Re: [silk] Hi, I’m Geetanjali
Welcome Geetanjali. Having a great Sunday! On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 7:39 PM Huda Masood wrote: > Welcome Anjali! > > So nice to see you here!! > > > > On Sat, 23 Feb 2019, 12:27 Geetanjali Chitnis, > wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > Udhay, thank you for inviting me to the last Silklist meet-up and for > > adding me to the list! I’m excited to be here. I’ve known a few list > > members for pretty much all my life, and I look forward to meeting > > more of you soon. > > > > I’m Geetanjali Chitnis from Bangalore. I did my schooling at Mallya > > Aditi International School and then got an undergraduate degree in > > Communication Studies, Psychology and English Literature from Mount > > Carmel College. > > > > I began my career as a trainee content writer at a marketing > > communications agency in 2011, where I primarily developed content for > > IT clients. I moved into the account management & client servicing > > space before quitting my full-time job a few years ago. I currently > > head branding and communications (as a consultant) for Geist - a local > > craft beer brand which also happens to be South India’s first > > distribution craft brewery. The transition has been fascinating, to > > say the least :) > > > > I love biryani, romance novels, cats, makeup, movies and Bangalore > weather. > > > > Have a great Saturday, everyone! > > > > Best, > > Geetanjali > > > > >
Re: [silk] Hi, I’m Geetanjali
Welcome Anjali! So nice to see you here!! On Sat, 23 Feb 2019, 12:27 Geetanjali Chitnis, wrote: > Hello! > > Udhay, thank you for inviting me to the last Silklist meet-up and for > adding me to the list! I’m excited to be here. I’ve known a few list > members for pretty much all my life, and I look forward to meeting > more of you soon. > > I’m Geetanjali Chitnis from Bangalore. I did my schooling at Mallya > Aditi International School and then got an undergraduate degree in > Communication Studies, Psychology and English Literature from Mount > Carmel College. > > I began my career as a trainee content writer at a marketing > communications agency in 2011, where I primarily developed content for > IT clients. I moved into the account management & client servicing > space before quitting my full-time job a few years ago. I currently > head branding and communications (as a consultant) for Geist - a local > craft beer brand which also happens to be South India’s first > distribution craft brewery. The transition has been fascinating, to > say the least :) > > I love biryani, romance novels, cats, makeup, movies and Bangalore weather. > > Have a great Saturday, everyone! > > Best, > Geetanjali > >
Re: [silk] Hi, I’m Geetanjali
Welcome! As per your behest, I am indeed having a great Saturday! Deepa. On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 12:27 PM Geetanjali Chitnis < g...@geetanjalichitnis.com> wrote: > Hello! > > Udhay, thank you for inviting me to the last Silklist meet-up and for > adding me to the list! I’m excited to be here. I’ve known a few list > members for pretty much all my life, and I look forward to meeting > more of you soon. > > I’m Geetanjali Chitnis from Bangalore. I did my schooling at Mallya > Aditi International School and then got an undergraduate degree in > Communication Studies, Psychology and English Literature from Mount > Carmel College. > > I began my career as a trainee content writer at a marketing > communications agency in 2011, where I primarily developed content for > IT clients. I moved into the account management & client servicing > space before quitting my full-time job a few years ago. I currently > head branding and communications (as a consultant) for Geist - a local > craft beer brand which also happens to be South India’s first > distribution craft brewery. The transition has been fascinating, to > say the least :) > > I love biryani, romance novels, cats, makeup, movies and Bangalore weather. > > Have a great Saturday, everyone! > > Best, > Geetanjali > >
Re: [silk] Hi, I’m Geetanjali
And presumably Geeth ❤️. Welcome, Anjali! On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 12:27 PM Geetanjali Chitnis < g...@geetanjalichitnis.com> wrote: > > I love biryani, romance novels, cats, makeup, movies and Bangalore weather. > >
Re: [silk] Hi, I’m Geetanjali
Hello! And welcome. Cheerio, Ashim Design & Build The Random Lines www.therandomlines.com On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 08:57, Geetanjali Chitnis wrote: > Hello! > > Udhay, thank you for inviting me to the last Silklist meet-up and for > adding me to the list! I’m excited to be here. I’ve known a few list > members for pretty much all my life, and I look forward to meeting > more of you soon. > > I’m Geetanjali Chitnis from Bangalore. I did my schooling at Mallya > Aditi International School and then got an undergraduate degree in > Communication Studies, Psychology and English Literature from Mount > Carmel College. > > I began my career as a trainee content writer at a marketing > communications agency in 2011, where I primarily developed content for > IT clients. I moved into the account management & client servicing > space before quitting my full-time job a few years ago. I currently > head branding and communications (as a consultant) for Geist - a local > craft beer brand which also happens to be South India’s first > distribution craft brewery. The transition has been fascinating, to > say the least :) > > I love biryani, romance novels, cats, makeup, movies and Bangalore weather. > > Have a great Saturday, everyone! > > Best, > Geetanjali > >
Re: [silk] Hi there!
José María Mateos wrote: Deepa Mohan wrote: Welcome, Jose! That was an interesting comment of yours about mailing lists... would like to hear a little more. Just something I've experienced first hand. Mailing list discussions tend to be more nuanced and carried in more good faith that a lot of social network dumpster fires out there, where it seems like disruption is the way to go. I think there are several causes for that, but the facts that mailing lists have typically small memberships and, for a lot of people, are cumbersome to manage and require some effort to join, I think that nudges the subscribers to take more care of them. I have to concur, and I think there are design issues that lead to this. Social networking sites, from the notorious Facebook (which I've almost given up on) to smaller, more specialized sites, tend to provide only a small box in which to respond. While most can be made to carry long messages, the format of both the input and the display (where even modest messages are truncated) argue that the best approach is the finely crafted bon mot -- more easily done as satire or insult -- than the thoughtful essay of arbitrary length. This isn't limited to conventional, online, social media sites. The mainstream news, from cable TV to newspapers, has drifted to shorter and shorter items, repeating them over and over, as a means of cutting through the noise in the system. (And perhaps inspiring the current idiot President of the US.) But for those of us who actually *like* thinking, there is no noise, as we work hard to find ways to isolate ourselves so as to better focus. For folks like us (and yes, I'm sure I'm oversimplifying here) clarity of thought, both our own and the expressions of others, far outweighs the sheer volume of mass media, which begs us to turn off our brains and simply marinate in the opinions of others. Could one design a social media site that counters this trend? Yes, but with email list still a very serviceable tool, one fails to see much need. Could one produce news for a mass market with longer, more thoughtful pieces? Perhaps, but the question is if one could do so profitably. Even such venerable institutions as 60 Minutes, with it's 20-minute pieces, tends more toward "look at this" than "what should we think of this". One is not optimistic. I just finished a second viewing of the film "RBG" about Ruth Bader Ginsberg (an upgrade of an earlier version titled "The Notorious RBG", which I think was better, if less polished). I recommend seeing this biofilm rather than the Hollywood production that comes out later this year. The latter appears to be reasonably accurate, but glamorized account of her life, that could not be improved by such. Speaking of "coming out", when I heard the Indian Supreme Court had revoked an ancient law against homosexual behavior, it was this Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court that came immediately to mind, and her lifelong defense of "equality under the law". Something this country still needs to work on. And thus I demonstrate your point with a post that easily exceeds in length the four or five longest posts I ever made to Facebook. Cheers, / Bruce /
Re: [silk] Hi there!
Hóla José! For all the reasons you mentioned, I continue to lurk on Silk. Something really calming about seeing real content and debate. I am one of the few nontechies here and I am mainly interested in language (acquisition, and translation). I spent 5 months in Zaragoza last year working on my Spanish and getting a more nuanced understanding (well, I hope) of the country, its conflicts and morcilla. Hope to see more from you. Cheers. Radhika On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 3:17 PM José María Mateos wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 06:25:23AM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Welcome, Jose! That was an interesting comment of yours about mailing > > lists... would like to hear a little more. > > Just something I've experienced first hand. Mailing list discussions > tend to be more nuanced and carried in more good faith that a lot of > social network dumpster fires out there, where it seems like disruption > is the way to go. I think there are several causes for that, but the > facts that mailing lists have typically small memberships and, for a lot > of people, are cumbersome to manage and require some effort to join, I > think that nudges the subscribers to take more care of them. > > Cheers, > > -- José María (Chema) Mateos > https://rinzewind.org/blog-es || https://rinzewind.org/blog-en > > -- If you swap that time for money, you don't get that time back to develop yourself." 'The way you speak to your child becomes their inner voice'
Re: [silk] Hi there!
On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 06:25:23AM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > Welcome, Jose! That was an interesting comment of yours about mailing > lists... would like to hear a little more. Just something I've experienced first hand. Mailing list discussions tend to be more nuanced and carried in more good faith that a lot of social network dumpster fires out there, where it seems like disruption is the way to go. I think there are several causes for that, but the facts that mailing lists have typically small memberships and, for a lot of people, are cumbersome to manage and require some effort to join, I think that nudges the subscribers to take more care of them. Cheers, -- José María (Chema) Mateos https://rinzewind.org/blog-es || https://rinzewind.org/blog-en
Re: [silk] Hi there!
Welcome, Jose! That was an interesting comment of yours about mailing lists... would like to hear a little more. Deepa On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 04:05 José María Mateos wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm José María (Chema) Mateos, a Spaniard that emigrated to Montreal a > few years ago to pursue a career in academia and that quit, bored to > death, to reincarnate as a Data Scientist, where things seems to be more > fun. > > I used to have Twitter / Facebook accounts but social media burned me > out. From time to time I hunt for mailing lists that seem to have > interesting conversations (mailing lists tend to be smaller, have a > certain friction to join and develop very interesting folklores > long-term). I came across Silk scanning old Liberationtech posts and > Udhay was kind enough to approve my subscription. I hope to contribute > at some point, but for now I am enjoying the reading. > > See you around, > > -- > José María (Chema) Mateos > https://rinzewind.org/blog-es || https://rinzewind.org/blog-en > >
