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Reading Highlights 2024

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Reading Highlights 2024

2024 was challenging and rewarding in equal measure when it came to me being able to set time aside for reading. Lots of travel across multiple oceans and much time spent in hotels, Airbnbs and flights. So I switched to a more multi-device, multi-platform approach. My main platform for reading

Reading Highlights 2023

Reading Highlights 2023

2023 had ended up being one of the busiest times in the history of Transcelestial! I have had this post sitting in draft for over a year but I finally have been able to polish it up a bit and release. Just combined my reading highlights from 2023 below. Previous

End of Year Reading 2022

End of Year Reading 2022

The year started being super uncertain but massively promising at work - a quarter into the launch of CENTAURI 10Gbps (one of the world's fastest wireless technology) we had all these people knocking at our doors to test out this technology across South East Asia. The team was

Summer Reading 2022

Summer Reading 2022

The world seems to be stumbling. Vannevar Bush's words still ring true. Crazy Volcanic Eruptions, unnecessary wars, mutating viruses, world powers changing hands, inflation (& possibly one of the worst recessions), the proliferation of regurgitated stories packaged in new ways by media houses, fake news, the rise of

End of Year Reading 2021

End of Year Reading 2021

The year ended with some not great news on the family front but we survived and things seem to be looking up going ahead. That got me thinking, amongst other things I have been very thankful for being able to structure in a generous amount of reading (books, articles, podcasts)

Summer Reading 2021

Summer Reading 2021

When the world forces you indoors, you need to find a way out. If you are faced with a summer with COVID lockdowns in your city, you may want to hit some of these books to explore a different world out there. My other reading updates can be found on

Podcasts I Like

Podcasts I Like

I have always felt closer to sound. That's why I stuck with learning a guitar longer than painting on a canvas. When I am not performing cognitively demanding tasks e.g. walking in the evenings or cycling to work or in a Grab, I am usually listening to

30-year Illusion of a Conscious Effort

30-year Illusion of a Conscious Effort

I turned 32 yesterday and I wanted to do this last year but Transcelestial's Series A raise kept me busy. Below is a non-comprehensive list of elements from my personal framework that I have built over the years. It's a glimpse of how I think, what

Why I love anime?

Why I love anime?

I have pondered on this question for years. Today, while I was watching the anime Rurouni Kenshin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurouni_Kenshin], finally the answer hit me like a brick. > Strong Convictions My thesis is that Strong Convictions in anime characters are the main reason why I

A “New” Yahoo!

Why Yahoo Needs to Re-Invent? * Yahoo made a good number of acquisitions e.g. Tumblr, Zimbra (which they sold to VMWare), Delicious. But even today these remain as external distributed services rather than a core part of Yahoo services and offerings. On top of this, the acquisitions keep on coming

Original TV Plot II – Aryans

Aryans – Episode 1 Weather: Heavy rains with lightning and thunder Date: December 21, 2011 (around 11:00 PM ) Location: A military confinement unit in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, outside Port Blair, hidden by the forest. Scene opens with lightning and thunder in the sky, along with heavy torrential rain. There

Original TV Plot I – Aryans

Aryans – Character Profile Character name: #1Main Old Guy Age: (Actual) 462 human years (Visible) 30-35 years Eye Color: blue Appearance: Custom. Long black hair(which is tied into a choti),rough square faced with slight beard and a pointy moustache.wears glasses, round gandhiji types and wears gloves on his