Oh man, I hate tying myself down to posting on a particular day like I did yesterday. I have no inspiration to write. But I said I would, so here goes…deep breath… So after Anand’s humiliating put down by the beggar girl (literally a case of “drink up, Trigger, we’re leaving”) we went off to… Continue reading →

On the 23rd October, myself, Aravind and Anand took a little road trip to Bangalore – India’s tech capital. If you’ve ever phoned up customer support for a company and someone with an Indian accent answered, then chances are the person on the other end of the line was sitting in a call centre in… Continue reading →

And in other news. Welcome to World War III. Or at least that’s what it feels like with fire crackers and bangers going off all over the city – 24/7 You may have thought that by 3am they’d be getting bored of a few bangs, but oh no. They can, and will, keep going all… Continue reading →

OK, so the other day I listed some of the things that I missed about the UK, today, I thought I’d list some of the things I’m not missing about the UK (just so that we can have a balanced discussion, you know?). Right, then… My House Mates!After the shocking and slanderous and above all,… Continue reading →

So what do I miss about the UK, someone asked me the other day. Rather surprisingly, I had to stop and think for a few minutes before I had any answers. The real answer to this question is: not much! Aside from the obvious family and friends, it got me thinking about what I really… Continue reading →

…and I’m still not dead. Although having been out on the back of the motorbike several times since I got here there has been an element of luck involved. Nor have I succumb the to the traditional Delhi belly that travellers to India are welcomed with. Obviously everyone else who came to India and suffered… Continue reading →

So if anyone out there has been keeping up with my blog, this week and last week I’ve been conducting interviews with ‘freshers’ (people fresh out of university) looking for around 6 people to be trained up by me in the art of programming, design, usability and quality control. Side note: In the UK, it… Continue reading →

Life isn’t all hard work you know! This weekend I’ve been chilling out a little bit more (by that, I mean I haven’t spent 16 hours a day infront of a computer). On Saturday we went to a really, really posh hotel called The Residency Towers which really is as nice as it looks on… Continue reading →

India. It’s an entirely different country you know. To master the Indian language, you would have to become a master of 15 different languages…and that’s just the ‘official’ languages. Unofficially, it seems every city, town, village, hamlet and quite possibly 3 member family has their own language. In Chennai, the city where I’m staying, the… Continue reading →

For the past week I’ve been interviewing “freshers” from the Southern Indian universities. There are six positions available, 2 designers, 2 programmers and 2 quality controllers. The plan is to take these freshers on for work experience – but unlike the UK, it’s not going to be for just a few weeks, this is going… Continue reading →