The Mystery of the Number 7
Posted by Shashank
Note: This is an old post on an old blog. View the current version of this page on: http://neothebrute.blogspot.com/2008/04/mystery-of-number-7.html
One fine day I had simply no work in life, so I decided to calculate PI (22/7 = 3.142857…) to the millionth decimal place. Needless to say, I didn’t reach that mark, but I was astounded to […]
Google Product Prodigy Contest - The Saga
Posted by Shashank
Lots of folks have been asking me to put up a post regarding my “Google Experience”, lol. After several days of staring at the empty notepad screen (writers’ block strikes again!), I finally have managed to sit down, determined to finish this blog post. Okay, so here it is:
Chapter 1: What is our hotshot “Google […]
Chapter 2: GooglePlex Bangalore, India - Wow!
Posted by Shashank
“Finally, our code is working.”
- Famous Last Words.
Note: I’m under a strict Non-Disclosure Agreement signed at the Google Bangalore office, so anything I might say in the following paragraphs may be a figment of my deranged imagination and entirely fictitious bearing no resemblence to any person or event occuring in the real world. Sorry. […]
Chapter 1: What is our hotshot “Google Product Prodigy Project”
Posted by Shashank
“I love deadlines. I particularly love the sound of them whooshing by!”
- Douglas Adams
I (and my team) was one of the 12 finalists of the first Google India Product Prodigy Contest, which required us to submit a proposal for an awesome new product on an open-ended theme i.e. based on Google’s motto of making the […]
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