Scratching your head after hitting a production issue!

This is something not related to movie making... when programming in Java have you ever wanted to capture information about memory utilization etc so you have some data to help you in debugging should you run into weird issues... I ran into one such issue and was badly needing and hoping if I could have had some sort of profiler. Anyway, I ended up using something like TimedMemberStateFactoryHelper.java of Hazelcast. Have you developed any such tool yourself? Tell us...

Angular 2 - Special Event at Google

I was there today! And it was a special event to announce the release of Angular 2!!

I met with Misko, Vivek(?), Naomi and a few others whose names I can't recall now :(

It was super cool to be there today! 

This release announcement would help me coax some of the development teams I work with to use Angular 2 - they can no longer give the excuse that it is still in beta :)

Have you tried Angular 2? I think it is cool - give it a shot and tell me what you think...

Maniratinam... a musing on his style...

I was reading about Maniratnam today (again)... he really has achieved something! I really wonder how he developed his unique style. What inspired him to settle on that dialogue style? I would really love to ask him how he developed it. I think his screen plays carry his unique style. Every one of his move is a master piece - am sure most of you will agree.

He brought together the dream team... P.C. Sriram, Sujatha (of course not introduced to movies by Mani - but his story and Maniratinam's direction is a blazing combination), A.R.Rahman and of course Aravind Swamy and Mathavan! BGM of Illayaraja was good but somehow the chemistry didn't work out and ARR really rose to the occasion. Anyway, I want to ask him how he breaks down the screenplay... does he observe certain people/elements in real life and incorporates them in his films? Or are they purely imaginary? May be he observed little kids growing up. Who? Where?

Another question: is he able to envision the end product even when he is penning the script? I have heard that the mark of a good director is to envision the final product. But I that that is truly an impossible aspect.

All these questions just let me linger in the void... I really had wanted to ask Steve Jobs how he developed his unique insights into product design, but couldn't. The closest I could learn was that he used to walk in the parking lot observing the cars he liked and stool thinking, trying to understand what aspects appealed to him. How does one develop such unique style? Do you know how anyone famous developed their style? Oh well...

After musing for quite a while, I searched for the BMW film series The Hire and found these - enjoy!