Category Archives: India

So if anyone out there has been keeping up with my blog, this week and last week I’ve been conducting interviews with ‘freshers’ (people fresh out of university) looking for around 6 people to be trained up by me in the art of programming, design, usability and quality control. Side note: In the UK, it is often said (semi-tongue in cheek) that those that have the ability will use...

Life isn’t all hard work you know! This weekend I’ve been chilling out a little bit more (by that, I mean I haven’t spent 16 hours a day infront of a computer). On Saturday we went to a really, really posh hotel called The Residency Towers which really is as nice as it looks on the website. The reason for going to the hotel is because there are no bars or pubs in Chennai in the traditional...

India. It’s an entirely different country you know. To master the Indian language, you would have to become a master of 15 different languages…and that’s just the ‘official’ languages. Unofficially, it seems every city, town, village, hamlet and quite possibly 3 member family has their own language. In Chennai, the city where I’m staying, the official language is...

I have posted some more photos of Chennai for your visual enjoyment on my Chennai Photos page. I also took some photo’s of Agriya Infoway’s office, which is the web development company that I use for all my programming and development projects. The pictures were taken about 9pm India time so most people had gone home for the day. I just want to take a moment to give a special shout out...

For the past week I’ve been interviewing “freshers” from the Southern Indian universities. There are six positions available, 2 designers, 2 programmers and 2 quality controllers. The plan is to take these freshers on for work experience – but unlike the UK, it’s not going to be for just a few weeks, this is going to be a 6 month stint. During this time, I’ll be...

Just thought I would post a link here to the photo’s that I have uploaded of my trip to India. Here’s the link: Chennai Photos The site is still under development (I should stick a big fat “beta” sticker on the site somewhere), and only a few photo’s have been posted so far. Also, I haven’t gotten around to resizing all the images in photoshop, so be warned, some...

Now there’s going to be a few raised eyebrows for anybody that knows me personally when I tell you this… Indian food is lovely! Once we got over the fact that you don’t need to add 10 chilli’s to add taste, the food is really nice. Everyday is something different and always nice. Once the chilli is removed, you can actually start tasting the food. With chilli’s the only...

Wow, first blog post from India! I’ve been here for 3 days now and I’m still not dead. And as an added bonus I still haven’t caught any weird and wonderful tropical disease that turns your face inside out, makes your eyeballs boil and your skin fall off – but hey, there’s still time. So far I haven’t seen too much of Chennai (the city where I’m staying), but...

Oh my! The costs to get to India are just getting bigger and bigger – spiralling out of control. There’s so many things to do and buy. Visas, injections, money, tickets, toiletries, the list is endless. Here’s a break down of how much it’s cost so far… Tickets – £430 Money – £750 (damn! I was sold!) Insurance – £75 Visa – £30 Injections...

Hey, check this on. I’m on my way to India! Off to Chennai in the Madras region, which in on the South East coast. OK, so everything isn’t confirmed yet. I have to go to the Indian Embassy in London to get a visa, get several different injections for diseases like Malaria, Yellow Fever and Diphtheria. The injections are going to cost a fortune! Then I have to book a flight out there, not...