If you’ve been a subscriber of my blog for over a year now, my long absence from the blog might not be anything new for you. to others, however, I owe an apology.
You see, usually when I’m away from the blog, it’s neither because ‘God has come calling‘ nor because the ‘Bubble Burst‘. It’s neither because I’ve grown fed up of writing long posts nor is it because I’m just too bored. Believe it or not, I’m just too occupied in other things, that writing something here finds no place in my weekly schedule (not that it exists anyway)
Wait. Occupied? In What?
Umm…. lot’s of things. They may seem less enough for you to count them on your fingers, but when you’re actually working on them, each one seems like a monumental task. These days, I hardly even find time to tweet. Yes, I’ve scored over 10,000 tweets so far and I may just be one of the most popular Indian kid member on twitter. Here’s what’s keeping me busy these days.
1. College:
Sucks. I hate the Indian Education System. We spend over 4-6 hours in college everyday learning nothing but BS. Yes, I agree that what we’re being taught are the basics and we need to know them. But why oh why do they have to limit it there? Are frames or tables in HTML really going to help us in our day-to-day activities or our career? I don’t think so.
I usually find myself staring at the blackboard with a blank look on my face either because my personal knowledge about that subject is either far better than what’s being taught or the subject is so far off from my interest that there seems to be no connection that links us together.
I’m really hoping that I get to pursue further studies abroad.
2. WATBlog.com
For those still living in the dark ages, WAT stands for Web, Advertising and Technology and WATBlog covers the happenings of the Indian and International WAT space. So far, I’ve been staying away from the ‘Advertising’ space, focussing mainly on the Web and Technology.
It has been a great experience so far, working with all the fabulous and experienced people there. No matter how much you think you know, there’s always a lot left to learn and getting a job usually completes what’s missing.
Here’s what I’ve authored all these days.
3. Mobile Industry Review (formerly SMSTextNews)
MobileIndustryReview covers all the latest happenings in the international mobile space. I’ve just started contributing my articles there. These are some really cool guys and their video podcast is something one mustn’t miss.
Here’s what I’ve authored all these days.
4. ExperTrio Web Services
Yes, there’s a lot happening at ExperTrio too. Although the Duo from the Trio is mostly lost in the cyber space, I’ve managed to gather a team of some awesome people in this field and they’re each doing a splendid job. We’re trying to come up with a few promotions in the coming days and will be giving out FREE hosting, domains and even T-Shirts.
5. SmokingApples
*Music from Star Wars plays in the background*
This is the baby of 5 Macboys viz. Aayush, Aditya, Ashwin, Milind and Myself and the love for all things Apple is what binds us together. We launched on the August 15th, 2008 and it’s been great so far. I’m managing the ‘behind-the-scenes’ stuff for the site. Even if you’re not a Macboy, I’d request you to check out the site. We’ve got enough content to have you hooked to the site. Oh, we have a competition going on where all you need to do is leave a comment and you could win a FREE T-Shirt for yourself. Simple, no?
Right. Okay. I get it. But what did we miss?
Oh, lots of things. So much has been happening around me. Although I’ve been tweeting about it, there’s a lot more to say.
1. Health
I’ve haven’t been keeping well lately. Period.
2. The Mystery Package
Remember the mystery package that arrived last month? It’s the Nokia E90. I’ve been using all this while and it’s a great phone on the inside, but totally wasted on the outside. I’ve been wanting to write a detailed review of the same, but…
3. New Camera
I bought the Canon PowerShot S5 IS. Two words – Awesome Camera
The photos have been uploaded to my Flickr stream here:
http://flickr.com/photos/preshit
The days ahead are going to be really exciting.