In search of the best project management system

Over the last 8 years, we have used various systems to manage our software development projects. From paper sheets, to diaries, to home grown task and calendar systems, to activeCollab, to Wikis, to various other things in between. Nothing has worked as desired! As Magnet has grown, we have faced a variety of issues with […]

Make IRCTC Better

As promised, here’s the post on IRCTC – India’s largest ecommerce site. I tell you how it does not work, and how we can make it work! Last Thursday, I decided to go to Ahmedabad for some work. Went on to IRCTC to book a train ticket. I logged in, and entered the date of […]

IT Engineer Skills are neither tested nor sufficient

Was going through my pending stack of magazines this Sunday and made a lot of interesting observations. RedHerring says India’s IT industry keeps booming, and revenues are expected to reach an ambitious $60 billion by 2010. Not just outsourced work, but even work from local Indian companies is increasing. But the biggest roadblock could come […]