LatLong to Addresses
shashiHere's a simple python script to convert latitude, longitude to addresses. It depends on Google Map's Reverse Coding API. https://gist.github.com/3958041
Probability of Certainties or The Karma Theory Redux
Life is uncertain! I had a quaint notion about certain cliches, including this one. But events in the recent past, have shown me that there are certainties even about uncertainties! This…
GitHub for Windows through proxies
If you're using GitHub for Windows in a corporate, chances are high that you're behind a big bad Corporate Firewall/Proxy. GitHub for Windows doesn't yet have the proxy parameters in…
On how companies lose it to their founders’ ego!
OnLive and OnMobile are entirely different companies in different domains, different geographical spreads, different sizes. But they have quite a few similarities as well. While the  "On" in their names…
Please, Kindly Adjust
Twang! Twaang!! Twang! Twaang!! The brain went on an auto-pilot - '4AM! It is the alarm! Hit the Dismiss button'. I use the expensive - relatively - android phone for…
Whither Social? Whither Cloud?
The last few days have seen quite a few events that give rise to skepticism about the Cloud and the Social Websites. Â Linkedn says display of tweets in user's profile…
Scott Adams on Venture Capital and the Neo Rich
Scott Adams' satirical take on the new rich kids becoming venture capitalists. http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/venture_capital/ I came up with the Ego Theory of Venture Capital while reading through a list of startups…
In defence of Y-Combinator’s `declaration of war against Hollywood’
The `Kill Hollywood' call if put in the right perspective, is more of a call to 'Disrupt Hollywood Model of Business' than killing the entire industry altogether. Y-Combinator, one of…