Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 20, 21, focus, hdr, lens, panasonic, sdr, sdr-h20, sdr-h21, zoom
Had borrowed a family friend’s digital camcorder, a Panasonic SDR-H21 and it recorded fine once or twice and then had a weird error wherein the lens / focus / zoom was completely unresponsive.
It was recording photos and videos, but the picture was at a fixed focus, and moving the thumb-tab to zoom in and out was completely unresponsive.
Tried a lot of things. Discharging the battery, reseting the camcorder, but nothing worked. The Panasonic website was collosally unhelpful (no support section, apparently nobody has any problems with this product, moreover the H21 model is not listed on their site). I talked to the family friend and we ran through the checklist again, but to no avail. Then, just as a joking aside, he suggested that I shake the camera. I did just that – shaking it from one end to another. Unexpectedly, the camcorder powered itself off.
I had to disconnect the battery to reset it, but when it did come back on, it was working fine!
Detailed notes:
- After the first test run, when it worked fine, the battery was removed and left on the charger. After the green light went off, I plugged it back in and switched on the camera. The lens cover was not taken off and I tried moving the dials through the modes, but it didn’t switch from the video display mode. When it came onto the photo record mode, it still displayed the video display mode.
- The camcorder was complaining a lot that it needed to reset itself when I was switching modes – which I did, but that didn’t help.
Filed under: Written works | Tags: company, how, india, outsource, outsourcing, required, resources, technology, US, why, work
The following is an anonymized version of a set of presentations I created for helping a US based company decide whether to outsource part of its work to India or not. It examines why it makes sense, how the company can go about doing it and what resources are required at both ends (this part is not that comprehensive).
ABC US – Outsourcing to India
- Overview
- ABC US – Vision
- Outsourcing – popular perceptions…
- Outsourcing – changing perceptions…
- What is outsourcing?
- Types of offshoring
- Outsourcing to India – Present reality
- Why Outsource Work?
- Why outsource (statistics)
- Outsourcing – Clear Advantages
- Who outsources work to India?
- Some more…
- Why should ABC US outsource?
- What can ABC outsource right away?
- Why India?
- Offshore location: India offers the best package
- Checklist for setting up in India
ABC US – Setting up ABC India
- Overview
- What is the vision for ABC India?
- Checklist for setting up in India
- Why Gurgaon?
- Why Jaipur?
- Proposed structure of the Indian company
- Critical assumptions / Financials
- Comparing US and Indian developers
- Challenges faced by firms outsourcing to India
- US Manager responsibilities
- Short Term Goals
- Long Term Goals?
- Information required from ABC US
- Immediate next steps for a captive unit…
- What will ABC India look like?
ABC US – Infrastructure setup
- Infrastructure setup
- Server / Hardware requirements in India
- Communication mechanisms
Filed under: Written works | Tags: ad, cricket, description, india, jam, nike, traffic
For an assignment in ISB’s “Marketing and Design Ethnography” course, we had to choose an ad to write about. I chose a Nike ad on TV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpvuz8gg79Q) which featured ordinary folks playing cricket in a traffic jam. Here is the write-up for it (it is a description along with screen shots of key scenes – it is not the complete report).
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bingo, calling, hindi, india, numbers, out, tambola
My sister recently organized a Tambola game (known as Bingo in other countries) for a large gathering of people. We looked online for a collection of names to call out for each number, but weren’t able to find any. So, she talked to one of our family friends and noted the names down in a document.
