confused of calcutta

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About me

I’m JP Rangaswami. 51 years old, married (my wife’s called Shane), three children (Orla, 22, Isaac, 17 and Hope, 10 ). I was born in Calcutta and lived there for nearly half my life before emigrating to the UK in 1980. Much of that time was spent at St Xavier’s Collegiate School and College; I was there from 1966 to 1979. Originally an economist and financial journalist, I’ve been an accidental technologist for over a quarter of a century. I’ve spent most of my adult life working in that strange space where finance meets technology, for a number of very large firms. Since 2006 I work for BT, as part of BT Design.

I’m passionate about the things that interest me. My family. My local church and community. A retarded hippie at heart, I listen primarily to music made in the mid sixties to early seventies. CSNY, Traffic, Grateful Dead, Doobie Brothers, Joni Mitchell, The Band, America, The Who, The Beatles, that sort of thing. I read voraciously and collect books as well, but only in specific genres. Detective fiction, as in Nero Wolfe. Caper fiction, as in Donald E Westlake. The Raj and Empire, as in Warren Hastings or Robert Clive. Mathematics as in Hardy or Ramanujan. Management as in Peter Drucker or Max de Pree. Information and Technology as in John Seely Brown. Humour as in Ogden Nash or PG Wodehouse.

I’m passionate about my profession(s), both planned and accidental. A Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. A Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. More and more my interests have moved towards education, I keep thinking of setting up a school from scratch. Which is partly why I’m chairman of The School Of Everything.

I’m passionate about work (!) , particularly with reference to how work is changing: the paradigms created by globalisation, disintermediation and the web; the implications of virtualisation, service orientation and commoditisation; why publishing and search and fulfilment and conversation are the only “applications” we may need; how telephony becoming software and the wireless internet interact with mobile devices; the terrors of poorly thought out IPR and DRM; the need to avoid walled gardens of my own making; how children now teach me about work; the socialising of information, how it creates value by being shared, how it is enriched, how it is corrupted. How information behaves and what I can learn from it. Which is partly why I’m chairman of Ribbit.

I’m passionate about education. When I retire from normal work I will build a school. A school that is built for the 21st century, with the requisite connectivity, hardware and software infrastructure. A school that’s willing to borrow teachers rather than own them, as long as the teachers see what they do as their calling, their vocation. A school where students are encouraged to use the web in class, where critiquing the teacher is accepted. Where critiquing students is also accepted. Where the focus is on equality of opportunity rather than outcome; where diversity is celebrated. Where learning takes place. Which means mistakes get made. Where making mistakes is encouraged.

Ever since I read The Cluetrain Manifesto I have believed in the “markets are conversations” theme, and have had the good fortune to meet and spend time with the Cluetrain gang discussing their views and values.

Which naturally makes me passionate about opensource as well. In democratised innovation. In emergence theories a la Steven Johnson. None of which should surprise the reader, given that my thoughts on opensource were probably more driven by Jerry Garcia than by Raymond or Stallman or Torvalds et al.

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  • 1 » Supernova: Navigating the personal infosphere | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com // Jun 21, 2006 at 5:38 pm

    [...] JP Rangaswami noted that too much structure isn’t ideal. "I am scared if form and structure is imposed, you throw away value before it can be generated," he said. This echoes Andrew P. McAfee, an associate professor with the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, told me–the most promising sites based Web 2.0 and social networks are those where the structure emerges over time and the results of interaction are more persistent. Wikipedia, the canonical Web 2.0 example, has some structure that evolved over time that applies to the management of the service, such as arbitration of conflicts.  [...]

  • 2 Confused Of Calcutta » About me at Churbuck.com // Jul 24, 2006 at 4:14 pm

    [...] Confused Of Calcutta » About me [...]

  • 3 Jerry Garcia - Father of Open Source at Churbuck.com // Aug 10, 2006 at 1:25 pm

    [...] This post was sparked by J.P. Rangaswami’s “about” page at Confused of Calcutta. “…given that my thoughts on opensource were probably more driven by Jerry Garcia than by Raymond or Stallman or Torvalds et al.” [...]

  • 4 Good Old Trend » Blog Archive » The new way of reading // Aug 28, 2006 at 12:15 pm

    [...] After hearing JP Rangaswami talk at Reboot in June I knew straight away that I had to start reading his blog regularly. Although mentally exhausting at times (in a good way that is!) I keep coming back and I keep being fascinated by the clarity that he manages to pass to the reader. And this even though the level of abstraction is high. I strongly recommend anyone interested in the way the internet is changing society to pay him a visit. In a post yesterday he wrote the following: I don’t read blogs to find out things faster than anyone else; I don’t read blogs to find things to link to and comment on before anyone else; I don’t read blogs because I can’t find any books to read. [...]

  • 5 » The muse of social software | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com // Sep 4, 2006 at 3:50 pm

    [...] If you don’t know JP Rangaswami, you should.  His Confused in Calcutta d how they operate internally and relate to customers. By day he is the chief of Alternative Market Models at the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London. JP follows in the Bob Dylan (be sure to check out his just released CD, "Modern Times") tradition, in this case exploring the folklore of the enterprise computing space, not always easily comprehended, pulling in references from everywhere, a poet and he don’t know it, the muse of social software, but so right about how the pendulum is swinging toward empowered individuals. He believes that new business models should have a clear stance on values and ethics; allow relationships and collaboration to take place; intermediate to enable trust and fulfilment rather than channel towards lock-in; and recognize that customers want to create and co-create value rather than just receive. [...]

  • 6 Catching Up … Social Software And The Enterprise at Thermo[SAT] // Sep 5, 2006 at 5:06 pm

    [...] I will also be delighted to learn from JP Rangaswami. [...]

  • 7 Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog » JP Rangaswami on how the OSP “feels” // Sep 14, 2006 at 5:20 am

    [...] Take a look at this piece by JP Rangaswami, author of Confused of Calcutta. I think he expresses what a lot of people are feeling.  Ambrose Bierce, in The Devil’s Dictionary, defined a cynic as follows: [...]

  • 8 What causes rants against teamwork and collaboration? « Stronger Teams Blog // Sep 19, 2006 at 12:31 pm

    [...] However, I felt compelled to post my concerns about the article because, as JP Rangaswami explained, “This kind of thinking will gain currency.” Rather than posting immediately, I decided to wait several days to conduct a (non-scientific) experiment to watch what kind of traction Freedman’s ideas would get. I wanted to see how the crowd in the blogosphere would react; whether a group would coalesce around Freedman’s arguments; whether differing opinions would emerge. I refrained from blogging my own views to remain an outside, although not completely unbiased, observer. [...]

  • 9 JP Rangaswami is moving on to be CIO of BT’s services division « Digital Life // Sep 27, 2006 at 2:36 pm

    [...] Martin has a post on JP’s new role at BT [via] [...]

  • 10 Technological Winter » Blog Archives » European Corporate Blogging conference // Oct 24, 2006 at 2:55 pm

    [...] Just a few weeks ago I went to the ‘European Corporate Blogging’ conference and it was without a doubt a total joke.  Few (50%) were in a attendance even though the room was tiny - perhaps only accommodating a 150 people.  Most of the speakers were about as prepared as I could get just having woken up and fallen out of bed.  Although in fairness the IBM, HP, and Headshift presentations were pretty spot on and contained value, as well there was a favourite among those I spoke with was Mr JP Rangaswami the Confused of Calcutta author. [...]

  • 11 Advanced Technology Products Interactive » Blog Archive » On the economics of the customer // Nov 23, 2006 at 10:48 am

    [...] I came across this on megite by JP Rangaswami on Shane Richmond blog. Many years ago, it used to be said that serving an existing customer is nine times as profitable as acquiring a new one. [...]

  • 12 The Park Paradigm » Customer available for acquisition. // Nov 24, 2006 at 5:42 pm

    [...] Well as far as I can tell, neither T-mobile, nor for that matter any of their major competitors (at least from what I can see from their websites) have embraced this approach to their business and their customers. Anyhow JP’s Telegraph guest post inspired me (and reminded me of others he and Doc Searls amongst others) to test out the intention economy and possibly solve my problem by reverse advertising. This is what I want to buy. Who can sell it to me? [...]

  • 13 Dinosaurier i grÃ¥zonen « Copyriot // Nov 26, 2006 at 8:55 pm

    [...] Känns som att Ã¥hörarna pÃ¥ plats var delade i tvÃ¥ grupper: Dels skeptikerna som uppfattade PiratbyrÃ¥ns tankar som blott en slags ideologisk överbyggnad till de där giriga fildelarnas ekonomiska egenintresse. Dels de som intresserade sig direkt för frÃ¥gorna om grÃ¥zoner, kulturell cirkulation och informationens infrastrukturer. Ett par av konferensens övriga talare som kom fram direkt efterÃ¥t var mycket entusiastiska. Däribland JP Rangaswami (CIO pÃ¥ en stor investmentbank, som själv begravde bÃ¥de upphovsrätten och annat), och Malcolm Matson (mÃ¥ngÃ¥rig affärsman i brittiska telekombranschen som nu leder OPLAN foundation och som i Köpenhamn passionerat pläderade för öppna nätverk). Det är förstÃ¥s vansinnigt kul att se hur den senare pÃ¥ sin blogg utnämner PiratbyrÃ¥ns föredrag till “the best argued and most coherent paper to state the case for the absurdity and impossibility of hoping that existing principles of copyright and intellectual property can be force-fitted into the new digital paradigm“! Tydligen sÃ¥ refererade även Lawrence Lessig till texten när han talade i Köpenhamn i söndags, i samband med Creative Commons danska lansering. [...]

  • 14 Richard Francis // Jan 19, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    Hey there JP ya old coot, ya statesmancrosswordsolverin 7minutes…ya genius you!!!!!

    This is the guy you also knew as Fuzz way back when…i just happened by chance onto your site - was looking for news on bertie Dasilva and your blog came up - drop me a line when you can - would love to hook up with you - I am in Toronto now with wife hena and 6ft 4 son Axel - immigrated here in ‘99 - would love to stay in touch…luv, light & peace - Fuzz!

  • 15 Chris Ham // Feb 15, 2007 at 4:23 pm

    Hey JP ….time we touched base….

  • 16 Pinaki Basu // Feb 15, 2007 at 11:46 pm

    Hi JP,

    Just a hi.

    Last I saw you was back in 1995 back at Ascot.

    Was reading something and stumbled across your Agile post.

  • 17 Clarity from an year of Confusion « Joy Of Innovation // Mar 2, 2007 at 2:45 pm

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  • 19 Purathatil Krishnan (Krish) // Mar 16, 2007 at 2:21 pm

    Hi JP,
    I came across your recorded presentation on “Open Source in the Enterprise..” on InfoQ and felt good to see an acquaintance from the past.

    Let me try jog your memory. 1994, London, DSQ (formerly Square D), Pradeep Mathur, P & O Containers, Multimedia CBT project. The guy with a “Twang” (I believe was the word you used) in his accent.

    Just wanted to say hi and hope things are well with you and Shane, Orla, Isaac and Hope. I have bookmarked you website and hope to keep in touch.

    I bet you are ardently following the ICC World Cup.

    Regards,
    Krish

  • 20 pedro // Mar 19, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    If you like that kind of music, you’ll love porcupine tree

    enjoy it

  • 21 Rahul Maheshwari // Mar 21, 2007 at 9:25 am

    Hi JP:

    Just came across your website. We lost touch after Akbar’s death but am really happy to find this platform to be in touch once again.

    Warm regards,

    Rahul

  • 22 Nigel Hopkinson // Mar 23, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    You clearly have too much spare time on your hands. Considered resurrecting your golfing career

  • 23 JP // Mar 24, 2007 at 12:39 pm

    Rahul, Nigel, good to hear from you guys. I will write separately by e-mail as soon as I get the chance. regards

  • 24 Francois Gossieaux // Apr 11, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    Hi JP,

    I have been a long term reader of you blog and wanted to get in touch with you regarding an upcoming Enterprise 2.0 RAVE, a 24 hour brainstorming session with HBS Prof Andrew McAfee and a few other thought leaders specifically designed for practitioners. You can find info on the RAVE at http://www.enterprise2rave.com

    When you get a change would you please email me? For obvious reasons I would love to find a way to get you involved.

  • 25 JP // Apr 11, 2007 at 10:26 pm

    Please email me at jobsworth@mac.com. The mail address is no secret I’ve been too lazy to publish it on the sidebar. I expect to see Andy McAfee in Boston pretty soon anyway.

  • 26 Philippa // May 28, 2007 at 10:00 am

    Hi JP
    You never cease to amaze and astound me. My love to you Shane, Orla, Isaac (my little BeeGee’s fan) and Hope.
    Philippa, Joey and Max Davis

  • 27 JP // May 28, 2007 at 10:05 am

    Hi philippa welcome to the conversation. Say hi to Max and Joey from me.

  • 28 The FASTForward Blog » Open email — is it for you? // May 29, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    [...] morning I read about JP Rangaswami’s open email system in a post by Stowe Boyd. JP has opened access to his email to his staff. [...]

  • 29 JP Rangaswami’s “open email” system // May 29, 2007 at 3:09 pm

    [...] morning I read about JP Rangaswami’s open email system in a post by Stowe Boyd. JP has opened access to his email to his staff. [...]

  • 30 Deepak Tandan // Jun 3, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    Hey JP,

    A long way from Fr.Bouche conducting the guys at SXC and Mr.Brown blowing his whistle at you speeding on the Athletics track on Sports day.

    Was visiting London and Sanjay Kapoor told me about your exloits and I felt that we were proud of you.

  • 31 Jordan Hooper // Jun 14, 2007 at 11:43 pm

    Hi JP,

    How are you?

    I came across your details on Doc Searls blog whilst doing some research for an upcoming conference I am organising on Vendor Management for international conference company IQPC. I also read several articles quoting you whilst you were at Dresdner.The event in question will take place in Sydney, Australia in November this year.

    I am interested JP in getting some of your ideas on the growing trend of vendor management as you have been a CIO on both sides of the fence as I know it, and as such I thought you would have a pretty balanced perspective of the key issues facing both parties.

    What do you see as the key challenges facing the customer and the vendor in relation to the topic vendor management? How has your role of CIO changed as a result of this trend?

    Also, in your eyes, in a conference such as the one I am putting together, what do you believe are the key issues/ themes that should be addressed?

    I look forward to hearing from you soon.

    Regards,

    Jordan

  • 32 Sagar Sarkar // Jun 18, 2007 at 11:03 am

    Hello JP.

    Great to read your blog. I am interested in creating a ‘My Space’ page for the band ‘High’- Dilip Balakrishnan, Nondon, Lew, etc. I think they deserve it. Could you point me in the right direction to get hold of content - recordings, photos, etc.

    Hope to hear from you - I too grew up in Cal and now live in London.

    Regards

    Sagar

  • 33 » Facebook infltrating the enterprise: the ups and downs | Irregular Enterprise | ZDNet.com // Jul 29, 2007 at 10:36 am

    [...] wonder what JP Rangaswami thinks? He was until recently CTO at Dresdner and is a social media advocate. Last week he said: I [...]

  • 34 Banning Facebook in business is futile « AccMan // Jul 29, 2007 at 11:10 am

    [...] sure the irony of this won’t be lost on JP Rangaswami. Until recently, JP was CTO at DrKW and remains a firm advocate of social computing tools like [...]

  • 35 Facebook in the enterprise « Rob’s Digital Life // Jul 30, 2007 at 8:57 am

    [...] second and third blog posts were from JP’s blog and is views on Facebook and specifically it’s place in the Enterprise parts 1 and [...]

  • 36 Jeffrey Beall // Aug 3, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    JP: I would like to invite you and your readers to submit articles to a journal I am the editor of: The Journal of Library Metadata. Librarians need to be exposed to the views of non-librarians on all topics related to metadata and information retrieval. Please see the call for papers below and let me know if you need any additional information. Thanks,

    Jeffrey Beall, Assistant Professor
    Editor, Journal of Library Metadata
    Auraria Library
    University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
    Downtown Denver Campus
    1100 Lawrence St.
    Denver, Colo. 80204 USA
    (303) 556-5936
    jeffrey.beall@cudenver.edu

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    JOURNAL OF LIBRARY METADATA

    The Journal of Library Metadata (JLM) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on all aspects of metadata applications in libraries. The journal is published quarterly by The Haworth Press, Inc.

    Previously titled the Journal of Internet Cataloging, after a change in title and editorship, JLM will now focus on metadata, an exciting, timely subject of importance to all libraries. The journal will publish three categories of articles: standard, peer-reviewed articles; shorter, scholarly, non-peer reviewed articles; and short viewpoint articles.

    These articles will cover all aspects of metadata applications in libraries, including:

    Application profiles
    Best practices
    Controlled vocabularies
    Crosswalking of metadata and interoperability
    Digital libraries and metadata
    Display of search results
    Federated repositories
    Federated searching
    Folksonomies
    Individual metadata schemes
    Institutional repository metadata
    Metadata content standards
    Metadata harvesting
    Ontologies
    Preservation metadata
    Resource Description Framework
    Resource discovery and metadata
    Search engines and metadata
    SKOS
    Stochastic vs. deterministic searching
    Tagging and tag clouds
    Topic maps
    Visual image and moving image metadata

    Categories of Articles
    Please consider writing and submitting an article that falls into one of the following three categories:

    • Peer-reviewed articles (original research, scholarly manuscripts), which should be 10-50 typed pages, double-spaced.
    • Short, scholarly, non-peer-reviewed articles, often practical in nature (for example, describing a particular library metadata implementation). These should range from 500-2,000 words, with limited citations to other resources.
    • Upbeat Viewpoint articles giving the author’s opinion on a timely topic related to library metadata applications. These should range from 500-2,000 words and may or may not contain citations. Focus should be on improvements or solutions instead of negative aspects of an existing system, standard, or service.

    For more information please visit the Journal of Library Metadata web site at: http://jlm.haworthpress.com.

    Please direct all inquiries and article proposals to:

    Jeffrey Beall
    Editor, Journal of Library Metadata
    Auraria Library
    University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
    1100 Lawrence St.
    Denver, CO 80204 USA
    jeffrey.beall@cudenver.edu

  • 37 JP // Aug 4, 2007 at 11:15 pm

    Jeffrey, I’d be delighted to help. Give me a day or two and I will write a post about your request.

  • 38 Shaman » Online social networks and the enterprise // Sep 3, 2007 at 3:03 am

    [...] what the fuss is all about.  Others have been more eloquent in describing this behavior. J.P Rangaswami has a great blog entry that talks about folks who pooh-pooh Facebook. His blog entry, called [...]

  • 39 Alpesh Tailor // Sep 7, 2007 at 10:55 am

    Hi JP,

    Great to read your blog - very interesting and inspiring at the same token…hope to keep up with its progress and keep in touch.

    Best regards,

    Alpesh

  • 40 JP Rangaswami // Sep 8, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    Hi Alpesh, nice to see you here. Welcome to the conversation.

  • 41 Social Networking // Sep 17, 2007 at 6:51 am

    SUB: Invitation for Volunteer Authors at SociableBlog.com

    Dear Mr. JP Rangaswami,

    We just launched a new Social Networking Blog called SociableBlog.com for sharing latest news, articles, and videos on social networking, social media, social community and social software.

    We are inviting some Volunteer Authors for help us to providing our visitors with quality content related to social networking and its various aspect.

    If you are interested to help us, please submit your latest articles or ideas at http://www.sociableblog.com/submit-news/ [Please login to post].

    For any question, feel free contact us.

    Waiting for your reply.

    Thanks and regards,

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    Editor and Admin
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  • 42 Jaspreet // Nov 15, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    Hello Mr. Rangaswami,

    It is heartening to know an Indian is the CIO or rather i should say MD of a company like BT. People who come from India with dreams, definitely see a great influencer in you.

    I came here in Jan 2007. Did my post grads here and now I am working for a software company. I came across your profile through some business networking website and hence read your blog.

    I would like to be in touch with you and also would love to learn a lot. I like to read autobiographies and blogs. I hope we can be in touch.

    Hope to hear from you.

    Regards,
    Jaspreet

  • 43 Jamie Riddell // Dec 12, 2007 at 9:18 am

    Hi JP - just sat through your Leweb3 conversation - it was awesome - many thanks. I loved your comment on how enterprises need to remove the walls and start the osmosis between entertprise and user.

    Oh and I like the fact your Last FM is full of great music - haven’t found too many traffic fans on there :-)

    Jamie

  • 44 De retour du Web 3’07 // Dec 13, 2007 at 2:53 pm

    [...] Rosling (Gapminder), Martin Varsavsky (Fon), Kevin Rose (Digg), Dave Winer (co-inventeur du RSS), JP Rangaswami (British Telecom), Jason Calacanis (Mahalo) et Janus Friis (Kazaa, Skype et [...]

  • 45 émergenceweb : blogue » Blog Archive » Paris jour 4 : Le Web3, les intranets et l’entreprise 2. // Dec 13, 2007 at 3:43 pm

    [...] vingtaine de minutes pour nous en parler. Ce fut suffisant pour me donner le goût d’aller lire son blogue. Oh, en passant, JP fait partie, comme moi, des «pappys du Web 2.0». Faut que j’initie ce [...]

  • 46 JP // Dec 19, 2007 at 12:02 am

    Thanks for the comments, Jamie. Honoured and privileged. Regards JP

  • 47 Ivo // Jan 6, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Hi, I arrived here following your Twitter message where you suggest my blog to a friend. I’m not on Twitter (yet), I wanted to see who was suggest my blog since is quite a niche of a niche. I like your blog and by the way we have similar musical tastes.

  • 48 Darren B // Jan 6, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    JP,
    This is the first time I’ve come across your blog after just watching your talk at LeWeb back in December. It really was excellent. The idea of enterprises focussing on output rather than inputs is so, so right but so different in practice. Having worked in companies who don’t seem to ‘understand’ the use of the most basic collaboration tools it can be very frustrating. I’m not sure how this message can be delivered to the ‘older’ generation who have control within companies but I’d like to begin to try…! Again excellent talk and hope to see more in the future!

  • 49 The FASTForward Blog » J.P. Rangaswami Brings CIO Perspective to FASTforward08: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary // Feb 10, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    [...] readers will know J.P. Rangaswami, Managing Director in BT Group and ex-Dresdner Kleinwort Global CIO from his popular Confused of [...]

  • 50 Simon // Feb 22, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    Hi

    I love your photo of the Victoria Memorial in the playing fields in Calcutta at sunset. Wonderful.

    Blog’s okay too. Cheers

    S

  • 51 JP // Feb 22, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Thank you Simon. I love it too. Did you see the larger version at the bottom of the page?

  • 52 David Johnson // Jul 11, 2008 at 10:50 pm

    Hi JP,
    Just stumbled across your excellent blog! We met through Bundeep R. a few years back when you were at DK. Are you still in Windsor? I went off to do Skype, and lost touch with you. I’ve just started next internet telecoms startup in Datchet. Stop by anytime and catch up over a tea or coffee. I’d love to hear your feedback about the next communicator I’m building-
    http://www.pophongo.com
    rgds
    David J.

  • 53 DhirajGupta.com » » Why do we blog? // Jul 13, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    [...] JP, over at Confused of Calcutta puts down a few thoughts about blogging, teaching and learning that are well worth the read, as is usual with him. [...]

  • 54 140-year-old telco embraces its nemesis | Software as Services | ZDNet.com // Jul 30, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    [...] to succeeding with SaaS (however many times it fails in the attempt), and its CIO JP Rangaswami declares on his personal blog that he’s “passionate” about “how telephony becoming software and the [...]

  • 55 Devi of Sydney // Aug 6, 2008 at 8:09 am

    Hullo JP - I too am from India though not Cal - I came across your “blog” by accident when I put in Chris Hupping, after I attended the AI International Day show in Sydney, Australia - and Chris was one of the entertainers - he was absolutely great by the way -

  • 56 JP // Aug 6, 2008 at 8:15 am

    Small world, Devi. Chris was around my age, so if he’s still entertaining at the 50+ plus stage he’s doing well. Say hi to him from me.

  • 57 Menno // Aug 6, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Dear Mr. Rangaswami,

    I would be honored if you would like to consider sharing your vision on the future of work on our executive summit in Madrid ( October 16 & 17).

    Cio blogger of the year in Sweden will join, John Gray, professor on European thought (LSE), French top economist Daniel Cohen and others. Select international audience, great experience, interactive program … would be great to have you on the team.

    If you could contact me by email or respond here in the cloud.

    Menno van Doorn
    VP VINT
    Research Institute for the Analysis of New Technology of Sogeti Group
    co-author “Open for Business: open source inspiration for innovation” and “Me the Media: past, present and future of the third media revolution)

  • 58 JP // Aug 6, 2008 at 10:12 am

    Mr van Doorn, please send the details to jp@bt.com and I can look into availability. Regards JP

  • 59 Frank Longworth // Aug 8, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Hey JP, It’s great to see how far you have gone. What an inspiration.

    Frank

  • 60 Devi of Sydney // Aug 9, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Will do - and congrats by the way, it is good to see so many of my countrymen making their mark around the globe!!!
    Devi

  • 61 JP // Aug 10, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Frank, good to hear from you. how are you doing? Ping me on jp@bt.com if you want to meet up for a tea or coffee.

  • 62 European Corporate Blogging conference | TechWinter // Aug 14, 2008 at 12:22 am

    [...] were pretty spot on and contained value, as well there was a favourite among those I spoke with was Mr JP Rangaswami the Confused of Calcutta [...]

  • 63 Mike Healy // Aug 18, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    Hi JP
    We are doing a conference in Barcelona in April.
    Like to talk to you about a keynote opportunity.
    What is the best way to connect with you?

    Thanks

    Mike Healy
    Director of Conferences
    858-673-3042

  • 64 Vaghul Rajan // Aug 26, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    Hello JP

    Good Evening …

    Never got an oppurtunity to work closely with you still you are one of the two people who inspired me in BT …

    This is an amazing blog you have and everytime I visit it, I ask myself ‘How on earth he get so much time to multi task’ .. May be a tip or two from you can help me ..

    I have two questions for you:

    1. What is the significance of the title ‘Confused of Calcutta’.

    2. I came to UK at 24 (almost like you) and keen to know your thoughts on how UK has changed in last 25 years and how it will be when you are 75?

    regards
    Vaghul

  • 65 Vaghul Rajan // Aug 26, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    PS:

    After posting my previous comment, I guess your blog site didnt take care of ‘Daylight saving’ .. It is still one hour behind normal time.

  • 66 JP // Aug 27, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    Vaghul, you ask questions that are unsuitable for short “comment-style” replies. I shall try and post a detailed response sometime soon. Regards, JP

  • 67 Indu // Sep 29, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Hi JP,
    Yes, Indu, Jaya’s sis, Prema and Bakku’s kid… not so much a kid anymore! Anyway, have a buddy trolling around London and thought it might be fun for him to meet up with you. He’s an ex-googler trolling around for the next hot hot…idea.
    I can tell you more if you have the bandwidth.
    Otherwise, seems like you’re thriving.
    Me too!

  • 68 Manoj Salwani // Oct 8, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    Namastey JP,

    I am Manoj from India and I was searching for new topic on Blog Search. Then I found your blog which was linked on some Gorgeous Lady’s blog I forgot her blog name but this blog catch my attention as its name is very interesting “Confusedofcalcutt” so I thought its a blog from Indian writer as its name. But that lady was foreigner so I thought this blog will be famous that’s why she has added your blog. So in this way I came on this blog and found its PR 6 which is very tuff to achieve as I am a SEO Analyst so I know it takes time and lots of effort to do that.
    Now I am going to add this blog on my blog because there are so many things which I found very interesting I am a learner so thanks for making such a nice blog.

    Thanks
    Manoj Salwani

  • 69 Em // Oct 10, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    just wondering if you have heard of Hyperwords?
    hyperwords.net

    thought it might be something up your alley!

  • 70 JP // Oct 11, 2008 at 10:13 am

    Emma, thanks for that pointer, I hadn’t seen hyperwords. Looks very interesting. It didn’t install too cleanly though.

  • 71 Sabyasachi // Oct 11, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Your Blog, informative and inspiring that it is, does boost the “inferiority complex” quotient of lesser readers (at least, one reader!). Listening to the high priests of high finance was a similar humbling experience - an acute sense of cerebral dwarfism. While I was not getting them, it now seems, neither did they. This is a real crisis of confidence, much larger than the financial crisis. Who does understand? Is there anyone?

  • 72 ramananda sengupta // Oct 28, 2008 at 6:41 am

    Dear Mr Rangaswami,
    Was directed here by a friend, and found we share the following: A stint in Calcutta (was with The Telegraph there for 8 long years); a love for “CSNY, Traffic, Grateful Dead, (I have some 120 Dead albums, some still on cassette :) Doobie Brothers, Joni Mitchell, The Band, America, The Who, The Beatles” …to which add New Riders of the Purple Sage, CCR, Ray Charles, Clapton and Knopfler, etc; and a love for words. May I have a few with you?
    best

    Ramananda Sengupta
    Chief Editor, Portals
    Sify.com
    Chennai

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  • 75 Wahyd // Nov 17, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Hello JP,

    It was great meeting you today at the Tim Westergreen presentation at Harvard.

    I hope to see you again soon.

    Wahyd

    Founder/Publisher Manifest Magazine
    http://manifestmagazine.wordpress.com

  • 76 Michael Olivier // Dec 17, 2008 at 9:07 am

    Hi - looking on your site for Heston Blumenthals chiken Tikka Masala - cant find it. His TV programme is on here in South AFrica and I would love to make the dish. Can you help? Thanks, Michael

  • 77 JP // Dec 17, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Michael, I’ve sent you a pdf to your email account. If for any reason it gets filtered out, you can get to it by going to the comment by Dominic Sayers on the particular post you were reading on my blog. Dom provides a link to the pdf.

  • 78 John Rotheray // Jan 25, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    Hi JP,

    We’re pleased to inform you that the WisconsInnovation blog created a link to “Confused of Calcutta”.

    WisconsInnovation is a group of graduate business students that enjoy exchanging ideas about innovation. We always welcome thought leaders like yourself to join our conversation.

    Keep up the great work with you blog!

    Best regards,

    WisconsInnovation

  • 79 JP // Jan 25, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    John, I’m delighted to welcome you to the conversation. Anytime I can help you guys, just ask.

  • 80 On passion // Feb 8, 2009 at 12:13 am

    [...] about me [...]

  • 81 Ciara // Feb 12, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    Hi JP, I was wondering if you could help. I found your site when I was having a look online for any information about my father’s Anglo-Indian family, also from Calcutta. It seems his uncle taught you at school (Fr Cecil Leeming). You have a lovely photo of the teachers, including Cecil, on this post here http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/04/07/unintended-consequences/ and I was wondering whether it would be possible to have a copy. I’m really interested in finding out everything I can about the family’s time in India, as I am fairly obsessed with the country. As it happens I’m going to be in Calcutta for work next month - fourth visit to India.
    anyway, please let me know if it’s possible to dig it out. Cheers, Ciara

  • 82 JP // Feb 12, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Hi Ciara, Fr Leeming was definitely around when I was at St Xavier’s between 1966 and 1979, I remember him reasonably well. Let me have a word with my contemporaries and see what we can dig up. Regards JP

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  • 84 Rajan Advani // Mar 29, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    J. P. Rangaswami - just found your page-Shakher Sagar has asked for Dilip Balakrishnan’s music, please inform all your friends that his music will be launched on the 4th. of April and wil be available at all music stores — the album is called ” HIGH AGAIN”

  • 85 Vishal Belsare // Apr 18, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Wow. I came across your blog rather randomly, but can’t help say ‘Hello’ after reading of an ex(?)-economist reading up Hardy and Ramanujan!

    (well, I am guilty of reading graduate economics myself.. I make up for that by doing a little math on the side..)

  • 86 JP // Apr 19, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    thanks for dropping by, Vishal. The best economists are ex economists. Let us assume that ….

  • 87 Debashish // Apr 20, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Came across your blog from http://srirambala.com/?cat=6

    I like the blog title …

    Recently left Kolkata … within 3 months of work exp. …there

    I am bengali..but belive me the mid sized organizations there…………. just SUCK and they suck badly…

    Companies have no Corporate Culture…but have bad …. bad politics (the whole WB state is famous for it…) pathetic…experience.. I have worked in Delhi & Noida…and its learning all aorund …
    Kolkata city is dying of options…
    it seems to be cursed…after it lost being the Capital of the contry…

    Sorry all this doesn’t belong here may be..but just came out because of the lovely title that smells to me as if some one not liking the “City of Joy” from work or livelyhood prespective….only.

  • 88 Pawan // Apr 25, 2009 at 12:02 am

    hi,
    Personally i dont realy bother about what the blog is talking but i was interesed in the way the about me section was written. and that helped me in writing my about me. also i really liked the idea of the school, and sincerely i realy want that this dream of yours will b a reality.. hmm i think thats all..lol. hope that my words are a motivation for you..
    bye

  • 89 Priya Mani // Jul 1, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    Read about your interest to start a radical, new school for the 21st century.
    I thought this might interest you.

    http://www.ciid.dk
    Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design

  • 90 JP // Jul 2, 2009 at 6:32 am

    Thanks a lot, Priya. rgds

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