Whatsapp!

Hey, I just downloaded WhatsApp Messenger on my Android. It is a Smartphone Messenger which replaces SMS. This app even lets me send pictures, video and other multi-media! WhatsApp Messenger is available for Android, iPhone, Nokia and BlackBerry and there is no PIN or username to remember - it works just like SMS and uses your internet data plan. Get it now from http://www.whatsapp.com/download/ and say good-bye to SMS.

भोर

रात की बेड़ियों में भोर का संग्राम था, 
ठंडी हवा में तूफ़ान का अनुमान था, 
सुरीली तान में लहरें कहीं से आ रहीं थीं, 
विनय में उन पलों के सम्पूर्णता का मान था...

Developers (feat. Steve Ballmer)

Just yesterday, I was feeling like I've lost my charm in coding ;). 

I guess I've moved on to design application architectures instead of actually coding them. But, that's important too. I'm gonna work hard and recall all my charm in that line too. I don't know whether I should be happy about it or not. 

Funny stuff is I found a song today by"Cory Smith". I like the rap music in this song and pretty 'developer attitude' lyrics.

Check it out, here's the link.

qr codes

I don't know how long these qr codes have been in existence. I remember seeing some on made in china electronics packaging. Until recently, they weren't so popular with normal users like me but google just did another good stuff using these in android. Since then, every one seems to like these. Newspaper's ads have these on side sharing website of their product. Blackberry uses these to show power of their smartphone.

I seem to like these. But you wud need a smartphone so the intended audience can't be dumb. Also saves effort of typing big urls.

There are potentially hundreds of ways it cud revolutionise. I like the concept of bringing industrial smart technologies for general users. It's like defence tech being used for public benefit.

if you own a smartphone, scan this. It's for you!

employed or enslaved?

I know the title is little disturbing and might be considered against company policies in many companies however, it's not targeted to any company.

I've been into two companies now and I've a long list of friends who just like me work in different companies. Some are big companies like @#$%^& and some are start-ups like $%&^&(* ( I don't want to name any company here). We all have our jobs which help in paying the bills and probably getting settled and living a non-risky normal life. 

I love working. I seriously do. But, not in a way some companies way. I seriously do not work for 8 hours. And I'm sure majority of us don't. I'm not saying that we can't but again we can't on a daily basis. However, companies don't seem to get that. They enforce 8-9 hour reporting policies, stupid automated systems to send mail to your manager if you worked (actually, were in office) for less hours. Work hours is one of the many stupid ideas Indian IT industry has. Somehow, it got passed on to other industries.

There was a post recently in Al-Jazeera about workers who were kept locked in chains in Bangladesh and made to work for 16+ hours a day. The funny thing is, this you call a torture in Bangladesh or India, but if you do such thing in Indian IT company, it's called "hard work" or "delivery time" but never torture. For some, it gets paid off, but a little extra time in office daily never gets paid off. By the way, in Japan such thing is normal :P

I'm not suggesting that you should not work for 8 hours a day or be disloyal to your company. I'm suggesting that companies should make policies more relaxed so that employees have one less thing to worry about. After all, it's the employees who make companies.

p.s. dedicated to all over-committed employees :P