Mavrix: Music + Data
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Mavrix Monthly Update April-2011
Mavrix update for April, 2011
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Freaky Friday Playlist April-29-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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A.R. Rahman – The Spirit Of Music – Book Review
Conversations, Not Biography “The Spirit of Music” sets the readers’ expectation right on the cover by declaring “Conversations with Nasreen Munni Kabir”. Unfortunately, a lot of people have been referring to it as ARR’s biography. It is not. It is just a very long interview. It makes for a light and entertaining read but it…
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Found! The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle! (Meet Our Tech Wiz)
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the role of serendipity in recruiting our Technical Architect. I did not reveal his name because he was still serving the notice period but I am glad to report that he joined us today. Meet Thejesh (or Thej as we call him) – the mystery man…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-24
Rare, heart-warming interview of Kishore Kumar by @mangeshkarlata. http://on.fb.me/gdJT1n # Talk about fresh perspective! "A blind film critic reviews Scre4m" http://bit.ly/ii3ACt via @ebertchicago # Music truly knows no boundaries. A story of how A.R. Rahman's Chaiyyan Chaiyaan rocked Indonesia…. http://fb.me/v7kx4wdk # Cool song (and video) that urges you to follow your dreams. Killer violin…. http://fb.me/zHlrNfC6…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-17
"Steve Jobs Official Biography Arrives in Early 2012" Has bestseller written all over it. http://on.mash.to/fXx0tx # Desi Lady Gaga remix. http://bit.ly/exCMqM # Internet radio usage numbers in the US look too good to be true. Probably an indicator that they're not true. http://bit.ly/fLCTq4 # "Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulakshmi Award” to Carnatic vocalist Nisha P. Rajagopal.…
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Setting Employee Goals In Startups – Our Story
During the first few weeks of our productive work at Mavrix, we did not set any goals for ourselves. This was simply because the work we were doing was very different from anything anyone of us had done before. There was no baseline information on effort, productivity, duration, etc. for this kind of work available…
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Freaky Friday Playlist April-15-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Signs That You Are A Music Geek
At parties, you announce each song, the artists, the back-story and your opinion about the song. And that’s not it. You do it about 1.5 seconds into the song. When you come across a particularly obscure song, you ask the people around you to identify it, and shine your light of your brilliance after they…
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High Fidelity – A Movie/Book Review
You are probably not a music geek if you haven’t seen (the movie) or read (the book) High Fidelity. You are definitely not a music geek if you have seen or read High Fidelity and not enjoyed it. High Fidelity is the story of a single, insecure and rather pathetic man in his mid-30s who…
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