Friday, January 23, 2015

Whatsapp on your Desktop - How to use it!


WhatsApp is available on your desktop. 




Here are the following steps in which you get it. Your phone needs to stay connected to the internet for web client to work

1. Update WhatsApp to latest version from your respective App stores. You will need to have 2.11.498 version or higher.



2. Open https://web.whatsapp.com in your Google Chrome browser.

3. You will see something like below on your screen.


Note:  You don't need QR code scanner app to scan it. Don't try to do this, it wont work, telling from my exp.

4. But you still need to your phone to access it. Basically the new web client is a mirror of the app. So you need to scan the QR code that’s displayed on the site with the Whatsapp mobile app. 
Then you can chat from the desktop.

5. Access WhatsApp in your phone and open "Whatsapp Web" option as shown in above screenshot, you will be able to access it based on your mobile OS.




6. It will automatically open your phone camera to scan the QR code shown on web. 

7. VoilĂ  you are logged in to browser. You have now paired WhatsApp on your phone with the WhatsApp web client.

Few Point to Note:
>> Will work only on Google Chrome Browser for only who have Android, Windows Phone or Blackberry version of the Whatsapp. Tough luck for iPhone users. Much like safari, mozilla broswer lovers you also have to wait till iPhone support comes out.  

>> It doesn't support iPhone   

 >> Needs your phone to be on and connected to the internet - After pairing your smartphone with WhatsApp's web client through a QR code image, you'll be able to send and receive messages through your browser. But what if your phone loses the data connection or runs out of charge? WhatsApp web version will also go offline.                                                                                      >> You can't block users     

>> You can't create and leave groups

>> You can't Delete or Forward a Message  or clear conversations.
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Rules of Script Writing by Vijayendra Mohanty



Rule 1 of script-writing.
No one will read what you write. Except the person who brings it to life as animation or a comic book. A script is not prose or fiction. It is a guide or a manual to be followed by others who are working with you.
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Rule 2 of script-writing.
Do not fall in love with the words you are writing down. Before all is said and done, it will undergo the scrutiny of your artist, your editor, your client, and a bunch of other people you would not have considered important. Prepare to be flexible and adapt. Stand up for what you want to stand up for by all means, but by the time your script finds life, it will not resemble your first draft in any way.

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Rule 3 of script-writing.
Nobody cares what your character is thinking. What he is thinking has to show through something he does. A script/screenplay is not a novel. Nobody is going to read it to find out that which does not show. Animation is action (this goes for comic books as well, although to a lesser extent). Things have to show. Movement has to happen. Ditch the long monologues and the mammoth thought bubbles.

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Rule 4 of script-writing.
Do not tell your director what music he should play in the background. Moving pictures are his thing, not yours. Your thing is words on paper. Make the mistake of confusing the two and you make everyone's lives difficult.
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                     Contact - Vijayendra Mohanty via - Twitter - @Vimoh : Facebook - vimoh

Sunday, January 11, 2015

My Experience of First ever Air Travel #‎FlyTheNewFeeling




#‎FlyTheNewFeeling - My First Flight experience, was when I got my dream job ‬in Infosys in Jan 2007. Had to travel to mysore to join from Delhi. I decided to go to bangalore by flight.

Why So Special
My first flight was more special, becuase I had brought the flight ticket by my own hard earn money. saving from previous call centre job came handly.

First Trouble
My total luggage went up by 20kg from allowed limit, and there I met my saviour, met a long forgotten astro expert friend  (Sudhir Kulkarni) if I can remember correctly at Delhi airport working in one of airlines as ground staff. He helped me clear the luggage thru his connections without paying any extra money.

Most Memorable Part
Flight was early morning at 5.30am, left in night from home, waited whole night at delhi airport in anxity for first flight. Hoever most memorable part of #‎FlyFirstFeeling was the night view from window seat, I saw of delhi, full of fear when flight took off.

Landed around 8am at Bangalore, met many folks heading towards Mysore. I also join the force, to be a so called tech engineer.