Author Archives: achitnis
Mobile Imagineering
Nothing you do for today is likely to survive progress. To make it survive, you need to think ahead, into the future, imagine the way things could/will be done then. Then develop solutions for that today. Why do I bring … Continue reading
Linux Compatible Equipment
The most common question I see on mailing lists is“I bought XYZ recently, and now I can’t get it working under Linux. Can anyone help me?” Given the fact that Linux is only a second priority for most vendors when … Continue reading
Participating
I have been driving (and been driven by) a number of communities over the past decade.And one thing that continues to amaze me is the effort it takes to get people to participate in any meaningful fashion. When I ran … Continue reading
IT Slowdown in India
This is an old article that I wrote in May of 2001 – many months before 9/11. I was quite shocked when I re-read it recently, only to find that half a decade later, it is as relevant as it … Continue reading
COMversations Update
It’s been a long time since anything happened here – but that is about to change. First and foremost – a new interface – I decided to dump my old homebrew stuff and switch to WordPress. This will allow for … Continue reading
Your Company and the Internet
Many companies are contemplating Internet usage, now that all their peers abroad are online. But their concepts are fuzzy. In September 1996, when the last installment of COMversations appeared in PC Quest, the Internet was still relatively new to Indian … Continue reading
Linux and the Internet
Now that people have Linux in their hands, let’s get them on the Internet! In March ’96, almost 50,000 people across India received Linux on their PC Quest CDs. And the amount of mail I have been receiving about it … Continue reading
Getting more out of the Internet
Looking beyond what VSNL has to offerOne of the pitfalls of writing for a monthly magazine is that you sometimes get caught in a “time warp” – by the time your words appear in print, things have changed. Such was … Continue reading
Datacomm Troubleshooting
The online world brings along its own unique problems. In this article, I address some of the more common ones.Last month, I had promised to look at more Linux connectivity options. However, a massive bombardment from readers with all sorts … Continue reading
Search and you will find
The World Wide Web is huge, but thankfully there are ways of keeping your sanity while searching We often hear of the term “Information Overload”, or, as Kishore Bhargava likes to say, “Informing yourself to death”. One of the most … Continue reading