Chirag Desai


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Our highlights from the season thus far (and fun season giveaways for our UAE listeners!) on the latest Tales of the Trade:

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From a city often accused of not having enough culture, the story of a locally grown and yet one of the very few dedicated improv theatres in the world, on the latest episode of Tales of the Trade.

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Such a lovely video by John Lewis & Partners this season, featuring Elton John. Simple, effective (& warm) creative.

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On the latest episode of Tales of the Trade, how shutting down their restaurant taught the Al Awadhi brothers important lessons that shaped their revival.

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This week, a story from a slightly past life when I was a dedicated food blogger, and came across My Custard Pie, not just a blog but a brand that is growing strong day by day.

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Crap. starts inspecting bank accounts

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Let’s go iPad Pro!

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I’ve been a regular and observed Bull & Roo’s cafes and restaurants grow over the past 3 years to new heights. Was great to get a behind-the-scenes on how it all came together for our latest episode :)

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Happy Dussehra to everyone celebrating! Keep that light shining :)

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This turned out to be one of the best stories I’ve had the opportunity to cover. This week’s Tales of the Trade features the story of Surf House Dubai, a tale of resilience:

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Gorgeous scale lego model of Apple Park by Spencer Rezkalla.

(via @gruber)

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Excited to finally unveil Tales of the Trade!

Episode 1 covers the story of a multi-million dirham agency almost by happenstance to getting acquired by the largest socially-led agency in the world:

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Excited to be a part of Dubai’s first ever Podcasts Forum on September 29 to mark International Podcast Day! Look forward to catching up with fellow podcasters and podcast fans in the area :)

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Was great catching up in person for the first time with the rest of the @amaeya podcasting family πŸŽ™
Really should have done this a long time ago!

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Trust me to put together an event while a fairly massive cricket match is ongoing all of 10 mins away, another 100 pax group is conducting one at the same venue, and while I publish two episodes.

#suckerForPunishment #greatTiming

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#GaneshChaturthi

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No iPad today :/ #iPhoneXS #AppleEvent

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β€œIt’s always darkest before the dawn.” #musings

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Excited to have a teaser for the upcoming season of the Tales of the Trade podcast. Would love to hear what you think!

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Google Data Collection

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Digital Content Next::

Both Android and Chrome send data to Google even in the absence of any user interaction. Our experiments show that a dormant, stationary Android phone (with Chrome active in the background) communicated location information to Google 340 times during a 24-hour period, or at an average of 14 data communications per hour. In fact, location information constituted 35% of all the data samples sent to Google. In contrast, a similar experiment showed that on an iOS Apple device with Safari (where neither Android nor Chrome were used), Google could not collect any appreciable data (location or otherwise) in the absence of a user interaction with the device.

A link to the detailed report is here.

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Continuing the fun behind-the-scenes episodes for my show’s upcoming season: a chat with our music composer.

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‘twas a great Saturday! πŸŽ™οΈ

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Excited to begin the countdown to a project I can’t wait to publish, with some special episodes on the people behind the scenes of the show, starting with our producer Gaya

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A stalwart in every way. May his life be celebrated.

Om Shanti πŸ™

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Picture: Swarajya

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Doesn’t have to look like summer even if it is 45 deg C.