In my month long stay at US, I had not spent anything on books and I was curious to visit a bookstore and experience how different they are from one in Bangalore. But that didn’t happen until the day before I was leaving to India. I visited Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Nashua in NewHampshire, [...]
May 31, 2007
I wanted to spend the last 20$ in my pocket to worth its salt at the Airport. I had two choices.To pick up some gift at duty free shop ( I need to find out why do they call so ) or pick up a book for the flight journey. After an hour of thinking [...]
March 18, 2007
I have this special love for graphically rich books. I went to oxford bookstore at Leela yesterday. I could not resist deserting this book at the store. Philosophy for beginners – Richard Osborne and Illustrated by Ralph Edney It’s a simple and easy to read book ( but not simplistic) and has history of all [...]
January 9, 2007
Increasingly, you should assume the best people reside outside your corporate walls So very true. The subtitle of the book is “How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything”, and the authors do a great job covering all the latest tools and topics (e.g., wikis, Flickr, YouTube, etc.) As they see it, the four keys to success are [...]
January 5, 2007
I read the review of this book couple of days back.The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I faintly remember the exact words which appealed me in the review. I did a look up on the net.This is what sums up the theme of the book in Dawkin’s words. “I am hostile to fundamentalist religion because [...]
January 5, 2007
Mohan Das:A true story of a man, his people and an empireby Rajmohan Gandhi 8th January 2007CrosswordResidency RoadBangalore
November 30, 2006
I picked up this book from British Library. But read in parts, sparingly.This is what we missed out in college days…hacking around with hardware using our electronics-engineering skills. I still fear laying hands on electrical equipments.Can somebody teach me…handling basic electrical appliances, measuring voltages and current, how large is 1 Ampere and some electrical wiring, [...]
November 20, 2006
I was at Forum’s Landmark. Launch of Bangalore Tiger by Steve Hamm.Uh. Not an impressive one.Book is about wipro and blah blah blah. I never thought Wipro’s story is interesting enough to be read. There was a question from the audience.How do you compare your book with “World is flat” He said“World is flat awakened [...]
November 18, 2006
Big savings on my pocket. Now am a subscriber of safari online.Online versions of o’reilly books.I bought 500 Rs worth of O’reilly books only last week. Could have saved on them. O’reilly books, known for theiry geeky and hacky nature, their online version, is such a great help. So, google will step aside for a [...]
November 13, 2006
If there’s only one road and there’s only right turn, does it make a difference by putting up a signboard, “Right Turn” That’s the case with TCP/IP. It’s not a clever protocol or something very special about it.This is the way any sensible would have implemented. So, debate of whether it’s a superior protocl or [...]
November 13, 2006
Of the nine books I bought…favourite picks.By Curt Suplee By Vieri Vanghi, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Branimir Vojcic By Mitchel E. Schultz
November 11, 2006
Blogging from Bangalore Book Festival.But it’s little disappointing not to find wi-fi not working here today.Had tucked in a laptop, after I read about this in news paper y’day. Been third timer I guess here.There has been a sea change in the way I pick the stall and the book.When I was here for the [...]
October 27, 2006
You pack your house in boxes and put your new address on them. The moving company picks them up, makes a list of the boxes, and ships them across country along the most efficient route -this may mean putting your dishes and your bedroom furniture on different trucks. Your belongings arrive at your new address. [...]
October 13, 2006
Picked up this book after two hours of book browsing at landmark forum.Was looking for a book, which gives a good background into indian music + some theory. Looked like a good pick. Music in India by Bonnie C wade. First edition Published in 1979. This being written by a foriegner should be an interesting [...]
July 24, 2006
Books will never be threatened by the likes of digital media. Information on a particular topic is so very disorganised on the web that it’s impossible for one to gather all that one requires and put it in one place.While books present you well researched, well thought and well organised information, condensed in one place.That’s [...]
July 21, 2006
O’Reilly — Books That Have Shaped How I ThinkI should check out this list some time.
June 12, 2006
Principles of Wireless Networks: A Unified Approachby Kaveh Pahlavan, Prashant Krishnamurthy Great pick this one over the weekend at Landmark, forum.Have already read end-to-end in just 24 hours.Highly recommended if you are looking for an intuitive read on wireless networks.
May 30, 2006
If you are into CDMA…here is a must downloadand this one
June 10, 2007
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