If you are considering buying Apple Care for your iPhone or iPad in India, you may want to reconsider that. I recently dropped my phone and had a minor bump. I knew that Apple Care+ covers accidental damage in US but wasn’t sure about India. I had a call with Apple Customer Care and found […]
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Watch Batman v Superman. But not with high expectations.
One sentence review: Someone please fire Zack Snyder. Long one: Batman Begins was the first proper superhero movie that I watched and liked. I became a fan of Christopher Nolan from there. Batman trilogy remains my favourite series of movies to this date. Whoever decided to give Batman v Superman and Justice League to Zack Snyder […]
Ensure correct names for OS X apps before installing to avoid issues
If you have encountered strange issues when trying to install an OS X app from internet (especially a prefpane), then the name of app may be a culprit. Recently, I had weird issues when trying to install the excellent Choosy app. I had tried to install the app some time back, it had some issues […]
Mandrill/GMail eating your email design? Try inlining!
GMail removes classes from the email body. If you rely on classes to apply styles, they will not work. Solution is to inline your CSS. Learn how in this post.
“This feature is urgent”. Urgency is ruining the software!
As software engineers, we are used to hearing “please do it fast/urgent” or other variations. Such requests by clients and managers may be ruining our work.
Why do computer engineers work hard and management gets rewarded?
Our industry is broken. Engineers are doing a lot of hard work while reward goes to management. What are the reasons for this and what are the alternatives?
Missing Mailbox? Try These Mail Clients
Now that Mailbox is dead, take a look at the apps I am using instead of Mailbox for iOS and OS X.
How to get hired: Just make awesome stuff.
If you are applying for a job, you may want to do a bit more than bare minimum. It has worked for others, it may work for you too.
Rotten And Expensive Apples
When “high-performance processors, graphics and storage” mean 1.6 Ghz Core i5 and 500 GB, 5400 RPM HDD and flagship phones cost highest in a price sensitive market, something is definitely wrong.
Read my half-facts, half-opinion based piece about things Apple is doing wrong in India
What makes a Mac different?
Everyone says that Mac is different and better than Windows. What makes it better?