Some Thoughts on Using the iPhone I’ve been using the iPhone 6S for about six months now. I made the switch from a Google Nexus 5 which was, in my opinion, the best Android phone to have come out in its time. With Google better defining and standardizing their material design philosophy it’s a great time to switch over to Android. Over […]
The Gap in Learning Code and Building with Code A post about what I feel is missing from “learn to code” services – one reason why new coders get frustrated.
What I’ve Learned in One Week of Zero Carbs What I’ve Learned in One Week of Zero Carbs – Constantly hungry, but feeling pretty great.
Misadventures in Creativity So as not to be the martyred slave of routine, plan adventure, plan pleasure, plan pandemonium, as you wish; but plan, plan secretly and without respite.
Towards A Year of Collaborations Lots of interesting things happened in 2015. I moved into a full-time role, moved into the heart of Philadelphia, experienced what working 12 hour days (though only a handful of times) feels like when you like what you’re doing, met some fascinating people, left some people behind, had some eye-opening experiences, learned a lot, read a lot, […]
Learning a City Again When I was last in Delhi (a little over 2 years ago) I was walking around in the Ballimaran area of Delhi-6. It is chaotic, smelly, extremely overcrowded, and full of delicious food. I was with my cousin and we had overlapping but tangential agendas. Both of us were driven by wanting to get some […]
The Fragmented Marketplace for Education Information A lot of folks from India have been reaching out to me recently regarding admissions in US universities. Their questions usually have to deal with which universities are good or which programs they need to look for. Most of those who’ve reached out to me in the last year or so have been students wishing […]
Assumptions Or: moments that have moved me in some strange ways – 1: Walking up to a short Jewish man dialing a number outside a restaurant and the first thought I have is a somewhat snide mental remark where I’m advising this guy to go back into the restaurant and for once enjoy your meal man. […]
Family Life, Akhil Sharma How do you even begin to write about a book that is so painfully honest that it can be tender and heartbreaking in the same sentence. In its most mundane parts. This is the story of Ajay growing up envying his older brother, Birju, in every sense of the word. Once when visiting their grandparents […]
The Bathroom, Jean-Philippe Toussaint I have just finished a rather perplexing book. Perplexing in the way that only French things can seem perplexing to those not well versed with the deeper intricacies of the French culture. The Bathroom is about an unnamed narrator in Paris who spends his days living in his bathroom. In his desire to achieve extreme […]
