Posts
Showing posts from June, 2013
Hello, Can WeChat Now?
- Get link
- Other Apps
I get up in the morning, make myself a cuppa coffee and grab the newspaper. I settle down on my favorite armchair on the balcony and proceed to read the headlines. Few minutes later I feel like throwing up. Reading newspapers or watching TV can be a sickening exercise these days. All they talk about are re:rapes,scams,corruption, massacres, political shenanigans etc. Surest way to spoil one's day. Well, these days, I have a different routine in the mornings. I launch WeChat on my iPhone and invite a bunch of whacky and witty guys via QR code and have an entertaining conversation. And my group members or no ordinary guys. They are geniuses who spew clever turn of phrases and puns at the drop of a hat. For example I have a guy in my chat group who once famously said : Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. This guy gets full (Groucho) Marx for hilarity. Well, Groucho was the first one to come on board, but h
A Meeting in the Clouds
- Get link
- Other Apps
The venue chosen for Microsoft's #CloudBlogathon event was perfect. Great Choice, Inditeam. The blogger meet was at the Tower Kitchen on the 16th Floor at UB City. As Bangaloreans follow IST (Indian Stretchable Time) there was plenty of opportunity for me to loaf around the terrace and take shots. Bangalore never looked prettier, what with moisture laden nimbus clouds hovering over some of the city's main landmarks, the sights were breath taking... Sentinels of the sky? It was time time to get into thick of the Office 365 event but I had trouble registering as there were plenty of pleasant distractions at the reception. The bar was well stacked and the beer was just what i needed to uplift me into the Office 365 environment. Fill'em all up, I say! And Boy! Did they fill it up,, There were quizzes galore and it was raining swatches. I managed to snatch one by tweeting a clever line. Experimenting with Offic