Dan

Tech has been my fascination for a long time. Education has been an area I had strong convictions about, also for a long time. God opened doors to combine my fascination and convictions.

I work at bringing Technology and Education together to make excellent learning. Have been working with multiple educational institutions at various capacities for the last 12 years and I thoroughly enjoy watching God bless the works on my screen.

December 22, 2024

Going to Church

A question I've been asked numerous times in my life is: "Which church do you go to?" My weird, complicated brain has a fundamental problem with this question. As a child, Christianity taught me that we don't "go to a" church, but instead that we're "part of a" church. So how have I tackled this question? When I was younger, and foolis...

September 3, 2024

Foundations at Forty

I turn forty in forty days. For some time now, I've been wanting to do a whole "Forty Before Forty" run, posting something every day for forty days leading up to my fortieth birth anniversary. Just now, I decided to ditch that whole project. There are just some monumental life decisions I've taken - which I've taken for Jesus, and with...

August 11, 2024

The Case for AI

Prompt to Meta AI: Imagine a pretty Indian girl about 30 with average height and medium build wearing a denim jacket and blue jeans, who is smiling lovingly Generative AI is here to stay. Whether it is a simple query of "write a letter to my boss requesting leave for 3 days; keep it formal, but relaxed and warm" or a more complex query...

April 30, 2024

The Man Behind the Miss

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know who Joan Miss is. (If you don't, clear your calendar for a few hours and then ask me...) As she leaves the school she's known for more than thirty years, and moves to another school, there is a flood of photos, captions, memories, etc. being shared by so many many people who absolutely a...

January 5, 2024

Corners, Zigzags, and Straight Lines

Me: "I need people like you in my corner" My friend: "Yeah, pretty busy corner you have..." The above snippet from a recent conversation made me pause and think. God reminded of another heated conversation back in 2016 when I was saying that there's nobody in my corner. God again immediately reminded me of a verse that I felt was deliv...

September 28, 2023

Of Sunsets, Love Stories and Divorce

17 years ago, on 28th September 2006, I received an email reply with a phone number. I was on the phone with her for 10+ hours before I slept that night. This led to a 14+ years-long relationship, with 11+ years of marriage. 2 years and 8 months ago, she boarded a flight and jetted out of my life. For those of you who don't know, I wri...

April 20, 2023

A Decade in Madras

I try to mark the key milestones in my life with a blog post. So this one signals ten years in Madras (a 2nd innings?)... Here's a snapshot of those ten years. On the evening of 19th April, 2013, I landed at the Madras Airport from Bombay after a week-long 'initiation' with FCB Ulka/Interface, to begin my four-year-long career in digit...

February 3, 2023

Longest work streak

Two thousand and ninety-seven. 2097. That's the total number of days I worked at HP, my first job. It's also the longest I've worked at any job. That changes today, as I complete 2097 days of working at Anita Methodist School, Chennai. This world loves streaks - Snapchat streaks, Apple Fitness streaks, etc. and I love stats, memories a...

March 19, 2022

An absolute treasure of a human being

"Don't skate to where the puck is; skate to where it's going to be." This is sound advice from a hockey player, quoted by Steve Jobs. Looking back to March 2020, I can confidently say that I've seen this work out perfectly only ONCE in my life. On the evening of 18th March 2020, my boss (Principal of the school where I work part-time) ...

March 1, 2022

Smartphone / device addiction and digital life management (Part 1)

Recently, a friend challenged me to keep my smartphone out of the bedroom for ten days. Apparently, this would prove that I'm not addicted to it, etc. I was trying to explain how I'm not really addicted to it, so whether I keep it in my bedroom or not wouldn't matter - but I decided to take up the challenge. Perhaps I'll update here on...

March 6, 2021

Vessels of Worship

Take a minute to think about what makes you you. Pause, and consider it. Whatever came to your mind - your passions, your likes, your interests, your hobbies, your skills, your traits - are a result of who God has made you. A non-stick tawa/saucepan is useless if it loses its non-stickiness. You and I lose our primary purpose for God p...

March 6, 2021

Again for the first time...

Well, I’ve been around this block before. Starting with Blogger back in 2006/2007, then trying to maintain an amateur tech blog, and then trying to continue the blog as a personal newsletter. I’ve even attempted video updates as the world has moved increasingly to video consumption from written-articles consumption. But I love the Hey ...