I foresee a marked deterioration in American music and musical taste… in this twentieth century come these talking and playing machines that offer to reduce the expression of music to a mathematical system of megaphones, wheels, cogs, discs, cylinders and all manner of revolving things. John Philip Sousa, a legendary American composer and conductor, in … Continue reading Artificial Music: My predictions on how AI will shape music
Bloganuary – Day 10
Daily writing promptDescribe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?View all responses It will sound really weird, but growing up, I was most attached to my pen. I am chuckling as I begin to write this because it was not any special pen. In fact, it was a … Continue reading Bloganuary – Day 10
Bloganuary – Day 9
Daily writing promptWhat is your mission?View all responses I grew up an ambitious person. I have talked more about my ambition in a previous post before, but I love context so I will elaborate a bit more. Growing up in an income-constrained family in a tier 3 city in a not-so-developed part of India, I … Continue reading Bloganuary – Day 9
Bloganuary – Day 8
Daily writing promptWhat are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?View all responses I am freaking scared. A few months back, I tuned into an episode of the podcast called The Seen and The Unseen. In this particular episode, they discussed about how and why the Indian government brought in certain … Continue reading Bloganuary – Day 8
Bloganuary – Day 5
Daily writing promptDo you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?View all responses I thought I had a very cut-and-dry answer to this. My instinctive answer to this was: I definitely spend more time thinking about the future than dwelling on the past. For the simple reason that I cannot change … Continue reading Bloganuary – Day 5
Bloganuary – Day 4
Daily writing promptWhat is the greatest gift someone could give you?View all responses Their approval? Just kidding. Or am I? Let me take a quasi-analytical approach to this question. I define gift as anything that provides me value without me having to pay any cost for it. It doesn't exclude gifts from relationships and so … Continue reading Bloganuary – Day 4
Bloganuary – Day 3
Daily writing promptWhat colleges have you attended?View all responses This is a kind of prompt that isn't really helpful to me at all. Prompts like these are harder to write for me, because in any real-life situation where by the way, this is a very legitimate conversation starter, I would end up with a factual … Continue reading Bloganuary – Day 3
Bloganuary: Day 2
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? With an intent to write a lot more this year, I am diving head-first into this Bloganuary trend. Let's see how long I can keep this up. Oh, this one is fun. If you ask this question to people I know, they'll lose … Continue reading Bloganuary: Day 2
Mastering Competitive Intelligence: Overcoming Challenges in B2B SaaS Product Marketing
In my experience, a lot of B2B product marketing effort hinges on a good competitive intelligence (CI) program. However, with fast-growing and/or large-ish companies with 50+ sellers or a 400+ headcount company, there are many common issues that can slow down or hinder the effectiveness of a good CI program, no matter how deeply you … Continue reading Mastering Competitive Intelligence: Overcoming Challenges in B2B SaaS Product Marketing
Action Goals: What Guitar Lessons Have Taught Me About Goal-Setting At Work
I bought my first serious guitar in 2017. After about a year of dabbling with guitar on my own, learning chords and songs from YouTube lessons and other paid courses online, I started guitar lessons with a guitar instructor. Since then, and especially with my latest guitar instructor, I have picked up and honed a … Continue reading Action Goals: What Guitar Lessons Have Taught Me About Goal-Setting At Work
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