Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Mohit
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 7:49 AM, John Sundman wrote: > I realize that all of the above is likely Too Much Information, but I > suspect that my experience with regard to the question below is about as > extreme as one is likely to see on this list, so in that spirit I offer

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: "What do you.love the most about living a slower life?" ​To be able to do things on the spur of the moment. This is more a goal than an achievement at this point, but still.​ ​Oh, and naps.​ One of the great

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Venkat
On 23/01/17 10:49 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: "What do you.love the most about living a slower life?" ​To be able to do things on the spur of the moment. This is more a goal than an achievement at this point, but

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Tim Bray
I’m getting kinda old and I’m still in the heart of the furnace, helping keep AWS on the air, watching the savings expand as the shares vest. Some days I really don’t feel like going to work. Some days I feel criminally lucky - I get well-paid to write software that affects huge numbers of

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf
On 01/22/2017 04:18 AM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: I am going through a transition into a slower pace of life. Knowing the eclectic nature of this list, I wanted to hear from others who have "been there, done that." ... I am now thinking of cutting down my consulting assignments and decisively

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Thaths
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 8:18 PM Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: I am now thinking of cutting down my consulting assignments and decisively slowing down my life, to stop hopping from one task to the other like a maniac, and to relish reading books and watching plays, and the company

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread John Sundman
Not sure I should attempt an answer at this, but what the heck, here goes. I’ll try to keep it short. After 15+ years in US computer industry as technical writer, manager of publications, and manager of software engineering, including 9 years working for Sun Microsystems when I had offices in

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Gautam John
I took a year and a half sabbatical to be a stay at home parent. While I'd hesitate to call it slowness (heck, anyone with a toddler can never be slow - put that dnnn *runs*) what it did allow me was re-evaluate the things that I want to maximise for and, more importantly, truly

Re: [silk] Gaurav Vaz - Introduction

2017-01-22 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Gaurav Vaz wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I finally managed to join this amazing group after years of hearing and > reading about it. Thanks a lot Udhay for the invitation :) > Welcome to Silk, Unlurking myself. Proud to have known you buddy,

[silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
I am going through a transition into a slower pace of life. Knowing the eclectic nature of this list, I wanted to hear from others who have "been there, done that." After years in the corporate world, I decided to quit the fast paced life anf become a consultant. My goal was to have more control

Re: [silk] Examplars of genre in Indian movies

2017-01-22 Thread Hari Shenoy
A great example of a road trip movie that I really enjoyed was neelakasham pachakadal chuvanna bhoomi (Malayalam), which involved two guys biking from Kerala to the North East. On 22 Jan 2017 5:37 am, "Thaths" wrote: The other day I was thinking of whether there was such a