tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:15:44 +0000Techie @ ISBAbout everything.... from computers and gadgets to my B-school experience.http://www.techiesdomain.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)Blogger43125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-7423057313846979713Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:23:00 +00002010-02-06T15:46:34.688+05:30mbastudent life at ISBgeneralreadingThe Reading ListThe one great thing about the library or the LRC (Learning Resource Center) at ISB is the wide variety of books available for one to read. Since we are pretty much allowed to issue a lot of books (I dont even know what the upper limit is...), I usually end up picking up 1 or 2 of them whenever I go there to study/discuss something with the group etc. However, as always, theres not much time to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/SgKkJvtjlVQ/reading-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/SgKkJvtjlVQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2010/02/reading-list.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-8631294700902496648Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:30:00 +00002010-01-24T18:11:47.490+05:30placementstechsoftwareisbwriting2 days of effort down the drain...Its always hard when you put in a lot of effort in doing something but it doesn't work out well. In that event, the one consolation you have is that you did give it your best shot but it wasn't meant to be.However, even harder task is when you spend a lot of time preparing for something, to the exclusion of a lot of other things, and don't even get a chance to have someone look at your work. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/FJHc1WdY1Zo/2-days-of-effort-down-drain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/FJHc1WdY1Zo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2010/01/2-days-of-effort-down-drain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-4297801819089974702Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:59:00 +00002010-01-23T14:44:49.994+05:30blogstechsoftwaregeneralUsing the meebome widget to chat with visitors to my blogI was playing around with Meebo recently as part of prep for an interview, when I came across this cool product they have called meebome. You can see the widget active on the right side of my blog page in fact.For those who don't know, Meebo is a multi platform IM client, allowing you to sign into multiple networks like MSN/Yahoo/Gtalk/Facebook chat etc from a single browser window. Around since http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/4HAGU8iugDs/using-meebome-widget-to-chat-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/4HAGU8iugDs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2010/01/using-meebome-widget-to-chat-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-8829627687708981593Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +00002010-01-19T01:11:09.242+05:30techgeneralGoogle enables https by default - Finally!A day after the beginning of the Google-China soap opera (still ongoing of course) and the reported mail hacks, came the news that Google was making Gmail more secure by enabling https access by default (reported here and here). While https access has been available to users since at least beginning of 2007 (earliest reference I found, check here), you had to go into settings to turn it for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/O-4oGGYeRO4/google-enables-https-by-default-finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/O-4oGGYeRO4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2010/01/google-enables-https-by-default-finally.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-3851461153774599484Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:30:00 +00002010-01-09T06:31:53.260+05:30techsoftwaregeneralHow to play amr files?The reason for this post? A couple of audio calls I had recorded on my mobile phone for a report we were doing. However, when I transferred them to my laptop to transcribe them, I realised that they are all recorded in the *.amr file format. This is apparently a standard for speech recordings and used by multiple firms (including Sony Ericsson on my k790i). On top of it all, I don't have the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/xIW4blB-u3A/how-to-play-amr-files.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/xIW4blB-u3A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/how-to-play-amr-files.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-4285033133647595453Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:39:00 +00002010-01-08T20:25:32.023+05:30generalreadingNow Reading: Chetan Bhagat's 2 StatesChetan Bhagat has stepped into a fair bit of controversy over the last month or so with the whole twitter #chetanblocks thing and then the '3 Idiots' credits issue. Talking about his books however, I did find his first book, 'Five Point Someone' pretty interesting, primarily because it was a good description of engineering life. I cant say the same thing about the next couple which were strictly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/DlKdUS6nh10/now-reading-chetan-bhagats-2-states.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/DlKdUS6nh10" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2010/01/now-reading-chetan-bhagats-2-states.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-6155513681456748074Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:48:00 +00002010-01-05T17:17:11.667+05:30techsoftwaregeneralUninstalling Xobni - Outlook is fast again!Now first of all, Xobni is a great tool. I have been using it for a couple of months now. Its installs an Outlook add-in that makes search pretty quick inside of outlook itself and definitely better than the built-in default Windows search. Plus it has added social networking features and integration with Linkedin/Facebook etc which helps pull in contact information. While I have been a fan of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/nw5a7je0fD4/uninstalling-xobni-outlook-is-fast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/nw5a7je0fD4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2010/01/uninstalling-xobni-outlook-is-fast.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-7741958618023502734Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:19:00 +00002009-12-25T15:00:31.082+05:30mbageneralreadingNow Reading: Matthew Reilly, Moving Mt. FujiAfter a lot of selling from my quaddy Ashish, I finally decided to give Matthew Reilley a try. He's a big fan. I started on hte books in chronological order, and what can I say? I am hooked. I have always been a fan of good action writers with Alistair Maclean being one of my absolute all time favorites, however, Matthew Reilley is pretty good! The books are action packed, with never a dull page.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/vw_nLQWlEfA/now-reading-matthew-reilly-moving-mt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/vw_nLQWlEfA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/now-reading-matthew-reilly-moving-mt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-5664731187252440813Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:07:00 +00002009-12-19T16:19:36.326+05:30gamestechsoftwaregeneralNow Playing: Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2With GPUs increasing in power with every generation, PC games are becoming more and more lifelike with each successive iteration. While the recession was not supposed to affect the gaming industry by much, PC game sales this year have been low, not because of the recession, but because there havent been many good games released this year. The only halfway decent ones this year were batman Arkham http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/q2b_iVz6Rkg/now-playing-call-of-duty-modern-warfare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/q2b_iVz6Rkg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/now-playing-call-of-duty-modern-warfare.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-7971708084857143501Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:19:00 +00002009-12-16T06:22:28.596+05:30mmxmbastudent life at ISBisbscheduleSo much to do, so little time…Term 6Ok, so this is going to be summary of the fast paced Term 6, simply because I don’t have much time to write a detailed post on each event. And that’s the whole point of this rant, time!Term 6 started off pretty slowly with not much to do except all the events that we had this time. We had the Venture Capital Investment Competition, in association with the Kenan-Flagler Business School @ UNC. Thishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/umoO0LpkK6s/so-much-to-do-so-little-timeterm-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/umoO0LpkK6s" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/so-much-to-do-so-little-timeterm-6.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-981386672862338624Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:06:00 +00002009-12-09T00:49:02.915+05:30student life at ISBisbBaraat @ ISBAmid the chaos of life at ISB, you make friends in the short while who last for a lifetime. And there are occasions where you get a chance to celebrate with people who you share so much with in this one year. One of our batchmates, Nikhil, recently went off to get married during the 6th term. He plans to go off on exchange to New York, and apparently his parents decided the risk was too great andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/m3phRWRq6zg/baraat-isb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/m3phRWRq6zg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/baraat-isb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-2272117104327485439Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:33:00 +00002009-12-08T13:04:43.772+05:30mbastudent life at ISBisbThree parts to Life @ ISBNo, this is not the analysis of the different study terms we have here at ISB. What I am looking at is the three kinds of things we end up doing on any given day. The first thing you are warned about at ISB and you are expected to do is, well, study. Attend classes on the weekdays and try to finish assignments on the weekends. The weekdays actually end up being a lot more chill than the weekends,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/Qtzk1EWhAbo/three-parts-to-life-isb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/Qtzk1EWhAbo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/three-parts-to-life-isb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-4690583883665581023Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:30:00 +00002009-12-08T01:12:04.766+05:30mbastudent life at ISBisbscheduleContemplation....old friends and the world outside ISBTheres nothing like sitting in front of the 24hr CCD (yes, we have one on campus...) in the cold, at 1AM at night, coffee in hand, doing nothing, but talking on the phone to a really really old friend. I know there are deadlines to meet, people to see, but theres nothing like talking to someone after such a long long time, someone whos not from ISB, someone not bothered about what assignment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/WccrKY8FjoM/contemplationold-friends-and-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/WccrKY8FjoM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/contemplationold-friends-and-world.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-8708866090138920213Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:12:00 +00002009-12-05T16:49:14.959+05:30generalpicsNational Geographic's International Photography ContestNational Geographic hosts their international photography contest every year showcasing images submitted by readers from all over the world. The photographs are then voted on by readers and the top ones are selected. 25 images from among this year's entries are featured here: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/national_geographics_internati.htmlTop Photos from previous years: http://http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/KvI74lyXV6U/national-geographics-international.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/KvI74lyXV6U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/national-geographics-international.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-7787148596536019448Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:29:00 +00002009-12-05T03:01:49.378+05:30mbaisbpicsEmployee Motivation and the 2-Factor TheoryOne of the courses in Term 6 is the Managing Teams course taught by Prof. Henry Moon from the London Business School. While the course started later than the other courses (schedule/visa issues) and we are only 2 classes in, the course is a whole lot of fun and has the capacity to make one really think!Employee motivation was today's topic and I really liked the way it went. One of the factors http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/R0BkO0PfXv4/employee-motivation-and-2-factor-theory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/R0BkO0PfXv4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/employee-motivation-and-2-factor-theory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-5854039072522724482Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:59:00 +00002009-12-04T22:44:18.893+05:30generalreadingwritingInheritance Cycle: Check, and the urge to writeSo like I mentioned in my previous post, I finally finished reading the third book in the Inheritance Trilogy nee 'Cycle' (refer to previous post) by Christopher Paolini. The book did leave me a bit underwhelmed actually. While I do realise that the writer says he could not see everything coming together in a third book to conclude the storyline as planned initially, the third book felt pretty http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/ErReeMgOusM/inheritance-cycle-check-and-urge-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/ErReeMgOusM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/12/inheritance-cycle-check-and-urge-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-5678220320577948113Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:00 +00002009-11-12T22:23:44.683+05:30mbastudent life at ISBisbgeneralreadingGameworld Trilogy: Check, Exams and Reports Due: CheckOk, so I finally finished reading Samit Basu's Gameworld trilogy. A worthy ending to the trilogy with almost same or better levels of humor and a good plot to back everything up as well. I needn't have worried that the follow ups may not be as good as the first one. All 3 are decent books, with liberal doses of humor and references to Western movies as well. The third one had equally crazy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/CJvqOL5iSxA/gameworld-trilogy-check-exams-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/CJvqOL5iSxA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/11/gameworld-trilogy-check-exams-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-1761372438783274869Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-11-08T00:39:28.499+05:30mbageneralreadingNow Reading: Samit basu - The Gameworld TrilogyAshish recently got me started on Samit Basu's Gameworld trilogy, and I have to admit, I have been hooked to the books over the last week or two. I have already finished the first two books in the series. I bet you are wondering where in ISB I am finding the time - but well, sleep is the only thing that can be reduced in ISB if you want to do something more. However, I hope I am able to put off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/SaSWLPC8wgw/now-reading-samit-basu-gameworld.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/SaSWLPC8wgw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/11/now-reading-samit-basu-gameworld.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-4508096023658598914Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:50:00 +00002009-11-04T18:19:47.964+05:30mbastudent life at ISBisbpicsMarketing Events to Students @ ISBIn the 1 year program at ISB, the one thing that is at a premium is time. With different activities taking place every week, many of the clubs often come up with some great ideas to increase student interest and awareness in different topics.A while back, the Real Estate and Infrastructure Club at ISB organized the ‘Infrastructure Summit 2009’. The theme of the event was “Realizing Indian http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/AFHzQrmR4bM/marketing-events-to-students-isb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/AFHzQrmR4bM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/11/marketing-events-to-students-isb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-8444690565423392014Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:59:00 +00002009-11-03T02:38:10.489+05:30mmxmbastudent life at ISBisbgeneralHalloween Party and a Lazy WeekendAfter a long long time, I finally had a weekend when I didn't have any immediate assignments due. This of course does not mean I wasn't busy. I was still running around the whole weekend from meeting to meeting for a couple of projects whose reports we have to submit. However, since those aren't due for at least another 10 days, the weekend was relatively chill when compared to batchmates who hadhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/8vLUapHv3mc/halloween-party-and-lazy-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/8vLUapHv3mc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/11/halloween-party-and-lazy-weekend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-1018487986527372502Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:15:00 +00002009-10-29T18:13:23.279+05:30mmxblogsadmissionsisbessayISB Admission Essays - some thoughts and some good resources.I have had a couple of friends etc asking about how and what to write in the ISB application essays. While I do NOT claim to be an expert on the ISB admission essay, I have attended a fair share of info-sessions for prospective students held by the admissions team. Here are a few pointers followed by 2 excellent resources for more.Take some time first to think about some points on what you want http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/j7PwgbXbU1Y/isb-admission-essays-some-thoughts-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/j7PwgbXbU1Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/10/isb-admission-essays-some-thoughts-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-4598935638809380301Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:03:00 +00002009-10-13T17:58:00.734+05:30picsmicrosoftPhotographers @ Microsoft - Some Nice PhotographsMicrosoft recently released a book that is actually a collection of 157 photographs taken by Microsoft Employees. The book is available for sale, with the money raised going to the charity, The United Way. The book contains a lot of very cool photographs.For online viewing of the pictures, go here.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/UcrI5EpIl8k/photographers-microsoft-some-nice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/UcrI5EpIl8k" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/10/photographers-microsoft-some-nice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-3306031462946666114Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:22:00 +00002009-10-12T21:11:18.559+05:30peacocksdamsalarjungisbpicsHalfway through the ISB MBA, the term break, Salarjung, peacocks and more...Well, before you know it, 4 terms are done and we are all halfway through the MBA program here at ISB. The core terms, or the first year of a normal 2 year MBA, are done and now its time for the 4 elective terms, where everyone picks subjects of their choice and specialises in one or more subjects. We had the mother of all term breaks this time, a whole 9 days long! However, true to form, it wenthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/SU6bfZ6imLs/halfway-through-isb-mba-term-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/SU6bfZ6imLs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/10/halfway-through-isb-mba-term-break.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-1552176561245919183Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-09-15T15:09:31.051+05:30isbessayGreat article / Essay on 'Who do you want to be?'A friends essay for his MBA application on what he wants to be. I just loved the way this particular essay is written, especially the theme and the way it begins, so couldn't resist posting it here."I want to play God. As did Steve Jobs when he created iPhone. As did Steve Horovitz when he created Android. As did Akio Morita when he created Walkman. And as did Lee Iacocca when he created the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/xenPcHVY03g/great-article-essay-on-who-do-you-want.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/xenPcHVY03g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/09/great-article-essay-on-who-do-you-want.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863759701082440662.post-2060229326635954404Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:21:00 +00002009-10-12T21:11:43.939+05:30svisbpicsPhotography @ ISBFor some reason, a coming exam always brings out the blogger in me. Term 3 mid-term the next day and I was itching to blog about something. I did resist writing the blog, though its not as if all the time was spent studying, we had a midnight dunking as well.Well, the Term 3 mid-term is over (we had only 1 this term) and so now I can get to guilt-free blogging. The topic of this post? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechieIsb/~3/DHxgS_p8VMY/photography-isb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasnoor Gill)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieIsb/~4/DHxgS_p8VMY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.techiesdomain.com/2009/08/photography-isb.html