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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

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

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

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

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