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I was on my way to my aunt’s gruhapravesham in a bus. After I got into the bus, conductor waited patiently for everyone to onboard the bus and then started issuing tickets from the last seat of the bus in reverse order. I started thinking, why does he start from the last, if someone gets into the bus and goes to the seat where conductor has already issued the ticket, he will have to go all the way back in the end. So it should be better to start from the front.

But then as I started thinking more about it, possible reasons started to surface. May be if he issues from last and someone on boards the bus, he will have to pass the conductor to go into the seat where conductor has already passed. So he will know the number of people who are yet to buy a ticket. If he issues from the front, he will not know how many have seated after he started issuing the ticket and now has to remember seats which were blank when he was issuing the ticket.

Things like these are the ones that only come with experience. Or evolution. So experience counts

A small message I received from my dear friend Arindam today on facebook. My adventure turns a happy venture due to these

Arindam Mandal: Dude, had an amazing experience today .. Was talking to my schoolmate, who is now currently working at Oracle, but got an offer from Amazon yesterday.. He was sharing his interview prep experiences and was just literally going ga-ga on the geeksforgeeks.org website and how it helped him a lot to crack the interviews. Later I told him that this website is developed by my classmate . He was taken aback and I really felt proud. Just wanted to share this with you. Keep up the good work.

Gautham Ns: hey thank you very much It feels good to know the effort paid off These are the moments which keeps me going forward with my adventure.

I bought a Galaxy S phone recently. Though it costed me huge amount of money (31 grand. More than the startup capital of my new initiative ), I have found some of the paisa vasool uses for the phone.

1. Email via gmail: Gmail works like a dream. I dont have 3G in my area. So internet is rather slow. But Gmail syncs all my mails and access is fast. Sending is a problem sometimes but all in all, a positive experience.

2. Internet browsing. 4″ screen is gorgeous. Internet experience is not bad but can’t be compared with the big screen devices. Still this is the best option for me while on the move.

3. Tethering to my computer: I live in a remote part of India where the only broadband provider is BSNL. There reliability and customer service is something we all know of. So when I’m out of internet, I just plug my phone to my computer for internet. Its not the fastet, but works for my urgent needs and better than nothing.

4. WordPress: The wordpress plugin helps me moderate comments on GeeksforGeeks when Sandeep is on a holiday. Also helps me blog from my phone. Not very pleasant but works.

5. CardioTrainer: Helps me keep tab of my jogging/walking. Very helpful as it tells me distance, speed etc and inspires me not to miss a day.

6. Time Recording: After trying many solutions to keep tab on the number of hours spent on working, this appeared easy to use. Helps me analyze the number of hours I put in everyday and analyze the timings. Very useful as I’m my own boss.

7. gReader Google reader: gReader app syncs my rss feeds from Google reader. I read only Techcrunch. I’m not sure a better app but gReader suits my requirements.

I’m not sure if the money I shelled for my phone is worth the benefits I’m getting, but these are absolutely must for me. I feel alright about my decision to buy Galaxy S.