India

Indians are everywhere in the software world — from engineers to CEO’s — but they all share one thing in common: the products they’ve helped build are all for companies based outside of India and for the most part in the US. I had this very conversation with one of our developers in Chennai on my last trip to India. He’s also spent time abroad, in the UK, but had not noticed it until I pointed it out to him. My guess is that there’s just no domestic market for many of the products being developed abroad. Especially with regards to the Internet, with access at home out of reach for most people, it’s not hard to see why most entrepreneurs might end up in California instead of Bangalore. ...

I clocked out at 12:30am last night and I felt “guilty” about it. Why? I left the office at about 7:15pm today and I felt “guilty” about it. Why? I worked about 70 hours this week and I’m planning to work Saturday and Sunday. Why? If anything, the events of the week have made it clear to me that they don’t get it and I shouldn’t be working this hard. So… why? ...

Saw some cool sneaks today, but, alas, they only carry up to UK12 and I’m a UK12.5.

The traffic here is out of control, and, with the introduction of the 1 lakh car (which I think is fantastic, btw) it’s bound to get a lot worse, at least in the near term. For a while I thought a big part of the problem was the lack of traffic signals at most intersections and a complete lack of order on the road. The heterogeneous traffic mixed with the all out war mentality creates an extremely hostile environment. ...