Category Archives: Work

This is about my work – computers, programming..

Bye Bye AOL..

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Kedar

Christopher Columbus once said, “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore“…. AOL has been like a shore for me for the last 8.5 years! I am not sure if I … Continue reading →

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I broke up with my new ‘girlfriend’!!

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Kedar

For those of you who do not remember or did not read my earlier post that had the context for this post, here it is : http://blog.somik.net/lifetime-change. Then the war began to unfold.. (you can skip this if you are … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Bill Gates!

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Kedar

Bill Gates stepped down last week from day to day operations at Microsoft. During the last 10 years or so, several people in the world have developed a love-hate relationship with him – for various reasons, maybe the strong monopoly … Continue reading →

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Mac Vs Windows.. the WAR begins

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Kedar

Having said what I said about my breakup with Ms Windows and a new relationship with Ms Mac, let me just say now, in all fairness, that I do appreciate some things about Ms Windows now that were more right … Continue reading →

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Lifetime change..

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Kedar

When you talk about lifetime changes, you tend to think about getting married, having a kid, buying a house, getting divorced.. well, you know what I mean I went for a change in my life recently with the same bit … Continue reading →

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Don’t Worry, be Crappy..

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Kedar

Read Guy Kawasaki‘s comment – “Don’t worry, be crappy” (more on that here) – on the “Art of Innovation”. That inspired me to rewrite the whole song Allow me – ohhh ooh ooh ohh oooh oohh oohh ohhh oohh oohh … Continue reading →

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Defection of Java programmers to Ruby on Rails!

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Kedar

This war between Java and Ruby On Rails is really funny. Java is finally getting the same deal (but in a different role) that they enjoyed against C++ in the past. Ruby is in the same shoes Java was back … Continue reading →

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Overloaded Alphabets..

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Kedar

These days, companies, technologies start overloading alphabets once they are successful. Take the case of ‘J’ – everything in Java world starts with a ‘J’ – JBoss, JTA, JMX, JUnit, JNDI, JNI, JDBC, J2EE, AspectJ, JSTL, JMS, JAXP, JAXRPC, JMeter, … Continue reading →

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