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Time to forget Mahatma

Ankit — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:39:23 +0000

Today morning, I picked a few newspaper, expecting a glimpse of Mahatma Gandhi. You might know it’s 30th Jan, 62nd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Well, none of these newspapers had a picture or an article on Mahatma Gandhi. These newspapers* are Times of India, Amar Ujala and The Economic Times.

Typically, on this day either government or some organizations publish public service ads declaring their vision. But today it seems our government is run out of funds. There were some ads by Ministry of Power, but that did not cover all leading publications. The TOI group has huge spaces and funds for promoting TimesNow and their reports’ bravery, but not for our freedom fighters.

Ack: Wikipedia

* These newspapers are referred in Kanpur. Probably a Kanpur or Lucknow edition.

Management Lesson

Ankit — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:08:36 +0000

Interview: Niniane Wang, Googler

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If you hire stellar people and give them freedom, they will produce amazing results.
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I heard a quote once that said, “Big companies take extraordinary people and make them do ordinary things. Startups take ordinary people and make them do extraordinary things.” I think the magic of Google comes from taking extraordinary people and letting them do extraordinary things.
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Review: mama_pendse

Ankit — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:56:11 +0000

Well, it easy (as an Software Proffessional) to think about the ability of an AI chat-robot. Here is a simple chat that I had with “Mama_Pendse“:

Ankit Jain: hi
Ankit Jain: u there ?
mama_pendse: Hi Ankit Jain, How are you today ?
mama_pendse: Thanks for the information.
mama_pendse: I can tell climate in any city in World, send me message climate mumbai
Ankit Jain: well what’s the weather in Pune
mama_pendse: Cloudy.
Ankit Jain: give me more info
mama_pendse: Why do you want it?
Ankit Jain: just for my information
mama_pendse: Your purpose is his or her information.
Ankit Jain: i asked you for weather information of Pune
mama_pendse: Why do you want it?
Ankit Jain: ok.leave it
Ankit Jain: what’s there in Mumbai
mama_pendse: Dude! Goodbye.
mama_pendse: You ask difficult questions.

You would love to read the answers it gives; even it remembers your last chat with him. It understands chatting abbreviations. Ask him about its creator, weather of a city.