About
First of all, thank you for stopping by my blog!
This blog is my home on the Web and contains my thoughts on the technology Zeitgeist. One More Thing is a reference to a phrase Apple CEO Steve Jobs uses near the end of his keynotes to heighten the drama, when he is about to introduce an interesting and unexpected new product or service. Similarly, this blog endeavors to cover interesting new trends even if they may not always be apparent. MidtownNinja is a nickname I gained from my habit of always finding the shortest and quickest path for walking through a throng of pedestrians in midtown Manhattan.
By day, I am a junior member of the investment team at Longworth Venture Partners, a New England early stage venture capital firm. I am responsible for researching various software segments and identifying promising areas and startups for investment by the firm. When a sufficiently interesting startup comes by, I assist with due diligence and deal structuring. By night, I like to play with consumer Web technologies and platforms for various side projects, some of which represent nascent aspirations to entrepreneurship. I am somewhat of a news junkie, because of which I try to be on top of the conversations in the technology blogosphere. This blog captures some impressions on technology and innovation I have gathered in the process.
As an undergraduate, I attended MIT, where I received Bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive Science and a Masters degree in Computer Science. I worked as a software engineer in the financial services for a few years, but I have since changed career paths. As an IT industry analyst, I have been quoted several times in the technology trade press and once in the New York Times. I like reading, taekwondo, cooking (and eating) good food and being close to nature.
Oh, and one more thing–the opinions stated here are my own and are distinct from and unrelated to those I hold as an analyst at Longworth. If you would like to use me as a sounding board for an idea, get a strategic or technical review from me, or if you just want to say hello, please drop me a line at vishy[dot]v[at]gmail[dot]com. You can also find me lurking on AIM or Twitter as midtownninja. I would love to hear from you!