One of my favorite persons of all time,  is no more today. My grandmother we call her “Patti” is no more today. She passed away in her sleep a few hours ago in her favorite town Conoor, in Tamilnadu India.

MISS YOU

All I can do is sit here miles away and bid her goodbye. Career and Ambition has brought me thousands of miles away from family. When things like this happen, its a feeling of being lost.

Last year when I was in India I made a trip to Bangalore to see her in Ooty. It was a short trip but i will always cherish her memories.

Growing up when i was a kid, I remember the many many times I would go with my parents and brother to visit Tatta and Patti ( Grandpa and Grandma) in Coonoor. IT was always a fun trip. Taking the train in the Nilgiri Express from Coimbatore a city in Tamilnadu where i grew up to Coonoor.

I remember all those cold winter nights when we arrived in the house, my patti would cook this wonderful meal with freshly picked vegetables ( hand picked a few minutes ago ) from the garden. That garden was her love. It had all the vegetables , fruits  and flowers. I remember he knitting a sweater and being such a busy person when my little brother was born.

She was extremely good at her hold in English. For that generation of Indians to know how to write and read so well was amazing. Infact she used to write letters to me when i was doing my engineering and also when i came to US and was in Florida. I remember that clear handwriting.

Patti you will always be missed.

Love

Grandson

One of my recent write ups on Durable services using Windows Communication Foundation got published on DevX yesterday.

This article was based on a real project that i was in recently. In case you are working with MSMQ clusters and WCF for achieving guarenteed delivery this will save you some pain.

Do let me know at vibhu@netpresentvalu.com in case you benefit from this.

On August 28th Ed and I are going to be speaking at the Seattle Scrum on Growing Pains - Scale Hurts. This is a report based on the last project Ed and I did together.
If you are in the area come visit us.

This is a great place to network with others who practice Scrum in the Seattle area.

There should probably dissolve Indian Olympic Commitee for putting up such a dismal performance. This organization formed in 1927 has become old and basically useless.

There is something fundamentally wrong with how this organization is selecting people.I cannot believe in 1.13 billion people we don’t have talent.

I was trying to compare this with the US Olympic organization.

I suspect the root of the evil is corruption and the failure to make sports a career in India. We get easily satisfied with PT Usha winning a couple of medals in Asian Games. Where is the spirit in the Indian Youth.

They are so active in the digital world. I wish i could change something that would get the best of the best who i know are there in India represent the country.

IT is a shame

from Killers

This is probably a bit old, but still worth sharing

Based on some of my significant recent deep dives into WCF, I have written an article that talks about configuring WCF services.  Here is a link to the article.

http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/38407.

More readable version is here

When i  watch news channels and follow politics there is one name and one channel i always stop at

When Tim Russert is on the show.

Meet the press was such a great show and kept me

focused for an hour or so.

Of all the interviewers i have seen so far he is clearly the best. I had no option when his show was on, but to stop what i was doing and watch his show.When i change channels looking for a news channel, if i saw Tim, i knew what i was watching.

You will be missed Tim. May you rest in peace.

This is a simply amazing video by Dr Randy Pausch. Every minute spent is worth your time. dont miss it.

I wanted to get his book. But found this video instead.

Here is the list of lessons learned

• Loyalty is a two-way street.
• Never give up.
• You get people to help you by telling the truth. Being earnest. I’ll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.
• Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
• Get a feedback loop and listen to it. … Anybody can get chewed out. It’s the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. … When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
• Show gratitude.
• Don’t complain. Just work harder.
• Be good at something, it makes you valuable.
• Work hard.
• Find the best in everybody. … No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side; just keep waiting, it will come out.
• And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.

This song is hilarious from the movie Madagascar.
Love the guy with the indian accent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_r2psdrQkM