination problems

this is my standard word saladhere’s the thingmost things you put off who is gonna do it?you, no one elsewho did create that pile of dirtand who cleaned that pile of dirt?eventually?you didyou had tothere is no choice doing vs notthere is only one choicedo it badly vs notdo it later vs nowdo it hard vs easyunbelievable you consistently choose hard over easypick actual hard things to doactual out ...

Srijan Shukla

Pre - Technical report 18-06-2024

Today might just be the day my luck runs out. Although not explicitly requested from me, I committed to deliverables that I am in no position to deliver upon, principally because there’s a lack of clarity.Let’s see what tonight brings.

Mangesh Nanoti

Into to ThinkDeli. One more of the ever increasing roster of writing solutions, we got onenote, evernote, Samsung Notes etc. I am trying this product as I wish to talk with Satya and communicate what I think about this product a bit.

Wonder if this stuff has a mobile app. It must. Will check it out laterI have been looking for motivation regarding writing more often based upon  my affinity for the written word and my recent lackadaisical performance in the field of Reading.If this thing ends up being huge, I’ll feel Happy for Satya

Mangesh Nanoti

Org communication tooling — Orchestrated chaos

We have abundant tools to ‘communicate better’ than ever before. Yet, the more tools we have, the worse our communication gets. In fact, we do an atrociously terrible job of it. Between Slack, WhatsApp, emails and calls, you have a roundtable of chaos that showcases a version of Fredkin’s paradox. Communication tooling in an organization is orchestrated chaos. These seemingly simple choices create...

Adithya Venkatesan

Books of 2024 - Book 10

Most of the books that Satyajeet and I read are completely different. So I was not paying attention to a new book that he was reading and also missed the context in his and Vivaan’s conversation on “Paper Tiger”. One day he mentioned that he is reading this great book and I got to know that it is fiction (which he rarely reads and I mostly read) and a book of short stories. I had just tried readin...

sanika joshi

Sip, Read, Review -“Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…“ by G Mortenson & D O Relin

July read , I am offering my reviews on – “Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace..One School at a Time” (a memoir) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin(2007). I would love it if you could read it & let me know your thoughts. Would love to chat with you through my writings!  https://jaeejadhav.com/2024/07/13/sip-read-review-three-cups-of-tea-one-mans-mission-to-promote-peace-one...

jaee jadhav

Looking Glass

manan dedhia

Desolation

manan dedhia

Sip, Read, Review - “Spare” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

My new Kindle cover too extravagant?It's got her, holding a book and a head full of flowers, fruits, butterflies & many other super creative vibes. June's been the opposite for me, my brain with lot of super cluttered vibes, and not much blooming. But I am getting back into the groove and wanted to share my latest blog post from June.It's a book review. I would love it if you could read it and let...

jaee jadhav

Tyranny of the list

It is a terrible thing to be consistenly successful when you are young. You need avenues to fail. Without failure there is no learning. By failing I don’t mean the second position. I mean not even showing up in any kind of list. I mean humiliating failures. Failures that will twist you. Failures that will crack you. Just stopping before something breaks you. I don’t like the idea of a broken child...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Embeddings eli5 version

Computers don’t understand text like humans do. Computers understand numbers. To get computers to understand text, you need to convert the text to numbers.But simply transforming text to numbers won’t make a lot of sense. Words make sense when they are next to each other. So the numberical representation should capture this relation.One way to achieve this is by plotting these numbers on a graph. ...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Formatting on thinkdeli

HeadingsTo create a heading add one or more #  symbols before your heading text. One #  creates a Heading 1, two ##  create a Heading 2, and so on.# Heading 1\r\n## Heading 2\r\n### Heading 3Heading 1Heading 2Heading 3You can also create headings using the slash menu which shows up when you press the / key.Styling textBold**Bold text**Bold textItalic_Italic text_Italic textStrikethrough~~strikethr...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Learning

I was asked the below question in a survey run by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, to which I make at least 1 visit a year. It took me a long time to come up with an answer and another tunnel down the memories. I have a fuckin brick thick binder of experiences that drove me away from learning - but it’s maybe more telling that I have chosen to keep the negative experiences logged and pushed the ...

manan dedhia

Knowledge and Enlightenment

In this day and week, when podcasts are numerous as the grains of sand on a beach, this still is the best out there. Dan Carlin has been showing how to do it masterfully, for a long time. Step over the bottom barrel useless conversations that do not serve to do anything other than to while away your time in meaningless pursuits.https://youtu.be/R1_IGVzaPUo?si=4H4NWvZ3IsfdOEVf

manan dedhia

Bababudangiri coffee ourobrous

I really like this (👇) coffee from Third Wave. It's the perfect combination of sweet notes and a mellow aftertaste.But, what is Babudangiri?This story ends with my old man, and the ouroboros of life 😜It all starts in the 16th century with a traveller in Yemen who has coffee for the first time. He instantly loves it.He quickly learns that the city's authorities had banned anyone from taking the c...

Adithya Venkatesan

Getting started with Specialty Black Coffee

I frequently get asked on where to get started with Specialty Black coffee. Specially around which equipments to buy and which ones to ignore profusely. Few disclaimers:Both Aeropress and V60 require a fair bit of learning curveThere is a fair bit of investment required when it comes to coffee equipmentsAssuming, we are fine to make these investments when it comes to Time and Money, LTFG 🚀Coffee ...

Apurva chaudhary

Coffee

Caffeine is good. Humanity owes much to it. Coffee, tea, yerba mate, coca cola - whatever your poison. With coffee, we are spoilt for choice - filter coffee, all the espressos and lattes, instant coffee - some of which can be very good. But as everything, coffee is about timing. When to consumes as much as what to consume.  Much as it happened in history.Speaking of history, listen to this - Conqu...

manan dedhia

Revenge of the kadipatta

One of the first things to hit the hot oil and impart its flavor.One of the first things to be noticed as “this isn’t the sabji”.And definitely the first thing taken out of a plate of poha.Kadipatta has had enough. Bring on the mixer grinder and let the bastard grind you down with chilies, coconut and kaali mirch.Ab nikaal kadipatta, bhosadikey. I, the mighty leaf of Indian cooking, have let loose...

manan dedhia

Salad dressings

1. Maple mayhem: maple syrup + olive oil + mustard + salt, pepper - SHAKE and done.2. Pesto peace basil leaf + cashew + 2,3 cloves of garlic, Parmesan cheese - GRIND. 3. Apple abode: 2 spoons Apple cider + 1 lime squeeze + 3 spoons creamy Peanut butter + 2 spoons soy sauce + honey + sesame oil + Gojuchan - 1tsp - SHAKE and done4. Simple Spicy blast: Skyr + naagin chilli sauce5. Complicated spicy b...

Adithya Venkatesan

Looking Glass

manan dedhia

Desolation

manan dedhia

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Re-reading this for the second time. The first time, I read it in French as it's written in easy to digest French, perfect for students. Surprisingly I remembered most of the characteristics of the main character after all these years. Reading it in English has brought some greater understanding of what Camus tried to convey. One stark difference I notice is when I first read it, no one in my clos...

Apurva chaudhary

Aham Brahmasmi

Schopenhauer defined the Will as a “blind incessant impulse” that dictated the existence of both organic and inorganic matter. In human beings, the Will manifested itself in the form of a desire. Put simply, the Will is the ultimate, singular, and undefinable object of our most primordial instincts.This irony, said Schopenhauer, was the root cause of all suffering. In Buddhist fashion, he argued ...

manan dedhia

Pale blue dot

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every ki...

manan dedhia

Hela Cells

#TIL: Hela cells. The immortal cells of an African-American mother who paved the way for decades of medical research, and she, or her family, didn't get a penny for it. This is one of the most fascinating stories I've come across, and it's absolutely ridiculous when you realise the systemic inequalities and injustices in play here.The short story: Henrietta Lacks, gets cervical cancer at 31yo. Her...

Adithya Venkatesan

About Workouts

Perhaps best if posting the daily details of one’s workout be given a rest. Had a great workout today the last time, and the sight of people posting their workouts live on instagram persists in my mind. Don’t want the vacuousness that permeates Instagram creep into my posts here. Here you gotta write. And it’s pretty difficult to conceal the level of one’s general stupidity (or general level of in...

Mangesh Nanoti

Workout 14-6-2024 - 9:05AM to 10:15AM

Had a good workout. DId the following - Squats - 3 sets of 20 eachLeg Press (180 Pounds) - 3 sets of 15 eachLeg Extension - 3 sets of 20 eachCalf Curl - 3 sets of 15 eachCalf Raise (more than 100 pounds cant remember) - 3 sets of 20 eachHamstring Curl - 3 sets of 15 eachThe best partt is that todays personal session shall continue tomorrow. Coupled with an awesome cardio, should set things for tom...

Mangesh Nanoti

Had a great workout today

20 mins - Ellipticals15 mins - Treadmill15 minutes - Cycling10 minutes - StairmasterPost cardio, did some resistance training as well - 3 sets - Weighted Crunches3 sets - PlanksOn my way back home, was completely drenched. This is how it should be.

Mangesh Nanoti

Saga Walks 2024

Here’s to more steps and healthier lives in the months to come! Last month, I had the joy of organizing a walking challenge for our community, and it was an incredible experience. 🏆✨ Sharing it with you all! https://jaeejadhav.com/2024/05/25/30-day-walking-challenge-enthusiasm-and-community-spirit/ Blog post crafted on thinkdeli.com Written by Jaee Jadhav GaradMay 2024​

jaee jadhav

Did you know….

Promenade is a fancy word for going out walking! Strolling became a popular pastime among Britain's upper classes in the 18th century. This activity, often referred to as \promenading,\ was a fashionable way for people to see and be seen 👀. It was a way for the upper classes to display their wealth 💰, fashion, and social status. By dressing in their finest clothes and walking in popular areas, t...

jaee jadhav

Boston, my Boston

manan dedhia

Bababudangiri coffee ourobrous

I really like this (👇) coffee from Third Wave. It's the perfect combination of sweet notes and a mellow aftertaste.But, what is Babudangiri?This story ends with my old man, and the ouroboros of life 😜It all starts in the 16th century with a traveller in Yemen who has coffee for the first time. He instantly loves it.He quickly learns that the city's authorities had banned anyone from taking the c...

Adithya Venkatesan

India's founding moment

This book is frustratingly enlightening. Frustrating because it was written by an academic, possibly for other academics - the language he employs does not make it easy.However, and this is crucial, if you persevere through the academese, the incidents, concepts and people discussed here, give us a perspective that is fundamentally crucial to understanding Indian democracy as it was created. So, a...

manan dedhia

Hela Cells

#TIL: Hela cells. The immortal cells of an African-American mother who paved the way for decades of medical research, and she, or her family, didn't get a penny for it. This is one of the most fascinating stories I've come across, and it's absolutely ridiculous when you realise the systemic inequalities and injustices in play here.The short story: Henrietta Lacks, gets cervical cancer at 31yo. Her...

Adithya Venkatesan

Family trips

My 5 year old cousin brother called me handsome. Everybody knows kids don’t lie.He called me fat also but lets ignore that.I was wondering if I can get him to also call me a good SRE.Dad called french fries as aloo ka dandi (its true) out of nowhereLess utensils at home, bachelors house, mom asked if I want tea, I said very littleMom gave me tea in a shot glassParents listened to a lot of desi hip...

Srijan Shukla

1 Parikshit

Legends persist to this day about Parikshit and the beatings that he received from his teachers. One day, Parikshit received such a brutal beating from his teacher, that all the girls in the vicinity started crying. But not Parikshit. He proudly had a grin on his face indicating his readiness - nay eagerness to receive more beating.But since then, he became a “measure“ of quantifying beatings. The...

Mangesh Nanoti

Revenge of the kadipatta

One of the first things to hit the hot oil and impart its flavor.One of the first things to be noticed as “this isn’t the sabji”.And definitely the first thing taken out of a plate of poha.Kadipatta has had enough. Bring on the mixer grinder and let the bastard grind you down with chilies, coconut and kaali mirch.Ab nikaal kadipatta, bhosadikey. I, the mighty leaf of Indian cooking, have let loose...

manan dedhia

Pants Bloody Pants

Jeans need to be body hugging. Ergo pockets are small. Pockets are tiny ergo they can't fit anything. Ergo the phone is either in your hands or in the backpack. Ergo all Google maps routing and searching is done by a male if one is accompanying. Ergo his battery dies. Ergo he cannot see his useless stuff that calms him down. Ergo he is sad. Please don't make people sad. Baggy jeans achche hain.

manan dedhia

Slough

Boston Massachusetts in the US of A has a rich and storied history. Of glories and of fuck ups. MBTA, our home-grown transit system, is one of those massive fuck ups. So, to this Hall of Fuck-up Fame, i want to welcome the station of Slough which is far enough away from London that the good habits and standards from London haven’t affected it. Who needs good signage, update maps and helpful staff ...

manan dedhia

The Emerald

These past events mean a lot to me - they are all about trusting one's instincts & restarting again and again and again. And when I forget to do so, I read these stories! Helps.   Alright, let me again take you back a few years. Today’s story has no takeaway etc, just an event I want to share with you. But before we get into today's tale, kindly check this out first https://jaeejadhav.com/2024/03/...

jaee jadhav

Moods July(8-15th)

For the last 8 days, I kept track of my mood/thoughts/highlights of each day and put together a mood board on thinkdeli.comIt was a pretty insightful self-created assignment (insights into the behavior, choices, and patterns), to put down the mood in writing and match it with a visual description! A lot of you showed interest last week in these status updates of mine, which makes me feel like - pe...

jaee jadhav

Did you know….

Promenade is a fancy word for going out walking! Strolling became a popular pastime among Britain's upper classes in the 18th century. This activity, often referred to as \promenading,\ was a fashionable way for people to see and be seen 👀. It was a way for the upper classes to display their wealth 💰, fashion, and social status. By dressing in their finest clothes and walking in popular areas, t...

jaee jadhav

A good day

manan dedhia

Unwrap the gift for an eco-joy!

Everyone is at a different stage in their sustainability journey. I am not 100% a minimalist, or a vegan, or a hardcore sustainability warrior YET. But I am trying my best daily as much as possible. I don’t expect we all turn into Greta Thunberg suddenly but we can try at least 1%?     July blog - https://jaeejadhav.com/2024/07/07/unwrap-the-gift-for-an-eco-joy/ Blog post crafted on thinkdeli.comW...

jaee jadhav

Human Psychology in Marketing

These principles highlight the importance of understanding human psychology in marketing, leveraging scarcity, social proof, and the need for consistency to influence behavior effectively.Scarcity and Urgency: People tend to value things more when they are scarce or when there is a fear of losing them. Examples include limited-time offers or colleges with limited seats. The perceived quality of so...

Yogesh Pali

On satisficing — a bet on human irrationality

Satisficing:A cognitive heuristic to explain the behavior of decision-makers under circumstances in which an optimal solution cannot be determined.When consumers can’t determine the optimal solution, they give a brand the power of their decisions. It’s why many choose Apple, because they’ve abrogated the rationality of choice. This has to be viewed with care though. The corollary of it is valid to...

Adithya Venkatesan

The laws of psychology in marketing

A short story from the book, Alchemy:The advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson, had a particular test for aspiring copywriters. One of the questions was simple: ‘Here are two identical 25-cent coins. Sell me the one on the right.’ One successful candidate understood the idea of alchemy. “I'll take the right-hand coin and dip it in a Marilyn Monroe bag”, he said. “Then I'll sell you a genuine 25 c...

Adithya Venkatesan

SaaS engineer personas from a marketing pov:

1. The 'alpha' engineer: wants to experiment with the product just to critique it.2. The 'beta' engineer: likes the product, and wants it, but does not control budgets.3. The 'coaster' engineer: has the budget, but is not empowered to make decisions. Squats.4. The 'I can do it myself' engineer: after the demo, will want to build the product themselves.5. The 'visionary' engineer: understands that ...

Adithya Venkatesan

What I learnt about SaaS from coconuts

Got a bad fever after having way too much tender coconut water.So, very much extremely, sensefully, and tastefully, here are 5 key takeaways to improve your GTM goals if you're a SaaS org.1. A SaaS fact a day will keep the naysayers at bay - Wolf Von Schmack.Spit out a revenue number, a customer number above a certain ARR and you will take the mantle of the smartest person in the room.2. SaaS bhi ...

Adithya Venkatesan

Note on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Cinema in itself has a great way of making you feel all the feels.I am not as big of a cinema buff or a proclaimed “can give you suggestions on what you have to watch” person (although I do force down a few watches to people who I know will enjoy them or people who respect and consider the suggestion of mine worthy of their time). I think if you’ve not seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, give it...

Vignesh Kannan

There is no spoon

Talking in a quiet zone. No photography in the Castle. Welcome to the Commonwealth. 

manan dedhia

Patronus

I owe a debt to fiction and indeed to all good art. I haven’t read a single Harry Potter book but have watched all the movies. And I do love them deeply. The thread that wove itself deep within my psyche concerns itself with Dementors and the Patronus charm. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Lupin Teaches Expecto Patronum (youtube.com)We are all keepers of our own darkness, even at the be...

manan dedhia

A Bronx Tale

Criminally underrated movie. A beautiful story simply and powerfully told. 

manan dedhia

A History

The newness of everything had faded. Even momentary renewal would have helped. So I left. Went as far as I dared. When the scenery was just about unidentifiable, I stopped. Near a cinema. Went in and bought a ticket. Didn't know what was playing or when. Screen flickers on a mostly empty house. And moments later I have company. Another educational vagabond. Law student. We exchange pleasantries. W...

manan dedhia

Ramblings of my mind : On Children

Listen, I am the first one to be going WHATTT at the title because I’m sure I am not fully ready to understand and fathom whatever I write below, but that’s why it is a rambling no?! Here goes,Man, for the longest time ever, children have fascinated me. And not like it is easy to raise one, easy to make them into a well-rounded individual who can take on all that the world has to offer. For sure t...

Vignesh Kannan

Our 1st father's day together

Just because I am too tiny to talk doesn't mean I can't write you a letter either. I have a lady here whom I am gonna call Aai, who understands all my emotions, hunger, pain, and joys. If she can understand my hunger, my pain, and everything which no one can, then definitely she can understand my feelings for you, dad. So I am letting her write my feelings here on the very special occasion of our ...

Apurva Khode

“Real” Mother

On last Thursday I was dropping Vivaan at his daycare. Since Mother’s day was coming on Sunday they had a prop to take photo with your kid. I saw some of the mums taking photos and quickly proceeded to drop Vivaan. Thought that came to my mind was I am not a “real” mother so I don’t deserve to take this picture. I have always been firm on working even after having Vivaan. I want to build my career...

sanika joshi

Vihaan had to go for Mansha to come

As I sit here watching my daughter Blow Bubbles with so much Joy and Utter Bliss, her right leg injured from a fall in the bathroom as she Seized, and yet she singing and Blowing Delightful bubbles in the air…She doesn't know what a seizure is and how and what happens to her while she has one.. It's what I go through as the parent watching her have one.. And having to figure my coping ways over th...

Poorva khandelwal

We quit the Race

“Get up little sister, the morning is bright. And the birds are all singing, to welcome the light!”Usually around 7 am on a typical Monday, the first day of school after the weekend, I remember my mother singing this song. It was time to get up and get ready for a long day and week. Good old school days. Fast forward 30 years, I find myself in a similar situation, singing the same song to my daugh...

jaee jadhav

Beliefs, Validation and Kindness

I wrote this post 9 years ago when I was living in the US. Surprisingly, most of it feels true even today. I published it on Medium then. Moving it to thinkdeli now.I was at work. I was browsing a news website. A colleague walked in unannounced. He saw my screen and said “yaane aap congress wale ho” (So, this means you are a congress supporter!). His tone was almost accusatory. This was not the fi...

Satyajeet Jadhav

The Emerald

These past events mean a lot to me - they are all about trusting one's instincts & restarting again and again and again. And when I forget to do so, I read these stories! Helps.   Alright, let me again take you back a few years. Today’s story has no takeaway etc, just an event I want to share with you. But before we get into today's tale, kindly check this out first https://jaeejadhav.com/2024/03/...

jaee jadhav

Why doesn’t people talk to each other more

Yesterday had a long talk with the husband on what his current projects are. A bunch of information was shared which made me excited about the IT future in general. The work maybe boring and daunting but the future prospects gives hope. Maybe I was always drawn to new tech. But does this kind of exchange work in non professional circles too? This is not to brag what YOU do in your work or what you...

Archana K B

Moods July(8-15th)

For the last 8 days, I kept track of my mood/thoughts/highlights of each day and put together a mood board on thinkdeli.comIt was a pretty insightful self-created assignment (insights into the behavior, choices, and patterns), to put down the mood in writing and match it with a visual description! A lot of you showed interest last week in these status updates of mine, which makes me feel like - pe...

jaee jadhav

Books of 2024 - Book 10

Most of the books that Satyajeet and I read are completely different. So I was not paying attention to a new book that he was reading and also missed the context in his and Vivaan’s conversation on “Paper Tiger”. One day he mentioned that he is reading this great book and I got to know that it is fiction (which he rarely reads and I mostly read) and a book of short stories. I had just tried readin...

sanika joshi

Beliefs, Validation and Kindness

I wrote this post 9 years ago when I was living in the US. Surprisingly, most of it feels true even today. I published it on Medium then. Moving it to thinkdeli now.I was at work. I was browsing a news website. A colleague walked in unannounced. He saw my screen and said “yaane aap congress wale ho” (So, this means you are a congress supporter!). His tone was almost accusatory. This was not the fi...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Attacks on Pilgrims

Attacks on Indian cities of Reasi, Kathua, Doda at this point of time, I think, must be meant as clear provocation. They are goading us into hitting back, which in order to save our own image, I guess we will have to do. Not to be jingoistic, but we can’t allow the wholesale murders of our army personnel and devotees within our own sovereign territory to go unpunished. This is on the behest of Chi...

Mangesh Nanoti

Keyboard Warriors

“Dear friends!! This group is created to solve our housing society issues and help to maintain society in a better way.. if any group wants to discuss any political, national, or religious issues, please form your separate group. Please do not discuss these topics here in this group.” -  👆Your friendly neighborhood Whatsapp group admin(poor admin) popping intermittently in during the educated  ‘k...

jaee jadhav

Colonization behind the mask

I first walked up to the door,\r\nSaid I wanted to help,\r\nThey said they needed no help.\r\n\r\nI then walked up to the door,\r\nThe door of the King of the neighbourhood,\r\nHe said he needed no help.\r\n\r\nI then walked up to the door,\r\nThe door of the King,\r\nBut, I went with an army that defeated him.\r\n\r\nColonization comes at your door,\r\nMaking offers like e-commerce sites,\r\nAnd ...

Pradeep Mohandas

Matapacos meets the police dog

In the town of Delhuva,\r\nWas brought a police dog Melhuva,\r\nWho hailed from the village of Gelhuva,\r\nTo bring some order and peace.\r\n\r\nDark and ferocious features,\r\nLike it there weren't many creatures,\r\nIt went around with preachers,\r\nSaying it sought to maintain the peace.\r\n\r\nWhile at first the people were happy,\r\nTo see their 'hoods were no longer scrappy,\r\nThat in peace...

Pradeep Mohandas

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manan dedhia

No Futz Zone

Photography has been a hobby as long as I can remember. With time, cameras got better and so did some of the photos. My time would be spent wrangling with the camera settings to get it to obey me. Sometimes I almost got it right. Being of limited talent and all that. Taming the Manual mode felt like being creative. Setting up the buttons and dials to be just so. Ooh those custom settings and dials...

manan dedhia

Self-portrait of David Wojnarowicz

History keeps me awake at night,\r\nWas a commemorative they did,\r\nOf David,\r\nWho I had not heard of before tonight.\r\n\r\nHis self-portraits spoke of time,\r\nThat the world dealt with AIDS,\r\nHe dealt it in his own sweet way,\r\nAnd by it in the end he passed away.\r\n\r\nProtest is a form,\r\nThat is not easy to adopt.\r\nBut, in such times,\r\nIt is what makes us stand and stare.

Pradeep Mohandas

Morning Sun by Edward Hopper

I am envious,\r\nOf the woman in the Morning Sun,\r\nShe is able,\r\nTo sit on a bed without a phone.\r\n\r\nSome people say, \r\nThat she was the painters wife,\r\nSitting in bed,\r\nContemplating her lonely life in an industrial suburb.\r\n\r\nAt a time,\r\nWe can log off from in real life,\r\nAnd log into,\r\nA world where we peep into other's lies.\r\n\r\nI am envious,\r\nThat the woman thinks...

Pradeep Mohandas

Portrait photoshoot sessions(pune)

Give your 'phone camera' a break for a while from everyday selfies and usual snaps clicked all over the place! Let's get some creative, well-thought-out shots instead?April is here and I am opening up slots for Mother’s Day portrait photo session!We can pick a cool spot in or around your place and get the ‘all-decked-up fun’ portrait photo session done, easy-peasy?😀 I look forward to capturing th...

jaee jadhav

On satisficing — a bet on human irrationality

Satisficing:A cognitive heuristic to explain the behavior of decision-makers under circumstances in which an optimal solution cannot be determined.When consumers can’t determine the optimal solution, they give a brand the power of their decisions. It’s why many choose Apple, because they’ve abrogated the rationality of choice. This has to be viewed with care though. The corollary of it is valid to...

Adithya Venkatesan

The frozen bird…

One of my favourite short stories that gets an important management lesson across-A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird\r\nfroze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying\r\nthere, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay\r\nthere in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was.\r\nThe dung was actually thawin...

Mohammed Mujtaba Sayed

Scrum.org vs Scrum Alliance

There are quite a few articles online comparing both the organizations/platforms distributing these Scrum Master, Product Owner certifications. 9 out of 10 times these articles have been written by interested parties who have a dog in this fight as to which type of certification gets more preference/prestige. Full disclosure, I have a PSPO - 1 certification from Scrum.org.In my experience, obtaini...

Mangesh Nanoti

What I learnt about SaaS from coconuts

Got a bad fever after having way too much tender coconut water.So, very much extremely, sensefully, and tastefully, here are 5 key takeaways to improve your GTM goals if you're a SaaS org.1. A SaaS fact a day will keep the naysayers at bay - Wolf Von Schmack.Spit out a revenue number, a customer number above a certain ARR and you will take the mantle of the smartest person in the room.2. SaaS bhi ...

Adithya Venkatesan

The biggest challenge with AI

To figure out the why you need to understand the how.​For most of us, the biggest challenge with AI is not going to be which LLM model to use or what infra to deploy. It will be to understand why do I need AI.Saurabh recently mentioned,  “Understanding a business outcome in the context of AI's applicability is hard.” Which translates to - very few people understand how AI will help their business ...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Pre - Technical report 18-06-2024

Today might just be the day my luck runs out. Although not explicitly requested from me, I committed to deliverables that I am in no position to deliver upon, principally because there’s a lack of clarity.Let’s see what tonight brings.

Mangesh Nanoti

Scrum.org vs Scrum Alliance

There are quite a few articles online comparing both the organizations/platforms distributing these Scrum Master, Product Owner certifications. 9 out of 10 times these articles have been written by interested parties who have a dog in this fight as to which type of certification gets more preference/prestige. Full disclosure, I have a PSPO - 1 certification from Scrum.org.In my experience, obtaini...

Mangesh Nanoti

Keep Pushing On

Cannot believe how quickly life changes colours. The last time I wrote, I wrote about the “Painting of Life” (In 2013 I think). The last 2 lines of that Poem were - “It (Painting) wants on it, some of your color... provided that the color is pure...”Well this painting has had quite a lot of colour thrown on it, and also lovingly drawn upon since then. When the sky was the darkest, never did I ima...

Mangesh Nanoti

Cultural Sportivity

The Mercedes Benz 500E (W124 E60 AMG)

manan dedhia

De Daan Chhootey Grahan

8-Apr-2024 - New England will be in the path of a solar eclipse. Completely normal, if exciting and even awe inspiring, natural phenomenon. Top tip for folks who like free food - contact your acquaintances, colleagues and peers from India. A good chunk of those families will discard all cooked food after a solar eclipse. Education is not enlightenment. Image courtesy: Petapixel.com

manan dedhia

Can talking to customers be frustrating? A big YES…

A guide to who talks what with the customer.Recently I came across this post on LinkedIn and I realized this is a problem I have solved so many times in my life. All it takes is- clear communication.The postHow to solve this problem?Here's my take on who talks what with the customer.It is important to clearly demarcate who talks to the customers in a company.I prefer laying down the process as fol...

Mohammed Mujtaba Sayed

Because why buy new when you can glue & redo?

There is something really amazing about keeping things simple. Check this Zippered Kit, for example. It's just a straightforward, tough little pouch to store…anything. I got it recently made, from my old scarcely used cushion covers. The cushions are long gone, but the covers got a new life as these handy pouches!! #Upcycle #Upcycling #Repurpose #Recycle #SustainableLiving #EcoFriendly #ZeroWaste ...

jaee jadhav

Emoji picker for tiptap

The official tiptap emoji picker extension is a pro extension. Meaning you have to pay for using it. It is easy enough to build this extension by extending the existing Mention plugin from tiptap.The key is to use the Mention node with a custom suggestion utility.  Mention.configure({\r\n renderHTML({ options, node }) {\r\n return [\r\n \span\,\r\n ...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Custom Links in tiptap

Today I came across a scenario where I wanted to modify the default behavior of some <a> links in tiptap editor. The requirement was if the <a> link has an href attribute starting with /map clicking the link should not open the a new tab.  Opening a new tab loads the entire app again in another tab and breaks the user’s context. The Link extension in tiptap let’s you set target to null. However, d...

Satyajeet Jadhav

FAQs from friends and strangers

Who do you think is the closest to thinkdeli in terms of competition? Is it notion, notes, or medium?Who is your target audience? Who are you building this for?Why are you building thinkdeli? What do you aim to get out of it?To be honest, I hadn’t really thought of all these questions when I started working on thinkdeli. I started working on thinkdeli before it was thinkdeli. I remember feeling an...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Because why buy new when you can glue &amp; redo?

There is something really amazing about keeping things simple. Check this Zippered Kit, for example. It's just a straightforward, tough little pouch to store…anything. I got it recently made, from my old scarcely used cushion covers. The cushions are long gone, but the covers got a new life as these handy pouches!! #Upcycle #Upcycling #Repurpose #Recycle #SustainableLiving #EcoFriendly #ZeroWaste ...

jaee jadhav

Unwrap the gift for an eco-joy!

Everyone is at a different stage in their sustainability journey. I am not 100% a minimalist, or a vegan, or a hardcore sustainability warrior YET. But I am trying my best daily as much as possible. I don’t expect we all turn into Greta Thunberg suddenly but we can try at least 1%?     July blog - https://jaeejadhav.com/2024/07/07/unwrap-the-gift-for-an-eco-joy/ Blog post crafted on thinkdeli.comW...

jaee jadhav

Pale blue dot

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every ki...

manan dedhia

Epilogue: SUV-Glam

Glam metal confused and splintered the metal music industry. But it did not deter true creatives and real diehards.In the relative silence of the underground, the people who loved the music went to work. And from those wonderfully weird depths of darkness sprang forth a beautiful fountain of art. When glam was ready to roll over and die under a mound of cocaine and hubris, the curtains revealed a ...

manan dedhia

Pants Bloody Pants

Jeans need to be body hugging. Ergo pockets are small. Pockets are tiny ergo they can't fit anything. Ergo the phone is either in your hands or in the backpack. Ergo all Google maps routing and searching is done by a male if one is accompanying. Ergo his battery dies. Ergo he cannot see his useless stuff that calms him down. Ergo he is sad. Please don't make people sad. Baggy jeans achche hain.

manan dedhia

Fierce

Model is Carolyn McCarthy. Instagram - @carolynmaccPhotographing dancers to me is not just capturing their craft in action. The focus at the beginning of a sequence. The grace and strength while executing the series of steps. The glistening relief at a move well executed. If i can capture these, with any level of excellence, I am happy. I have learnt something and applied it. 

manan dedhia

OMG

Oh my garden!Everyone should have their corner of the internet - a garden. It will never be perfect or even complete. Some ideas will bloom, some will wither away and die. Everything doesn't have to be a well thought out blog. It can be an inspiration, or a germ of an idea. You can develop it later.And everything doesn’t need to be packaged and shared for instant consumption by everyone. Let someo...

Satyajeet Jadhav

How does this work?

Gold panning

Nishant Modak

Meeting vocabulary

Separating fact and fact-based conclusion is very different from gut-based pronouncements. Yes, easier said than done. But there are some markers that you can depend on. The caveat is, be mindful of folks for who English is not their first language. These are just my observations - may not apply to all. I feel - this should be challenged for data. Honestly…. - this undermines the sincerity of the ...

manan dedhia

My SoundCloud

Profile (Google)https://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanoti-284591567Profile (mangesh-nanoti)https://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanotiMere Mehboob Qayamat Hogihttps://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanoti-284591567/mere-mehboob-qayamat-hogi?si=20d95c8838934b259fa2efdb34039944&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingElenor Rigbyhttps://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanoti/elanor-rigby?si=9268524f45f...

Mangesh Nanoti

NBA Live 2005

“You gotta get the crowd go wildcrush the competition Let the best man win cuz if it’s me against youtoe-to-toe blow-for blowI guarantee you gonna losemake the crowd go wild Put on your A-game crush the competitionLet the best man win cuz if it’s me against youtoe-to-toe blow-for blowI guarantee you gonna lose”“Watch out I got my <unclear> tideI’m wicked insideYou should see me when I’m flyinFrom ...

Mangesh Nanoti

Aham Brahmasmi

Schopenhauer defined the Will as a “blind incessant impulse” that dictated the existence of both organic and inorganic matter. In human beings, the Will manifested itself in the form of a desire. Put simply, the Will is the ultimate, singular, and undefinable object of our most primordial instincts.This irony, said Schopenhauer, was the root cause of all suffering. In Buddhist fashion, he argued ...

manan dedhia

More is more.

There are many kinds of songs in this world. Songs that tell stories. Songs that showcase the talents of the songwriters. Songs that are inspiring. Songs that are leaps of the imagination. Songs that suit certain moods and mind states.And then there are songs that have all of these. Like this one - Five Hundred and One (youtube.com)

manan dedhia

Songs for our times

Time is better than money. Spend it on some good music. Toodaloo. 5 secondsYou Suffer (youtube.com)45 secondsDon Davis - The Matrix Has You (youtube.com)Don Davis - The Matrix Has You (youtube.com)1 minuteSpider-Man 1967 Cartoon Theme Song (youtube.com)1 minute 15 secondsThe Voice of Saruman (youtube.com)1 minute 30 secondsApollonia (youtube.com)1 minute 45 secondsAmogh Symphony - May We Never Tam...

manan dedhia

Daffodils

As the only poem that I remember from school, the association is instantaneous and overwhelming. …… For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.- From “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth Pic location: New England Botanical Gardens, Boyls...

manan dedhia

Droplets

manan dedhia

Moon rock

manan dedhia

Home

Every noon the sun comes in unobstructed through this window. Harsh. The trees spectate. Bemused. Through this window, I have seen every season.And each one was filled with generosity. 

manan dedhia

Attacks on Pilgrims

Attacks on Indian cities of Reasi, Kathua, Doda at this point of time, I think, must be meant as clear provocation. They are goading us into hitting back, which in order to save our own image, I guess we will have to do. Not to be jingoistic, but we can’t allow the wholesale murders of our army personnel and devotees within our own sovereign territory to go unpunished. This is on the behest of Chi...

Mangesh Nanoti

Moaning Lisa

Credits due to: Angry Metal Guy - https://www.angrymetalguy.com/angry-metal-guys-top-10ish-of-2022/

manan dedhia

test

Sajeesh Nair

Pornography

manan dedhia

फुर्सत

I read this lovely piece by Shuvam - https://blogs.remiges.tech/history/the-earliest-years-1996-98/The post goes beyond the picture it paints for me because SpaceNET was my first company, and Shuvam was my first mentor. When I joined, SpaceNET was called Starcom.The post made me reflect on how people can work in the moment, trust each other, build something together, and occasionally pause to enjo...

Saurabh Hirani

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Deepak Dhanak

How to get better at marketing — for beginners

Here’s an oversimplified view of all things marketing for beginners. You can do two kinds of marketing: content, performance. Content is a generation engine — where you conjure words to explain what your product does, how it’s different, and why it’s better. Performance helps in distributing said content to the right people. The two work together, because without distribution, you’re screaming off...

Adithya Venkatesan

Rant on the recent high-profile divorce shenanigans

The recent divorce announcement of cricketer Hardik Pandya and Natasha Stankovic has sparked a contentious debate in my head, highlighting some deeply troubling aspects of our society and social media culture.Hardik Pandya's past behavior, particularly his controversial comments on the Karan Johar show, has long been a point of concern. This incident shed light on his problematic views towards wom...

Vignesh Kannan

Cats and dogs

Satya wrote this post - https://thinkdeli.com/post/notes-vs-blogs-666After reading it, the first thought that came to mind was \Notes and blogs rhyme with metrics and logs.\ It's strange that these work-related terms popped into my head first, especially when \cats and dogs\ seems like a more obvious rhyme. Perhaps because I no longer allow myself to entertain fleeting thoughts freely? Nowadays, ...

Saurabh Hirani

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manan dedhia

Masking

Many people removed their masks,\r\nWhen there was no one there to ask.\r\nBut a few people with masks remained,\r\nBecause of a knowledge they gained.\r\n\r\nThey tried very hard to convey,\r\nTo the fellow humans they loved.\r\nFifteen days passed,\r\nThe unmasked among us passed.\r\n\r\n\r\n

Pradeep Mohandas

Human Psychology in Marketing

These principles highlight the importance of understanding human psychology in marketing, leveraging scarcity, social proof, and the need for consistency to influence behavior effectively.Scarcity and Urgency: People tend to value things more when they are scarce or when there is a fear of losing them. Examples include limited-time offers or colleges with limited seats. The perceived quality of so...

Yogesh Pali

The laws of psychology in marketing

A short story from the book, Alchemy:The advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson, had a particular test for aspiring copywriters. One of the questions was simple: ‘Here are two identical 25-cent coins. Sell me the one on the right.’ One successful candidate understood the idea of alchemy. “I'll take the right-hand coin and dip it in a Marilyn Monroe bag”, he said. “Then I'll sell you a genuine 25 c...

Adithya Venkatesan

A Religious experience

Mental turmoilSelf-doubtAn enlightening book. Manifestation of disorder and chaos. Strong rhythmic incitement. Psychoactive substances. Some combination of all these equals a need to move vigorously and a narrowed focus. A mental haze obscuring everything. What rises is an unshackled expression of ritual - a self-absorbed form of worship of the inexplicable ego. It isn’t a visitation you bow down ...

manan dedhia

Pale blue dot

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every ki...

manan dedhia

De Daan Chhootey Grahan

8-Apr-2024 - New England will be in the path of a solar eclipse. Completely normal, if exciting and even awe inspiring, natural phenomenon. Top tip for folks who like free food - contact your acquaintances, colleagues and peers from India. A good chunk of those families will discard all cooked food after a solar eclipse. Education is not enlightenment. Image courtesy: Petapixel.com

manan dedhia

Cosine Similarity

cosine similarity is used in computer science to group data, or to find data as a response to a query.it is the cosine of the angle between two vectors.if the angle is 90, cos(90) = 0 - not similarif the angle is 0, cos(0) = 1 - sameif the angle is 180, cos(180) = -1 - oppositeTo compare two sentences, you need to find the cosine similarity between the numerical representation of the two sentences...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Wisdom

Excerpt from “The varieties of scientific experience” by Carl Sagan. 

manan dedhia

Moon rock

manan dedhia

My SoundCloud

Profile (Google)https://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanoti-284591567Profile (mangesh-nanoti)https://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanotiMere Mehboob Qayamat Hogihttps://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanoti-284591567/mere-mehboob-qayamat-hogi?si=20d95c8838934b259fa2efdb34039944&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingElenor Rigbyhttps://soundcloud.com/mangesh-nanoti/elanor-rigby?si=9268524f45f...

Mangesh Nanoti

About Workouts

Perhaps best if posting the daily details of one’s workout be given a rest. Had a great workout today the last time, and the sight of people posting their workouts live on instagram persists in my mind. Don’t want the vacuousness that permeates Instagram creep into my posts here. Here you gotta write. And it’s pretty difficult to conceal the level of one’s general stupidity (or general level of in...

Mangesh Nanoti

OMG

Oh my garden!Everyone should have their corner of the internet - a garden. It will never be perfect or even complete. Some ideas will bloom, some will wither away and die. Everything doesn't have to be a well thought out blog. It can be an inspiration, or a germ of an idea. You can develop it later.And everything doesn’t need to be packaged and shared for instant consumption by everyone. Let someo...

Satyajeet Jadhav

Spill the tea, spoil the milk

They built a network,\r\nTo share what you're upto,\r\nAt first it was a fun place to be,\r\nYou met other people too.\r\n\r\nSoon the network was used,\r\nTo spill the tea,\r\nAnd other things too.\r\nMore abused than used.\r\n\r\nIt spoilt the milk for one and all,\r\nPeople left it despite FOMO,\r\nBut soon people learnt,\r\nThere was only joy, the JOMO.

Pradeep Mohandas

Skepticism on a not so holy holiday

People go away from their homes,\r\nBecause they can't manage to stay,\r\nAt home on those holy holidays,\r\nBecause of the noise.\r\n\r\nTimes for contemplation and learning,\r\nIs broken by the loud song singing, And competitions which seek whose,\r\nMusic system can play louder.\r\n\r\nTimes for meeting friends and relatives,\r\nIs broken by the messages and forwards,\r\nSent on WhatsApp and Te...

Pradeep Mohandas

India's founding moment

This book is frustratingly enlightening. Frustrating because it was written by an academic, possibly for other academics - the language he employs does not make it easy.However, and this is crucial, if you persevere through the academese, the incidents, concepts and people discussed here, give us a perspective that is fundamentally crucial to understanding Indian democracy as it was created. So, a...

manan dedhia

Pranab at Comrades, South Africa

This month I collaborated with Pranab Garad to write his Comrades Marathon, South Africa 2024 experience. I have tried my best to convert his oral narrative into a blog detailing his training, marathons, and ultra-marathons experiences, emphasizing the discipline, determination, strategies, and goals for 2024 Comrades! Go to https://pranabgarad.wordpress.com/2024/06/16/comrades-marathon-2024/ to ...

jaee jadhav

NBA Live 2005

“You gotta get the crowd go wildcrush the competition Let the best man win cuz if it’s me against youtoe-to-toe blow-for blowI guarantee you gonna losemake the crowd go wild Put on your A-game crush the competitionLet the best man win cuz if it’s me against youtoe-to-toe blow-for blowI guarantee you gonna lose”“Watch out I got my <unclear> tideI’m wicked insideYou should see me when I’m flyinFrom ...

Mangesh Nanoti

Life lessons from RCB vs CSK (shitpost)

Because why should LinkedIn influencers have all the fun?7 (because Thala for a reason) things we can learn from RCB vs CSK:1. Many commentators often speak even when they have nothing substantial to add. Similarly, never give up an opportunity to use something popular as bait for content, even if you didn't watch most of it. Everyone has different styles, but all different styles have a unique ta...

Ujjwal Goyal

Thrive to Survive

So, if F1 is quite boring as a live sport - why are people interested? Where can you go get your fix?One the former, I don’t have any answers - maybe it is the drama. Given the rise of reality TV and accessibility it brings might explain some of it. I haven’t a clue. But I would hazard that most of these fans will eventually leave - you cannot manufacture drama in something that is not based on ge...

manan dedhia

Orchestrating Flow

You start a new coding project. You are building a scene. You imagine data moving around - being read from the database, resting briefly in a cache, being presented to a user. You are trying to orchestrate this elaborate ping-pong in your head. And then, you feel the urge to have a sip of something. Anything. It’s not a drink you are craving. Your brain is telling you this coding business is to...

Satyajeet Jadhav

First Post

Stumbled upon this writing tool from Twitter. It has ever been my weakness to try out new writing apps. If it was collecting yearly diary gifted from my father’s bank in my childhood, I progressed digitally in my teenage years. Do you remember “jots” on linux? Or was it called journal? My favourite font thst time was comic sans. Or the cursive handwriting. Chucked out the diaries once I realised t...

Archana K B

SaaS engineer personas from a marketing pov:

1. The 'alpha' engineer: wants to experiment with the product just to critique it.2. The 'beta' engineer: likes the product, and wants it, but does not control budgets.3. The 'coaster' engineer: has the budget, but is not empowered to make decisions. Squats.4. The 'I can do it myself' engineer: after the demo, will want to build the product themselves.5. The 'visionary' engineer: understands that ...

Adithya Venkatesan

Into to ThinkDeli. One more of the ever increasing roster of writing solutions, we got onenote, evernote, Samsung Notes etc. I am trying this product as I wish to talk with Satya and communicate what I think about this product a bit.

Wonder if this stuff has a mobile app. It must. Will check it out laterI have been looking for motivation regarding writing more often based upon  my affinity for the written word and my recent lackadaisical performance in the field of Reading.If this thing ends up being huge, I’ll feel Happy for Satya

Mangesh Nanoti

Org communication tooling — Orchestrated chaos

We have abundant tools to ‘communicate better’ than ever before. Yet, the more tools we have, the worse our communication gets. In fact, we do an atrociously terrible job of it. Between Slack, WhatsApp, emails and calls, you have a roundtable of chaos that showcases a version of Fredkin’s paradox. Communication tooling in an organization is orchestrated chaos. These seemingly simple choices create...

Adithya Venkatesan

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Avik Chatterjee

Boston, my Boston

manan dedhia

Turkey Itinerary - December 2023/24

I visited Turkey in December 2023 for 14 days, extending into January 2024. My itinerary is mentioned below. Since it was supposedly the winter season (although actual winter did not set in until we left) and it was my anniversary in the last week of December, my hotel options were a bit expensive (first one in every list). However, overall leisure activities were cheaper compared to the top Turke...

Darshan Pania

Coffee

Caffeine is good. Humanity owes much to it. Coffee, tea, yerba mate, coca cola - whatever your poison. With coffee, we are spoilt for choice - filter coffee, all the espressos and lattes, instant coffee - some of which can be very good. But as everything, coffee is about timing. When to consumes as much as what to consume.  Much as it happened in history.Speaking of history, listen to this - Conqu...

manan dedhia

There is no spoon

Talking in a quiet zone. No photography in the Castle. Welcome to the Commonwealth. 

manan dedhia

Legs of London

manan dedhia

Thrive to Survive

So, if F1 is quite boring as a live sport - why are people interested? Where can you go get your fix?One the former, I don’t have any answers - maybe it is the drama. Given the rise of reality TV and accessibility it brings might explain some of it. I haven’t a clue. But I would hazard that most of these fans will eventually leave - you cannot manufacture drama in something that is not based on ge...

manan dedhia