Events in the year 2008
Professional events:
- Presented a paper "Automatic Generation of Speech Interface for GUI Tools/Applications using Accessibility Framework" at Techshare India, 2008 - Breaking the Barriers conference.
- Interview for an article "Smart And Adaptive Homes" in IT Magazine.
- Module co-ordination for ENCO module.
- Went to Patna in September (11-24 September 2008) to help at flood relief in Bihar in an IBM led initiative with Sahana (a disaster Management Software).
- My talk on "How to write code to Speech Enable any Free/Open Source Software on GNOME desktop" got selected at foss.in. [Could not make it to the event due to some personal reasons]
- Went to a school on Indian Language Speech Recognition at TIFR between Nov 28 - Dec 05, 2008.
Personal Events:
- Till now I have lost 15 kgs in weight.
- Found new love in Origami and pure mathematics.
- Bought a smart phone: Asus P 527.
- Attended Cousin's Marriage
- Pratyush (my younger cousin) ) got married.
- Will be going to winter Himalyan trekking in late December.[Cancelled]
Heart Breaks:
- Father's illness; He lost almost 90% vision in one eye.
Positive:
- Spent Maximum time with my parents in last 9 years.
- Losing weight and found my lost energy for doing things, I like.
Negative:
- Became a bit emotional this year.
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