For the last three weeks my alarm has been ringing at 4:30 AM. It used to be 5:30AM before. I started going back to the Gym after the long pandemic break and that comes with a small drive and so I needed to get some extra time. Here is what happens when my Alarm rings at 4:30 AM. I start with a long snooze game … Continue reading Note-5 A 4:30AM Routine with no decision making
One of the comments I have seen floating on LinkedIn is ‘This does not belong here’. A slightly different version is ‘This is not your Facebook, take your post there’. As I was sitting down to write today the same exact question came to my mind. ‘Will this be a LinkedIn appropriate post?’. I think the answer has to do with expectations we have as … Continue reading Note-4 This does not belong here.. or does it ?
When you try to write on a Sunday what comes to mind is Monday. It is not because one hates Sunday, but there is a part of you that is preparing yourself for the next week. I don’t say that in a dreadful bad way, but more as something we subconsciously get ready for in the background. For those folks whose weekends look exactly the … Continue reading Note-3 Romancing with the unimportance
As part of a retrospective a few sprints back with one of the team that I work with something interesting happened. Since things are remote we do the Retrospective also remotely and not at the same time and most people just add their update on to a wiki. As I review them I see these words stacked alone in a column in a table. “Many … Continue reading Note-2 Many of the Scrum Rules are being Ignored
I sat down and decided to write. I did not have a place to go doing that. It was more to discover the present where I am. The question that I asked for a year was this ‘What will I write if I sit to write something every day?’ The answer to the question was a year long writing project. Then after a year and … Continue reading Note-1 When I sit to write
I am not sure if I can ever reduce my life into a one moment in life that changed everything. Looking back I can probably stop at various junctures in life that seem decisive in the later part of life. One single moment, I don’t think so. But I have heard people say that there was this one moment, a chance meeting, a decision they … Continue reading What is that moment in life that changed everything?
An amazing Malayalam movie has just started streaming on Netflix. Don’t miss it. ‘Attention please’ written and directed by Jithin Issac Thomas will make you the 7th in the six character movie. I should say 8th in the seven character movie as we also have a centipede that makes its appearance frequently. The movie is a wonderful minimalist recipe that will give you maximum value. … Continue reading ‘Attention Please’ on Netflix needs more than your attention
Fear is that emotion many of us don’t like to be in. But I guess we all are afraid of something or the other. Some fears are genuine while some others are not. The question to each one of us is what are we afraid of? Once you find the answer (or all answers) to it what is the next logical step? Live with it? … Continue reading What are we afraid of ?
For those who do not know what Mubi is, it is a streaming service that has hand picked movies from many languages. You also get to watch a lot of movies from the independent scene. It is a treasure for film students. My inability to watch movies without distraction on OTT is what has prevented me from watching many great movies on Mubi. But Lucky … Continue reading Watch the movie ‘Lucky’ on Mubi
Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thusa Mbedu, Sheila Atim give an amazing performance in The Woman King. The story goes back to 1840s and is based on the true story of the woman warriors in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey. It is said they were a 5000+ strong army called Agojie and they fought for their king and to protect their kingdom. The main character … Continue reading The Woman King – A Wonderful Watch with Great Performances
Vinod Narayan 