YAP 9: Discusion on SciFi with Nimish

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Participants : Thej and Nimish
Discussion on Science Fiction with our guest Nimish Batra
- Which books to start off with?
- What to read and what to avoid?
- Genres of Science Fiction?
- Types of Science Fiction
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
- Further recommendations
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Links for Reference
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
- Douglas Adams
- Dune (Series)
- Frank Herbert
- Ender’s Game
- Orson Scott Card
- Foundation Trilogy
- Issac Asimov
- Neuromancer
- William Gibson
- Snow Crash
- Neal Stephenson
- The Time Machine
- H G Wells
- War Of The Worlds
- Do androids dream of electric sheep
- Philip K Dick
- The Father-Thing
- The Minority Report
- Next
- Michael Crichton
- Arthur C Clarke
- Ursula K Le Guin
YAP 8: Interview with Wikipedia Admin
Participants : Utkarsh and Thej
Podcast Notes
- Interview with UT, Wikipedia Admin, where he shares his experience:
- How did you become an Admin?
- What are the responsibilities of Admins?
- How do you maintain neutrality of an article?
- Should companies/organization be allowed to have users?
- Guidelines and tips for users.
- News : Yahoo’s Search Monkey - What is it? How can it be used? How to get benefits out of this?
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YAP 7 (part II): Chat with Alessandro
An interview with Alessandro where we ask him about COMET and its application, along with that we discuss Lightstreamer too. Very insightful answers by Alessandro. He is CTO and co-creator of Lightstreamer, and has been working on Comet technologies for nearly a decade.
Interview with Alessandro from Kumar Veetrag on Vimeo.
YAP Episode 7 (part I) : Chat With Greg Murray
We have taken YAP to another level by inclusing some video interviews. In this part we talk with Greg Murray about Ajax, jMaki, Flash and other web 2.0 stuff. Greg Murray is an AJAX architect at Sun. He is known for his contributions to OpenAJAX Alliance and Dojo. He is the architect of Project jMaki. We caught Greg at Great Indian Developer Summit.
YAP Episode 6: Thej’s EuroTrip and Applying for MBA (outside India)
Participants : Thej and Lakshman
Podcast Notes
- Thej shares his experience of Europe trip, its not a normal tour its more of a tech-trip
- iWordCamp - WordPress camp, Italy.
- Gadgets that we should carry while traveling, what to buy from Europe.
- Applying for MBA (outside India) - Tips/steps for GMAT, TOEFL, Essays, Interview etc.
- News : Google’s friend connect
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YAP Episode 5: Application Security
Download (18 MB ) length :40 mins 
Participants : Geo, Susam and Topa
Podcast Notes
Susam’s findings :
- SQL Injection in incredibleindia.org
- XSS Vulnerability in Guest-book script powered by Community Architect
- Apache CGI Script Source Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability
YAP Episode 4: Django and Erlang
Participants : Geo, Thej and Lakshman
Podcast Notes
- Django
- Erlang
YAP - Episode 3 : Semantic Web
Episode 3 : Semantic Web
Participants : Geo, Thej and Wesley
Podcast Notes
1.Semantic Web
Enabling Technologies
History
- Semantic Web - Article by Tim B
- Semantic Web in Action
Semantic Apps