Shaved head
Shaved my head. 110 rupees. So much nicer not having hair again.
Today’s to-do
Plan out day and make planning phone calls spend 2 pomodoros on alabaster & chess website – making store more closely mirror the current live site. spend 3 pomodors on jbd product export Meeting w/ LH tomorrow around 5 pm. He’ll pick me up on his way to airport Meeting w/ AD Friday around 4 … Read more
Time Management in India
I’ve been having a string of happy, productive weeks in India. I’m attributing a lot of it to yoga, lack of stress, interacting with people I like, and changing time management techniques when ever the shine starts to wear off.
Website for Alabaster & Chess is going well
Going with Magento looks like a good option for this website. There are some details related to my implementation of the code the first go around that need to be corrected, but other than that, things are good. I’ll be migrating to “bundled products” shortly. This experience of doing serious work on the website from … Read more
Alabaster & Chess Store and Inventory System – Magento all the way
Going with Magento. After spending an afternoon with it, I’ve already got it most of the way to where I need it. Sent links over to Eli and waiting for his feedback.
Alabaster & Chess Website Inventory System
Laying out the inventory for the website… We’re a custom/ bespoke clothing company. From a customer’s point of view, they want to order shirts, suits, trousers, jackets, vests, overcoats, etc. So what they probably want to do is select what sort of garment they are ordering, and then narrow down their garment by picking various … Read more
Alabaster & Chess website – Magento vs Satchmo
Right now I’m torn between going with satchmo on python and magento on php. Magento has the draw that there are a lot of people using it, while satchmo has the draw that it’s in python and there’s built in support for custom products. I’ve been working on Magento on and off for a few … Read more
Diwali
It’s Diwali right now. The Hindu festival of lights. Kind of like Hanukkah that way, but Indian style with lots of fire works.
Getting up to speed on Magento
I’m compiling a list of tutorials and steps for getting outsourced developers up to speed. So as a requirement I need to know what I could expect an Indian developer to know if I told him/her: Install Magento on your machine by following the instructions on ysiad.com/howtoinstallmagento (probably links to other resources, with my own … Read more
Halloween
Today is Halloween at Daya’s school and the lower school kids are having a parade. I’m going to show up with a bunch of candy and my gorilla suit. We are not allowed to wear “scary” costumes. So I will ask teachers if my costume is acceptable.
Magento Environment Basics
Quick notes to myself on setting up an environment for Magento work for future reference. If you’re on windows, you might as well run ubuntu in a vmware player instance. It’s easy to set up and if you plan to run Magento on a linux server, you might as well start using some linux flavor … Read more
Catch up
Hey I’ve spent the last couple of months settling in and exploring different opportunities in India and abroad. Quick summary: India feels like home. – I’ll post lots of pictures soon. Promise! I’ve been getting involved in outsourcing and doing a lot of computer programming myself as well- mostly web based work. I’ll cover that … Read more
Catch Up Post
Last week we went to Moti Mahal, Koh, and ordered twice from Elco. S, Daya’s neighbor, had a couple of German guys visiting him and we took a day trip to a national park where there were some caves. Over the weekend, A and A took us with them to Amby Valley. We stopped at … Read more
Elco Vegetarian
Daya and I agree that Elco Vegetarian is the best Indian food we’ve had thus far. It even beats out the fancier places like Caravan Serai. Daya and I got a pani puri that had yogurt in it, a paneer pizza, and a channa poori. All food was delicious.
Kombucha Baby!
Yesterday we got a kombucha culture, so Daya and I are going to start making our own Kombucha. On Tuesday, I emailed someone off a website about kombucha. Wednesday morning, she emailed me back. She said she lived about two hours outside of Bandra, but coincidentally, she happened to be attending a meditation workshop in … Read more