2010 had lots of surprises. I have written this to let you know what has affected me. There were lots of things that I liked to include here, but then on a second thought I decided to leave them aside. The list is not in any order.
1. My friend Vivek Kalla interest in music really surprised me. I used to think he was a part time singer. But seeing him as a judge and mentor in the Marwar ki Awaj, really impressed me. I have given links to some of the you tube videos at the end of the article. Vivek Kalla is very knowledgeable man. He is down to earth, and means what he says. You don’t see him using foul language. With a great sense of humor a gift of gab, he is no wonder famous.
2. VSP or Virtual Storage Platform, is a new Storage Box, released by Hitachi Data Systems. The box got released at the end of Sept this year. It has not only changed the rules of Enterprise Storage, but also put some freshness in the Enterprise Storage Market. Forward thinking, the product will be a milestone when history of Storage will be written.
3. iPAD brought a lot of changes this year. My kids moved over to it. The laptop lost respect. Tablet became the new darling. Many times in our life and our career things become so much routine, that we false assume we have reached the peak. And then there is a iPAD and suddenly all our whitepapers, best practices, notes, become outdated.
4. This year I delved into the depths of photography. It was a touch and go relation all these years. This year was when I started to understand and analyze photos. Buying equipment is easy, getting out a piece of art from it is difficult, but comparing two pieces of art is the climax.
5. Though being an Apple fan, I started to code in Android. Vikram should be thanked for the interest. As Android apps started to be developed and ported to the device, and they started to run gave an immense sense of satisfaction.
6. At the personal front with families and friends, this year had nothing to offer. Relations went bad, friends got lost, trusts eroded and loneliness crept in some times. At this time it is difficult to say whether the pit has reached and more has to be travelled.
7. Pokharan, Ramdeora, Bhadariyaji, Tinwari, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Phalodi were a dream come true.
8. Loss of Atmandaji was deeply felt. One more link to my Grandfather and Grandmother has been lost. But meeting both my Nanaji, Bachraji took back to the golden days.
There ends this year.
Links.
1. Kallaji.
3. iPAD
4. Photography.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-photography/id294540619
5. Android.
8 Atmanandji.
