Thursday, June 18, 2009

Timeline

I wanted to do this post for long time. I should say at least 2 months. I want to compare M in different months. Like a milestone, how she looked every month, in her pregnancy.

I am just putting the pics and rest is on you to compare…

3rd Month

3rd Month

 

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4th Month

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6th Month

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7th Month

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8th Month

 

I know the pictures are less, but they definitely speak louder then words…so go on…judge them and let me know ur reactions…

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Architect Factory - Gyst

Twitter - #ArcFact

Twemes.com/ArcFact

Iasane.org

Arcfactory.cloudapp.net

 

Speaker Bio -

·         Rob Daigneau - http://designpatternsfor.net/Presentations/BecomingAnArchitect.pdf - DesignPatternsfor.Net

·         Bryan Tuttle – CodeRight.com – result of over architecting

·         Dennis J. Perlot

 

What is important –

·         Soft skills

·         Tech Skills

o   Platform

o   Methodology

o   Standards – naming conventions

o   Guidelines

o   Policies and procedures

§  Build process

§  Version Control

                               

 

References:

·         The rise of the development environment architect

·         Microsoft patterns & practices

·         The Secrets of Consulting

·         Dynamics Of Software Development

·         Leading Geeks

·         The Mythical Man Month

·         Big Ball of Mud

·         Silos, Politics and Turf Wars

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

काव्य पाठ

काव्या के आगमन की बेला सुहानी
मनु बनी माँ और मैं बन गयी नानी
सौरभ जी ने यूँ हंस कर कहा
मैं बना पापा और पापाजी नाना
अंकित ने लेकर बल्लैयाँ कहा
काव्या का बन गया मैं तो मामा

As many of you know that Kaavya’s Naani was here, she returned last week to India. On her way back, she was thinking of creative ways to celebrate Kaavya. She decided to make laddoos, and gift them to her family and friends in a novel and unique way. So she thought of this poetry, with a picture of her custom made on a card in a pink bag, depicting a baby girl.

Welcome Kaavya to the family!!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Money has no memory. Experience has

Money has no memory. Experience has.

You will never know what was the total cost of your education, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your mother's life or the life you get to live with the just born. You won't remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has.

Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where the tomorrow will come life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full sometimes even the pocket was empty. There was enough and you still had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and you still had reasons to smile. Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried alone. All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your own self, and you alone can remember them all.

The first time you balanced yourself on your cycle without support
The first time she said 'yes' and it was two years since you proposed
The first cry the first steps the first word the first kiss all of your child
The first gift you bought for your parents and the first gift your daughter gave you
The first award the first public appreciation the first stage performance
And the list is endless Experiences, with timeless memory

No denying that anything that's material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.

So, what if it's economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. You can still take your parents, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. You can still play with your children, if not on an international holiday, at least in the local park. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Nice time to train the employees, create leadership availability and be ready for the wonderful times when they arrive. Hey! Aspects like your health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent.

Time will pass..economy will revive..currency will soon be in current and in all this, I don't want you to look back and realize you did nothing but stayed in gloom.

Recession can make you lose out on money. Let it not make you lose out on experiences.

If you are not happy with what you have, no matter how much more you have, you will still not be happy. The idea is not to stop earning, saving or caring for money but cherishing whatever we have :-).

Most importantly.... keeping commitments for loved ones (Not, if you pretend that they are loved ones but don't feel it from heart). Keep your egos, anger away from such relations