I had the great pleasure of hanging out with some TechStars entrepreneurs last week in Boulder while I was out there. I watched them practice their pitches to a closed group of people. Then I had beers with a handful of smart (and funny) dudes who are building some really neat applications.
There’s [...]
One of my favorite things to do at an international airport is to read the departure and arrival boards. It must be the wanderer and traveler in me that longs for far off destinations in search of unusual episodes and thought provoking experiences. Being in perpetual transit has been part of my personality [...]
I was doing some work late one evening with the lights turned down low in the room and I happened to glance outside of the window and fixated upon a strange, dark object. It was a bat —- at the same height as the floor I was on! I quickly grabbed my camera and sprang into action.
It [...]
One could opine and muse all day long about the problems in India, particularly when it comes to infrastructure. Let’s face it — India’s infrastructure is a mess. One cannot even classify it as being in disrepair —– because that implies that it worked properly once upon a time. But the problems are and will [...]
I spent a couple of days at BarCampBangalore3 last weekend on the lovely campus of the highly reputed Indian Institute of Management (IIM). I spoke about BigSwerve, my startup, and the Semantic Web in reference to such. People get it and the reaction was great —– and I think they’re starting to understand the Semantic [...]
I’m back in India for six weeks as we try to push to reach the next level of our beta release. We’re going to open it up to a wider audience in the coming weeks.
I’m also going to be at BarCampBangalore3 this coming weekend being held on India’s prestigious IIM campus to [...]
It was a bocce tournament filled afternoon this past Sunday. My close friend Roy drew brackets and made it a competition. I had the lucky dog spot. I suck at most sports, bocce included apparently.
The characters from Star Wars pictured above were part of the bocce trophy that Jerry, one of my other close [...]
We were in Toronto this past weekend for a wedding. Now we are in Boston visiting my sister and attempting to get some much needed scheduling issues settled. We’ll be back in Hartford tomorrow. Sorry for the radio silence as of late. Travel has been killer.
This meme circulated about for a few weeks recently.
create your own visited states map
create your own visited countries map
I am determined to visit Wagha, the Indian border town that meets Pakistan, on my next visit to India. It’s a great opportunity to visit Amritsar, about 30km away, which is home to the Golden Temple, a Sikh holy site.
Everyday at 4:30PM guards on both sides of the border perform shadowed goosestepping (bizarrely exaggerated) in [...]
I have been reading Andy’s “Gone Living” blog for a few months now. He left his job at Yahoo (I think?) and is travelling the world. He has been and is going to all sorts of exotic places. What an adventure! Here’s his itinerary.
You should check it out: Gone Living.
My flight from Paris was delayed 4+ hours because of a fuel pump problem that prevented carrying a full tank of fuel. They worked on it for hours but couldn’t resolve the issue. The pilots opted to fly to Bangor, Maine where we refueled. 777 service from Paris, France to Bangor, Maine. (WTF, [...]
I spent the last 5 days in Delhi before leaving for the States. The heat was brutal — a noticeable difference compared to Pune, but it somehow became secondary when I realized my purpose. That has been a general theme throughout my trip: sacrifice for the mission at hand, target the next [...]
Some of my friends were curious about the house where I’m staying here in Pune. It’s quite nice with several hints of European design. Granite and marble are in great supply here in India, thus used extensively. Even the bathrooms at the airport use granite everywhere.
More photos here.
Expect the unexpected in India. It’s not a place for weak hearts or closed minds. It’s a place for believers in free markets and freedom of speech. It’s a place where innovation and entrepreneurship are in the very fabric of the people. It’s a place that teaches competition at an early age. This is [...]