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Entries from July 2005

Glad I’m Outta of India

July 28th, 2005 · No Comments

If you have been watching the news then you know Bombay got SLAMMED with some major rains. For the full month I was there, I was pretty sure I was not in typical “monsoon weather” but figured maybe this year it was light. Wrong - a couple days after we left Bombay got soaked [...]

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Tags: General · India

Pics from my India trip

July 28th, 2005 · No Comments

Finally, got around to uploading my pics from my India trip. The pics are a mix of vacation and business. My hopes of being on CNBC Asia were dashed when my business partner Mike Martin was picked to be the talking head for Martin Capital, I guess when it’s your namesake on the shingle [...]

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10 years ago Netscape changed the landscape

July 16th, 2005 · No Comments

I was surfing the web last night and came across an article from Fortune.com talking about the IPO of Netscape 10 years ago - August 9 , 1995. The IPO was the same week I joined Accenture and started my first real job in the tech sector. Those early days were great, going to [...]

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Tags: Technology

India: Day 19

July 16th, 2005 · No Comments

It’s been awhile since my previous entry on India, which is directly related to the fact i’ve been fairly busy with work. The weekend was crazy, staying out till 4am and eating food from street vendors, not a recommended idea but it was damn fun. The newest club in Bombay is located in Bandra called [...]

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India: Day 10

July 8th, 2005 · No Comments

Thursday is the night to be at Olives, it’s located in an area swarming with bollywood folks, bollywood wannabes, “models” and folks who want to be seen. I use the term “models” loosely b/c every friggin’ person in this country thinks they are model, when most should limit their modeling activities to their hands [...]

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India: Day 7

July 5th, 2005 · No Comments

This past weekend went to Poona (new school: Pune) to visit the family, one of my uncles was having his 50th b-day party and managed to meet 95% of my Poona relatives in 1.5 hours, perfect. Having been here for only 1 week, I’ve heard the song “Kajra Re” for the next 6 lifetimes. [...]

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