Very excited and proud to be a part of this software…Check it out ..voip on mobile phones and working over GPRS!!! www.munduspeak.com
So folks if u are wondering what kept me busy for so long….. this is the reason…..i’ll keep you posted on all the things i’ve learnt during the process of building this piece of software….
Skype…..here we come
One of the most annoying things while working with code libraries is the lack of documentation…it’s almost as if, the more usefull the library the lesser documentation available on it.. 2 classic cases that stood out for me was while using OpenSSL and zlib.OpenSSL takes the cake though, a lot of things are left to the developer to make sense of it…
Gtalk was supposed to go interop with the release of libjingle..well from my experience that doesn’t seem to be the case exactly.The protocol which gtalk uses for signalling is not the same as the JEP specification for jingle(JEP- 0167) which causes my server to reject all requests coming from a gtalk user 
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So much for interoperability..sigh
It’s been about 5 months since i started working on xmpp/jabber,and i’ve been sold hook line and sinker!!!.I don’t know if jabber/xmpp is the future of IM but it sure looks like with Google already jumping into the bandwagon.
So what have i implemented in xmpp so far ..hmm. let’s see
XMPP core,XMPP-IM and presence and the following JEPs
Discovery Info, Jingle,Jingle audio,Non-Sasl Authentication to name a few….
More on my experiences with xmpp/jabber later…
It’s been so long, almost a year since i made my last post. A lot has happened since then, on all fronts 
…I have moved all my old articles/projects on to this page
I won’t be maintaining any of those old pages , i think it’s time to start afresh again!!!!
Been playing around with the iHTMLdocument2 interface, i think it has the potential to take the IM world by storm, funny that except for yahoo not a lot of people have realised it’s importance, i can see so many applications being integrated with IM making it feature packed.I’m planning to put up an article on this interface as soon as i can wriggle some time 
Saw closer yesterday, amazing movie with some breathtaking performances, i have no doubt in my mind that natalie portman should have won the oscar instead of cate blanchet…so much for oscar winners..sigh
Back from a looooong vacation . Extensively travlled the southern part of india.Will post some pictures. Last weekend was in goa for my friend Sylbert’s wedding with Parul. Had a blast..Goa has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth…
Louis Armstrong has to be my favourite musician. Listening to a ’satchmo’ composition is pure bliss.His duets with ella fitzgerald are really cool. I’ve been only listening to his discography since i got hold of it.There is no particular favourite, all songs rock, but i have to pick among them, “hello dolly” , “because of you” and “as time goes by” would come out on top
I’m soon becoming a fitness freak…lol, regular visits to the gym and strict diet seems to be doing the trick!!!!. I don’t know how long this will last ))..but hey i ain’t complaining…
I’ve been doing a lot of movie watching in the past 3 days,i’ve seen like 4 movies in these 3 days,If i were to rate them i’d say “Super Size Me” was the best followed by “Pi”,”The Terminal” & “Collateral”
“Super Size me” was definitely a revelation,I knew a lot of americans were obese ,but not that 60% of them were overweight or obese. It’s a must watch documentary for all to know the harmful effects of ‘junk’ food.
“Pi” was an interesting movie,it took me abt 4 weeks to see the movie completly, saw it in parts and managed to completely see it on sunday.It’s not your regular science fiction flick,very absorbing and interesting in parts.It’s from the same guy who made “Requeim for a dream”.
“The terminal” is definitely not spielberg or for that matter tom hank’s best picture.Some parts were really funny,but for the most part it looked pretty stupid.The ending was the saving grace,i know for sure that had spielberg been influenced by any bollywood flick ,catherine zeta jones would have lived with tom hanks ‘happily ever after’.
“Collateral” is definitely worth a watch ,the last half an hour though is a major letdown. I for one strongly belive that if a movie does not end well, it’ s not good.Doesn’t matter how good it is at the start, if a movie does not finish well it’s not a good movie.
My new weblog
The site is being updated ,so some old links may not work, hold on for some time, i’ll fix them soon