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Productivity of a Software Engineer
on May 25, 2007 in Pedro Report
This is an aggregation of inputs from a few software engineers. On an average, a software engineer runs late everyday. The idea in their little heads is that, he or she left work late the previous day (That was actually a half-hearted compensation for the extra long lunch, the day before). The moment he arrives, you can […]
Project Status Meeting: Status quo
on May 18, 2007 in Pedro Report
The scenario: Weekly status meeting for a software project contracted to a software development company. Scheduled duration is 2 hours. All stakeholders present. The story: Wilma, the secretary sends out an appointment to all the stakeholders and books a conference room. She forgets to send the agenda but never fails to order coffee and bagels. […]
The Men’s Room Hand Washing Systems (patent pending)
on May 13, 2007 in Pedro Report
1. Objective: To enable all users of the Men’s room to effectively sanitize their hands before they step out of the comfort station after every use. 2. Users: All users of the Men’s room. If you thought only men used Men’s room, sorry, you are gravely mistaken. Try any one of the busy clubs in […]
Please give a big hand to Pedro !
on May 11, 2007 in Pedro Report
I know everyone here is putting up with my monotonous writing style and probably fall asleep halfway through reading a post. I do appreciate that. Not the sleeping part but the trying to read bit. It’s time to shake things up at ShanKri-la and inject some liveliness. I thank Pedro for accepting to be a […]

Friday Fun and All My Faves – Why Search?
on May 11, 2007 in Life matters
Friday Fun! My wife came ‘stumbled’ on this website and showed it to me and it was very cool.. So here you go! It is anotherone of those Shockwave animations.. but really impressive! http://uploads.ungrounded.net/221000/221483_Play.swf Don’t forget to turn your volume on. Antipodes Map! If you are a stumbler with StumbleUpon, you might have come across […]

Weekend fun and some updates
on April 30, 2007 in ShanKri-la, WordPress
I have been just overhauling the blog with some nice additions. Hope you like it.. Contact Us We now have a ‘Contact Us’ menu option. Please do drop us a line about anything! We would love to hear your thoughts, suggestions and comments. Subscribe to comments We should have had this all along, but it […]
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