Whenever you learn something, there’s one thing you can be sure of: It’ll never go wasted. Steve Jobs’, in his famous Stanford Commencement Speech told how all the calligraphy he had learned in his college after dropping out(yes, he did learn after dropping out!) helped him out later when designing the user interface for Mac. I recently had a similar experience. I had learned SQL in 11th and 12th grade and at that time, I thought that it was of no use. However, now its all coming back. Many people are considering DBMS in this semester as most difficult or one of most difficult subjects but I am able to easily go through it! ...

Just read Two Mechanics by David Masters. And remembered a discussion with my roommate about Apple and Samsung last night. Now that I’m owner of iPhone 4S, I can say a thing about design and functionality. When you use iPhone, it works beautifully. Everything is magical. And I love that. When it comes to Samsung and Google, I do not essentially hate them. But I do hate their bad designs and poor experience. ...

What would life be like if we do everything with same energy and enthusiasm? Let’s discover!

How to stick to decisions and tasks?

Over the years, I have noticed a pattern. And it has repeated year after year. I call it marketing pattern, at least in blogging! A new “authority figure” appears on a big blog or a bunch of blogs. They do lot of guest posts. They give “something” for free. A book, a free webinar or something similar. They start a course. Next month, they are nowhere to be seen around. They have gone back, not visible on radar anymore! Now, this cycle repeats year after year. ...

I have never waited for any WordPress version as I have for WordPress 3.3. Why? Because WordPress 3.2 had a strange but irritating bug that basically drove me mad! When you added bullet list, the next paragraph will start as a div! While a small bug, it meant that paragraph formatting would not work. Hitting enter would then move the pointer to next line only. My workaround was to write some words first and then insert list above them! ...

Apple products have very simple philosophy, It Just Works. That is why no one else can make an iPod or iPhone! Read on to see why Apple is Apple and my final say on Apple vs. anything debate.

I just got a new profile pic. After 2 years!

I loved this song in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood trailer. Although, I found it today only! Here it is:

Worried about your programming exam? Do not be afraid, here are some tips that may help you out. Beware though, it’s just an experiment.