AKSHAY RAWAT

The Temporal Turn: Designing an OS That Understands Time, Not Tasks

akshayraw — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:28:36 +0000

Thesis: Today’s phones are optimized to maximize app time, not human outcomes. The next breakout platform will invert that. It will organize your life across past, present, and future—with an AI that acts on your behalf across time—replacing “apps” with intent-driven tasks, memory, and planning. It starts as a companion app; it grows into a…

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The Guy Who Turned Down 800 Billion Dollars (But It’s His Business Card That Really Blows My Mind)

akshayraw — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:32:40 +0000

Picture this. It’s the ’70s. The decade of Bell bottoms, the decade of disco, and the decade where marketing stopped being a bunch of suits yelling “Buy this!” and became an art form of whispering “You need this.” Leading the charge of this art form in the heart of Silicon Valley is a man named…

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Finding Love

akshayraw — Sun, 07 May 2023 10:05:24 +0000

In love’s pursuit, we often yearn,
Yet love’s true essence, we must learn.
Not found outside, but deep within,
A stirring force, a heart’s akin.

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Feelings (of friendzone)

akshayraw — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:56:07 +0000

I thought feelings were mutual,
we made each other laugh like it was ritual
you comforted me, I got habitual
you were nucleus, & I electron, moving orbitual

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The Fourth Wall

akshayraw — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:19:21 +0000

After Ryan Reyolds starred in Deadpool, almost everyone is aware of the character and its ability to break the fourth wall by having humorous conversations with the viewers. What is the fourth wall and why am I talking about it. (Let’s take these questions serially) What is the fourth wall? It is a space that separates a…

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The Anti-Snapchat Squad

akshayraw — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:32:54 +0000

In light of recent events, Rogi Ksantnath (pronounced रोगी संतनाथ) (because a silent K adds character to the name) has launched an anti-snapchat squad to protect the honor of our country. At a very recent interview, he said and I quote “This special task force is assigned to protect people from the harms caused by the social media generation who…

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The Reset

akshayraw — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:16:12 +0000

A few drops on my windowpane
took me down that memory lane
when I thought of past and lived in pain
an eternity spent in vain
don't ask me, I can't explain
like a 3-D object stuck in a plane

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