Logo Design Competition : Ends 15th April

Hey guys,

Short notice, but I’d like our photoshoppers to check this out :
IIIT-D: Logo Contest

It’s a contest to design the logo of my college, entries till 15th only, though. I’d like to see Exun members taking away those prizes, which, by the way are :
Winner : Rs. 20,000
2 Runners ups : Rs 10,000

Cheers!

UPDATE : I asked the institute staff, they have agreed to accept watermarked jpegs also. Please mention clearly in the mail that you will submit the psd/etc. only if you win.

Hope that clears up the doubts!

New Session, New Blog. [Please restore your accounts]

Hello Everyone

This new academic session, we aren’t the only ones who’ve all graduated a grade higher. ln(exun) has also changed! To enhance security and functionality, the blog is now powered by WordPress, an open-source Blogging Platform. I’ve imported all previous posts, comments and users from the old blog. However, for security reasons, all passwords and admin/author privileges have been reset.

In order to restore your accounts on the new blog, please go to the login page (anytime during the coming week) where you can login using your Google, Facebook, OpenID or Blogger account. Your user privileges will be manually restored within 24-hours of your first login. Sorry for the inconvenience, but security was our overriding concern. If you have any troubles logging in, send an email to EmailID describing your problem and we’ll get back to you asap.

After a little playing around with php, all old permalinks have been maintained. RSS Feed is now at http://www.lnexun.com/feed/. Although, the old rss url automatically redirects to the new feed url, I recommend updating your feed urls.

Any comments and suggestions on the design and functionality are welcome. We need a new logo for ln(exun). Any attempts/suggestions/ideas for the same will be appreciated.

-Bhuwan

The secret origin of windows

I thought you guys might enjoy this article – written by Trandy Tower, the product manager for Windows 1.0 and 2.0.

Really had fun reading this, with things like how windows 1.0 was initially developed and by whom (including people like Gabe newell – the founder of Valve), the challenges faced in a brand new industry and how windows almost never shipped.

Few people understand Microsoft better than Tandy Trower, who worked at the company from 1981-2009. Trower was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised him was a path toward a ruined career. Four product managers had already tried and failed to ship Windows before him, and he initially thought that he was being assigned an impossible task. In this follow-up to yesterday’s story on the future of Windows, Trower recounts the inside story of his experience in transforming Windows from vaporware into a product that has left an unmistakable imprint on the world, 25 years after it was first released.

http://technologizer.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-origin-of-windows/

Great stuff

(via daringfireball.net)