• It's 3 AM and absolutely lovely catching up with my brother @rajmohan at his place in Walnut Creek, CA. Meeting him after 4 long years. #
• Watched the first SuperBowl of my life. Finally figured the rules of American Football. #

• @krupali Can't wait, Krupali. Let's plan on some fun outing once there. in reply to krupali #
• Picked up Magic Jack from Fry's. Thanks @rajasekarn and @upbeatnow Rajesh for the suggestions. #
• Plotting Cerebrate Silicon Valley with Rajesh Setty @UpBeatNow #

• Was at the premier show of http://www.ETwow.in . Absolutely fabulous performances. Do your family a favour and take them there. #
• CHN -> DXB -> SFO #
• Strange truth: No matter how many months you have to plan, you always arrive at the airport at the nick of time! #
• @ruchitgarg No plans for Seattle this time, Ruchit. But its a place I'd love to visit. in reply to ruchitgarg #
• @thathoo Am in SFO frm 4 till 8 Feb. Then move to Palm Springs to participate and speak at TEDactive. in reply to thathoo #
• @semilshah Coming over to speak at TEDactive at Palm Springs. Stopping over at SFO for 4 days. in reply to semilshah #
• @semilshah Thanks Semil. Will ping you when I come to Seattle. You do the same when you are in Chennai. in reply to semilshah #
• @semilshah Oops. Mixed up the city. The invitation still stands! in reply to semilshah #
• Lucky. Got the best economy seat on the plane. Twice the legroom you'd find on First Class. Grumpy neighbour, though. #
• @naveennathani My neighbour actualy noticed me typing the last tweet about him bring grumpy. He actually loosened up after that! in reply to naveennathani #
• @thathoo That sounds quite good! Can you email me your phone number to kiruba@kiruba.com. Love to visit Stanford University. in reply to thathoo #
• At Dubai airport. The WiFi here is so slow that it makes our dial-up look turbo charged! #

• The Social Media Case Study Challenge is now open http://www.indiasocial.in/casechallenge/ . Pls RT. #

• RT @enidhi: Free invites for chennai bloggers/tweople for premiere show of ET Wow: http://is.gd/7sZil #

• At Besant Nagar beach, watching ppl participate in sand sculpting competition. If I had known earlier, wud hv got my kids along. #

• Off to IIT Chennai to conduct a Brain Jam at 2pm. Then proceeding to Ascendas for the Chennai Tweetup at 6pm. #

It’s not often that one gets to attend a TED.  The combination of exclusive and expensive makes it hard to get.   After I attended TEDindia at Mysore,  I was so smitten by my experience that I made it my goal to attend one more TED.  So, when I got an invite to participate and speak in TEDActive in Palm Springs, CA, I dived in head first.

Here’s how my schedule roughly looks like.

Feb 7 & 8 – Los Angeles

Feb 9 – 13 – Palm Springs at TEDactive

Feb 14 – 16 – San Francisco

At both LA and SFO, I’m looking forward to meeting up with friends and interesting people.  Please ping me at Kiruba@Kiruba.com or +91.9841597744 if you would be game for a meet up.   At LA,  I’m also looking for a couch to crash at.

While I’ve been to California before, I never really took the time out to see around LA or SFO in detail. I’d love to hear from you on interesting places to visit.  I generally tend to avoid very touristy places.   In addition to places, I’m also very eager to meet achievers that I’d like to profile at the Cerebrate book.

Thanks in advance for your help.