Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Udhay Shankar N
​Welcome, again, N. Feel free to share as much or as little as you like. Udhay​

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Ashwin Kumar
What do you care, what other people think? - Arline Feynman Welcome back N ~ashwin ~ashwin From: silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 5:11:49 PM To: Silk

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Harnidh Kaur
Hi N, I’ve always known you are that person whose presence warms me up when I see your name on Twitter. I didn’t know you were on Silk! Good to see you here. On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 at 5:05 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > Let me see, it's been 10

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Rajesh Mehar
Hi again Nadika, Look forward to reading your thoughts here too. :-) > >

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Venkatesh H R
Nadika, I'm one of the newer members at about a year old. Nice to meet you :-) On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Harnidh Kaur wrote: > Hi N, > > I’ve always known you are that person whose presence warms me up when I see > your name on Twitter. I didn’t know you were on Silk!

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Bharath Chari
On 11/17/2017 08:51 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Bharath Chari wrote: Delurking to prove your point. I'm the definition of the active lurker. I'm member No.1 of silklist, and have posted around 10 messages in the past 5 years. But have read

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Peter Griffin
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Folks: > > Silklist will turn 20 years old on Dec 19, 2017. Any ideas for things to do > to celebrate? :) > 20 million disbursed to members?

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Mohit
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Peter Griffin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > Folks: > > > > Silklist will turn 20 years old on Dec 19, 2017. Any ideas for things to > do > > to celebrate? :) > > > > 20 million

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Landon Hurley
On 16 November 2017 23:09:48 GMT-08:00, Mohit wrote: >On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Peter Griffin > >wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Udhay Shankar N >wrote: >> >> > Folks: >> > >> > Silklist will turn 20 years

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Peter Griffin
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Landon Hurley wrote: > > > On 16 November 2017 23:09:48 GMT-08:00, Mohit > wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Peter Griffin > > > >wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:22 PM,

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:44 PM, Peter Griffin wrote: I left Udhay a loophole by not specifying what currency, Or even that it is > currency. > ​Or, for that matter, who will do the disbursing.​ To the members, in which category I count myself. ​Udhay​ -- ((Udhay

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Mohit
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:44 PM, Peter Griffin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Landon Hurley > wrote: > > > > > > > On 16 November 2017 23:09:48 GMT-08:00, Mohit > > wrote: > > >On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:35 PM,

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Landon Hurley
On 16 November 2017 23:14:30 GMT-08:00, Peter Griffin wrote: >On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Landon Hurley >wrote: > >> >> >> On 16 November 2017 23:09:48 GMT-08:00, Mohit >> wrote: >> >On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:35 PM,

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Rajesh Mehar
I propose a "the one thing that I have learnt/become better at/thought newly about because of Silk list thread." Or the one memory from being on Silk list thread. Nothing synchronous can be planned due to varying timezones right? On Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 12:49 Landon Hurley

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Get together. Eat. Drink. What else? ( On 17/11/17, 12:22 PM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" wrote: Folks: Silklist will turn 20 years old on Dec 19, 2017. Any ideas for things to do

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Note - if any of you fine folks could do with a road trip I can help organize one. Somewhere where we can take a farmhouse or similar for our exclusive use. Lay in sufficient supplies of everything edible and potable. On 17/11/17, 12:22 PM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N"

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Peter Griffin
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > ​Or, for that matter, who will do the disbursing.​ To the members, in which > category I count myself. > > ​Udhay​ > > This is why you make the big bucks.

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Thaths
> > Some of you have known me after transition. > > For the others, > I am Nadika. > Nice to meet you again, Nadika! Welcome back to Silklist. Thaths

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Radhika, Y.
​Really lovely note, Nadika. Happy to connect.​ ​Radhika​

[silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Hello. Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in responding to all messages, I lurked, first actively and then passively. And now occasionally read a thread or two till the first point of drift. Things outside were happening. Today I got added to a Whatsapp group

Re: [silk] When was the last time you changed your opinion on something?

2017-11-16 Thread Radhika, Y.
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Thaths wrote: > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 9:01 AM Radhika, Y. wrote: > > > The most important thing I changed my mind about won't change the world > but > > it may change my relationship with it. I used to think that I was

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Peter Griffin
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in > responding to all messages, I lurked, first actively and then passively. > And now occasionally read a thread or

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Rajesh Mehar
> Out of curiosity: What is the difference > between active and passive lurking? In my mind, active lurking is reading the post and enjoying the discussion but consciously (for whatever motive) not responding. And passive lurking is mostly not reading the post and discussions but not LEAVING

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Rakesh Raghunathan
Hey Nadhika, Lovely to connect after a longtime :) so glad you reached out. Cheers, Rakesh On 16 Nov 2017 5:05 pm, "Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan" < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in > responding to all

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in > responding to all messages, I lurked, first actively and then passively. > ​Out of curiosity: What is the difference between

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Bharath Chari wrote: > Delurking to prove your point. I'm the definition of the active lurker. > I'm member No.1 of silklist, and have posted around 10 messages in the past > 5 years. But have read every single message for the past 20 years.

[silk] The end of the teens

2017-11-16 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Folks: Silklist will turn 20 years old on Dec 19, 2017. Any ideas for things to do to celebrate? :) ​Udhay​ -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
De-lurking a bit ... We met in Singapore a long time ago at a dinner Meetup. Welcome back Nadika ☺ On Nov 16, 2017 19:34, "Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan" < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in > responding to all

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Bharath Chari
On 11/17/2017 04:26 AM, Rajesh Mehar wrote: Out of curiosity: What is the difference between active and passive lurking? In my mind, active lurking is reading the post and enjoying the discussion but consciously (for whatever motive) not responding. Delurking to prove your point. I'm the