Ritesh on Feb 23rd, 2009Uncertainty in programming – the lochness of the programming world
Programming has come many a mile since the 70’s. A wide array of languages, methodologies, frameworks and other similar artifacts have made the life of a programmer really simple. These artifacts have incrementally solved problems faced by programmers and slowly, but steadily, wrapped the programmers view of a program into a set of abstractions. One [...]
Ritesh on Dec 6th, 2008Trends in online advertising
Advertising has come a long way since its inception. A simple concept of endorsing links to online resources has becoming a dominating factor on the web. But given the state of online advertising now, what is the roadmap and what can we expect in the future.
The answer is of course non trivial and I will [...]
Ritesh on May 12th, 2008The possible end to outsourcing
The last 20 years have been more than fruitful for Bangalore and India in general as the preferred destination for outsourcing, but the tide may soon ebb. The cost advantage that India presented to the west isn’t there anymore. True globalization of the Indian work force has meant multinational and international companies are [...]
Ritesh on Mar 1st, 2008Using XMLRPC interface to Wordpress and Blogger
Im testing the XML-RPC interface to blog sites in order to buld a plugin to post blogs really fast. If this post is published on the blog then , it means Im one step away from finishing my plugin. Yaay!!
If you have developed a web application and want users to post to their blogs [...]
Ritesh on Aug 13th, 2007Personalization is one cookie away
I wrote about personalization some time back and about how we should actually be approaching this problem. Google has got their act into place and are making your own light weight personalization meter, but its for ads
Google is going to put a cookie in your browser that will record information everytime you read [...]
