Photos
I participated in a Photoblogging Challenge!
And it was fun.
Photos
And it was fun.
A binary philosophy to being productive, and life in general.
Social Networks
I was a panelist at an event in my city yesterday on space writing & journalism. It was nice, with lots of enthusiastic folks in the audience who had some good questions. However, literally everyone who engaged with me was trying to search my profile on Instagram. When they found
This has been my website since over three months now: A friend looked at it and said, “There’s nothing in here.” Actually, there’s everything in there that needs to be. As a writer, what better function could my website serve than lead people to my words? Why would
Tech
So a friend was looking for a good laptop in the $1000 range and I recommended her the venerable M1 MacBook Air, which is what I have and love. She went to a well known Indian retailer where a sales representative was trying to get her to buy Microsoft’s
Tech
Many people, at least in India, seem to think that buying a Mac means they’ll have to pay for software they didn’t otherwise when using Windows. A friend recently expressed concern about having to pay for Microsoft Office on a Mac. Here’s why it isn’t as
Writing
As I grew in my professional writing journey, I realized some writing mistakes I had been making for years. And they seem to be common among aspiring writers I keep coming across. So I’m sharing simple not-to-do tips here along with explanations. Don't add any images to
In this so called modern time where a country feels entitled to invade another, misinformation spreads faster than usual, flawed mechanisms in big social platforms are exploited for political gains, and provocation and thought-policing is normalized, I urge you to consider two things. 1. Do not post or share things
Writing
Scientists and engineers tend to write posts on the Web filled with jargon and dry, passive sentences, things common in research papers. Their academic training makes them write not just complex sentences but also deters them from reaching the “period” soon enough. If you’re a scientist, engineer or anyone
Writing
Here’s a sneak peek at how I gather and structure notes for writing each of my professional space exploration articles. The tool you see in action is the wonderful Workflowy, which allows you to structure thoughts to multiple levels of depth, and get in and out of each thought
Life
I recently switched my WhatsApp account from the regular personal one to a WhatsApp for Business account for primarily two reasons. 1. The link to my space blog on my WhatsApp profile is now clickable by others unlike the text-only bios on regular WhatsApp. 2. I thought having a prominently
Social Networks
Last year I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts out of sheer disgust for their parent company and how their attention-economy-based business exploits people’s instincts and behavior at a fundamental level. The remaining popular social platforms of Twitter and LinkedIn, while not quite as evil, have similar business models
Blogging
The blog post Have you “Moved to Substack”? and a conversation around it reminded me of a recurring theme I’ve been noticing among people who love personal blogs. The theme being that most bloggers deep in their tech world and finely crafted websites don’t realize just how difficult
Social Networks
I’ve seen this recurring theme on Twitter where teasing something exciting you’re working on gets better visibility than sharing the thing itself. One such example is my latest article. This has been the case not just with Twitter but with Instagram, LinkedIn and all other attention-economy based social
Life
The fascinating variety of intricate insects I came across in Bangalore, and interesting facts about each.
Social Networks
I want to use the case of Instagram to highlight a larger point about how we can be mindful of which links we share on the Internet. Whether you’re a writer, a creator or simply sharing things on socials, a “bad link” can affect your readers as well as
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