Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Pilobolus: A performance merging dance and biology

This an amazing art/dance/human expression.... and many more. Some might feel this video is a explicit content. But it's just awesome and probably sensual!!!

A BIG salute to the artistes Otis Cook and Jennifer Macavinta for performing this woderful sensuous duet "Symbiosis." Click here to know more about the dance company and the artistes.

BumpTop - Demo Video

This video showcases the funky, yet highly Physics oriented, presentation of a Desktop UI :)

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Wallpaper - 4 a cause

I have been thinking about this "QUIT SMOKING" theme for a while. Got some mood/time today to get this wallpaper done :)



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Monday, February 11, 2008

Moving on...

Ah! finally "Mera number aagaya" :) I am moving out of Mentorware(current employer) by this month-end!

I am joining a company called CAE as Sr.Multimedia Developer. The company is into Civil/Military aviation simulation and modelling technologies. I'll be joining the Bangalore operations with the Course-ware team [integrated training solutions for Aviation].

I am looking forward to work with CAE as it would provide me an opportunity/exposure to explore the Video aspect of Multimedia :)

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

New Wallpaper

Over the weekend, when I was alone and reading a Tamizh book ("Sollathathum Unmai" - Prakash Raj) an important thought flashed through my mind. Living alone is both a boon and curse. I placed boon first, because loneliness allows you to live in your past and future :).


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LONELINESS...
Makes you live in your PAST through your cherished memories!
Makes you live in your FUTURE through your goals!
Alas! denies you to live your life in PRESENT!

Wallpaper Design by Vlad Gerasimov

Monday, February 4, 2008

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

The Number One Rule of Being a Good Employee

I have come across this blog article through one of my friend. Really a good one! Thanks to BUU NGUYEN

The Article:

When we are assigned with a task, we are usually expected to:

1. Provide an estimation of how long it will take to finish the task
2. Go ahead and start working on it
3. Report problems and issues preventing the work from being done
4. Finish the task and report the result

Generally, the boss only cares about the estimation, the progress, the problems, and the result - in most cases (e.g. except from the period in which we are coached on a new work or position) he does not care how we are going to do that nor does he wants to be a problem checker of the result. Unfortunately, some people that I know really have problem with this when they assume that their bosses need to pay close attention to how they are doing their work and scrutinize their outputs to make sure nothing is done incorrectly and tell them whether there are things which should be adjusted. The boss is not supposed to do that.

I remember one time when an analyst sent me a technical spreadsheet which was supposed to be sent to the client. After a quick look at a few numbers in the summary tab to make sure that they did not look ridiculous (outside acceptable ranges), I forwarded the document to the client. A few days later, I received a many complaints from the client about the quality of that document which presented many inaccurate information and the fact that they expected a much better work than that. But that was not the worst thing of the day, what the analyst later told me really knocked me on the face “I thought you would review it and tell me if it had problems, and I thought you would not send them the document if it was not good enough”.

What he actually said was that he expected me to scrutinize the details of his document in order to tell him any single problem with it. That should never be the expectation and it was my fault for not making this point clear up-front with the team members. I told him that although I, as his manager, was supposed to assist him in resolving any problem he had when doing his work, he needed to tell me about the problems first because I was not supposed to figure out the problems for him, that he must be solely responsible for the quality of his work product and if he sent me the result without telling me about any of its problems, my assumption would be that the document came up with all the expectations he were communicated with when being assigned with the task, and if it was not, he was not doing his job well.

So, what is the first rule of being a good employee? Be autonomous, i.e. independent, self-directed and self-managed. Except from the period in which one is coached to learn about the new job or position, he is expected to be autonomous at all time. He is expected to do whatever he has to do in order to accomplish a task well, including seeking for help, escalating issues, and not relying on others to help him examine his work and telling him what goes wrong with it. Autonomous employees do not waste their bosses’ time, yet never silently produce a pile of crap. And bosses like autonomous employees.

Monday, December 3, 2007

ICL - Chennai Superstars AD

This video is very Funny! I am simply love this :)

Monday, November 19, 2007

Parents 30th Anniversary Video

We had a small celebration at home on the occasion of our Parents 30th anniversary!
Parents are from village background and this kinda celebration was very alien to them. The childish/innocent happiness on their face made my day!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

பெண்தோழி!

தோழியே! உன்னை என் நண்பனோடு
இணைத்து கிசுகிசு பேசி கிண்டலடித்தது
இன்றும் பசுமையாக என் நினைவுகளில்...

சில நாட்களில் கிசுகிசுத்த வாய் சற்றே அடங்கியது
ஆனால் என் கண்கள் மெல்ல மெல்ல
உன்னை பார்க்க தொடங்கியது ...

பெண்களிடம் அதிகம் பேசாத நான் உன்னிடம்
ஒவ்வொரு நொடியும் பேச துடித்தேன்...
பேசவில்லை நான், காரணங்கள் பற்பல,
அவற்றில் துணிவின்மை, வறட்டு கவுரவம்...
இவற்றிக்கு முதலிடம்...

பிறகு நிகழ்ந்தொரு அதிசயம்...
உன் கண்கள் என்னைப் பார்த்து சிரிக்க தொடங்கியன..
என் கண்கள் பதில் பேச துடித்தன..

கண்களில் ஆரம்பித்த சிநேகம்,
புன்னகையாக பூத்து தினமும்
வாழ்த்துகள்/வணக்கங்கள் பரிமாறி கொள்வதில் வளர்ந்தது...
இனி இருவரும் காலமெல்லாம் சிநேகம் கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்று எண்ணிய வரை...

ஆஹா.. என்னொரு இனிமையான உணர்வுகள்...
அழகான தருணங்கள்...
வாழ்கையில் ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும்
ரசித்து அனுபவிக்க வேண்டியவை....

உன்னிடம் பேசிய பிறகுதான் என்னை
நான் அடையாளம் கண்டு கொண்டேன்...
பகிர்ந்து கொண்டது சில காலமே என்றாலும்
இருவரும் மகிழ்ச்சின் எல்லை வரை சென்று வந்தோம்..

பிறகு அல்லவா, கிளம்பியது பூதம் என்னுள்...
வயது கோளாறு அல்லவா...
பல சந்தேகங்கள் என்னுள்...
நீ என் மேல் சிநேகம் கொண்டுள்ள காதலியா? அல்லது,
நான் உன்மேல் காதல் கொண்டுள்ள சிநேகிதனா? என்று…

ஞாபகம் இருக்கிறதா?
பத்தாம் வகுப்பு பொதுத் தேர்வு ஆரம்பம்...
நீட்டினாய் என்னிடம் உனது "ஆட்டோகிராப்"...
ஒரு நாள் அவகாசம் வாங்கி...
மனதை நிரப்பினான் முழுவதும் உனது ஏட்டினில்..

படித்தப்பின் கடிதம் ஒன்று கொடுத்தாய்,
என் மனதை நிரப்பியதற்கு..
படித்தபின் அல்லவா தெளிந்தேன்...
நாம் இருவரும் ஒருவர் மீது ஒருவர் கொண்டிருந்தது
காதலையும் விட மிக உயர்ந்த பந்தம் "நட்பு" என்று...

நாம் இருவரின் இதயத்திலும் ஒருவருக்கொருவர்..
என்றென்றும் நீங்க இடம் பிடித்திருப்பது என்பது,
நிசப்பதமான உண்மையாகும்..

என்றும் நீ உன் நண்பர்களிடம்...
"இவன்தான் என் முதல் உயிர் தோழன்" என்றும்,
நான் என் நண்பர்களிடம்...
"இவள்தான் என் முதல் உயிர் தோழி" என்றும்,
அறிமுகம் செய்விகையில்... கிடைக்கின்ற
மகிழ்ச்சி ஈடு இணையற்றது!!

--- உன்னுயிர் தோழன்