Day 1: Visit to the Taj Mahal
It was an excellent experience meeting Michael Feathers. Sandeep and I had the privilege to accompany him to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. It was a 4 hour drive from Delhi to the Taj. We made most of that time talking about everything from philosophy to functional programming […]

On 25th July, we attended our first ever Software Design Boot Camp at Directi. For the uninitiated, the term “boot camp” refers to the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel in the United States Marine Corps. In this case, our objectives were to achieve a uniform level of understanding of basic software […]

Mary and Tom Poppendieck were the speakers at the second Techcamp event, organized by TechCamp and ASCI, on 28th July, 08. They are today the foremost proponents of Lean software development. They are also highly acclaimed speakers. Techcampers gathered together with a sense of anticipation at Hotel Sea Princess in Mumbai, at 2 pm.
It was […]

Today was the first ever Techcamp event (co-organised by ASCI). Techcamp is an initiative taken by a bunch of Directians with the underlying thought of knowledge sharing and community building. The session was on Agile Development - How to approach Evolutionary Design by Dr. Venkat Subramanium - a very interesting speaker. It was an […]

The Great Indian Developer Summit - this was one event we were most looking forward to. It promised to be 5 wholesome days of total tech immersion. Like any other conference, this one too, had its share of highs and lows.

We had to divide our time between interacting […]