Category Archives: Travel
At Sikholars – First Graduate Sikh Student Conference at Stanford
I came back this morning from San Francisco after presenting a paper Extending Gurmukhi Script to Twenty First century and beyond at Sikholars – First Graduate Sikh Conference held on February 20, 2010 at Stanford University Campus. I had coauthored … Continue reading
Web 2.0 Expo NewYork experience
I recently returned from Web 2.0 expo in New York. What fascinated me the most is the fast pace and energy in the entrepreneurs compared to some of my friends doing startups on the West Coast. I have compiled notes … Continue reading
The Spinning Wheel film Festival Experience
I am back from a trip to Toronto, Canada after attending Spinning Wheel Film Festival. I was there on the invitation of Mr T. Sher Singh of SWFF International. I first got aquatinted with Mr T Sher Singh, when I … Continue reading
Last month Update and Presidential Debate at Ole Miss
It has been a while that I did a post. Last month I travelled to San Jose, California to see my younger brother. California is beautiful. Went around the Silicon Valley campuses, enjoyed the California beaches, drove around San Francisco, … Continue reading
Off to Vancouver, British Columbia
July 4th and I’m heading to Canada to see my siblings. I haven’t seen my eldest sister and her family in years. The day is sunny and beautiful. At the moment, we are flying over Tennessee. At Memphis airport while … Continue reading
Back home Mississippi
As I was checking out, I met Chad Fowler, the author of “My Job went to India“. As I said hello, he asked “Are you a Punjabi?” So the conference came to an end. I liked the city, the people, … Continue reading
Last day at the conference
Today was the last day of Rails Conference. I attended a session on active record and another on what not to do in rails. The main event of the day was keynotes by the core team. DHH got standing ovation … Continue reading
Day three Rails conference 2008
Sessions today were pretty interesting. Went to Optimizing Rails by Michael Koziarski, a talk on integration testing, and a talk on Mongrel by Philippe Hanrigou. The demand for Ruby jobs seemed to be posted everywhere. There were parties hosted in … Continue reading
Day two at RailsConf
Woke up at 7am and ran to the Yoga session. Portland seemed to be more beautiful in the morning twilight, and sun rays falling on the sleeping hills. Joel Spolsky’s keynote presentation, if nothing else, was weird, informative and interesting. … Continue reading
Rails Conference starts
I attended Design for Developers – a Hands-On Workshop by Bryan Hogan. The most interesting thing I learnt was the use of Adobe Kuler in deciding colors. Met a lot of interesting people at lunch, including Doug Hall and Jason … Continue reading