Sometimes I get a bit narcissistic, and check how my book is doing. I log on to the seller portal to see how many copies have been sold. I go to the Amazon page and see what are the other books that people who have bought my book are buying (on the US store it’s…
On Uppi2’s top rating
So it appears that my former neighbour Upendra’s new magnum opus Uppi2 is currently the top rated movie on IMDB, with a rating of 9.7/10.0. The Times of India is so surprised that it has done an entire story about it, which I’ve screenshot here: The story also mentions that another Kannada movie RangiTaranga (which…
Rating systems need to be designed carefully
Different people use the same rating scale in different ways. Hence, nuance is required while aggregating ratings taking decisions based on them During the recent Times Lit Fest in Bangalore, I was talking to some acquaintances regarding the recent Uber rape case (where a car driver hired though the Uber app in Delhi allegedly raped…