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And that’s why I’d go for a DSLR
Amongst the many benefits that we see a mirrorless has over a DSLR, we must accept the points discussed in this post, although with a pinch of salt. Until the mirrorless category matures enough to address at least the battery and the lens option issues, I would choose remain rather conventional. I agree, this one… Continue reading
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What Writing a Book for Children Taught Me
As a master weaver for the fabric of story, I can start by weaving my thoughts across in three sentences, and then expand the thought across the whole fabric. Continue reading
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My All-time Favorite Test Cricket Players
Test Cricket is much like the slow life of the weekend, where you rock on an armchair in your porch, watch dusk set in, enjoy slow music as you sip over wine occasionally, listen to the mild breeze that flows by, and watch the evening hues right through to the void beyond that lies the… Continue reading
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How do I Understand and Use Shutter Speed?
You can combine a relatively slower shutter speed with panning to create a motion blur. Some photographers use this technique in sports and automotive photography. To capture images creatively, you have to learn to adjust your creativity to match the capabilities of your camera. The truth is: Your creativity is your only limit. Continue reading
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Cricket and the 500th Test for India
I seldom write on sports. But of course, only if we think Cricket is just a sport, at least in India; It is the blood that runs through the nerves of the Indians. It is the thought that drives them closer, even strangers get to dance on the same tunes when India registers a win.… Continue reading
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Three Tips to Internationalize Content
There are also times when you generally refer to things from your own culture and expect others to know about it – unless you tell them about it. I’ve celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi ever since I was a child. But, to hear that this is a festival to celebrate the birth of the elephant-headed good was… Continue reading
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Piecemeal Editing in the Agile Environment
In the Agile development environment, the technical reviews and technical edits aren’t exhaustive. The editors do not have a lot of time to repetitively (Or, at least more than once) run through the writing process. So, all they get to do is check for not missing out on anything critical. Continue reading
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Why Isn’t a “Help” Helpful Enough?
For the most part of their exploring the product, the users are busy finding answers to their how-does-this-damned-thing-works questions. Why is it still that we are unable to design formats that can make the users’ troubleshooting pursuits easy? Continue reading
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Don’t Fix What Isn’t Broken!
We all learn. And, here’s the post on one such thing I learned, recently. For one of the projects I worked before I switched jobs last week, I was the only tech-comm contributor who held the dual role of preparing technical content as well as marketing collateral for the flagship product. Until that time, I thought that technical… Continue reading
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What is Aperture?
This post is a part of the series of posts on Photography Basics. I’ve been reading about it ever since I decided on nurturing my interest in photography. And, the more I read about it, the more I feel the need to read about it. Of course, experimentation follows reading – in fact, experimentation trumps reading… Continue reading
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