Anvesh

DAD

2012-05-26T12:06:00.000-07:00

All my life I have never missed you so much…Things would have been lot different, Good or Bad! I seldom find myself missing you so very much. 15 years have passed by and on the days when I am really missing you, I find that it helps me a lot to express my feelings with a sketch of you.

Why?

2012-03-11T11:16:00.001-07:00

From my childhood, one thing always revolves in my mind - Why am I always on the receiving end? Wouldn't there be a day when I can answer all of the so called critics of me and be like a free bird (OR) is it just that I am destined to be this way.

BTW, when I lose hope, all I do is to listen to the immortal Bombay Theme…. as usual ARR is GOD!!

Why don't people mind their own business?

2011-10-08T13:27:00.000-07:00

(Want to) Make somebody happy today? Mind your own business. - Ann Landers

I had to write this post out of frustration being caused by few people lately. I don’t understand the point in people poking their noses in to my matters and decisions which I never asked. I have always been ready to hear their advices, but that does not make me to follow those advices.

These people don’t stop at giving advices, rather they persistently try gibing at your abilities and inabilities as if they are the masters of all trades.I agree that they may be good at few things that they are doing, but I don’t think they are good at / have right for judging my capabilities. I don’t understand how they forget/ ignore the fact completely that I am far more superior at doing few things than them except that I don’t like to gasconade about those things.

I am happy even if I may not be making more money than them, remember that I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth and whatever I am today(better than what I was) is just because of me and my decisions.

All these years, I have been silently absorbing these jibes. Had I not been so polite I might have given them a piece of my mind, but I don't think I would be able to control myself anymore and would definitely try to do and succeed what these guys are best at(Mortifying).

I had to put this here to stop worrying about these douche heads and enjoy rest of my weekend.

Rockstar 2011 All Promo Songs (30 Secs)

2011-09-28T22:17:00.000-07:00

I generally don't embed any music on my blog. But with the amount of hype and delay the music company has made for the release of the music, i had to post this.
Click on the song name to Play
* I by no means intend to infringe the copyrights.

Types of Startups !

2011-09-28T12:40:00.000-07:00

Now that we have an answer to “What do we need to start a startup?” comes the next question – “What are the types of startups?” / “What type of Startup my company would come under?”
As Steve Blank explains in a detail here, the six types of Startups

Lifestyle Startups : “The Passionate Startups” These are the individuals that make their Passions and interests into a startup. A web designer or a Painter is living their life they love and Money is secondary to them.
Small Business Startups : “The Everyday Startups” These are the every day businesses.They make almost 99.7% of total companies. Consultants, Grocery Stores, Electricians etc., fall under this category
Scalable Startups : “The Born to be Big Startups” These are the ones who always believed that their product will change the world. Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc., are all path defying and have achieved big.
Buyable Startups : “The Born to Flip Startups” These are the ones who always wanted to develop their product, make it popular and sell it to a bigger firm for a good profit.
Large Company Startups : “The Big Innovative Startups” With more and more new startups coming up each day, it has become more difficult for the larger companies such as Microsoft, Google etc., to grow through “Sustaining Innovation” ( Offer new products that are variants of their core products. For Example : Google Docs or Calendar). These companies now have focused on “Disruptive Innovation” (Create entirely new products than their core products. For Example : Android from Google)
Social Startups : “The Difference making Startups” These are the ones that want to make this world a better place and are not to create wealth for the founders.
So, choose which one does your Dream Startup is and leave your valuable comments.

Dream Big !

2011-09-20T11:21:00.001-07:00

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing. - Adolph Monod

Everyone wants to do great things and achieve greater goals. They even have great ideas to go with their capabilities. But still, the only thing that stops them from achieving their goals is the “Belief” in them. With belief in their capabilities and ideas comes the attitude to take risks. Even in a college game, there is a risk of loosing the toss even before the start of the game(Forget about the game). For something that is destined to change the future of yours as well as the world’s, taking risk is never a wrong idea. And always remember “You have a 50% chance of being successful if you take a risk, if you don’t you end up at 0%”

So friends, Always Dream Big and Don’t fear about the risks!

By the way, I would like to suggest an excellent read Enchantment by +Guy Kawasaki . This would make an great learning experience for enthusiastic entrepreneurs.

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People I Admire

2011-09-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

This post has been long overdue.Lying in my drafts to be posted for a few months, finally polished it and here it is.
As we grow older, we find someone to look up to. Virtually everyone has someone that they admire. Over time, there have been several people who have influenced various aspects of my life, based on their personal characteristics, accomplishments, and values. I admire them and aspire to be like( or better than) what they are.

My Mom - After losing my father in an accident when I was just 13, it was my Mom who has been taking care of entire family through all the difficult times. She is strong willed,kind hearted,selfless and sacrificial.I save my admiration for her because of all she has done for me in my life. She is a person who taught me many important lessons which will help me in my life. She has an undeclared philosophy of never to get depressed when you fail. To her, I am an open book. She has been a support to me in all of my adverse situations. She always motivated me to take new challenges and never to back out of them. Whatever I am Today and whatever I am going to be Tomorrow, I owe it all to her.
A R RAHMAN - I have already blogged about this Genius quite a few times. My admiration to him grew with me. I literally worship him! I call him the GOD!! There are several days in my life I lived just on his music. There is a healing power in it. Be it the soothing “Bombay Theme” or the effervescent “Rangeela Theme”, he has been a true “Rockstar”! One of the reasons why I admire him may be that I can correlate his childhood to mine and also struggle he faced to become the face of the nation,making Indians all over the world proud. Say Jai Ho!!
My Uncle / Teacher / Mentor - Mr. K. Govardhan Reddy - Being Principal of the school I studied and also my Uncle, he played a major role in my life. I still remember when he made me to sit in between two toppers of my class to learn Math( I always was below average in Math) from them in our reading class. I was always wondering in my childhood how a person can have so much of knowledge and education (MSc, MEd, MBA) as him. He has this ability to listen what we had to say, to empathize with and to understand our point. I had Participated ( and Won) several “General Knowledge” “Essay Writing” and “Painting” competitions only with his support. He has been a true inspiration not only to me but a few hundred students who studied in the school. Personally, he has been a great support for me to pursue my MBA. Over the years, he successfully made the transition from a strict principal to a great mentor. Now a successful Businessman, he will always remain a shining example for me.

Now that I have finished this task of putting together the people I admire, lies ahead a huger task of following their footsteps, which I am trying with my baby feet.

Questions – Answers

2011-09-03T00:13:00.000-07:00

After a lot of CTRL+C and CTRL+V of quotes from all over the web (shamelessly! ), I thought of coming up with some unique quotes and here is the first one -

Life is all about Questions and Answers. The more you ask yourself and the more you can answer makes your life better.

By the way, how much are you in love with Google Plus? As of now, I am addicted to it! Connect with me + Anvesh

How to start a Startup?

2011-08-30T23:01:00.000-07:00

Being a graduate in business I was always keen on how the market dynamics work. Going through the current market scenario, most success has been achieved by startups. I started finding my answers for “How to start a Startup?”

One common thing among all Startups is Innovation.

Innovation seems to be the flavor of the season, but one thing that confuses everyone is where does this innovation come from? Is it the same as Invention?

Invention and Innovation go hand in hand but they are as different as milk to water. Invention is to find a new thing and Innovation is applying someone’s invention to a more practical use. For example : Everyone knows Graham Bell invented Telephone, But how many knows who invented the Mobile Phone? Compare Telephone (Invention) to Mobile Phone (Innovation).

In my opinion innovations always causes huge revolutions than the inventions. Touch screen smart phones have been in the existence for more than a decade. But the Innovative iPhone started the entire revolution.

Innovation can start from anywhere! A differently thinking brain with few steps in the right direction can lead to Innovation. As someone rightly said “An Innovator is not the one who comes with an idea but he is the one who makes that idea work”

The first step in starting a startup is Innovation. So be innovative and think Different.

To be continued…

“Quoted”

2011-07-15T15:13:00.000-07:00

“Get lost in your Dreams, or else there is a chance you may never find them again!”

This has to be one of my favorite and most original quotes I ever wrote. I have been trying hard for “Self- Realization” of the dreams/goals I have to achieve and few days ago I did just find one.Only time would answer if these dreams get fruitful or not.

As Paulo Coelho rightly said in The Alchemist

"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."

Let’s hope these dreams make my life interesting as it goes!

Adios Friends…

If you have an iPhone !

2011-06-18T18:48:00.000-07:00

This was one of the comic ideas that I had the other day while watching the iPhone’s commercial on TV where in it claims to be a device that everyone should have at any cost in their life. If we make an commercial about what the present iPhone lacks, it would definitely make a better commercial

I can play Flash games, add additional memory, have an inbuilt voice assisted navigation(For FREE), and can actually talk ( Free with my Google Voice) and a lot more on my Android. What can you do on your iPhone Mr. Jobs?

This is my first take on comic strips.Hope I did a good job. Leave your valuable feedback !

- Anvesh

Abstract Series…continued

2011-06-16T12:39:00.000-07:00

In continuation to my previous post, I am adding more works to the Abstract collection. I have also decided to learn some Typography which I want to make in to a special series.

As usual, If you like my works, you can comment on this post or Like me on Facebook or Follow me on Twitter or Favorite me on Deviant Art.

Signing off,

- Anvesh

The other side of the world.

2011-06-15T21:23:00.000-07:00

Life has been on a faster track for me for the past few months making it difficult to connect with you folks.Friends and family have been complaining about my preoccupancy.My usual job has been keeping me busy from my hobbies, especially Blogging!

I am going through an interesting phase of my career. Started to focus on certain things, but my inner beast wants me to work towards my long term goals.Though that side of my world is earning me my staple, it is not as exciting as what I like to do.

Meantime, there were certain works that I started doing as a part of “The Abstract Series”. These are mostly Minimalistic and Digital works to create the Abstract theme. Below are few of them which I would like to share with you.There will be more that will be added to this list as things start settling down.

If you like my works, you can comment on this post or Like me on Facebook or Follow me on Twitter or Favorite me on Deviant Art.

Signing off..

-Anvesh.

i Fun Droid

2011-01-21T00:22:00.001-08:00

Hola amigo’s,

This post is about the ever famous(may be notorious) i-Phone.It may be gorgeous,ground-breaking and may have changed how we look at smart-phones.Being an owner of 3 generations of the i-Phone,all I can say is ”The iPhone and me just aren't meant to be.”

First thing I don’t like about i-Phone is Apple’s “Closed” behavior.Does it really take a application like Google Voice (developed by the Big G itself) to appear in the “Appstore” after more than an year of its development,that too after an initial rejection.This is why the first thing I did after buying an i-Phone is “Jail breaking”.

Let me save more of my i-phone hatred for my next posts…

At the same time comes the saving grace in the form of “ANDROID”.I have always been a big fan of GOOGLE,Just not because most of my daily online activity goes on with it But I always believed it to be a Good Company that always does Good work and comes with Good products.So,I was naturally inclined towards Android.

After owning couple of other smart phones…BlackBerry,Windows Mobile based Tilt,i-Phone 2G and 3G..I had the opportunity to get an Android and my love towards it as an OS and Google as such has only doubled.

As mentioned above let me save more of my Love towards Android and i-phone hatred for my next posts …

Starting today I am going to start a new series of Comic strips and videos based on mine and many of yours hatred towards “The i-Phone”.

Here comes the first one…..

Alright guys,That’s it for now!

Will be back with some more i-Phone Shit (Yes! I said it ) in next posts….

Adios!!

-Anvesh

Thin Waist, Fat Wallet

2011-01-14T00:40:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year 2011 to Everyone!!

Haven’t posted much in 2010,for various reasons.Hopefully I will be posting more frequently and with less interruptions in this New Year.

Just like last couple of years my New Year Resolution will be achieving “Thin Waist and Fat Wallet” which I obviously doubt!

My last few year’s New year resolutions have been-

2008: I will get my weight down below 160 pounds.

2009: I will follow my new diet until I get below 180 pounds.

2010:I will work out at least 4days a week.

2011: I will try to drive past gym at least twice a week,but will still get below 200 pounds.(Hope so)

Let’s start this New Year on a funny note and get more serious as we go older each month.

First With a new year prayer to GOD -

God, grant me the ability to forget the people I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones that I do,
And the eyesight to tell the difference,

The first thing I wanted to do in this New Year was to buy a Nexus-S,but within a week came the CES event where AT&T and Motorola announced the World’s first dual core Android Device ATRIX 4G.Being a hardcore Android fan(definitely an APPLE hater) and also AT&T’s first attempt at getting a real high end Android device to their network,I am more inclined towards it now,though I have to wait till march 1st to get it.

I can’t really wait….check it out below if you haven't already

Alright guys/gals who ever you are,good night/good morning depending on wherever you are…..Its Anvesh signing off wishing you all a Happy New Year once again…

I Learn To Be Strong

2010-12-26T00:01:00.000-08:00

I have been a huge fan of “Three Days Grace” since i started hearing them three years ago.Especially,the entire album of One-X is truly amazing.Pain,I hate everything,Never too late are true gems.Playing the album on my headphones i started scribbling…

Shattered dreams and the fear to open the eyes….Another day of Pain and Grief.

Missing something deep inside,all i can do is talk to my reflection in the mirror.

I am all alone and no longer what I once was,

Is it ever going to go away?

Do i deserve this?

Only thing that keeps me alive is tomorrow, it might all change for the best and hope time will heal my broken pride,

Until then,

All i can do is “LOVE MYSELF”

Hoping that you all like this,am signing off

'”Wish you all a Merry Christmas”

- Anvesh

Minutes to Midnight..

2010-11-25T08:42:00.000-08:00

Minutes to Midnight, My phone kept on ringing,

It was you! Filled with a heavy hearted voice, trying to explain how things went wrong.

I was acting busy out of my ego, hung the phone on you.

All I could do all night was to think about you,

With the reflections of the past dwelling deep with in my heart,

Had a strange feeling- Is it Emptiness? Or am I lost?

With all the memories I hold about you for these years,

I can only look at me to find out how all this begun.

You are doing well as you are, while I am still missing how we were!

I wrote this poem late last night.Was in a very strange state of mind. I had not been getting much sleep for reasons unknown, started scribbling..

The inspiration for this is one of my favorite quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse, however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that

Signing off…Sayonara Friends!

- Anvesh

Reflection - noiƚɔɘlʇɘЯ

2010-11-17T21:55:00.000-08:00

“What you see depends on what you're looking for” – Reflections

This Painting dates back to 2006.Was searching for an important mail (it’s been an exciting and challenging week) and the scanned copy of this painting popped out.As far as I remember I gifted this to one of my friends.I would definitely want to name it REFLECTIONS.
On the other side of my life after getting rid of a rather ridiculous MOTOROLA BACKFLIP which except for being an Android device has nothing much I desired for,I went back to my old favorite – The iPhone!! But my love for Google especially Android never dies and lucky enough for me there were several hacks to install Android on iPhone(My favorite’s been the IPHODROID except for it’s lack of support for iOS 4.1).Luckily for me the iDroid team came up with the in device android installation and has been playing with Android on my iPhone.
And I have been enjoying the sweet FROYO (Android 2.2) before most of the Android phones which are still struck on ÉCLAIR(2.1) or older..
That’s all folks.
Comments and Suggestions are welcome and would keep me active in posting stuff.
Dasvidaniya…

Now, this is not the end !

2010-11-10T21:43:00.000-08:00

Reacting to the title of my last post,one of my friends asked

“Why do you want to say Goodbye?”

I replied “That was the title of my post and it does not mean I am saying goodbye”.He is not convinced still and kept me asking “why do you draw and blog mostly the sad things in life?’I had no answer to that….this created an inner turmoil in me…am I looking at life from the serious side? or am I still living in the past filled with pain?

Thinking for a while I came up with an answer to his question- “These sketches and posts would help me when I am sad as they remind me that at present life is not as bad as it really was before.I blog about technology,music,movies,painting,travel etc..,but all you could remember are the sketches filled with sadness because it is a human trait to get attracted to something emotional…that is why it is called EMOTION”

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

Before saying a good bye for now,all you guys try to listen the soundtrack of 127 hours.My personal favorites are Acid Darbari,and the Liberation Triad(Liberation begins,Liberation,Liberation in a Dream).Especially the end of Liberation in a Dream(From 2:13 min) is sheer magic from AR RAHMAN.

Adios Amigos..

This could be my last goodbye !

2010-10-10T11:47:00.001-07:00

Its been long time i blogged,things been getting crazy- Personally and professionally.I was finding it hard to find time for my hobbies too.On my way to work last week listening to one of my favorite song -Up Against the Wall by Boys Like Girls,i was motivated to draw about the song.So here it is “Last Goodbye”.Not my best,still a good one!!

You on Google!

2010-05-22T23:42:00.000-07:00

Ever tried googling your name?
I know the answer...Yes!
I do it frequently too.
In 2005 when i used to google my name as a key word,i was expecting some where or the other i could find something that's related to me on these millions of pages of web( look how dumb i was,without a web page or any major profile of me on the web how could i find me?)

But my search hasn't ended there.
Years passed by and i have so many profiles on web with all the social networking sites and google search almost showed each one of them when i searched with my name.
I have a screen-shot of my previous You-tube channel that got pulled down for infringement (That's quite a big and irrelevant story for now) here.This channel was quite popular too when it was up.

Check out the Stats.(Click to enlarge)

Now i have my Blog on the top of google search with my name as a query
Coming to the actual point why i am talking about this is...
Imagine if you could find a Dream Job Through Google Search? Yes It's true!
Check out the complete story..

Meet Alec Brownstein, senior copywriter at creative advertising shop Young & Rubicam (Y&R) New York. Last summer, Alec was just another tired, 28-year-old copywriter at a large international ad agency who wanted nothing more than to work at “a really creative shop for really creative [creative directors].”
While Googling his favorite creative directors last summer, Brownstein noticed that there were no sponsored links attached to their names. Since Brownstein Googles himself “embarassingly frequently,” he assumed that the creative directors did so as well, and thus he decided to purchase their names on Google AdWords.
“Everybody Googles themselves,” Brownstein explained. “Even if they don’t admit it. I wanted to invade that secret, egotistical moment when [the creative directors I admired] were most vulnerable.”

Since Brownstein was the only person bidding on the names of the five creative directors he most admired, he was able to get the top search spots for a mere 15 cents per click. Whenever someone ran a search for one of the creative directors’ names, the following message appeared at the top of the page: “Hey, [creative director's name]: Goooogling [sic] yourself is a lot of fun. Hiring me is fun, too” with a link to Brownstein’s website, alecbrownstein.com.
Over the next couple of months, Brownstein received calls from all but one of the creative directors whose names he had purchased. And finally, at the end of the year, he received a job offer from two: Scott Virtrone and Ian Reichenthal of Y&R New York.
The whole campaign cost him $6.
But the rewards for Brownstein’s creativity haven’t ended there. He has also received awards in the self-promotion category at two major advertising awards shows, The One Show and The Clios.
We asked Brownstein if he has any advice for others trying to land their dream jobs via Internet marketing. “Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there in an interesting way,” he said. “The people who you want to work for can’t hire you any less than they already are. So shoot for the moon.”
We couldn’t agree more with his advice. What do you think of Brownstein’s story? Have you or anyone you know used online marketing to land yourself a job?
Yeah! let's give it a try.
That's all folks...For now.

Courtesy : MASHABLE

Love Actually.

2010-02-12T03:50:00.001-08:00

With Valentine’s day round the corner,my brain was filled with several questions about LOVE like

What is love actually?
Does love ask for selfishness/sacrifice?
Am i truly in love with the person whom i think i am in love with?

Looking for the answers,the first thing that came to my mind was to watch some romantic-love story movies.
So, i started with my first question - What is love actually?
What’s better than watching a movie with the same title –“LOVE ACTUALLY”.
Few minutes in to the movie i realized that i already saw this movie but not with these set of actors.It was so tiring job to watch several couples with their share of problems in a single movie.
It took me few hours to recollect that the movie was Salaam-e-Ishq.It was almost a rip-off of Love Actually but was horribly made with a length of almost 216 min’s,can you believe that ?
This made me to reconsider my idea of watching a movie to understand what love actually is.
So i dropped that idea and got to work,but the questions are still haunting me.
Hope i find these answers in coming days…
Wish you all a Happy Valentines Day.

Las Vegas – The City that never sleeps!

2009-11-15T14:17:00.001-08:00

Ok folks,here i am again after a week long ~~hibernation~~...ooops! vacation!!
Had a great weekend with friends at Vegas and Grand Canyon.Though it was my second visit to Vegas,this city never stops to fascinate you.I had 3 full days(actually nights) to spend at Vegas and wish i had more time (not to loose more money) to enjoy!.Still can’t forget the money i lost in poker,the thrill of the rides at Stratosphere,the fountain show at The Bellagio and The Volcano eruption at The Mirage!

While checking out from the hotel, a middle aged couple got on to the lift along with us and the lady started pressing all the buttons in the lift starting from Floor 23 to 1, the husband tried to stop her by saying “everyone on the lift are going to kick you out!”.She replied ”i don’t want to leave Vegas and i am ready get my self kicked out rather than leaving Vegas!”
That’s the magic of Vegas!!
What i like in this city is the never ending night life,especially the fully packed night clubs and what i hate is the people standing on the streets distributing the “Girls to your room” pamphlets to everyone including kids!
It was last December when i visited Grand canyon and i was disappointed to see it covered with snow!This time i was quite happy to see it with out any snow.It once again proves that whatever architectural wonders human develop ,cannot beat the Nature’s own Architectural skills!!

By the way Firefox has turned 5,Take some time to wish the best browser ever a very Happy Birthday!! HERE

Last page of my Notebook.

2009-11-02T10:49:00.000-08:00

Miss those doodles in a boring lecture,

Love the moment getting caught drawing our fat,bald chemistry professor,

Still remember the love letters i practiced,

Can still smile to the jokes we shared,

Can’t forget the weird poems i wrote,

You were the one who made it all - “Beloved last page of my notebook”.

Thank you for being with me for so long,sharing my feelings!

Back Again..

2009-10-29T15:54:00.001-07:00

Has been real busy for the past 20 days,actually i took an intended break from blogging!!
yes, you read it right.
Creative writing was too difficult a job for me.so i went back to reading some stuff about it…and now that i have gained some confidence to get back at blogging,i have decided to blog seriously and regularly..
Hope everything goes on smoothly….i.e., i don’t keep on eating your brains LoL!