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Mobile Monday

Caught up with my friend after a long time... consulting...amma chaapaadu.. work from home... jammaai raja... this post is dedicated to u.. just to prove u that i blog...now u won't complain na blog pannalainu...illaya...

Was catching up with Mobile Monday group (http://bangalore.mobilemonday.in/) will come there when u invite Nokia folks.. Mobile TV is interesting...announce the venue..I will be there with kid.. Infant seat.. spl reservation...

U have been doing good work...keep it up...

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Think inside the box...

Was wondering what happened to my idea baggage... pondering why i haven't posted a technical blog for so long... I had to think laterally(n' parallely) after all... chanced to read this para(click title 4 original article) about thinking "outside the box" which says
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- "We wondered whether thinking outside the box really does enhance creativity. To find out, we checked in with Dr. Peter Suedfeld, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia and an expert in human cognition. He told us that creativity is a "very mysterious thing" that "exists in pretty much everyone" -- but that there are indeed ways to improve it.

One method he has studied extensively is what he calls the Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique (REST) -- putting people into places with no light or outside stimuli. "What I've found," he said, "is that far from making people crazy, moderate deprivation lowers blood pressure, improves mood, and makes people more creative."

Does that mean a person wanting to be creative is better off thinking, say, inside a box?

Dr. Suedfeld considered this a moment, and then said, "To the extent the box keeps the outside world away -- then, yes, it is better to think inside the box."
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Lights off and pls. pls. No disturbance...I am thinking "inside the box"... hee hee hee ;-) I hope my next post will be a pure technical one....

Nov 21: Indha REST theory ellam rest iddaka thaan layku.. nalla thuukamaa vandhadhu...

Vission.....Version problemo..

My job @ Nokia means different things to different people...

#1:

It was my first day @Nokia... Took an auto n' told him to go to Nokia office @ Basawangudi...I am not good in remembering routes ... When I reached Basawangudi, I told him "Solpa slow hogi guru...". Within seconds he told me Nokia is here n' asked me to get down.. I was wondering if there were 2 offices... I look at the board and it said "Nokia Priority Dealer" ... I patiently told him this is not the Nokia I want to go ... solpa mundara hogi.. The driver was damn confident and said this is the only Nokia in that road... Few meters away, as we arrived at the destination, I showed him a small board inside which read "Nokia India Pvt. Ltd." and told him its Nokia's Bangalore research center... I don't think he understood ...

#2:

This incident is after some months... It was a quite afternoon.. Only 50 employees at that time... Myself along with my friends were returning from our "after lunch walk"... To our surprise we found 3 guys walking towards us ... One of them addressed me and told in Kannada.. "Madam I have so and so problem with my cell phone .. we want it repaired quickly...." .. I was stumped..My friends behind had a good time.....I told them this was not Nokia sevice center, but nevertheless had a look at the phone and the problem...

After this, I have had numerous people expecting me to solve their handset problems...right from my next door aunty..

#3:

I am having lunch with my friend ... her friend who works in a different field joins us .. In the midst of our discussion on ads and Nokia's success story in India, he tells me "Oh u work for Nokia.. I am highly disappointed... The ad on Nokia 6600 downplays tataindicomm's ad by saying "Mobile is not just for talking" ... I didn't expect this from Nokia... U should do something about this..." Tata's ad says "Mobile is only for talking" ...Again I am stumped.. I told him I was not in Marketing division.. since my friend is a mba grad may be he thought I was in marketing... He didn't leave it there... he told me to send him the contact of Nokia India marketing head...


Maybe I should try my hand sales and marketing too:-)

I love cbe...

I love cbe... After marriage,managing home dept(toughest..as in politics), work n' studies have greatly reduced the visits to my hometown (barely managed to visit once every year:-( .. but thanks to my daughter .. my maternity period was a welcome change - my stay in cbe was close to 9 months...thanks to NOKIA n' my boss too...

My baby had her shots today - its a 5 in one - she refuses to leave my lap ..i have learned to type in one hand n' hold her head with the other hand... n' swing my legs.. with cushions around my seat n' my lap - this setup works fine 4 me n' my sweet baby..she is happy in her comfort zone...she is smiling in her dreams n' ocassionally opening her eyes to check if her cozy setup is alright.... i have got her a crib n' a automatic rocking chair..but those r of no use today.. she knows my touch...

Just a week left in coimbatore... can't help thinking of my childhood days... yday as i walked thr' the familiar streets... i realised how much i missed cbe... such a peaceful walk... i can't even walk this way in blore.. no space:-( .. i passed thr' my old house at kk pudur... i wished i could go inside..sit on the swing in the portico.. all scenes vivid in my memory ... the plants, trees, the way i used to climb the fence to go to my neighbours house ..the way we used to make tents in our terrace with sari, bannana leaves n' sticks... the puppies..i used to give them milk with ink filler.. how my brother and I used to play all around the house.. we had a big space in the front... my brother ..then just 5 yrs old..always used to put the torch in the small water tank.. he made me catch the cat for him..and it bit so hard... when he was 3 - the gate was open and he kept walking in the middle of the street.. a lorry driver picked him up and i went behind the lorry driver shouting its my brother..now the look of the house was changed .. trees cut to accomodate car parking.. no sight of children playing

The days in Bharathi and Avila r also equally memorable... I couldn't help thinking of my close friend.. oh we were so close... studied together..shared so many thoughts..and the hrs spent together.. as i left my good old street I couldn't help asking ..Oh God..why did it all have to end? why did i grow up? i prayed.. to revisit those wonderful moments with my old neighbours, friends, family...just once more....maybe just an hr..i couldn't help the tears rolling down my eyes....they wouldn't stop...

As I passed close to my pesent house.. i was tempted to peep into my school.. how could i forget Nagalakshmi ..our english teacher.. she is a gem.. she was so close..so good.. and my friends..rajashree, gayathri... all our classroom pranks...how could i not peep in... as I entered my school, I saw lot of things had changed... sister patrick was no more the principal.. thank God Nagalakhmi miss was there.. as i stood waiting for her class to finish and wondering if she would recognise me... she came after 10 mins.. she looked quite old now... the strain was visible... as soon as she saw me she addressed me as Raji.. i didn't expect her to remember me.. we had a good chat for the next 15 mins.. i gave her a card and a book (Bhagvatam)..and i told her I would never forget her and she will remain my all time favourite teacher... I could see the joy in her eyes.. she told me ..often after the batch of 12th std students was complete ..she would look at the front rows and scan for familiar faces...and realise they were all gone..but now i had come to visit her after 11 years and she was happy...she gave me a hug .. i didn't know what to do.. i asked her about her latest book collection .. and told her my daughter would split the house into 4 if i didn't return in 10 minutes for her next feeding...i got her phone number and left...

I wish I was a child...I wonder if my child will have a garden to play daily... if she can climb trees and fences.. if i would let her in open wihout me having to worry if the mosquitoes outside would cause her chikungunya, muttongunya, dengue or some other disease.. without having to worry if some car or scotter will hit her...btw, where is the open space?? 723 apartments...6 phases on a little land in the busy marathahalli junction...with plans to convert it to 6 lane..with never ending construction activity.. let alone playing she can't even cross the street... why it takes me 30 mins to cross:-( I wish my I gave my child plenty of space and time to play in the open than give her laptops and mobile phones...


I love cbe...