Saturday, February 20, 2021

Next book review: The art of the start by Guy Kawasaki



 So I have tried to restart my reading habit off late. I'm trying to improve my understanding of startups and entrepreneurship through reading. One interesting book I came across recently was "The Art Of The Start" by Guy Kawasaki. 


the art of the start book review

I do have immense respect for Guy Kawasaki because he was one of the early employees at Apple (a copywriter!) and currently invests in tech companies as a Venture Capitalist. Just being a part of the early team at Apple and having had the opportunity to have worked alongside Steve Jobs would have been incredible! I can barely imagine the kind of entrepreneurial insights this man might have. SO there you have it, that's my next book review, when I do complete reading it, I will come back here and link this post out to the actual book review.

For now, bringing you a *few* links for you to look through, and this is the Techmechanic, signing out.




https://uws-td.instructure.com/eportfolios/11830~7576/Content_Writing_Services/The_Key_To_Writing_SEOFriendly_Headlines_That_Drive_Clicks


Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Windows or Mac?

 Well, the title clearly tells it all. You know what we're going to discuss in today's post - is it going to be Windows, or Mac? Microsoft or Apple?

For me personally, when I started this blog, I was a windows geek. But I never really enjoyed using that operating system because of the many issues that tend to come along with it. Some of them being viruses, frozen screens, ugly UI, etc. I used a nicely configured Windows PC for my entire stint at college, and then some time after graduation as well, while I was working at Bengaluru. I bought a laptop from Dell at the time and then switched to that, after disassembling my PC for office use.  

 Eventually, I sold my Dell Laptop and picked up my brother's new Macbook. That was quite an interesting story about how that happened. So my brother's previous Macbook (he had the original white Macbook) was getting a bit slow. And the box in which the Macbook came claimed that the laptop could accommodate 8GB of RAM. (2 slots of 4 GB each). But when we did try to upgrade the RAM on the Macbook, we realized there was only a single port for the RAM sticks. So obviously a huge screw up on Apple's side. So we rang the call centre / helpline number, which redirected to a call center agent in Russia! Really cool guy - and although it took almost 10 hours of staying on the phone line (my bro actually did it) the dude picks up and says - I'll give you a new Mac and we're very sorry you had to go through this trouble. Sweet! 

So I picked up the new Mac once it came, and my brother switched to an Air. Just loved the entire experience of using a Mac- through and through. Just navigating the OS was a pleasurable activity. Steve Jobs - my, my, my. I was mesmerized by the quality of the product he created. My respect for him really grew multiple fold. Obviously, I never switched to Windows ever again, until I wanted to play AOE Age of Conquerors again, after so so long. It's quite strange - my father was a Windows man for many, many years (right from the MS DOS days ~1993?). He was an expert in repairing computer problems and geeked himself out on setting up a PC from scratch. He bought his first PC and assembled it himself when he sailed back to India from the US in the early nineties. I wonder if he every used a Mac sometime, and would he have bought one? 

Anyway, long story short, I'm a mac man! haha! I also wanted to drop a few links today with this post so you guys can pick up what's ticking on the internet. (call it the Ringtonic syndrome :P)


http://upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/web/jimmycolleen/home/-/blogs/245434

https://berkeleyphw.instructure.com/eportfolios/156/Home/COVID_19_And_QR_Code_How_QR_Codes_Are_Helping_In_The_Pandemic
https://aufsi.instructure.com/eportfolios/23667/Home/Teaching_With_QR_Codes
https://irex.instructure.com/eportfolios/131/Home/Touchfree_Browsing_In_The_Library
https://learn.canvas.net/eportfolios/10222/Home/Future_Of_Education_Technology

I did pick these babies up first on the Ringtonic website.. He's got some pretty cool new posts and he seems to be back at his blogging best these days - so many new posts!

Here are some nice ones I enjoyed. Goan sunsets! Now that Mr Ringtonic mentions it - I freaking miss Goa too! Ah, it's so cold here in Bangalore - we just had one of the coldest nights of the year last night. Compare this with Goa - where the weather is sunny, warm and humid - but not too hot (like Chennai :P).

 

I've had some really wild times in Goa and some really enlightening ones too. I wouldn't trade those days for anything in the world. I wonder when I will make the next trip back there. Perhaps this time the trip would be a bit different, it has been many years since I last went to Anjuna, and I have matured a bit (I think). May be I should explore Goa - but a different side of Goa, through a different lens and a different kind of perspective. Interesting....

 

Hope you enjoyed the links! 

PS are you a PC person or a Mac head? Let me know in the comments!



Friday, February 5, 2021

An introduction to Ringtones + cool links

Hey guys I know it's been a while since I last posted here. What can I say? The Techmechanic has been a little busy off late. But I do drop by this blog of mine to see how things have been going. Which brings me to... this post - well, this is an introductory post to my other blog, which is all about mp3 ringtones and cool links from the internet every week. Check out The happy new year post on Ringtonic.wordpress.com!