On 23rd Oct, 1995 I saw DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayegein), I still remember the date as that time was full of excitement and exuberance, since the same day it was chotti (small) Diwali so after watching such a wonderful movie( on the first day) I was bursting cracker, and if you have ever lived in New Delhi, winters are amazing air is filled with sound of band and music since marriage season starts from Oct and last till Jan.
I have no idea how these 14 years went by, life was smooth, thanks to parents and still it is but don't know a desire to do something on my own, earning good amount of money to keep not only keep myself but also people around me happy and also to donate some to charities. Incidentally, I also watched "Wake up Sid" today, I can somehow correlate my life to that movie, at one time I had coolest friend-circle no studying just having fun and now everything is gone, I am studying most of the time but difference only being I don't know will it ever be useful since economy is no mood to revive and hence hardly any jobs.
Never felt so much un-motivated and directionless in whole of my life.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
To Sir with Love!
Yesterday I checked my mailbox which I stopped using after I joined USF and to my surprise there was a mail from our beloved Prof (Dr.) James Fawcett from Syracuse University. As far as anyone who has taken his classes, he is the busiest person since his classes are almost full and he is mostly taking 2 courses per semester which involves a lot of programming assignment and thus evaluating them too. But then somebody has rightly said "The busiest man on this planet has time for everything".
So coming back to email thing. He wrote that there are some envelopes (of-course mine) lying over there and asked me to send my resume so that he can write Letter of Recommendation(LOR) for me. The thing is he has already sent me LOR's in May and I sent some envelopes with incorrect stamp value and thus this confusion.
What I really want to emphasize is that he could have easily ignored those envelopes but he contacted me to ask after being in state of confusion, a person with such a stature writing an email to 3 point something student is surprising and at the same time shows humble-ness and genuine-ness of a person. After exchanging couple of emails, he asked me to send my photograph and what I am doing so that he can put into Graduates page but I am so much disappointed on myself that I have nothing much to show as other graduates from his page have (working in Microsoft, Bloomberg, Amazon, Goldman Sachs etc etc) .
Don't know what future holds for me but after meeting Professors like Fawcett Sir, I have gained a lot of respect for academics, teachers and universities in general.
Lots of good wishes for your good health Prof Fawcett.
So coming back to email thing. He wrote that there are some envelopes (of-course mine) lying over there and asked me to send my resume so that he can write Letter of Recommendation(LOR) for me. The thing is he has already sent me LOR's in May and I sent some envelopes with incorrect stamp value and thus this confusion.
What I really want to emphasize is that he could have easily ignored those envelopes but he contacted me to ask after being in state of confusion, a person with such a stature writing an email to 3 point something student is surprising and at the same time shows humble-ness and genuine-ness of a person. After exchanging couple of emails, he asked me to send my photograph and what I am doing so that he can put into Graduates page but I am so much disappointed on myself that I have nothing much to show as other graduates from his page have (working in Microsoft, Bloomberg, Amazon, Goldman Sachs etc etc) .
Don't know what future holds for me but after meeting Professors like Fawcett Sir, I have gained a lot of respect for academics, teachers and universities in general.
Lots of good wishes for your good health Prof Fawcett.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Online Social Humiliation?
I do not know what to write or how to make it long but lately I have experienced 2 cases of online humiliation. Online humiliation as I describe is mostly to do with social networking sites such as Orkut or Facebook where when you send a friend's request whom you know(read acquaintance) either out rightly rejects the request, never accepts or deny it, or accepts and later denies it .
I find this thing very offending and annoying. If you know someone there's no point in denying or keep it pending mode and even if you don't want to add I think sending a polite message stating your inability to do so, is what I think a good gesture but some people really lack basic etiquette though they might be sitting in top notch company or in a developed nation like USA as I most often hear from offenders. I never thought of denying a request even of a stranger if I find some interest which are common like Computer science, electronic gadgetry or pets.
I believe everyone is gifted with something therefore there's no point in showing off that you are more gifted or you are top notch. After 26 years of existence and experiencing a lot of people, hardly any one care who you are. Be good and all will be good with you, this is what I believe.
Life is long, who knows when we bump into each other, when we cross the same road. The best we can do is to be friendly with everyone, who knows when we need someone whom we thought of denying his/her friend's request.
Ending this topic on positive note, I have made tons of strangers as online friends whom I didn't knew and ended up being better buddies than real world friends. So guys it's your wish add or deny, I don't care. You are not more gifted than others and your significance has just dropped more than ever! chow!
I find this thing very offending and annoying. If you know someone there's no point in denying or keep it pending mode and even if you don't want to add I think sending a polite message stating your inability to do so, is what I think a good gesture but some people really lack basic etiquette though they might be sitting in top notch company or in a developed nation like USA as I most often hear from offenders. I never thought of denying a request even of a stranger if I find some interest which are common like Computer science, electronic gadgetry or pets.
I believe everyone is gifted with something therefore there's no point in showing off that you are more gifted or you are top notch. After 26 years of existence and experiencing a lot of people, hardly any one care who you are. Be good and all will be good with you, this is what I believe.
Life is long, who knows when we bump into each other, when we cross the same road. The best we can do is to be friendly with everyone, who knows when we need someone whom we thought of denying his/her friend's request.
Ending this topic on positive note, I have made tons of strangers as online friends whom I didn't knew and ended up being better buddies than real world friends. So guys it's your wish add or deny, I don't care. You are not more gifted than others and your significance has just dropped more than ever! chow!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Nokia N85 Review
It's been exactly a month since I received my new Nokia N85 phone, which is based on Symbian S60 3rd Edition. I am very impressed with this phone till date thanks to open Symbian platform which enables host of useful 3rd party apps which I will cover later on.
The reason for buying Nokia N85 was simple, which was I needed something new :D. I had before this LG VU and iPhone, ebayed LG VU, got some money from it, had Amazon gift cards and rebates going on this phone, which made it a steal for me to buy. And left with iPhone which is non 3G and where I live it has poor reception quality, I was left with no choice but to look out for a new phone.
The last Nokia phone that I owned was in 2004 which was Nokia 6230 based on Symbian S40 platform. It was a feature packed and it was very revolutionary of it's time, partly because it supported EDGE networks and I use to connect my PC with data cable and for just Rs 500 bucks pm, I had unlimited internet at Edge speed, this was a dream connection for any internet junky at that time.
Nokia N85 is the most underrated but most feature packed Symbian cell phone till date, It has OLED (Organic LED) display which displays colors so bright and crisp and at the same time as each pixel is illuminated by itself, it saves a lot of battery power too as opposed to back lit screens mostly seen today. It is a dual slider just like Nokia N95 but it is so slim and fits easily in the pocket.
Some of the features I liked most about Nokia N85 are-:
1) OLED Screen with 16 million colors [iPhone has 18 bit or 212k color screen].
2) 8 GB of Memory
3) 3G/3.5G capabilty and at the same time doesn't consume whole a lot of battery.
4) Email support, not only it support POP or Exchange but also IMAP which my school email supports, so with internet enabled I can check email wherever I am and also send them too.
5) Plethora of 3rd party apps. I installed 'Joiku Spot' premium app which makes it a WLAN hotspot just like router and one can make it secure too using WEP. So now I am able to connect my laptop to internet using my phone without paying ATT 60$ pm for tethering services. 'Fring' is also a cool app which lets me connected to different IMs such as GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, Skype and Social networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut etc.
6) Since it has inbuilt GPS chip, I installed Garmin XT mobile, I found it so useful, specially when you are in a new city and you want to go to some particular location; just enter the destination address and it's voice activated turn by turn software will help you reach there.
7) It has Skyfire browser which support Flash, which iPhone is missing and now I realize how important is flash, Hulu is flash based, CNN videos are flash based and most of the online movies are flash based and all can be easily be watched on Nokia.
8) From Music point of view, it's music capability similar to iPod but it has Internet radio, FM radio which are so much cool and along with it comes FM transmitter which means whatever you are hearing can easily be transmitted to your car's music system using FM frequency.
9) It's Calender and To-Do list is very nice and one can see on home screen, so no more missing of important deadlines.
10) It has search capability just like desktop environment of Mac or Windows. It can search whole cell phone or internet based upon search criterion.
11) It has auto rotating screen depending upon how you are holding your phone.
12) Ability to do multitasking, like music player is running while you are browsing internet or reading email.
13) One can use ATT internet to make VOIP calls such as on Google Talk or Skype and hence saving service minutes.
14) Last but not the least, it has 5 MP Carl Zeiss Optics camera which was my main motivation for buying this cell phone. I don't have to carry dedicated digi cam now. I can shoot pics or record videos and upload to sites such as flickr or picasa right away, which is very cool.
There are some Con's too about this phone-:
1) Back side is plastic so feels cheap.
2) The slider feels unbalanced sometimes.
3) It hangs when many applications are open simultaneously.
4) Should have had Qwerty keyboard.
It's been a month and I am very impressed with this phone, more than calling it has so many features not just one like touchscreen which keeps you occupied. The potential could only be realized if it is internet connected. After owning iPhone, LG VU and Blackberry 8800, I found this one is the best. If one is paying extra for internet with phone service, this phone uses internet potential of mobile device to it's peak.
The reason for buying Nokia N85 was simple, which was I needed something new :D. I had before this LG VU and iPhone, ebayed LG VU, got some money from it, had Amazon gift cards and rebates going on this phone, which made it a steal for me to buy. And left with iPhone which is non 3G and where I live it has poor reception quality, I was left with no choice but to look out for a new phone.
The last Nokia phone that I owned was in 2004 which was Nokia 6230 based on Symbian S40 platform. It was a feature packed and it was very revolutionary of it's time, partly because it supported EDGE networks and I use to connect my PC with data cable and for just Rs 500 bucks pm, I had unlimited internet at Edge speed, this was a dream connection for any internet junky at that time.
Nokia N85 is the most underrated but most feature packed Symbian cell phone till date, It has OLED (Organic LED) display which displays colors so bright and crisp and at the same time as each pixel is illuminated by itself, it saves a lot of battery power too as opposed to back lit screens mostly seen today. It is a dual slider just like Nokia N95 but it is so slim and fits easily in the pocket.
Some of the features I liked most about Nokia N85 are-:
1) OLED Screen with 16 million colors [iPhone has 18 bit or 212k color screen].
2) 8 GB of Memory
3) 3G/3.5G capabilty and at the same time doesn't consume whole a lot of battery.
4) Email support, not only it support POP or Exchange but also IMAP which my school email supports, so with internet enabled I can check email wherever I am and also send them too.
5) Plethora of 3rd party apps. I installed 'Joiku Spot' premium app which makes it a WLAN hotspot just like router and one can make it secure too using WEP. So now I am able to connect my laptop to internet using my phone without paying ATT 60$ pm for tethering services. 'Fring' is also a cool app which lets me connected to different IMs such as GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, Skype and Social networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut etc.
6) Since it has inbuilt GPS chip, I installed Garmin XT mobile, I found it so useful, specially when you are in a new city and you want to go to some particular location; just enter the destination address and it's voice activated turn by turn software will help you reach there.
7) It has Skyfire browser which support Flash, which iPhone is missing and now I realize how important is flash, Hulu is flash based, CNN videos are flash based and most of the online movies are flash based and all can be easily be watched on Nokia.
8) From Music point of view, it's music capability similar to iPod but it has Internet radio, FM radio which are so much cool and along with it comes FM transmitter which means whatever you are hearing can easily be transmitted to your car's music system using FM frequency.
9) It's Calender and To-Do list is very nice and one can see on home screen, so no more missing of important deadlines.
10) It has search capability just like desktop environment of Mac or Windows. It can search whole cell phone or internet based upon search criterion.
11) It has auto rotating screen depending upon how you are holding your phone.
12) Ability to do multitasking, like music player is running while you are browsing internet or reading email.
13) One can use ATT internet to make VOIP calls such as on Google Talk or Skype and hence saving service minutes.
14) Last but not the least, it has 5 MP Carl Zeiss Optics camera which was my main motivation for buying this cell phone. I don't have to carry dedicated digi cam now. I can shoot pics or record videos and upload to sites such as flickr or picasa right away, which is very cool.
There are some Con's too about this phone-:
1) Back side is plastic so feels cheap.
2) The slider feels unbalanced sometimes.
3) It hangs when many applications are open simultaneously.
4) Should have had Qwerty keyboard.
It's been a month and I am very impressed with this phone, more than calling it has so many features not just one like touchscreen which keeps you occupied. The potential could only be realized if it is internet connected. After owning iPhone, LG VU and Blackberry 8800, I found this one is the best. If one is paying extra for internet with phone service, this phone uses internet potential of mobile device to it's peak.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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