November 20th is my youngest brother’s birthday. Over the last few years, sparked surprisingly by our mom, wishing each other exactly at midnight has become an unspoken tradition in our family. And it’s not just a simple text; it’s about the thrill of getting it right—no matter the time [...]
Call it pandemic or endemic, remote work is not going to go away in hurry! Remote work may look like an interesting proposition as no one is breathing fire on your neck and you get flexibility at work. But it is not that it does not have its own [...]
Our fond memories now get captured digitally in photo or video form. But it wasn't so till ten to fifteen years back. So most of us still have loads of shoeboxes full of photo prints - invaluable memories but locked up somewhere and unavailable to share with others. There [...]
People who have their act together don’t get easily distracted by trivial things. Yet, even they sometimes struggle to focus. The primary reason they lose focus is the overwhelming thought of all the work they’re not doing. The world around us is constantly changing in both predictable and unpredictable [...]
Most meetings end, agreeing unanimously at least on one point and that is when to meet next! Phew, we have another meeting! And then more meetings!! Meetings are an essential part of our work and sending meeting requests an essential chore. Most often sending meeting requests is a thankless [...]
After completing my post-graduation in Remote Sensing - a space Technology, at IIT, I joined the dream job of Scientist in the Department of Space, Government of India. Besides doing the research activity, I wrote the required software code myself instead of looking for software developers. This idea of [...]
In all sincerity, we want to obey our dentist and change our toothbrush every three months, but very soon we lose track. The brush does not show any signs of wear, so we just go on with it till when we finally change and then get reminded about how [...]
Chrome browser supports extensions and there is a whole marketplace of Chrome extensions, both free and paid. The extensions extend out-of-the-box capabilities of the Chrome browser. Do you use Chrome browser extensions? (What are your favorites? Please write to me.) I need a bunch of them for my day [...]
Have you been in a jewelry shop at the time of their closing for the day? It's quite dramatic. There is a sudden spurt of activity and in that hustle, all the valuables from the displays, get checked, packed, and moved to the vault (I guess), and soon the [...]
Recently one of my friends said this on LinkedIn in response to my post on the to-do list - ”I have been using a spreadsheet and it's working well so far. (I) Am getting peaceful sleep unlike earlier when it used to always bother me that am missing something [...]