{"id":37,"date":"2007-06-25T10:58:17","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T10:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/about\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:52:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2585 alignright\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" title=\"Bipin Upadhyay\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20191020-WA0011.jpg\" alt=\"Bipin Upadhyay\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>ProjectBee.org is maintained and run by me, Bipin Upadhyay.<\/p>\n<p>I live in <del>India, moving from one city to another every couple of years like migratory birds<\/del> Amsterdam. I do a whole lot of things and wish was good at some.<\/p>\n<p>Work<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Among a lot of things I do <del>and don&#8217;t get paid for<\/del> is performing and narrating (fictional) stories.<\/li>\n<li>I work as an Architect with <a href=\"https:\/\/team.blue\/\">Team.Blue.<\/a> My work usually involves assisting my incredibly skilled team in making architecture decisions, while ensuring that a semblance of sanity is maintained between the product view and the technical implementation.<\/li>\n<li>I <del>co-run<\/del> co-founded &amp; ran a starup in the past.\u00a0 We worked on products such as FormsDotStar, EntranceForms, and FoxyPay. Although I&#8217;m not involved with the startup&#8217;s day-to-day activities anymore, I&#8217;m happy that I left it in capable hands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hobbies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am part of the core team at <a href=\"http:\/\/null.co.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">null security group<\/a> and lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nullAMS\">Amsterdam Chapter of null<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I am an <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/projectbee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amateur (and award winning :D) photographer<\/a>, and a proud owner of Nikon D7000 (<a title=\"How my Kindle cover saved my Kindle, OR How I got robbed of my DSLR and laptop\" href=\"http:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/archive\/how-my-kindle-cover-saved-my-kindle-or-how-i-got-robbed-of-my-dslr-and-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">After my D90 got stolen<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/5748811-bipin-upadhyay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">love books<\/a><del>, but avoid contemporary fiction<\/del> (Harry Potter seems to have changed that). Oh, and I wasn&#8217;t a big fan of Kindle until I owned one<\/li>\n<li>I love movies and music, and am a big follower of Indian Ocean<\/li>\n<li>I also love Indian classical music and am a (dormant) volunteer of <a href=\"http:\/\/spicmacay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPICMACAY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I love poetry, especially in Urdu and Panjabi, and am a big follower of Gulzar saab, Mirza Ghalib, Bashir Badr, Faiz and Baba Bulleh Shah. I co-author at <a href=\"https:\/\/dervesh.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dervesh<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I am a nomad soul who gets bored with monotonicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bipinu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BipinU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bipinu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BipinU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>GitHub: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bipinu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BipinU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flickr: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/projectbee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ProjectBee<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SlideShare: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/bipin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bipin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My Startup: <a href=\"http:\/\/entranceforms.com\/?prjb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EntranceForms.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I love conducting workshops and delivering presentations, especially at educational institutions. Let me know if you are interested.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I know it&#8217;s a much used movie line and hence sounds corny, but I really DO wish I could fly (or may be even glide naturally).<\/p>\n<p><em>Obligatory Disclaimer: Unless and otherwise stated, everything on this blog is based on my personal views and beliefs -which may often be time bound. I&#8217;d hate to share the &#8216;credit&#8217; with my employer or any other entity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProjectBee.org is maintained and run by me, Bipin Upadhyay. I live in India, moving from one city to another every couple of years like migratory birds Amsterdam. I do a whole lot of things and wish was good at some. Work Among a lot of things I do and don&#8217;t get paid for is performing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pf2XR-B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}