Bubba Murarka

So I just got my iPod Touch (i know, i know…but I’m on a budget given the whole start up thing) and wanted to christen it with some new music.  I decided to check out a few of the newer music services in lieu of iTunes to see if Steve Jobs had anything to worry […]

I’ve been using Office 2007 on my laptop and enjoying it for the most part.  However,  no one I collaborate with uses it so the whole new file format thing has been a pain for me.  Since everyone’s time is short, getting them to download & install the adaptors for office 2003 is a non-starter for […]

Many quarters and significant amount of my waking hours have been spent playing the various Street Fighter games.  A few years back I even got a an original Jamma SFII arcade cabinet as a birthday friend from a close friend (and fellow SFII addict).  Well, just in case you haven’t seen the new trailer for […]

This year I am thankful for many things:

The great friends that have been so helpful with many conversations on career, love and life. 
The miracles of modern medicine that have kept both of my parents healthy through minor surgical procedures instead of full-blown surgeries with long recovery times
The opportunity to follow my aspirations and chase the […]

FierceWireless has a quick 10 screen grab of the Android Emulator if you haven’t had time to download and play with it yet.  If you have found good writeups / info on Android please leave a link in the comments.  I’m still investigating and would love to supercharge my learning with your help!

This is a great NYT article about a Babajob, a startup in India, that is run by an old friend.  Go read it if you need some motivation to get something hard done today. 

Over the past few weeks I’ve had a chance to meet lots of smart people and talk about different approaches for starting a new venture.   I’ve also read / re-read numerous articles and books on the topic.  Below is my attempt to describe the two approaches that seemed to consistently come up with example implementations […]

My exit interview was pretty uneventful Mini. Your blog post title made me laugh pretty hard though…+1.
The interview was given by a nice FTE HR person based in Redmond and we covered the agenda in about 15 minutes.  She was very polite and was genuinely interested in making sure I had all the info I needed to […]

Today is my last day as a Microsoft Employee.  I originally joined MSFT out of college, left to do a startup / finish my master’s thesis, and then re-joined almost four years ago.  The relationships, products, and skills I developed while at MSFT are invaluable and I am very thankful for how the company grew me.  […]

I’m glad everyone is excited about social graphs and people search on the internet, but can someone seriously help me with the “Too Many Usernames & Password” problem I face everyday? 
You know what this is(apparently for a long time now) and probably have it yourself if you use the internet. 
Almost no sites / services I use […]