Ritesh on Jul 24th, 2009One Decade of Programming
Sometime around July 1999 was the time I wrote my first “Hello World” program. Yes, its been 10 years since I started programming, and I dont mean L R L T of Logo. In fact, I wrote some BASIC code as early as 1995-96, but I will skip that for reasons beyond the scope of [...]
Ritesh on Jun 15th, 2009State of higher education in India with a focus on Computer Science
I came back from attending a session which spoke about the state of graduate education in India and here is the summary:
Just over 450,000 students in India graduate with an Engineering degree
150,000 students amongst them with a degree in either Computer Science or Information Technology.
There are about 1500 Engineering colleges in India.
Many of these colleges [...]
Ritesh on Apr 28th, 2009What goes into a good resume
I will be graduating soon and I am looking out for good positions in Bangalore. My areas of interest can be found here. As a result, its time for me to do my resume again. I have always wondered as to what makes a good resume. Should there be an objective? I mean, its a [...]
Ritesh on Aug 21st, 2008More modifications to More Y!
If you haven’t seen More Y! , then its high time you do. Its a simple search plugin built on top of BOSS platform that optimizes the search experience for widescreen displays. Whats even more cool is the adoption rate. My statistics tell me that there have been a lot of people who use this [...]
Ritesh on May 29th, 2008Finally I get my hands on the MacBook Air
Well, I finally got my hands on a mac book air and I must say, its unbelievable. The form factor is just amazing, the overall thickness of the laptop is quite comparable to my ipod. Yes, you heard it right, MY IPOD. Thats how thin the lap top is. Pictures and videos of the Macbook [...]
