i dreamt
of a beautiful morning
a bright new day
tasting tears
with a smiling face
a little angel
came my way
held my hand
and said
'papa, lets play'
her sparkling eyes
had so much to say
I felt her love
and joy within me
7 may 2011
Shalin Jain
Akanksha & Me have become parents today of this little angel. One of those happiest moment that brings tears in your eyes. My gut feel feel months ago about *her* arrival: http://shalinjain.com/wishlist
I have to admit this, whatever I have done in last 10 years for Tenmiles has been hugely inspired by people around me. I gave up on education soon after I joined College. I did enough to secure my degree and did everything to be surrounded by great minds.
Gautam Jain of Conceptworld was a huge inspiration to let me start a company at 18. Srinivas ramanathan of Eginnovations gave me early insights into building complex technology products. KS Sreeram, founder of Clay programming language, helped me turn my dreams into action plans and was largely instrumental in convincing me to stay-put with products.
And now, Swarna Rethas, who recently completed 7 years at Tenmiles makes me realize yet again in the power of people. Being backed by great people simply multiplies the strength of any company. There is no better metric that can excite you to remain in business and love the work you do everyday. It is an inspirational milestone and couldn't do without letting the world know about it.
I wrote this little poem for my wife few weeks ago. We are extremely excited to become parents in a few months.
Beautiful You
In your eyes
in your smile
I see the reflections
of our unborn child
I love everyday
that goes by
thinking of our little angel
and the beautiful you.
PIctures of Unboxing Macbook Air 13" - Bought mine from Imagine Store, Chennai.
Side view of the box pack which sports the small apple logo. Like Macbook Pro packaging there is no name of the device on the top of the box. Just a picture (and it speaks!).
That's where the name is. Less is more.
Now, that's a beauty. Placed on a fairly thick black tray that has the Adapter and Installer media.
The small plastic flap lets you pull it and take out the macbook. Very simplistic and thoughtful design.
Under it, Guide, Installer and the adapter.
The power cord placed in the side. Add the cord to the adapter and it becomes a fairly long.
The reinstall drive and the quick start guide labelled Hello.
Sure, the Macbook Air is known for it's slimness - so lets stack it up along with iPad and see.
The thickest edge of the Air is slightly thicker than the iPad.
But's it's amazingly thinner on the other end.
This Macbook Air is a 13' model, that much more bigger than the iPad.
We'll time machine back from my Macbook Pro and then using the Migration Assistant to get it all into the Air was simple and hassle free. A lot of time saved and ready to be used immediately.
Nine years go, soon after I finished my under-graduation, my parents told me : "Go, get an MBA."