iBlog: Nishit Shah

Wanted to see Steve Job’s keynote at MacWorld ‘07 but didn’t get enough time this whole week. Finally, it was Sunday and I got to see it. Truly must see for all Steve Jobs fans. He was in his usual black T-shirt and denims and started of with few stats on iTunes and how great it is. He talked about Apple TV and finally on Apple iPhone. I always make it a point to listen to almost all Steve’s speeches. The way he talks, the way he moves around, his witty comments are all mark of a true leader. The book about his second act, iCon is among the best biographies ever read. One of the greatest charismatic leaders. (One can’t describe Steve without using the word “Charisma” :))

Watch the keynote here.

Boi ! I am sooooo excited. Had heard from my friend that Roger Waters was comin to India this year, but was not away of exact dates. So, just googled it and came to know its TRUE. Roger Waters is actually gonna be playing here on 18 February @ MMRDA-BKC Grounds. Tickets up for grabs from tomorrow 15th Jan. No points for guessing who would be the first one to swipe his credit card for tickets mood=happy

Update: Check this. Tickets are priced at 3k, 2k and 1k and are available online at http://www.movietell.co.in

It was Saturday evening and suddenly I got a call from Office. Instructions were clear and to the point “Leave whatever you are doing and come to office in couple of hours as we all Sysads are going to Arnala Beach for overnight stay. Did exactly the same and reached office by around 10pm and left for Arnala along with others. It took almost 2 hours and reached our Resort around half past midnight. There were a dozen of us, all of them couldn’t join as we had just planned in hurry. But boy what an awesome time we had. We quickly finished the dinner and left for the beach. The climate was pretty chill and it was totally dark everywhere..and yeah a bit scary too. Used the light from my mobile phone to guide us to the beach. There was no one on the beach except a dozen sysads talking about everything from Nagios to qmail, singing National Anthem to scaring each other with fundoo ghost stories. We had collected dried palm leaves on the way and lit a bonfire and danced around it singing the sysad song. In no time it was 5 30 am and we headed for the room as it was getting pretty chill and we all were tired of cracking jokes and laughing whole night.

Got up early on Sunday morning as we wanted to swim in the Resorts swimming pool but couldn’t as they were still cleaning it and it was gonna take a couple more hours. Drank fresh Neera of the palm trees around, had breakfast and headed for the Virar station. Caught the Churchgate fast and reached home.

Check out the Time magazine’s Top 10 List for 2006. The topics range from top movies, TV Shows, Albums, to Podcasts, Web Sites, Web Videos, to Fashion Trends, Buzzwords, Scandals and more. Pretty interesting.

Four stories. Three countries. One awesome movie. There are four different stories taking place in different parts of the world. Its about a couple on a holiday in Morocco, two young boys who take care of their goats in Morocco, a deaf and mute girl in Japan and a nanny in Mexico and how all the stories are connected to each other. This movie like Crash (2005) also explores culture clashes in life by navigating multiple interweaving story lines.

Watch it before it gets off the theaters.

Its been almost a month since I purchased my set of books for the month so decided to go to a bookstore on my way home from work and bought the following books. Hope to finish them by the end of this month and will write a short review after finishing each of them.

Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found - Suketu Mehta

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - Malcolm Gladwell

Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections - Paulo Coelho

Can start reading these only after I finish reading Gung Ho by Ken Blanchard borrowed from my office library. Used to finish a book in week’s time but these days get time to read only while traveling between home and work and seldom on weekends.