Life is a safari* By Prasad September 28, 2023 June 2024 update: The Information publicly revealed that Drishti was acquired by Apple. ——- Earlier…
The rise and fall of the Punjab empire By Prasad September 3, 2022 To us South Indians, the Punjabi is a gregarious, bombastic, larger than life person. Big,…
To earn a PhD? Or, not. By Prasad August 17, 2022 A question that often comes up in conversation with friends, the kids of friends, our….Read More
(Product) Teardowns — a necessary and critical tool in every product manager’s/marketer’s arsenal By Prasad August 16, 2011 Teardowns are the bread and butter of the consumer electronics and automotive…
Monetizing Mobile Enterprise Apps — What’s in it for the players? By Prasad August 10, 2011 Mobility and mobile apps for the enterprise space have been on my…
America re-discovers Intelligent Assist Devices and cobots! (Or, Obama professes a love for robots!) By Prasad July 22, 2011 About two decades ago, General Motors dangled an intriguing problem in front…
Questions SMBs should ask when going mobile By Prasad June 29, 2011 Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (July 28, 2011; page B5) had an article…
Writing in the internet age — “calisthenics for the brain” By Prasad June 26, 2011 In the “10 Questions” section of the June 20, 2011 issue of Time…
Aboard the Airbus 380 – the world’s largest passenger aircraft! By Prasad June 8, 2011 Somewhere over Nova Scotia, June 6th, 2011 – I write this as I…
My first Macs By Prasad February 18, 2016 Stanford, 1985 I am in the process of retiring my old PowerMac 7100 from circa 1994. (I…
Unshackled by mobility — and liberated by SecuriSync By Prasad August 20, 2013 Earlier this month, I needed to make an unplanned personal trip to India. As I…
(Product) Teardowns — a necessary and critical tool in every product manager’s/marketer’s arsenal By Prasad August 16, 2011 Teardowns are the bread and butter of the consumer electronics and automotive industries. (An example…
Thinking long: Prasad Akella on Drishti’s new CEO, Gary Jackson By Prasad July 20, 2021 (Originally posted on Jul 20, 2021 on the Drishti blog) You may have seen Drishti’s…
Drishti’s manufacturing leadership — and influence — recognized By Prasad March 16, 2021 (Originally posted on Mar 16, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Earlier this week, the National…
Part 3: The growing imperative for practical AI By Prasad February 2, 2021 (Originally posted on Feb 2, 2021 on the Drishti blog) In the last of my…
Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao By Prasad August 25, 2025