Express IT - A Series of Technical Seminars

Cochin has always been hailed as the IT hub of Kerala for quite a long time. But sadly unlike the Technopark in Trivandrum, the Infopark has failed in conducting in IT related activities on a regular basis Of course there has been few events conducted by the KMUG , but having something on a regular basis was something that was still left desired of.

We, Tech Experts , a forum of like-minded developers and IT Specialists in Infopark are now driving an initiative to have a series of technical activities in the city, focusing primarily in Infopark companies. As a first step we are conducting technical seminars are two distinct topics , one based on Microsoft while other from the Free Software Foundation.

Shajean's Travelogues

Planning a trip ? well, here is a reference you can rely heavily on. A well written travelogues by Shajean Jaleel. http://shajeanstravelogues.blogspot.com/

This guy has been our unofficial guide for past 3 years. As a person who spends almost every weekend travelling, there is hardly any heard/unheard places in and around Kerala where he hasn't been to. His obsession with wild life sanctuaries has prompted a saying in our friend's circle that he spend more time in forest than at his home.

Finally he has decided to pen down his experience and his first entry looks really good. Well done man, Keep writing.

Meet My New Friend : Nikon D3000

Meet my new Pal...Nikon D3000. Yes, finally i have bid good bye to my Sony H7 and bought myself a Nikon D3000 ( with a 18-55mm Kit lens ).

Yes, the zoom is bit of handicap with a 18-55mm lens after being pampered by the ultra-zoom of Sony H7, but boy, i like that compramise on zoom. At this moment, am enjoying ( read learning ) my new tool.

Designer View Not Available in VS 2003

There are times when Visual Studio 2003 fails to identity Windows Forms in your projects and displays it just as any normal CS files. This would literally rob you of chance of working on the Designer View of the Form.

Solution to this is quite simple, all you need to do is use the Visual Studio Editor to exclude the particular File ( along with its RESX files ) and include it back again. That's pretty much it and you have your Designer View back.

Prejudiced Mind

It is quite interesting how human mind can see a single thing in two different ways. This is quite similar to seeing a cup with 50% content as Half Full or Half Empty. In nearly all cases, this is result of a prejudiced mindset.

Friends become enemies in blink of an eye. Reason: Prejudiced Mind. An action done with all sincerity is suspected before one could even understand the logic behind suspicion, Reason , Yet again Prejudiced mind.

We humans tend to be so narrow minded at times that even normal things start looking weird. We cannot blame what is happening around us for it. The reason is how we make our mind think. Why are we so opinionated? What is that prevents us from putting our self in other persons shoes and think like them at least once before we form an opinion?

I have seen many people who take pride in saying that once they form an opinion, they never change it. They say that they will stick to it even if the opinions that were formed were against their own family members. They call it their mental strength or determination. But my dears, as much as I respect your statements, why don’t you try to see the world through other person’s eyes before making an opinion.

I have heard people say that even if a person do nice things whole day and makes a small mistake in the last second of the day, then they would like to see that mistake more than the good things. For them, a mistake is crime, but dears, what about good things that person has done till then? If that person is ready to apologize for the mistake, doesn’t the person concern need to think about it again?

All this is due to the prejudiced mindset of human beings. They want to see the world according to their wish. It is more a Reel World for them than Real World, a world they had orchestrated in their mind when reality is far from it. Strange principles , I must say.