Author Archives: manialok

About manialok

Alok is an accomplished IT executive skilled at leading the development, delivery and support of robust cost-effective systems and design. Offers a unique combination of strategic technology vision, business acumen, and tactical leadership to consistently deliver to plan and bring value to the organization.

Learning RPA with UiPath – A Book for beginners

Posted on April 13, 2018 by manialok

Although RPA has been a hot technology for few years It was very difficult to find any decent book to learn it. I wrote this book to bridge the gap. It gives you insight into  RPA basic and takes you to a … Continue reading →

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Why government websites are so shabby?

Posted on May 14, 2017 by manialok

Today I was looking at provident fund website, while it is appreciable that it is online (can’t see my passbook yet), why should it be so shabby? There is no professionalism in the design especially UI/UX. For registering members there … Continue reading →

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Machine Learning

Posted on December 1, 2015 by manialok

Pioneer machine learning researcher Arthur Samuel defined machine learning as: “the field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed”. Tom M. Mitchell provided a widely quoted, more formal definition: “A computer program is said … Continue reading →

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RPA – Hype vs. Reality

Posted on October 15, 2015 by manialok

The Reality Behind All the Fuss on RPA Automation has caused job displacement in a wide range of industries, especially those that has little to zero tolerance for mistakes, something that humans are bound to make at one point or … Continue reading →

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Rebooting Exchange resulted in a mess

Posted on February 4, 2013 by manialok

One fine day in office few people started complaining that they are getting password prompts on outlook, which was not big concern for me as long as they are sending & receiving mails. To understand the problem I started looking, … Continue reading →

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Cross domain web service access with jQuery

Posted on January 30, 2013 by manialok

It took more than expected time to figure it out. Since I do not code often so I thought accessing web service from jQuery should be quick and seamless. However this cross domain issue kept me busy for 2 hours. … Continue reading →

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The strange case of IRCTC site

Posted on December 17, 2012 by manialok

  Last day I was booking a ticket on IRCTC site but I could not. Although I was logged in with train searched in advance and was waiting for 10 AM to start booking tatkal ticket. It is so frustrating … Continue reading →

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Irrelevance of Windows Explorer

Posted on March 16, 2011 by manialok

Remember “Dir” command? No? Sorry I am talking of very old time. Windows explorer on Microsoft OS is used to browse files and supposedly used to organize files in your computer. However for a common mobile/computer user, why they should … Continue reading →

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Inserting divider line in MS Word

Posted on July 5, 2010 by manialok

Enter 3 dashes "—" and press enter you get a line. Very handy…

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Blogging with MS Word 2007

Posted on June 29, 2010 by manialok

My favorite word processor is MS Word (I am a very common man 🙂) and to post blogs it is very difficult for me to use something other than MS Word. I use to simply type my post in MS … Continue reading →

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