@lokallobaat yep.
@ap00rv …and also people who make dumb excuses.
@vamsee Of course we need a solid public transport network to back things up. But then it can get only as good as people demand it to get.
I am willing to donate to an NGO that stations people outside car showrooms and persuades potential buyers to change their mind.
@kingslyj @RideShareus @TimesofBullshit Amen.
@ap00rv You know what? I don’t take dumb people seriously. smartquotesforsmartpeople.com
@RideShareus I get your point. But instead of saying mediocrity trumps perfection, I’d rather say liberal trumps rigid. @TimesofBullshit
World, @TimesofBullshit was dormant on twitter for a while, but off late he has been dropping wonderful insights on languages. #FridayFollow
@RideShareus So I guess a language wins if it can connect people cutting across cultures, geographies, etc. @TimesofBullshit
@RideShareus You really need to question the purpose a language there. Important one is to enable communication. @TimesofBullshit
TimesofBullshit @RideShareus @souvikdg English is the most “bastardised” language of all time, yaar. :) Words from ALL over (a mark of a successful lang).
@TimesofBullshit +1 on that! @RideShareus
@TimesofBullshit New words getting absorbed is cool, but feels kind of odd loosing words like dahine/bayein. @RideShareus
@zainabbawa Oooo your budday! Happy birthday yo! :)
TimesofBullshit Have had similar experiences in Delhi. Of course in Delhi even dahine/bayein have died out, so kaanTaa is relatively not a big deal
TimesofBullshit Asked pantry guy to hand me a ‘कांटा’ for scrambled eggs breakfast. Blank stare. Repeat request with ‘fork’. Success!
TimesofBullshit The word ‘kaanTaa’ has almost completely died out in urban Hindi-Urdu. Replaced by loan word ‘fork’.
simplyarun Looking for a #Design Manager for LinkedIn in #Bangalore. Write to “aj at linkedin .com” #UX #UI Please RT
gonsalves_r Platformed.
cc / @souvikdg @metarefresh feedproxy.google.com/~r/urn-rss20/~…
@keeperofthekeys How could it be just you? Everyone’s adding to the chaos, no? :p
@bhavyakhanna @lokallobaat LOLzz!
BlueTokaiCoffee Too funny India Post, too funny pic.twitter.com/KHRO6STK6L
Diff b/w pre-ground & freshly ground (right before brewing) coffee is so stark that I’m considering ditching the former like instant coffee.
Aeropressed a cup of freshly ground coffee after ~2.5 weeks. Boy I missed the flavour of fresh coffee.
@SpreeGroup @imdshadab Really really awesome! 👍
jackerhack Google acquired Nest in vain. Indian Railways is installing software smoke detectors. Software is eating hardware too pic.twitter.com/e1Wyj9Yk4V
@anexasajoop I guess @hallidude, @rasagy, @rashmiswamy and @gonsalves_r would love a coffee #typervention.
*shudders+reaches out for a cheeseburger* #fatmansays “@bhavyakhanna: @souvikdg first she has to find a girl. For that you have to be thin.”
@anexasajoop Wish I had a financier. Weren’t you missing Delhi—come over?
Besides, have you read this lovely piece-tata.in/company/articl…Ee
Damn I want this in Delhi! “@anexasajoop: Bangalore typophiles—who’s up for a#typerventionn about coffee on Sunday, March 16?”
@ap00rv My life is a sitcom. Just that there’s no producer to take it on air.
@harisibrahimkv You weren’t the only one. Besides, thanks for giving me a new reason to eat more.
@bhavyakhanna Nah! But perhaps she’s saving up for my shaadi (by giving me less food).
@anexasajoop Opposite worlds.
Everyday since BLR trip—
“Ma, people say I’ve become thin. GIMME MORE FOOD!”
“NO! You’ve turned fat from VERY fat but not thin.”#fatmansayss
@rdsoze @jackerhack @void_imagineer Thanks for those stretching lessons. Feels relaxing almost instantly.
iamdevloper Speed up your site x10 with this one line of CSS:
img { display: none !important; }
@GnrlMxms Why the switch?
anexasajoop Dear coffee drinkers of Bangalore, know any place where I can buy cheap chicory? Thinking of using it for a #typervention. /@gonsalves_r
@_karan Don’t hate people who do. Just reacting to prejudice. :)
While checking running shoes, store guy asked if I run on a treadmill. Wanted to punch him using by half marathon medals as knucklebusters.
@kaustavdm Since you’ve written about college attendees, wonder if a preliminary shortlisting (based on a quick test) is a possible option?
@kaustavdm 👍 + may the force be with you!
@kaustavdm @jitendravyas Sorry to troll.
@kaustavdm I think it’ll depend on the subject for the workshop. @jitendravyas
Abhishek_Rai @souvikdg Hi. My name is Jay. You can call me J.
@kaustavdm Non-tech is an unfair word— everyone’s at a varying level. Since workshops try to hone your tech skills, experts would stay away.
OH mom trying to spell out a word over a phone call “…B for Bombay, then T… T… TT <repeats twice quickly>… arre baba T fo#humordiaryhumordiary
@kaustavdm Tech people have been there, done that. @jitendravyas
Bought a second pair of sneakers today. Never before have I owned a second pair.
pyconindia The CFP for PyCon India 2014 is now open! Let the proposals begin! in.pycon.org/funnel/2014/ #pyconindia2014
geohacker Know Python? Web? Want to work with me, @gkjohn, @pythonerd, @vinayakh and a strong team to build education technology? Get in touch!
Public transport network is the backbone of a city’s infrastructure. Delhi’s has been quite good, but it’s not keeping up with the times.
I hope the next Delhi Govt. takes up the issue of traffic on priority. It’s getting unbearably bad, esp. after the Gurgaon toll revocation.
@jackerhack Yeah, thanks! Just saw the tweet.
@jackerhack twitter.com/smashingmag/st…
twitter.com/smashingmag/st…
and of course some follow up reaction/conversations.
lokallobaat Woah. RT @villagehistory: 1947 :: Humayun’s Tomb , view of Refugees camp pic.twitter.com/1MB3kSKX4R
@gonsalves_r Not knowing where I’m going to land up after clicking through a link is a tad disturbing. Possible to avoid the feedproxy URLs?
@ray1claw Maybe Angular uses some bad practises under the hood, in which case we can choose to not use it. But I wouldn’t assume that.
@ray1claw That stackoverflow answer is not conclusive. So not yet convinced. Let’s meet one day, write a tiny test app and make things work.
@SirLoondry Videos aren’t out yet.
@ramniquesingh yup.
@jitendravyas I use dynadot.com
Wow, less than a week since my talk at #metarefresh, @smashingmag voices its opinion on non-JS support. Of course the idea’s being resisted.
smashingmag Strongly disagree with the idea that “No-JS” is saying no to the future of the Web. We should be resilient to failure if JS isn’t available.
Just found out about “Dumb and Dumber To”. Can’t wait!
imdb.com/title/tt209667…
@iamNavaneeth Main idea was to follow a strict process, and to get the code reviewed by peers and instructor. @metarefresh
@iamNavaneeth There are no finished project files. Participants were free to take any direction with their front end code. @metarefresh
smashingmag Do your websites usually rely on JavaScript by default or are they accessible without JavaScript as well?
“@lukew: @jmspool the value of something is what someone else is willing to pay for it.” … for its utility and not as a gamble (investment).
This business of raise money, acquire users, raise more money, acquire more users… (& hopefully) sell out, is uninspiring, tasteless kitsch.
@bhatiavinita @SmokeHouseDeli @yourchefatlarge @burrp_mumbai Is this only in Mumbai?
leonderijke Best slide of the @fronteers meetup! By @wnas - pic.twitter.com/VQEp0zhQvr
lokallobaat Today was another day that proved ki duniya mein chutiyon ki kami nahin hai.
rameshsrivats Yaar, Zuckerberg, if you are still into acquiring internet services that people spend enormous time on, may I suggest IRCTC.
Pinboard Every man has his price. Another reason we need more women in tech
Pinboard When I sell you out, I promise to do it baldly and in style. I won’t pretend it’s for you! That’s my promise to the Pinboard family
HistoricalPics NASA budget for 2014: $17 billion.
WhatsApp: $19 billion.
@Olacabs Radio silence? Wonder what was done after looking into the CRNs.
@BaatooniLadki Also, would be interesting to see how this fares for you in the long run. Such constant reminders would drive me crazy.
@BaatooniLadki Heh. Not that I’m not distracted. Safari’s where I should be tracked. But I wouldn’t bother as long as work wraps up in time.
@BaatooniLadki Just wanted to know its logic. Chrome is my work-browser — so all my time on that should be considered productive anyways. :)
@KishoreBhargava @beanbuffs @GrprtBedi I’M SOLD!
@BaatooniLadki Hmm. A whitelist of work related websites would certainly not work for folks like me.
@BaatooniLadki How does it measure distraction?
iamdevloper By 2015, designer’s portfolios won’t contain any of their work, but merely what expensive coffee they drink.
simplyarun Help us improve SlideShare, and a chance to visit the #Delhi office, meet the team: blog.slideshare.net/2014/02/19/hel… #usability #testing Please RT
atti_cus Fortune favours the fortunate.
New @DataPortalIndia is out, but broken responsiveness. Reminds again that position:fixed doesn’t work for mobiles. data.gov.in
@atti_cus Add some meat to that and I am with you.
Ironically++ that’s the only thing I like in hospitals “@jonathandmello: That hospital smell which no one likes is ironically disinfectant.”
Society’s Oriya plumber wants fish-n-rice at my wedding. Refuses to accept that I’m single and that it ain’t happening soon. #humordiary
@keeperofthekeys The moment I find out about them I signup without thinking much. Registration is the kick I need to start training. #protip
@keeperofthekeys So is it happening for you?
Us kind can dance, and also eat more. Fuck yeah! #fatmansays
theaerogram.com/hot-news-mix-y… /via: @lokallobaat
@lokallobaat Bomb! Motu can also dance + I eat more. :p
@zainabbawa Last 2 editions of #metarefresh have been dope.
Post #metarefresh blues. Can’t stop thinking about last week.
This is effecting my productivity, damn!
Just in case you wished to relive my #metarefresh slides —speakerdeck.com/souvikdg/web-i…5 (conference) andspeakerdeck.com/souvikdg/embra…v (workshop).
pranesh_prakash +1 RT @nixxin: if you’re not yet 26 yrs old,this is an opportunity of a lifetime.11 months,great experience: lamp.prsindia.org/about-%20the-f… (pls RT)
@ap00rv Prove it.
Reacting to a pitch “our building is made using RO water”, @rungta says “next they’ll say— our building is made using ganga jal”#humordiaryy
geohacker Explore bus stops and transit coverage in Bangalore geohacker.in/bmtc Data from Open Bangalore. openbangalore.org
@gonsalves_r @IsUncommon Keen to know how that works out.
@kingslyj They allow you to use laptops and other devices, but never ask you to ensure that your wifi is switched off.
@ray1claw Incorrect. Traditional North Karnataka banana-leaf-plate meal.
@kingslyj @geohacker In all these discussions my original question got lost. Even if there *is* interference, what’s wrong with flight-mode?
@Sengupta Right, but surely they wouldn’t limit themselves to EMV cards given that they are still getting popular. @geohacker @kingslyj
@geohacker If the ATC is making such regulations, there has to be some merit in that. Why would they otherwise make this rule? @kingslyj
@kingslyj Well, maybe they use the same satellite based connection to process your card payments (via internet)? @geohacker
@kingslyj Some international flights that offer in-flight internet, what technology do they use? @geohacker
@turmericdesign Spotted a Mata Vaishno Devi ₹5 coin in my wallet. No idea where I got that. Feel free to pass around the one in your drawer.
@kingslyj Do they allow card payments? No idea.
@AviShastry @harisibrahimkv @kracetheking In that case we can use SQLite which creates an in-memory db, which is of course much faster.
@AviShastry @harisibrahimkv @kracetheking Unless you’re doing unit-tests that don’t do DB operations, some code might try to hit the DB.
@peeleraja I thought about that but it didn’t make sense. In any case they don’t check if the phones are actually switched off. @hallidude
@harisibrahimkv Also, you’d want to run the tests on pristine (and predictable) data. Your test data is a part of the test. @kracetheking
@harisibrahimkv The database gets destroyed after the test. So you’ll lose data. @kracetheking
@harisibrahimkv Agree with @kracetheking there. You can load a fixture on your test database each time.
@harisibrahimkv Yes. docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/set… @sivaa_in @kracetheking @chowdhury_sayan
@Olacabs Here— 4468332 and 4470328.
Was told by my flight crew yesterday that as per a new circular, phones must be “switched-off” and cannot be kept in “flight-mode”. Why so?
@fotuzlab @rasagy Appreciate the feedback at the end of my talk. Hope to budget in more time and effort if there’s ever a next time. :)
@rasagy Make that a cupcake-vada thaali. :p
@arpiit 👍
@arpiit I have the traditional steel tumblers. The stove top moka pots produce more espresso-like decoction than filter coffee like.
Red velvet cake slice kept for me at home. Makes up for @rasagy’s failure at keeping aside a cup cake for me at #metarefresh.
I’ve had a soft corner for Hatti Kaapi for a while, so picked these from BIAL. Time for filter coffee experiment. pic.twitter.com/3oex1fCRUl
@SirLoondry Actually yes. Coco Bongo was Kamat right? @Tejas_Bhatt
@SirLoondry No man! :( :p @Tejas_Bhatt
@SirLoondry @Tejas_Bhatt You guys were really missed at #metarefresh. What fun we all had last year.
Dear @Ola_Bangalore, thanks for putting me in a fix twice today. Please mark this day with black ink on your calendar. @Olacabs
Also, many first-times today morning at the #metarefresh @hasgeek 5k.
☑️ Cubbon Park
☑️ Stretching (post run)
☑️ Airlines Hotel
Back home after the most unusual (and hectic) Bangalore trip of my life.
0 favourite food joints visited — :(
0 auto rides taken — yay!
Brilliant_Ads Fighting Smoke Ad pic.twitter.com/4bj4rYD4pR
BlueTokaiCoffee We worked with Mata ni Pachedi artist, Jagdish Chitara, to create new art for the back of our pouches! pic.twitter.com/hDTtRfv0yj
@jitendravyas Big thanks to you!
@iamNavaneeth :)
@apnerve Glad to know that! :)
@Kenneth Good to know you liked the talk! :)
rdsoze Yes the HasGeek 5K happened with @jackerhack @souvikdg and @void_imagineer followed by breakfast at Airlines Hotel.
@Abhishek_Rai No idea sir! :(
@skadavan Glad you liked it. :)
Live Carnatic music while waiting for a table at Kamat Bugle Rock at the #metarefresh speaker’s dinner. \m/ pic.twitter.com/TqJl0QueFb
@simplyarun Wow, you’re doing quite a bit of running around. @designdayco
@ray1claw Yay!
S_Jaanaa COFFEE with Karan. TEA with Mr Narendra Modi. COUGH SYRUP with Mr Kejriwal. POGO Channel with Mr Rahulji :p
@codepo8 And to you — Thank you for this example that never fails to make the point!
@iamNavaneeth Of course from @codepo8, duly credited during the talk. :)
kunalgolani I have a dream. A geek conference cum music fest in the hills. Any takers? #metarefresh #weekender @hasgeek @NH7
apnerve Design in the browser? No. Decide in the browser. #metarefresh
@kaustavdm :)
@simplyarun Thanks! :)
@SirCaastic Good to know that you liked it. Not sure if we’ve interacted at the event. Say hi when you see me tomorrow.
Highlight of the day at #metarefresh was @iA_Chris’s candid replies about the work culture at @iA. Thanks to @swissnexindia and @hasgeek.
At @iA designs are 2 sprints ahead of implementation. —@iA_Chriss#metarefreshh
Dear @hasgeek I want a Flash Talk Conf “@jitendravyas: List of Flash talks we had today at @metarefresh #metarefresh pic.twitter.com/aBc9gaLqmF”
@BaatooniLadki Hope this one didn’t disappoint (and more importantly made sense). Also, *flattered*.
@kaustavdm Ha! :)
@codepo8 Good ideas FTW, I’d say. @metarefresh
@BaatooniLadki Like really, wow! :)
@raghunayyar :)
metarefresh A big thank you to @arpancj, @surdattack and @jitendravyas for curating Meta Refresh workshops on 12th and 13th Feb.
@metarefresh Woah, you tweet faster than my slides switched or what? :p
@artinsane Imp. things should be spoken, doesn’t matter on slide or not. Also, it adds to accessibility i.e. caters to blind. @metarefresh
@jackerhack +1 on that feedback. @metarefresh @hasgeek
sumitasok I just want flash talks here from for the entire two days of the conference…they are so good @metarefresh
BaatooniLadki Isn’t it ironic that @Paytm is sponsoring an event which has had three awesome talks by @FreeCharge guys. #metarefresh
@kunalgolani Great to know that you appreciate that spirit too!
@SirCaastic Good to know that! Make awesome websites! :) @arpancj
Adobe software fails me, again. WTF do they have blocking updates!
@lokallobaat Don’t know how he manages to get all this twitter love. @rungta @bhavyakhanna
@ap00rv My pleasure!
@rashmiswamy Thanks! :)
25℃ and the aroma of filter kaapi. :)
gonsalves_r Looking forward to listening to @surdattack tomorrow, on “Making Design Decisions”, as part of @metarefresh.
@zainabbawa Same here. :p
Brilliant_Ads This is why you shouldn’t smoke. pic.twitter.com/jEzBdjqtp5
TheRealNimoy Smokers, please understand. If you quit after you’re diagnosed with lung damage it’s too late. Grandpa says learn my lesson. Quit now. LLAP.
@RideShareus Would be great if you’d show the venue details at the point of registration. I thought you had the right details for 12th.
@RideShareus Bang on! Just cancel this one: FEB52f64e9ab0840.
@atti_cus In a negative way?
@RideShareus Put in a wrong date and now I find no way of cancelling a request. :/
iamdevloper Never trust a person who uses the phrase “SEO optimisation”.
@jamna Hey Happy Birthday! @zainabbawa
jitendravyas @fedbangalore is giving a free ticket of @metarefresh for best answer. best answer will be selected by @codepo8 #a11y pic.twitter.com/JDm9nMluaA
@lokallobaat Two products that we’ve started using a lot—@hackpadd and@SlackHQQ. Give the other one a try.
@ap00rv And further honestly speaking, you don’t need a Citibank card for that use case. Any lallu panju bank card will work. @xAbhishek
Raheelk #DesiKids .@localteaparty A minute of silence for the millions of Andhra kids whose parents just read newspaper & learnt abt Satya Nadella.
@ponnappa Given that this is your first time in over 2 decades, how likely is it for the next time to happen soon? :)
Come to @metarefresh?
@ponnappa Oh. Thought I’d catch up with you over the weekend. :(
@ponnappa Hey Sidu, how long are you in Delhi?
@jackerhack Will go through the statement and verify it. If it’s a probe charge it should be refunded, right?
The @AppStore advertised ₹55 and charged ₹60. WTF?
@rungta You don’t ask him “Attribution?”, you ask him “Source?” #AbDobaraMatPoochna @ap00rv
@jackerhack But it does look worse in the photo.