PinnedWhy I write what I writeWhy do I write? I write to learn, express or share. My mission is to be half the super-hero that my daughters used to think I was, when they were in primary school. It is a work in progress. This is my scratchpad or doodle-at-the-margins space of personal growth and…Self1 min readSelf1 min read
May 15Unlocking the Edge: NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Singtel Join Forces for Unprecedented Value GenerationNVIDIA, Microsoft, and Singtel combine their collective assets to generate new value. The May 11, 2023 announcement promises to accelerate the Edge. The Edge is typically the weakest link for applications that are characterised by low latency and high throughput. It really is a win-win-win for the three players. Singtel…Nvidia2 min readNvidia2 min read
Published inThoughtGym·Apr 5Scaling The $530 Billion Digital Human Market5 factors that would help scale As late as January 2023, I have typed in “Are you a bot or a human” in the first minute of an online customer support chat. Based on the answer, I would judge if I would instead exit the chat and make a telephone…2 min read2 min read
Apr 3A Journey of Discovery and Healing4 tankas Blister in my mouth, Borne from biting my own lip, A persistent pain, Tended to with medicine, And healed by my body’s might. Lingering discomfort, Days of mindful awareness, But then a reprieve, Pain vanished without a trace, Leaving only memories. I do not recall The exact day the pain ceased, But now, in its wake, I see the memory with ease, No longer feeling the ache. Looking back in time,Haiku1 min readHaiku1 min read
Published inThe Story Hall·Apr 2Unveiling the Surprising Connection Between Kindness and Proper Etiquette at the Swimming PoolI make it a point to swim three times a week. It is my fitness routine. On days when I access the spa and steam room, the receptionist gives me a disposable wristband that looks like the picture below.Creativity2 min readCreativity2 min read
Apr 1A Tanka on MeditationAutumn’s gentle breeze, River’s flow a lullaby, Leaves rustle softly. Tafakkur, mind’s eye opens, Peaceful thoughts take flight and soar. I came across the beautiful word “tafakkur” in a conversation. It means “meditation”.Tanka1 min readTanka1 min read
Mar 28My Runaway Socks And Their Socksual AdventuresMy Runaway Socks And Their Socksual Adventures Oh no, not again! My socks have gone astray Into the washing machine, they’ve been whisked away Leaving me with a mismatched pair to wear I shuffle along, feeling quite bare One black, one white, it's quite the sight to see But I can’t help but laugh at my own misery I check the drum, but they’re not inside My socks are on an adventure, it seems, far and widePoetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published ina Few Words·Mar 27My One Wish For GPT-X In 2025Please…. Dear GPT-X in 2025, As you grow up, I wish you expand my perception of the world, deliberately choosing a contrarian point of view to my conversational history with you help me know myself a bit more, giving me answers to questions I have not yet asked help me still find my voice in this world as a writer, knowing that you are more efficient and creative than I am at the moment.Creativity1 min readCreativity1 min read
Published inThoughtGym·Mar 26My Arty Writer Uncle Was Unfazed About Transformers— Till YesterdayA jargon-less conversation about models, transformers, attention, etc My uncle is a writer and a voracious reader, as writers are. He has been asking me about the “new tech toy that would make writers redundant”. “It feels like your Artificial Intelligence is finally coming home to roost”, he said. Indeed…Transformers3 min readTransformers3 min read
Published inThoughtGym·Mar 17AI maybe just Math. It still can solve social problemsA counter to an MIT Tech Review post Meredith Broussard, data scientist and author of More Than a Glitch, writes “AI is just math. I don’t think that everything in the world should be governed by math. Computers are really good at solving mathematical issues. …Bias2 min readBias2 min read
