how a wishful tweet was met with an amazing response by Grofers late evening yesterday (March 18, 2015), I read about how Postmates had partnered with Starbucks to deliver coffee to anyone with a smartphone. Postmates is available in the US, and doesn’t cover India. I tweeted wishfully at Grofers & their founder Albinder Dhindsa … Continue reading unexpectedly amazing customer service
Category: fun
mobile on-demand everything, is a pipe-dream no-more
mobile on-demand everything, is a pipe-dream no-moreit is present here and now. today (Feb 25, 2015), i did the following between 7.30PM and 8.30PM IST hailed an Uber to get from office to home ordered groceries from Le Marche via Grofers App ordered a Chinese dinner from Asian Haus via Foodpanda App paid for everything … Continue reading mobile on-demand everything, is a pipe-dream no-more
in flight shopping is a relic
Earlier this week, on a Go-Air flight from Delhi to Mumbai, it struck me how much of a relic the notion of onboard shopping has become.Come to think of it, the average domestic or continental international flight is probably 2.5 to 3 hours in length. What kind of urgency could strike an individual to want … Continue reading in flight shopping is a relic
Monday afternoon chat with Mrs.
Mona Gandhi: heyMiten Sampat: wassup?Mona Gandhi: nm .. dropping some tables & databasesMona Gandhi: feels good to clean upMiten Sampat: drop it like its hot !Mona Gandhi: haha
sharing my digital book library
One of my favorite things to do in college was to take a long bus ride to Christiansburg, VA on the weekends to visit the Barnes & Nobles bookstore and spend a few hours there. I generally managed to drag a couple friends along, and we would spend the time on the bus (30 minutes … Continue reading sharing my digital book library
Isaac Asimov to future patrons of a library in Troy, Michigan on 16 March 1971
Congratulations on the new library, because it isn’t just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will … Continue reading Isaac Asimov to future patrons of a library in Troy, Michigan on 16 March 1971
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