Well, it has been a long time since I blogged (super busy at work is the excuse this time), and what better than a travelogue to pump up things around here. Technically, the destination is not Chikmagalur per se, it is a coffee estate resort called “The Eagle Eye Holiday Home” about 42 km from…
The flip side of convenience
I had earlier written about how hyperlocal grocery delivery folks were affecting the ‘other folks’ who were actually shopping in the super markets. Some of these ‘delivery’ experts were super aggressive in picking up items before us and were trying to beat the lines etc. So while folks who found it convenient to order through…
Feel the pain – Customer Service Insight
Some of you guys might know that I have been working in the ecommerce space for the last few months. I work as a product manager in one of the top travel sites in India. One thing that has struck home hard is the importance of effective customer service. Every day, there are a handful…
Map trace by mobile
I have been thinking about this for a while. And yes, this is one of my dream product posts – there might be hints of technology possibility inside, but no means an algorithm. I will spell out a couple of use cases first. Use case1: I hail an uber from home. The pickup location is…
Ooty Road-trip Oct 2 weekend 2015
General trip notes: Mostly the roads were good – except for a short stretch from Mysore to Nanjangud – where there is road widening that is happening. Once this is finished, the road should be fully done. I took the Masinagudi route to/from Ooty – this is the 36 hairpin bend short route. The road…
Sita, Hanuman, Hulk, Spiderman …
I usually do not forward or propagate ‘forward-emails’ – emails which say that, this happened to my friends brothers sister-in-law. But this one brought with it major entertainment. This is about a little girl who went for a UKG interview in one of the premeire schools in Chennai. The Principal asks the girl to tell…
Shree Jayanthi reference in Ponniyin Selvan
Happy Shree Jayanthi – Krishna Jayanthi. Read the full book here -> http://www.gcmouli.com/ps
The Supermarket experience
Ever since the online grocery guys came into the picture (read as bigbasket in our home), one recurrent topic at my place has been – “would we miss the supermarket experience?” Some common points that would typically come up were: It was a nice once a month outing that we may probably miss out on….
Shaun the Sheep – The Movie
In recent times, as most of my readers know, the only movies that we have been going to, are cartoon movies. Two reasons behind this are – this way the kid and we can enjoy together (RoI is very important – since we are spending a sh** load of money on movie tickets) and secondly,…
Nandi Hills
Last weekend, my sister, brother-in-law and their kid visited Bangalore, and we used this as an excuse to visit Nandi Hills (which we had never visited so far in the seven years we have lived in Bangalore!). We started early – around 7:00Am from Koramangala. We took the usual route to the airport that most…