Hitesh

Hi, I am your host, Hitesh. I am a tech enthusiast and dabble in a variety of subjects. To read my professional journey so far, head over to my LinkedIn profile.

Homepage: http://www.hitesh.in/


Posts by Hitesh

Adding context to your logs

March 7, 2010 - 12:05 am

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If you have ever worked on a multi-threaded application or even any application of significant scope, one of the unwritten requirement is a log file that helps in supporting the application.
The challenge is to be able to piece together all the scattered log entries that belong together, may be as a single transaction, or a [...]

Windows 7, hidden features

February 21, 2010 - 4:24 pm

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It’s been over 6 months, and Windows 7 still surprises me, pleasantly. The last time I felt the same about Windows was in 1995. Let me share a few things I found, which are generally not discussed.
Note: I never used Vista, so if some of these were present in Vista, I wouldn’t know.
The Windows Explorer
I [...]

20 Qs with Puneet of Young India

February 13, 2010 - 10:54 am

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Introduction
Q. In your own words, who are you and what is your business?
I am just a young creative mind, who feels that everyone can sell anything; but the only reason why everyone doesn’t become a businessman, is that they don’t have a product to sell. Since they don’t have anything to sell they sell somebody [...]

My take on iPad

February 7, 2010 - 10:30 am

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Ever since the iPad was announced, the internet is clogged with updates, analysis and impressions on iPad. But I saw very little talked about what this means, or how this could affect the way we do business. The guys with the biggest megaphones are either reporters or tech gurus, who are far removed from the [...]

Kid Project: Making paper

January 24, 2010 - 10:22 pm

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I was trying to explain paper-recycling to my daughter, then thought it is best we do it together. Thus came about a weekend project to make paper from waste papers. Although the end result was not that great, I think she understood the concepts.
She was super excited and did most of the steps herself, including [...]

Biz plan: Build a better Craigslist

January 17, 2010 - 7:40 pm

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I am surprised that I haven’t come across a voice based classifieds system. Well creating one from scratch and reaching critical mass is difficult, but leveraging social media and Craig’s list should not be difficult at all. So, here’s the idea.

User calls a premium number and speaks the advert.
The server processes the voice and tries [...]

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