This weekend's read was Charlie Mackesy's masterpiece - "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse". And that, was a stupendo fantabulously phantasmagorically magical read. ✨✨ As the author puts it, this is a book on friendship. That of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse. The book captures their conversations during... Continue Reading →
Author: Priyanka Chopra JonasPages: 239Genre: Memoir One Line Review A personal testimony of how Confidence (and courage) eats strategy for breakfast. One big learning If you have to be an anomaly, be an ambitious one. "From now on if I was going to be an anomaly, I was going to be the shiniest damn anomaly... Continue Reading →
Author: Mathew Walker PhDPages: 368 One Line Review One word actually - Profound. Ironically, it didn't put me to sleep. Gripping. The One thing: What is the most important point the author makes in the book? There must be a radical shift in the personal, cultural, professional, and societal appreciation of sleep. Sleep education should... Continue Reading →
Author: Reed Hastings and Erin MeyerPages: 320 One Line Review A fascinating read on the culture of one of the most innovative companies of the 21st-century, one based on No Rules. The One thing: What is the most important point the author makes in the book? The 4 step innovation cycle at Netflix- Farm for... Continue Reading →
One Line Review One of the best books I've read on Habits, with guidance that's scientifically based, pragmatic, and hands-on. The One key take-away. What is the most important point the author makes in the book?There's a science to habit formation and sustenance. Techniques rooted in psychology and neuroscience can help break bad ones and... Continue Reading →
Defining equality is a no brainer. It is about giving equal opportunities. About equally allocating resources with all. No one gets more or less. Everyone gets what every one else would. Sounds good? So, what's the problem? Every diverse group would contain individual differences. Everyone has struggles. But everyone's struggles are different. We are unique... Continue Reading →
Had an amazing AzConf2020 with the who's who - RDs, MVPs and Community Leaders- on Nov 24-26, 2020. Here's a recording of my session on Building Conversational Agents using Azure AI. The session covered how to build real-world conversational experiences using the Azure Conversational AI stack. How to create one from scratch and within minutes!... Continue Reading →
Privacy is always a matter of concern for users of smart assistants. Many a times, friends who own one have quipped on how they may have had a conversation with someone at home and then weirdly started seeing ads on the Internet for the exact same thing. As creepy as it may sound, it does... Continue Reading →
My daughter's Roly-poly is one of her oldest toys, for obvious reasons. Weighted on the bottom, it bounces back up every time its knocked down. In her play world of battery drained and broken toys, it has stood the test of time. Like the Japanese proverb- "nana korobi ya oki" - seven times down, eight... Continue Reading →
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