Bright Possibilities

Category: Technology

  • Making Shields using modern maker technologies

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    In the medieval times, one cannot guard a state without great knights and soldiers. And these knights in-turn relied upon great armor, shields (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield), and swords. In the modern era we rely on defense technologies that reach farther. Still there is a lot learnt from the ancient shields including patience and creativity. Today my…

  • Evolve Software Architecture using a principled approach (Part 1)

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    Software rules the world, everyone is aware of this. And along with it people say, Software is easy to change, easy to create, easy to adopt, etc. Still Software is often hard to understand. For both individuals and teams, having a common understanding of the architecture of software makes life easier to evolve the software to be faster, cheaper,…

  • SparkSIP Summer Internship Process

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    We are signing up sponsors for the SparkSIP Summer Internships. We had 4 sponsors sign up and propose projects in the past week. And entrepreneurs are interested in how the sponsor flow works for summer internship. This infographic gives you a quick glimpse of the same. Sponsor your project by answering 10 questions at Spark SIP 2017 Sponsorship.

  • Securing the website with certificates

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    Almost a year back, I set up my first word press site using AWS EC2 instance. It took some effort to set up and configure the site with security through SSL. Last year I discovered https://startssl.com for SSL Certificates. It was a bit laborious, but it worked well. Unfortunately I forgot to keep tabs and renew the certificate on…

  • Summer Internships for High Schoolers – from SparkSIP

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    Are you an entrepreneur looking for help? Are you a researcher brimming with ideas and can use extra help? Are you the creative person who wishes you had someone help you in the short term? We invite you to reach aspiring high schoolers and offer them a summer internship. SparkSIP.org is a non-profit focused on connecting aspiring…

  • Jobs at Startups -or- in smaller companies

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    News media is ripe with positive stories about winning startups. Over the years we heard about many successful startup companies that have grown and flourished. If you are working at an enterprise, it likely started life as a small company sometime in the past. The nice thing about startups are that they are filled with…

  • All play may be good! check out the book : Wonderland

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    Over the holidays I got to read this excellent book by Steven Johnson titled Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World. Steven is a prolific researcher, author, and story teller. In 2015, we watched his show How we got to now on PBS. Ever since I am a big fan of Steven. His research uncovers centuries of…

  • Economics of Electric Vehicles – are these viable?

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    Yesterday I read this update on Tesla Supercharger Program. The promise of electric vehicles included low or no costs paid for gasoline, and limited or no emissions. Hence electric cars like Tesla promise high savings to pocketbook and the environment. Of course this comes with a high upfront cost to purchase these vehicles. On further investigation and looking…

  • Pursuit of Perfection – Design, Architecture, and Re-architecture in the world of software

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    Excellence is a Journey. Perection is the destination. Often we have deep discussions about the desire to pursue perfection. An engineer walks up and says “I really do not like these shortcuts, I have this full design and I want to implement it.” The leader responds, “Yes, I understand. How long will it take to implement…

  • Startup Decks and selling Stories – lessons from Zuora

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    Every startup faces the problem of explaining themselves to the investors and customers alike. Startups live at the edge of uncertainty exploring new ideas and have to thoughtfully present their case. Recently I came across the pitch deck from Zuora – Subscription SaaS company. See the deck here and a good commentary about this deck is here. Nearly…