Landing in #bangalore / # begaluru a few days ago for #IndiaFOSS, I saw a toilet attendant who had "NO TIPS PLEASE" stitched onto his uniform in huge letters.

I'd love to understand the reasoning process behind this. I'd have given him a tip out of principle if I had any cash on me at that time.

Generally, #IndiaFOSS impressed me. It was the right mix of chaos and organization; the crowd was very engaged.

I gave a talk about #FOSDEM and I had uncounted conversations about FOSDEM, OSS, and how to apply its principles afterwards.

I do start feeling like an old these days. I mentioned to someone that I was first in #India in 2006 and someone commented were like "yeah, he wasn't alive then". Brutal.

But good crowd.

An in-person meeting fell through, so now I actually have some downtime. I'm writing a few documents, chilling in my hotel room overlooking Sri Chamarajendra Park

There's 1-2 dozen black kites circling over the park, looking for prey and fighting each other. Sometimes, one swoops down when they found something.

There are few things as serene as birds circling over woods.

@RichiH I never heard that park name. May I ask which road it is?

@ibnunowshad I stayed at https://maps.app.goo.gl/e2FEnWYcVcQSPTK88 , the park name is what Google gave me. That information doesn't always match with reality, I found.

@RichiH Locals refer it as Cubbon Park. I used to walk in Queens Road and Kasturba Roads to reach my office in that corner (looks like mini Burj al-arab) decade ago.