2016

  • June 16 2016 Dhanda: Chapter 1 - Diamonds are for ever - Story of Bhimjibhai Patel

    There are these patterns that keeps coming along with any successful entrepreneurial journey.

    1. Exposure
    2. Dropping out from the schooling system
    3. Hard work
    4. Learning from your mistakes
    5. Use low times as a breeding ground for achieving the highs.

    And lastly, you don't always need to solve a problem, a pain point felt by others to be an entrepreneur. You don ...
  • June 12 2016 Cellular Respiration - A case in favor of Pranayams

    For billions of years, the cells used one of the two paths to make energy (ATP - the energy coins). It was a time when Earth's atmosphere was lacking oxygen. This was inefficient .. you could only generate 2 ATP energy coins with the old methods. Later Oxygen become abundant in the atmosphere and the cells evolved to make use of ...
  • May 27 2016 Music and Engineering - It's more than a feeling :)
  • May 23 2016 Into the blues - My first 12 bar blues riff composition

    12 Bar Blues Riff is a song form where we typically use a progression of Dominant-7th Chords and question/answer conversation style of melody (In Hindustani Classical called Jugalbandi).

  • May 9 2016 My brand new keyboard - One step closer to professional music production

    After a lot of research, finally I have purchased an ARTURIA KEYLAB 88 :)

    I really like the keybed. It's not noisy at all. And it's built like a tank. Solid metal. Perfect addition to my home recording studio.

    Currently I am using ARTURIA KEYLAB 88, Mac Book Pro, Focusrite Scarlett Studio with Samson's mic stand and Pop ...
  • April 28 2016 How to become an artist - The difference between an artist and an entertainer

    I read a very interesting article yesterday. It should be the first lesson for any artist to set their focus right. Here it goes.

    "I’ll be totally honest here. Much of what we singer-songwriters write and perform is a duplication of what has already been written and performed. Very few of us are devotedly trying to become truly unique ...
  • April 15 2016 18th April - Things are getting interesting

    Finally I have a detailed list of the items for all the slots.

    SlotHour/sItemMotivation
    Sleep56zzZZ
    Active Income35 Work
    Body Maintenance21 30 min Yoga: Set of pranayams and 30 min Evening Walk
    Passive Income10 Machine Learning: Build Intelligent Applications
    Specializations10 Data Science at Scale: Tackle Real Data Challenges
    Computer Science & Engineering ...
  • April 14 2016 90 hours - Making the most of a week

    Yesterday I spent an hour designing my weekly schedule. Here is a quick Bar Chart using Plotly.

    I am using Toggl to track it.

    Failing fast provides us more number of iterations. So, setting resolutions for a week rather than for a year seems to be a good idea. A week has only 168 hours. It's easier than keeping ...