Comments on: About Me

By: spandana

spandana — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:32:36 +0000

thanks sahira, hope you enjoy reading it as much i enjoy writing!

By: Sahira

Sahira — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:20:24 +0000

Nice blog Anil:). Interesting too.

By: spandana

spandana — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:05:03 +0000

sanjay, welcome! if you are longing for some gult fare, check out this telugu poetry blog . treesforfree.org sure sounds interesting.

By: sanjay

sanjay — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:44:47 +0000

nice name, Spandana. i am a “gult” too, currently in the “fatherland”. enjoying reading your blog. please spread the word about TreesforFree http:/treesforfree.org/ based right there in b’lore.

By: spandana

spandana — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:11:19 +0000

hey firang – sorry to disappoint! may be i’ll upload a hottie one of these days.

btw the name barely generates any hits – most folks search ’spandana’ to get at a non-profit organization for the poor and needy people.

but thanks for the kind words. my feminine side is tickled.

By: firang

firang — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:16:18 +0000

I checked your profile as your name sounded feminine and very sexy. I was disappointed to see a man with a mouche.
I am sure, with a name like that you are bound to generate a lot of hits.

By: spandana

spandana — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:26:57 +0000

very valid point, one that i observed as well. i think the problem is with both the programmers and the users. will write about it once i organize my thoughts..

By: vastav

vastav — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:26:24 +0000

Indian programmers are considered world beaters. And they have rightfully gained their reputation over many years, slowly climbing up the value chain from BPO, low end maintenance jobs to doing cutting edge technology innovations. Valley is now littered with VP’s of engineering and CTOs who have Indian origins.

But sadly, the quality of Indian websites (in terms of UI/ performance/ usability) tells another story. Try using any premiere India based company site such as ICICI, Railways, IndianAirlines, TOI, and you would understand what I mean. The usability is terrible and the overall performance is atleast 5-10 years behind what leading global portals have. While gloabl web is already starting to talk about web 3.0 , Indian sites are struggling to be even legit web 1.0.

This is a conundrum for which I find no reasonable explanation. Is it because all good Indian programming brains get taken up by global companies, leaving only the remnants to work on Indian portals?

Since you have seen both worlds up close and personal, I will appreciate your views.

By: spandana

spandana — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:53:28 +0000

thanks shantanu. your articles are quite genuine in it’s view point. though i might not agree with them, i appreciate the passion. you are somewhat like michael moore, i must say.

By: B Shantanu

B Shantanu — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:01:10 +0000

Spandana (nice pen-name!)…thanks for linking me on your blog roll…

I hope to see you there more often.

Jai Hind, Jai Bharat.