hungry, foolish.

“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” —

Nov 29

What if our brains had APIs?

I was visiting my brother in NYC last week to take a break for Thanksgiving. One day, as I was sitting in Central Park, one of my favorite spots in NYC, staring at nothing in particular, a sudden, random and absolutely nerdy thought struck me - what if we had an API to access our brain.

Oct 31

“The Invitation” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn’t interest me
What you do for a living.
What I want to know
Is what you ache for and
If you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me
How old you are.
I want to know
If you will risk looking like a fool
For love
For your dream
For the adventure of being alive.

Oct 29

The Monkey Trap (an email forward) by Vikram Karve

“And what are we doing tomorrow?” I asked my uncle.

“Let’s catch some monkeys,” he said.

“Monkeys?” I asked excitedly.

“Yes,” my uncle said and smiled,” And if you catch one you can take him home as a pet.”

“A monkey! As a pet?” I asked in astonishment.

“Why not?” my uncle said.

“But monkeys? Aren’t they dangerous?” I asked.

“The monkeys here are quite small and very cute. And once you train them, they become very friendly and obedient – ideal pets.”

And so, next morning, at the crack of dawn we sailed off from Haddo Wharf in Port Blair in a large motorboat. Soon we were crossing the Duncan Passage, moving due south; the densely forested Little Andaman Island to our right, the sea calm like a mirror.

Apr 29

Equation of Life

Feb 24

Is there a market for your startup-to-be?

I am one of those people that likes to think up an idea, believe it’s awesome and jump right into building it. That’s allrite if you build for fun, but if you want a serious startup, I’ve learnt that it’s important to validate the idea first. Basically, figure out if what you are building is really useful, if there’s a market for it and if people are willing to pay for your solution. After doing a simple common sense validation in your head, you have to reach out to check if others feel the same way.

Feb 14

We just launched Friend Central app for the Windows Phone! With Friend Central, you learn about your friends and get your social updates as you play fun games! If you’ve a Windows Phone, check it out!

Update: We hit ~~120~~ 230 downloads in the first 2 3 days! I’m not sure if this is a great number for a WP game, but we sure are happy! :)

Oct 14

Occupy Wall Street?

Capitalism, in my opinion, is the human version of natural selection - the survival of the fittest. Ideally, ‘fitness’ in capitalism should be measured by one’s positive impact on the world. People that take the human species forward, by making lives better, should be the ones ‘selected’ to receive a bigger share of resources and hence, benefit a better chance of ‘survival’. For instance, someone who discovers a cure to a dangerous disease, creates a technology that helps people be more productive or figures out a way to increase crop yield, should be rewarded with more money and fame than the rest. For the most part I’m okay with this idea and consider it fair. I think most people are with me on this.