Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Venkatesh H R]

Thank you Thaths for figuring this out. I will find it very useful to tell
others. Phew.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:01 PM Thaths  wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:20 AM Thaths  wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:53 PM Venkatesh H R 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thaths - thanks. I'd have been happy to send you the RSS feed, only if I
> >> knew how to set one up. This is embarrassing, but feeds are always
> >> something I've kept for later. I guess I should just do it now. I'm
> >> assuming a Google search will tell me how to set one up?
> >>
> >
> > How you setup an RSS/Atom feed will depend on the platform/software you
> > use to build the netadata.in site.
> >
>
> It turns out that Medium sites come with RSS feed support pre-built
> <
> https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/214874118-RSS-Feeds-of-publications-and-profiles
> >
> .
>
> Netadata's RSS feed, for those of you interested, is:
> https://netadata.in/feed
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Rajeev Chakravarthi]

Hello Venky

I trust you remember an old friend from 16 years back? 

Regards

Rajeev 

> On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:08, Venkatesh Hariharan  wrote:
> 
> Venkatesh, we might have met while I was at Red Hat. I am currently
> Director of Fintech for iSPIRT (see www.ispirt.in and www.productnation.in)
> and am based in Mumbai. I used to edit Express Computers and spent many
> years in journalism before making the transition to leading the Public
> Policy teams of Red Hat and Google. In my current role, I work with a few
> banks to help them adopt the India Stack (www.indiastack.org), which is an
> architecture for financial inclusion that enables cashless, presenceless
> and paperless transactions with a consent network on top.
> 
> Venky
> 
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 8:20 AM Venkat Mangudi - Silk 
> wrote:
> 
>>> On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I run a small metal parts manufacturing factory in Mumbai and spend my
>>> free time listening to hindustani classical music (Mallikarjun Mansur
>> being
>>> my all time favorite) and following chess with manic passion, despite
>> being
>>> completely hopeless at it.
>> 
>> 
>> Chess Nice. Do you play on chess.com? If you don't, you should. If you
>> are, I'm easy to find. Let's play.
>> 
>> Venkatmangudi on chess.com
>> 

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Venkatesh H R]

Amit - many thanks, will definitely mail/DM you when I'm in Bombay, which
is likely in October. Maybe we can have that Silk-meet, and yes, someday I
hope to write a book on journalism.

Narendra - I enjoyed reading through your blog, especially the piece about
your father completing 50 years as a doctor.

Thaths - I'm using Medium to publish netadata.in - I think of it as a quick
fix for now. Easy to find an audience, easy interface, classy design. Hard
to monetise though, but I'm going to think of a different CMS/platform only
comes when I'm in a position to pay people!

Venky - yes we might have met! I'm quite interested in how the India Stack
is built (having just seen Nandan Nilekani's address on it at Microsoft
Think Next...)




On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Shenoy N  wrote:

> I exited chess.com and deleted the damned account because I was getting
> obsessed with chess. My rating, which hovered around 1200 - on good days it
> would climb to the upper 1300s but on other days it would plunge below
> 1100. I would keep losing, on some days, to people whose ratings were way
> lower than mine but who would totally whup me. This began to cause
> depression. I would go around morose, snapping at people for no reason,
> which was fine but then I found myself snapping at my wife, an angel in
> human form, possessing the kindest heart and great love for me, as also a
> pretty fierce temper and I realized chess had to go. I've been straight for
> about a year now, and only play chess in person, which is mostly with Amit
> Varma, whenever we meet. He usually whups me but every now and then, he
> becomes overconfident and gives me time odds and then I draw, or very very
> occasionally, win
>
> I still love chess though, and derive much joy from chess studies and
> tactical puzzles. I keep posting whatever I find interesting on my Twitter
> or Facebook.
>
> Hope to meet you and play in person. If you ever find yourself in Bombay,
> holler
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> On 4 August 2016 at 08:20, Venkat Mangudi - Silk 
> wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N  wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >  I run a small metal parts manufacturing factory in Mumbai and spend my
> > > free time listening to hindustani classical music (Mallikarjun Mansur
> > being
> > > my all time favorite) and following chess with manic passion, despite
> > being
> > > completely hopeless at it.
> >
> >
> > Chess Nice. Do you play on chess.com? If you don't, you should. If
> you
> > are, I'm easy to find. Let's play.
> >
> > Venkatmangudi on chess.com
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Narendra Shenoy
> http://narendrashenoy.blogspot.com
>



-- 
H R Venkatesh
Founder-Editor, NetaData 
Tow-Knight Fellow 2016, New York
Co-ordinator, Hacks/Hackers New Delhi
Ph: +1 646-874-9924
Twitter: @hrvenkatesh

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Venkat Mangudi - Silk]

On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N  wrote:

>
>
>  I run a small metal parts manufacturing factory in Mumbai and spend my
> free time listening to hindustani classical music (Mallikarjun Mansur being
> my all time favorite) and following chess with manic passion, despite being
> completely hopeless at it.


Chess Nice. Do you play on chess.com? If you don't, you should. If you
are, I'm easy to find. Let's play.

Venkatmangudi on chess.com

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Thaths]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 11:13 PM Venkatesh H R  wrote:

> What really killed it for me was 26/11 when we were required to
> sustain non-stop coverage of the attacks for 48 hours, without breaks. So
> we took turns as anchors, basically saying the same thing over and over
> again. 2008 was really when things got worse. Reporting was cut short.
> People realised it is cheapest to call 4 guests to a studio and have a
> shouting match. I can go on and on
>
>
The same could be said about the US and UK TV news channels (except for
outliers like public broadcasters). I suspect TV news channels (and
newspapers, coming to think of it) that want to appeal to a broad audience
have to appeal to the least common denominator.

I have started noticing that Indians have began to realize the baits and
traps that "breaking news" channels lay in their path.

Thaths

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Amit Varma]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 11:12 PM, Venkatesh H R 
wrote:

> Amit - hello! I should tell you - your blog was responsible for sparking my
> interest in economics, Lee Child and James Elroy, and much more. Still
> occasionally pop in to read it.
>

Thanks. Sadly I'm not regular, mostly just use it as a dump for whatever I
write on MSM, though I keep intending to resume, but Twitter and FB have
mostly made blogging redundant anyway. Buzz me if you're ever in Bombay,
should do coffee or beer, or even a Silkmeet. Enjoyed your thoughts on TV
news, would love to see you write a longread or even a quick book on the
subject, would be fascinating.


-- 
Amit Varma
http://www.indiauncut.com
http://www.twitter.com/amitvarma

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Venkatesh H R]

Venkat, asking those sort of questions usually sets me off on a rant :)
maybe a separate thread on that. But for now:
1. News in channels is usually selected on - stories in newspapers, events
and the competition. There's a lot of emphasis on at least one 'breaking
news' story in every 'news wheel' which is basically every 15 minutes.
Basically that puts a lot of pressure on reporters to 'break' stories and
'own the story' and 'drive the conversation'. I can go on and on, but the
bottomline is: incentives for everybody are so skewed that the stuff that
comes out is utter horse shit.
2. There's a lot of pressure to ensure people stick to the channel. The
only way to do that is to pull an Arnab. most anchors can't (and won't) do
that). only news x is trying to use that template. The rest of the channels
are flailing about. They are so ripe for content disruption right now.
3. I was numbed because as an anchor I was required to do al of the above
and more. What really killed it for me was 26/11 when we were required to
sustain non-stop coverage of the attacks for 48 hours, without breaks. So
we took turns as anchors, basically saying the same thing over and over
again. 2008 was really when things got worse. Reporting was cut short.
People realised it is cheapest to call 4 guests to a studio and have a
shouting match. I can go on and on
Anyway, there are a lot of great people in tv still, and who knows, change
might be round the corner.

Amit - hello! I should tell you - your blog was responsible for sparking my
interest in economics, Lee Child and James Elroy, and much more. Still
occasionally pop in to read it.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:30 PM Amit Varma  wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Venkatesh H R 
> wrote:
>
> > Used
> > to be a big reader of India Uncut, which I guess you designed?
> >
>
> Ooh. Welcome to Silk (though I'm a lurker myself mostly...)
>
>
> --
> Amit Varma
> http://www.indiauncut.com
> http://www.twitter.com/amitvarma
>

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Amit Varma]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Venkatesh H R  wrote:

> Used
> to be a big reader of India Uncut, which I guess you designed?
>

Ooh. Welcome to Silk (though I'm a lurker myself mostly...)


-- 
Amit Varma
http://www.indiauncut.com
http://www.twitter.com/amitvarma

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Venkat Mangudi - Silk]

Welcome to Silk. I'm curious about how news in the popular TV news channels
are curated. Maybe a later post or thread to discuss that. Oh, and how did
it numb you? Even more curious about that.

Regards,
Venkat

On Wednesday 3 August 2016, Venkatesh H R  wrote:

> Hello all! Thank you Udhay for adding me to this list after I asked to be
> added. To introduce myself, I'm a journalist in New Delhi. Was born and
> raised in
> Bangalore. Left at 23. I've now completed more than 14 years of 'vanavasa'
> outside the city, and still call myself a Bangalorean. I know Kannada, a
> smattering of Tamil and Hindi. Was anchor at CNN-IBN for 9 years. Numbed
> by TV news, I decided to leave, but
> it took me 3-4 years to actually leave. I think I'm now doing justice as a
> journalist with my startup NetaData. I like intellectually rewarding and
> respectful conversation and am happy to be
> here. Venkatesh
>
>
> H R Venkatesh Founder-Editor, NetaData.in Tow-Knight Fellow 2016, New York
> Co-organiser, Hacks/Hackers New Delhi
> Ph: +91 98118 24503 Twitter: @hrvenkatesh
>
> Sent with Mixmax
>

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Venkatesh H R]

Thaths - thanks. I'd have been happy to send you the RSS feed, only if I
knew how to set one up. This is embarrassing, but feeds are always
something I've kept for later. I guess I should just do it now. I'm
assuming a Google search will tell me how to set one up?
Madhu - hello. If you're 'madman' on Twitter, then I already know you. Used
to be a big reader of India Uncut, which I guess you designed?
Rajesh - thanks man. Great to see you here!
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:50 PM Rajesh Mehar  wrote:

> Hey! You know me from before anyway.
>
> Welcome! I'm quite new here myself.
>
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 at 14:48 Madhu Menon  wrote:
>
> > On 3 August 2016 at 13:49, Venkatesh H R  wrote:
> > > smattering of Tamil and Hindi. Was anchor at CNN-IBN for 9 years.
> Numbed
> > by
> > > TV news, I decided to leave, but
> > > it took me 3-4 years to actually leave. I think I'm now doing justice
> as
> > a
> > > journalist with my startup NetaData. I like intellectually rewarding
> and
> > > respectful conversation and am happy to be
> > > here. Venkatesh
> >
> > Welcome to silk.
> >
> > I'm a chef, restaurant consultant, and food photographer based in
> > Bangalore.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Madhu
> >
> >
>

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Rajesh Mehar]

Hey! You know me from before anyway.

Welcome! I'm quite new here myself.

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 at 14:48 Madhu Menon  wrote:

> On 3 August 2016 at 13:49, Venkatesh H R  wrote:
> > smattering of Tamil and Hindi. Was anchor at CNN-IBN for 9 years. Numbed
> by
> > TV news, I decided to leave, but
> > it took me 3-4 years to actually leave. I think I'm now doing justice as
> a
> > journalist with my startup NetaData. I like intellectually rewarding and
> > respectful conversation and am happy to be
> > here. Venkatesh
>
> Welcome to silk.
>
> I'm a chef, restaurant consultant, and food photographer based in
> Bangalore.
>
> Regards,
>
> Madhu
>
>

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Madhu Menon]

On 3 August 2016 at 13:49, Venkatesh H R  wrote:
> smattering of Tamil and Hindi. Was anchor at CNN-IBN for 9 years. Numbed by
> TV news, I decided to leave, but
> it took me 3-4 years to actually leave. I think I'm now doing justice as a
> journalist with my startup NetaData. I like intellectually rewarding and
> respectful conversation and am happy to be
> here. Venkatesh

Welcome to silk.

I'm a chef, restaurant consultant, and food photographer based in Bangalore.

Regards,

Madhu

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

[Thaths]

On Wed., 3 Aug. 2016, 1:49 pm Venkatesh H R,  wrote:

> Hello all! Thank you Udhay for adding me to this list after I asked to be
> added.


Welcome to the tangled web, Venkatesh.


I'm now doing justice as a journalist with my startup NetaData.


Is there a non Facebook/Twitter way of following NetaData? Perhaps a simple
RSS/atom feed?

Thaths