Hello. I work for one of the UAE’s leading banks as head of Technology Operations. I post here mostly about my family, my various activities (including offroading, hiking, etc.) and the odd piece about technology news and views.
Most of my technology interests lie in Enterprise systems work, UNIX, LINUX, transactional database systems, application servers and web servers, etc. I am also a keen follower (and have views on) the consumer side of things. For e.g. how the general public uses computing and communication technologies, etc. Another strong interest is mobile technologies and platforms. I have been a longtime Windows Mobile user, but shifted to the iPhone for the last 2 years or so (ever since OS 3.0 implemented the landscape keyboard and cut/paste). So, following the different platform strategies and the relative success in the marketplace is a big interest, and something that I write about from time to time.
Of course, that means that iPhone apps are another significant source of interest and amusement. I particularly like it when an iPhone app is part of a larger ecosystem – good examples include LastPass and Evernote.
Music is another of my major interests – I listen to a wide range of genres – from Hindustani Classical to Classic Rock, but not the recent punk rock, rap, etc. I manage my music completely digitally (no surprises there), in the iTunes ecosystem. I am a complete believer in ID3 tags, so I spend quite a lot of effort in tagging my collection, including things like Album Art, etc. In fact, as it has turned out, all my music listening is on Apple devices (almost, except the lone Creative Squeezebox next to my dining table).
I have a lovely family – two young children, Swati – my wife and spend a lot of time with them.
So read around, see the pictures, and leave a comment if you like (or hate, or disagree with) something.
—Sanjeev