India is a place of unexpected surprises. In order to survive, you must come to expect the unexpected and not let it phase you. Driving the wrong way down the street, no problem. The tuk-tuk driver is facing you rather than the road, furgetaboutit. However, there needs to be a new qualification to the phrase… Continue reading
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Pancake Parties
I was invited round to a pancake party (erm, because it’s pancake day) being thrown by some other Brits here in Chennai. They’ve come over to work for HeyMath.com for a year. I’ve never actually met them before, but hooked up with one of them through a friend of a friend of a friend (you… Continue reading
Convince, Confuse or Corrupt
I was talking to the lawyer today that joined us and was asking about law practice in India. He showed us the court house where he practiced law. The building was actually built in the late 19th century by the British. He told me that as a lawyer, there are only three ways to win… Continue reading
A Road Trip to Thanjuvar
Thanjuvar is an old Indian town that has an even older temple, 1,500 years at the last estimate. It is said to be a wonder of ancient architecture, but more on that later. The journey itself was due to take around 6-7 hours because the place was 300 KM away. Aravind told me I would… Continue reading
Three Men Get Locked in a Room
It sounds like it could be the start of a bad joke, but no, today it actually happened. The hilarity of the situation is going to be lost a fair bit but here’s what happened. One of the rooms in my apartment has been locked since I arrived due to a faulty door handle. This… Continue reading
Life After Freelancing
So I have decided to give up freelancing and forge a career in a ‘proper’ job where one works 9 till 5 (or to 6 in some of the meaner companies). One of the first questions potential employers ask (well, ok, the 4 billion or so recruitment agencies) is…WHY?! Incase any potential employers are reading… Continue reading
RIP Pagerank – No More Pagerank Updates?
Pagerank. It’s a little green bar that can mean the difference between your site earning thousands of pounds a month and nothing. Well, that has been the story up until now. An entire link buying industry has sprung up around the little green graphic. Google was “supposed” to update the pagerank of all the sites… Continue reading
Summer Holidays
Just returned from a fantastic week long break in Crete – home of the first advanced civilisation in Europe, the Minoans. Greek Myth also says it’s the place where Zeus was born and where the Labyrinth is located. It wasn’t all culture though…infact it was mostly not culture and consisted of relaxing in the sun… Continue reading
The CD Was Nearly Called The Compact Rack
The Compact Disc is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary today. The BBC has run an article looking at the history of the CD from development to the present day decline as new media takes over. Some interesting facts about the CD… The original disc was going to be 11.5cm in diameter but Sony insisted that the… Continue reading
Top 5 On-Page Optimization Tips
When most people think of search engine optimization (well ok, only those that are actually nerdy enough to know what it is of course!) they immediately think about meta tags, keyword density and doorway pages. Like many things when it comes to SEO, what once worked no longer does. Take meta-tags for example. Way back… Continue reading