Software Product Development

Software Product Development

Tarun Upadhyay   //  Tarun is still just flatly amazed by the power of the Internet, its ability to level the field and help the little guy compete with the biggest organizations.

Those little guy success stories are what drags him to work every morning and he lives a small part of that little guy's dream working for hCentive.

Prior to co-founding hCentive, Tarun served as a co-founder and CTO for GlobalLogic - an outsourcing service provider for large, complex products and software - which grew from 0 to 400 engineers while he was the CTO.

Prior to Globallogic, he was co-founder and CTO of Pinelabs - an India-based provider of Loyalty and Payment solutions using Smart Cards. While Tarun was CTO, Pinelabs grew from a drawing board idea to a suite of successful products running at many fortune 500 companies handling millions of credit card transactions per day.

Tarun holds an M.S in Mathematics and Computer Applications from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

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Mar 29 / 3:50pm

What should I buy if I do not want a Mac (or the best business travel laptop)

by tarun upadhyay
If after reading our purchase list for using Mac in a corporate environment - you realize its too expensive; then we have the perfect Windows Laptop for you - Asus EeePC 1000- HE Here is what it has going for it:
  • claims 9.5 hours of battery life (real life numbers, IMHO, end up being half of claims)
  • weighs only 3.2 lbs (just a tiny bit more than 3.0 lbs macbook air)
  • a 10 inch widescreen which is great for airplanes and makes this thing fit in a women's purse
  • Screen is LED backlit which makes it easier on the eyes.
  • price with RAM upgrade and a nice light-weight bag is $437 shipped !!
  • a huge 160GB harddisk
  • It has a faster processor and bus - compared to most other netbooks out there
  • fastest 802.11n wireless networking built-in
Of course, you want to move to upgrade to Windows XP Professional (instead of Home that comes) or Windows 7 beta. (no, you do not want Windows Vista to "spoil" this machine) and you will need an extra 1 GB of RAM
Filed under  //  best laptop   business travel   Mac   netbook   Productivity & Tools   Startup & Entrepreneurship   travel   windows  

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Mar 27 / 5:50pm

10 iPhone apps for business users

by tarun upadhyay
If you liked my article on the purchase list for moving from windows to mac - you might want to follow it up with a list of business apps that you can use on your iphone to work with your mac. As always, the list is in the order that I use them:
  1. Evernote: This is a great note-taking application for your iPhone. Your notes automatically stay synched with the peer application on your Mac (which is a great application in its own right). Besides, its free !!
  2. OmniFocus: Perfect companion to your mac version of Omnifocus. Note new action items and complete action items anywhere. Must-have if you are fan of GTD.  Syncs automatically with your desktop.
  3. TripIt: Now available for iPhone. forward your trip emails (from airlines, hotels etc) to tripit and have then available as organized trips with offline access on your iPhone. Very useful for people who travel a lot.
  4. Kayak: Look up the cheapest fares and hotels or book the next flight home while you are in the cab going towards airport !! Call airlines or hotels at the touch of a button (they have phone numbers for all of them)
  5. LinkedIn: Your LinkedIn on the phone !! Learn more about the person you are about to meet or search contacts in your network on the fly !! And yes, its free.
  6. RowMote: So okay. Using your iPhone to flip your powerpoint slides for every little meeting gets old soon but its still worth doing it for those big conference rooms or large meetings. Works with both Keynote or Powerpoint (also controls FrontRow, DVD, VLC and lots of other apps)
  7. Yelp: In a new area and do not know what will be a good place to grab lunch (or dinner of your favorite cuisine). Why not go where locals go - using Yelp!!
  8. Tip: There are dozens of tip applications in the appstore. Some are even free. But i like this 99 cents app. Its has the highest rating of all tip apps and it am
  9. Cheap Gas:  Find the cheapest gas prices near you. So okay, company is paying for the gas in your rental but you can still use the app to find the nearest gas station (and if there is one across the street that is 6 cents cheaper, it wont kill you to use that!!).And yes, its free.
  10. Bloomberg Mobile: Catch up with the day's business news. Review your stock portfolio. On the go.
Filed under  //  bloomberg   business   cheap gas   evernote   iPhone   kayak   kindle   linkedin   Mac   Omnifocus   Productivity & Tools   rowmote   tip   travel   yelp  

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