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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N <[email protected]> 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 <http://www.facebook.com/netadata/> Tow-Knight Fellow 2016, New York Co-ordinator, Hacks/Hackers New Delhi Ph: +1 646-874-9924 Twitter: @hrvenkatesh
