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  • The Kindness of Taxi Drivers

    It happened to me yet again! Another taxi driver refused to take money from me. I don’t fully understand why, but it happens to me every couple of months. Over the past several years, taxi drivers in San Jose, California; Chicago; Philadelphia; New York City and other cities have insisted to me that the ride…

  • It is all about Balance

    To be effective at anything in life, balance is required Be it personal life, leadership, management, technical work: balance is essential. You need to be aware of balance at all times. I plan to write a series of articles about this subject. Some topics I discuss with friends and colleagues: standardization vs. innovation & creativity…

  • Amazon NowNow Gave Me This Answer on Where To Learn Spanish

    Amazon NowNow Gave Me This Answer on Where To Learn Spanish

    The Amazon Kindle mobile reading device comes with their NowNow service included, where you can ask any question you like and you get a response from a paid human researcher. I asked a question and got the unexpected answer below. I do believe this was an honest mistake by a researcher trying to be helpful.…

  • Reddit Alien Mascot Bobblehead Returned

    The Reddit Alien mascot bobblehead (photos), which had recently been kidnapped at the Reddit Bar Party in New York City (photos) is now back, safe and sound with the Reddit team. After I reached out to some people in New York, a kind person arranged to have the alien returned as a surprise at Steve…

  • I Love New York City

    I’ve now been living in Manhattan for two weeks and I love NYC. New York is a wonderful city. I’ve wanted to live here since I was little. My new job is at Conde Nast Publications as VP of Information Technology for CondeNet. My office is near Times Square, a major tourist attraction which is…

  • Moving to New York City

    I’m moving to NYC for an exciting new job as VP of Technology at an awesome publishing company. I look forward with excitement to the job at the company and life in Manhattan. I loved the past three years working for Cox as CTO of COXnet in Atlanta where I was proud to contribute and…

  • Happy New Year 2007! Highlights from December/January

    The closing of 2006 and beginning of 2007 has been exciting. I’d like to share some highlights from December/January: In Paris: I celebrated New Years’; spent a memorable week; photographed hundreds of beautiful moments; learned some French; practiced Spanish; made new friends and relaxed on the train to London. http://photos.rajiv.com/2006 In the USA: The Newspaper…

  • More photography

    Friends and family: I have been doing a lot of photography recently and regularly posting it on photos.rajiv.com. It includes pictures of many of my travels.

  • Snow and Ice in Atlanta

    When I moved to Atlanta, GA, I didn’t realize I’d get photo opportunities featuring snow and ice in the city known as Hotlanta. It only snows on one or two days per year here. Almost all my neighbors were staying cozy indoors. I headed out with my camera and took photographs, including some of leaves,…

  • Moving to Atlanta

    I look forward to living in Atlanta, a major city in the southeastern state of Georgia. I will, however, miss being around my friends in the the Philadelphia and San Francisco areas where I previously lived. On June 1st, I start work at COXnet as Chief Technology Officer. COXnet is part of the Cox Newspapers…

  • Currently in the Philadelphia area

    I’m currently based in the Philadelphia area, working on my company. It is good to spend time at home with my brother and friends. (Just an FYI for my family and friends.)

  • Can you hear me now? Good

    November 24th was the day I got the freedom to switch my phone service from AT&T Wireless back to Verizon Wireless and this time without changing my number. (I had been a happy Verizon customer in the past and had gone to AT&T for their lower rates.) Verizon’s mobile phone network in the U.S. has…