Author: Murali
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Supplies for Cub Scouts Camping
Thanks to my son who is in the Cub Scouts, we go camping once or twice with the local Cub Scouts troop. The camping experience is much better when we are adequately equipped. We are preparing to go on the Winter camp at Camp Sheppard near Mt. Rainier. It is going to be good. It…
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Bike Ride up a mile
Four springs back, in May 2018, one of my friends suggested I join him on the Ride The Hurricane bike ride. The Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center is located in the beautiful Olympic Mountains in the Northwest USA. At about a mile above the sea level, it was a 12 miles long climb at 5-8% gradient…
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Advice for startup founders: Periodic Investor Updates
Context The executive leadership team at big companies often have to do quarterly report outs to the board of directors and investment community. Often they have the luxury of full service departments (finance, communications, project management) to help them prepare for the same. Not just at big companies, such a model is valuable for the…
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Reading maketh a man, woman, … tips for better reading
Yesterday I was talking with a relative of mine. He was concerned about the reading skills of his elementary school kids. I recall having the same concerns a few years back when my kids are in the elementary age as well. Good news, in the past ten years I had observed my kids gradually read…
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2019 Summer Internships
Yes, it is snowing outside on Feb 3rd in the Greater Seattle Area. White snow is a lot of fun. Soon it will be spring and then summer! Inside the house I observe my teenager working on her homework. Much like her there are 100s of high schoolers are preparing for a bright future. Hands…
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Change – an opportunity in disguise
“Change is everywhere! Change can be outside you! Change can be inside you! Change is always happening! … Remember, Change is everywhere!” So read the note about Change in my 3rd grader’s notebook at his school. We had gone into the class room for the usual curriculum evening to learn about what the kids…
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Book: “Grit” – encourages one to persist and persevere
Often I carry books to read in the flight. But this Monday I did not have any book to read. And there was a 5 hour flight ahead of me. Browsing through the stores, I found this book – Grit. It was compact and encouraging. I was thinking through challenges my son had to go through…
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Stories make our world a better place
In the recent years, I had been reading stories for my kids. This way I had the opportunity to reconnect with many stories as well as read many new ones. About 5 years back I was introduced to Joseph Campbell’s great book: The Hero with a Thousand Faces And recently a couple of film school…
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Preparing for Biking up the hill!
Over the past year, I had enjoyed biking for routine trips locally and to commute occasionally. In looking back, I had covered nearly 30 trips of 10 miles or more. Several of these had elevation gain of about 1000+ feet. Wow! I would have not imagined this 3-4 years back. A friend of mine suggested…
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A new era for Software on the PC?
Today’s announcement from Microsoft was BIG – billion units big. A massive internal reorganization of (Software) Engineering Organizations inside Microsoft results in big rethinking of the placement of Windows Engineering. See New York Times Tech News Coverage talking about the shift to fuel Cloud and Productivity missions. I have personal experiences of being a massive user…