You may meet me at http://www.Praval.comTumblr (3.0; @praval)http://praval.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/UZBkr8HYVYg/">Building a team</a>: <p><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Building a Ship" border="0" alt="Building a Ship" src="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/57622103_5f27035644_b.jpg" width="400" height="300"/></p> <blockquote> <p>If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. – <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exupery#Attributed">Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</a></p>…</blockquote>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/192939519http://praval.tumblr.com/post/192939519Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:53:10 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/zHZTnn688xA/">How not to miss your daily workout</a>: <p><em><strong><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Workout@Gym" border="0" alt="Workout@Gym" src="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/84291062_4d075bc913_o.jpg" width="480" height="320"/></strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Disclaimer:</strong></em> I had never done a workout of any kinds before I recently joined this Gym.</p> <p>There are 2 kinds of people whom I’ve met and spoken to before joining a gym. Infact 3. Some who…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/168191341http://praval.tumblr.com/post/168191341Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:20:44 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/Ue0KzJC-dRc/">Rains, work and more</a>: <p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="rains in NOIDA" border="0" alt="rains in NOIDA" src="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/rainsinNOIDA.jpg" width="480" height="360"/></p> <p align="center"><em><strong>A view from my window</strong></em></p> <p>Monsoon is almost over but Delhi hasn’t received its share of rainfall yet! It has been hot and humid all these months.</p> <p>Today is a different day altogether….</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/168191336http://praval.tumblr.com/post/168191336Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:20:44 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/oFvffyDt8qY/">Stalking the google office at Google Analytics University program</a>: <p>After attending the <a href="http://www.praval.com/events/nasscom-ceo-forum-with-bill-gates/" jquery1250750803962="14628">NASSCOM CEO forum with Bill Gates</a>, I was proud to be invited for <a href="http://www.getgaready.com/" jquery1250750803962="14574">Google Analytics University program</a> held at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=google+india+pvt+ltd+gurgaon&sll=28.495775,77.09085&sspn=0.020857,0.038581&ie=UTF8&cid=4213378899831159003&ll=28.505807,77.092781&spn=0.026399,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=A">Google office in Gurgaon</a>, <a href="http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-analytics-seminar-in-india.html">earlier this month</a>. Out of…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/167224150http://praval.tumblr.com/post/167224150Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:02:57 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/vnfYhEgtSzs/">Compare laptops in India at ConsumerMate.com</a>: <p>After having used desktops for more than a decade, I finally had to purchase a laptop for kind kind of work regime I follow. I preferred to have <strong>Acer Aspire 4720Z</strong> an year ago. That was an impulsive…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/91424324http://praval.tumblr.com/post/91424324Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:59:29 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/tqiOhzGKQ7w/">iPhone unlocking and jailbreaking</a>: <p>Last night was a sleepless battle between me and an iPhone 2G. A friend of mine got this phone for him and wanted to get the latest firmware updated.</p> <p><a href="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/28032009182720.png" onclick=""><img style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="28-03-2009 18-27-20" src="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/28032009182720-thumb.png" border="0" alt="28-03-2009 18-27-20" width="454" height="285"/></a></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Initially:</strong> iPhone on the Apple…</span></em></p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/90803731http://praval.tumblr.com/post/90803731Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:59:20 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/K3wp2irwRqE/">Pizza and more</a>: <p><a href="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/pizza.jpg" onclick=""><img title="pizza" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="484" alt="pizza" src="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/pizza-thumb.jpg" width="644" border="0"/></a></p> <p>Prepared a pizza at home for lunch. Tempting enough. huh?</p> <img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~4/K3wp2irwRqE" height="1" width="1"/>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/90533099http://praval.tumblr.com/post/90533099Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:59:15 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/87ztc0-IJiE/">Swiss bank details!</a>: <p>Ever since I started my own <a href="http://www.mediaredefined.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.mediaredefined.com');">company</a>, I haven’t found time to update my beloved blog regularly. Though I make it a point to cover up a few stories off and on.</p> <p>Today, I received an interesting…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/88577960http://praval.tumblr.com/post/88577960Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:58:55 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/im_2TwuM08c/">BarCampPunjab – 1</a>: <p><a href="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/barcamppunjab.jpg"><img title="BARcamppunjab" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="254" alt="BARcamppunjab" src="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/barcamppunjab-thumb.jpg" width="404" border="0"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampPb" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.barcamp.org');" target="_blank">BarCampPunjab</a> is now happening! The firest ever Barcamp in the state of Punjab, India.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.flyingminds.in" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.flyingminds.in');" target="_blank">Rashmi</a>, Danish and other folks who have kept their spirits high, against all…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/84319536http://praval.tumblr.com/post/84319536Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:58:00 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/praval/~3/n7LpuFm1wiU/">Bar Camp Delhi - 6</a>: <p><a href="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/bcd6landing.jpg"><img title="bcd6landing" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="391" alt="bcd6landing" src="http://www.praval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/bcd6landing-thumb.jpg" width="256" align="left" border="0"/></a> </p> <p><strong><em><font size="4">What is a <a class="zem_slink" title="BarCamp" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/en.wikipedia.org');" rel="wikipedia">BarCamp</a>?</font></em></strong></p> <p><em>BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences - open, participatory workshop-events whose content is provided by the participants….</em></p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/81654032http://praval.tumblr.com/post/81654032Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:00:14 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/498797607/">Be a part of Nokia Developer Conference 2009</a>: <p><a href="http://www.praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/nokia.jpg"><img title="nokia" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="92" alt="nokia" src="http://www.praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/nokia-thumb.jpg" width="454" border="0"/></a> </p> <p>Come 2009 and the developers have a reason to rejoice! Nokia kicks off with “Nokia Developer Conference 2009” in January’2009.</p> <p>The conference intends to inspire and charge the dreams…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/67526875http://praval.tumblr.com/post/67526875Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:17:04 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/480494623/">Thinkdigit: A vibrant community</a>: <p>g<a href="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/digit.png"><img title="digit" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="229" alt="digit" src="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/digit-thumb.png" width="454" border="0"/></a> </p> <p>Digit has been one of the favorite magazines of mine when it comes to tech and gadgets. I remember waiting for it all month long to have a copy of free game previews, full-version…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/64077490http://praval.tumblr.com/post/64077490Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:09:55 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/457818334/">Startup Saturday is here!</a>: <p>Come December and you get to be  apart of Delhi’s first installment of  <a href="http://startupsaturday.in/index.php?title=Main_Page">Startup Saturday</a>. The event is scheduled for the 13th of December 2008, 2pm till 6pm at the <a href="http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/americanlibrary.html">American Center</a>, New Delhi.</p> <p>…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/60392488http://praval.tumblr.com/post/60392488Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:39:03 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/451587518/">XKCD rocks!</a>: <h5><strong>Just found this:</strong></h5> <p> <img height="298" src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/angular_momentum.jpg" width="450"/></p> <p><em>Interesting!</em> <img src="http://praval.moved.in/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="wp-smiley"/></p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/59464158http://praval.tumblr.com/post/59464158Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:29:16 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/450261119/">Deciding on a laptop model</a>: <p>The prices for laptop models have fallen significantly in the past 2 years. This perhaps is one of the important reasons why more people come and ask me to help them with selecting a laptop model!…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/59262613http://praval.tumblr.com/post/59262613Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:04:18 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/449341910/">A work from home guy</a>: <p>Across one of the hundred pages I come across over the Internet on a normal day, I found this! Couldn’t resist to put it here!</p> <p><a href="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/where-am-i-going.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="Where am I going" src="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/where-am-i-going-thumb.jpg" width="224" border="0"/></a></p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/59115947http://praval.tumblr.com/post/59115947Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:03:29 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/436052398/">Another day, same old shit!</a>: <p>The title says it all. Nothing worth penning down. Though I saw the movie <strong><em>Fashion</em></strong> today. A typical <em>Mahur Bhandarkar</em> film. Had a lot to co-relate with <strong><em>Page3</em></strong>, one of his previous movies. The fact…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/56963651http://praval.tumblr.com/post/56963651Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:03:24 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/435015014/">Diwali 2008</a>: <p>It’s been long, once again! I’m back here. Here’s wishing you all a very happy and prosperous Diwali! </p> <p>Day was fun. Woke up to realize that the cold has got worse, winter seems hiding around the…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/56799611http://praval.tumblr.com/post/56799611Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:02:26 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/405145245/">Life - from the rear view mirror</a>: <p><a href="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/2484419936-8e5732d1fb-b1.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="222" alt="Life from a rear view mirror" src="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/2484419936-8e5732d1fb-b-thumb1.jpg" width="480" border="0"/></a></p> <p><em>Image courtesy:</em> <a title="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asmamirza/" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asmamirza/">Asmamirza</a>                                                                               </p> <p>It has been really long since I ranted down here. Reasons may be lame or…</p>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/52090144http://praval.tumblr.com/post/52090144Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:53:57 +0530<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/praval/~3/383001084/">The fuss about Google chrome</a>: <p><a href="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/chrome.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="242" alt="chrome" src="http://praval.moved.in/wp-content/uploads/chrome-thumb.png" width="500" border="0"/></a> </p> <p>Yeah, I do not wish to be the first person to break the news! I know Google has better people to do this :p</p> <p>But the fact which I would like to pin here is,</p> <blockquote> <p>Its important to understand…</p> </blockquote>http://praval.tumblr.com/post/48677846http://praval.tumblr.com/post/48677846Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:57:16 +0530