My Nokia Apptasting experience

Boss, if you are not aware of how awesome Windows phone 8 and Nokia Lumia series phone are means, you’re one waste only. When I saw Nokia Lumia 800, then and there only I wanted to buy one Nokia Windows phone. But all my friends kept on saying that “No apps in market, No apps in market” and scared me very much. So only I scrapped the idea of shifting to Windows. This Windows phone has No apps and all are old news. This Nokia fellows are there no, very intelligent only. Today, I attended this #Apptasting indiblogger meet no, I got my answers ya. There I came to know one innovative way by nokia to increase the apps in their market. You are asking how right? You only read on I say.

First of all, this #apptasting event was held in ITC Gardenia hotel in Bangalore. Good for all the @Themangofellow like me. The event was hosted by two fellows. One is the famous tech journo Rajeev Makhni. And co hosted by Vikas Khanna. This fellow has his career in his name only. Khana with an extra N topping. He is the famous cook who cooked for Obama also. Now you remember a? When hardcore techies and cookies (Not the Internet one I say) come together, it is full fun only.

So many new apps were demonstrated which were interesting. This citylens by Nokia maps is simply amazing. Just hold your camera in a direction and it lists you all the happening places around.  Some cool apps and some hot apps also. There was this app which lets you take videos normally and edit it to change the way it is presented. This Rajeev made Vikas do a ramp walk and took a video. Funny fellow. Within seconds, that app turned Vikas’ walk in Charlie Chaplin style ya. Cool na? And there was another app which changes your hairstyle totally. I imagined this Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez interchanging hairstyle means how it will be. Full funny app for timepass. 

Not just timepass apps. There is one dangerous app also. If this app gets into Bangalore police hands means gone only. Why means, it checks the alcohol level in your body and tell you whether you can drive home or hell. Full risk only yaa. There is an app that teach you how to dance in Gangnam style. Boss, if you want to sell these apps in India means you ought to have Annamma dance app, Balle Balle app, Kolaveri app and all. Gangnam alone will not help ok!

There were competitions to combine tech and cook. Afterall, it was Apptasting event you see. In One competition, you’ll be blindfolded and given one soup. You have to identify the ingredients. This girl has made too much of Tomato Soup at home I think. She guessed some 7-8 ingredients in Tomato soup and won a Nokia Lumia phone.  Oh my god! If oneLumia phone means ok. Again she gave some idea for an app related to shopping and won a Nokia Lumia phone again. One cooking and one shopping; she has two two Lumia phones in her kitty. I scratched my heads to answer. But still nothing happened. The power of women means this only. And I was very jealous of this girl ya. Nevertheless, she was little bit fat, but cute looking. *smiling*

Nokia is coming up with a contest: It is called “Your Wish is My app”. It works this way. If you have any problem and you have an idea to develop an app to solve that problem means you can submit that idea to Nokia. Nokia will develop an app for you. No idea? Get idea!!! How cool na! Just imagine everyone submitting one one idea means over only. Within no time, windows market will have millions of apps. Then I can buy Windows phone easily. So submit one whacky techie idea for Apps. What say?

Throughout the event, met so many interesting people. We didn’t whine. But we had wine. There was a chap aged 10 and he is on blogging to express his feelings it seems. And another fellow by name Tiger (No no. He is Human being only) had made four girlfriends on his blog and married one of them it seems. Couldn’t believe only.  And in between, Rajeev was cracking some nice witty jokes. Sooper anchor only. After the event, had a nice dinner and came home. It was very nicely organized and was fun filled. Good to know the strategies of Nokia to amplify their application in Windows market. Good luck Nokia. Hoping that #Apptasting will help you in that front.

 P.S: I’m not going to be thinking about this oldie aged 62 who blogs about sex and receive 2500 hits a day!

Marriage hall – A bizarre bazaar

Yet another post about marriage. Honestly, I’ve no crazy idea why I’m writing/tweeting so much about marriages. Yesterday yet another friend of mine went into conjugal bliss. And this time, I want to jabber about the agony that you may experience in a marriage hall; that awkward moment when you really don’t know whether to feel happy for the ones getting married or sense that awkwardness that you come across in the marriage hall. 

Face-off: At 26, I just can’t stop my mind from setting an expectation on the probable honeys and sweeties around.  My eyes will be constantly running algorithms in the front end for a match against my expectations. But most of the times my eyes end up on mirror cracking materials and Asian paint endorsers, and on the other hand – Gold miners from Bappi Lahiri khandan. Yielding bad search results. Even though there are no syntax errors in my algorithm, it couldn’t yield better results because the database itself is corrupted. Sheer disappointment or rather my fortunes.

Flash it on: By any chance, if there’s no television display in the marriage hall, you owe a BIIIG thanks to the almighty. I mean it. Because that graphics you see on television is the most awkward graphics that human eyes can tolerate. If you stare at it for some time, you’ll lose your vision. A little more than that; you’ll put yourself in the grave danger of losing your mind as well. This is what happens: First, the bride will dissolve in from the middle of Niagara Falls and the Groom will join her in lightning speed from a mountain that looks like tundra region; as if the bride and Groom are diehard fans of Edward and Bella. And suddenly you’ll see a man with yellowish teeth gulping pani puri and from inside his mouth both parents will crawl in like some insects followed by bride and groom disappearing to Times Square like a boomerang. And again bride will blossom from inside a flower. Watching this will make you curse Adobe for coming up with flash.

Food for thought: Whoever came up with the idea of taking videos in marriage dining hall should be punished by making him eat until his stomach literally detonates. This is the most hatred part of all the marriages that I’ve attended. How’d you feel if 1000 people are watching live, what and how you eat?  I really don’t understand why on earth some one wants to cherish the memories of how or how much a person EATS! In case this happens in your own marriage, you’ll only end up being disgusted to watch your own marriage video because of the fear of seeing people eating in their own ishtyle (Please consider Indian dining etiquettes here). 

Indian weddings, if done in the way they are actually supposed to; they’re a treat. Weddings are the moments for a lifetime. I’ve seen people competing with other weddings to make it more vibrant, richer and more colorful. I feel sad for them. The richness, culture and traditions of a wedding today are meddled with technology, show off and unwanted opulence. I feel that the whole essence of marriage has taken a phase shift from celebration to flaunt and status symbol. Marriage is no more a marriage.

Just go home and open you parents wedding album. I’m sure you stand by me!