T.C.Kamdar

Still looking for a sure fire way to live in the present moment at all times....

[Jinen Kamdar @jinen]

big news: we're spinning out gather into a profitable independent company, and our AI team is joining figma!

building gather has been the honor of a lifetime. i'm deeply grateful to the team and customers who made it all possible.

i’ll be a townsperson forever, but i’m excited to become a figmate soon 🫡.

more in our founders' letter below.

[T.C.Kamdar @tckamdar]

Pandit Ritwik Sanyal in a Dhrupad concert in Bengaluru. Raag: Jog. Sublime & Meditative.

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At Dhrupad concert by Pandit Umakant & Akhilesh Gundecha in Bengaluru. Raag: Shuddha Kalyan. Really superb.

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At a Dhrupad concert by Pandit Umakant Gundecha & Akhilesh Gundecha in Bengaluru. Raag Shuddha Kalyan. Mesmerizing !

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Sarangi concert by Farooque Latif Khan in Bengaluru.

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Enjoying Dhrupad concert in Bengaluru by Mallick brothers of Darbhanga gharana. Excellent!

[T.C.Kamdar @tckamdar]

@flippnflops @gather_town @jinen @k_m_y_l Thanks, Phillip. But I am sure you have seen how Jinen seldom seeks or takes credit while generously giving it to others. I am a recipient of that generocity here.

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@kansenclub Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

[Jinen Kamdar @jinen]

i'm eternally grateful that i get to wake up everyday and work with a kickass team to build some of the most creative and beautiful software we can in service of helping people connect in new, meaningful ways.

this place brings me so much purpose and joy, and i sincerely believe i can do my life’s work here.

thank you so much @flippnflops @k_m_y_l @gather_town for the opportunity and for the support💜

[Phillip Wang @flippnflops]

In the last few years, @gather_town has been “refounded” multiple times, from going after our vision of the Metaverse at the start of the pandemic, to refocusing on remote work and rebuilding the entire team to get there.

@jinen has been a lynchpin in refounding Gather, and for that reason, @k_m_y_l and I are excited to name him a co-founder!

We first met Jinen 3 years ago, and from the very first week, he was changing Gather in big ways. He helped us realize what it’d take to actually become a successful work product, and made some big bets on the product that ended up being totally correct, but which the rest of us didn’t have the conviction to make. He also played a huge part in defining the culture we have today centered around hunger and excellence in craft. These values are now strongly embraced by every member of our team, make Gather the most energizing to work at than ever before, and will likely be the pillars of our organization for many years to come.

As we’ve gotten to work with Jinen more, Kumail and I have felt he possesses the intangibles that make him a cofounder rather than just a successful, hired executive. He believes in our mission with every fiber of his being. So much so that I’ve found myself inspired by our own mission in ways I didn’t know possible, given how he frames it. Looking towards the future, he shares my hope to work on this mission for 10+ more years, if not to be the last jobs of our careers.

On a personal side, this has been incredibly meaningful for Kumail and I. From the beginning, our hope was to create an organization that was much larger than the two of us, and that we could find other people who would be equal stewards in our shared purpose. We’re very lucky to have found that in Jinen. And looking forward, we hope to find more and more talented people to take ownership in our cause.

To our customers, both current and future. Please know that our team is working extremely hard on a next generation version of the product that we believe will solve the largest issues we hear from you all. The current product is unfinished, and there’s a ton more to improve. Stay tuned!

[T.C.Kamdar @tckamdar]

Dhananjay Hegde in concert presenting Khayal in raag Marwa in Bengaluru. Excellent!

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@AshwiniVaishnaw Your excellency - this is for ur staff to work on.The amount of info & effort needed just to file a complaint with IndiaPost is exhausting & error prone.After 3 tries, I finally gave https://t.co/0z7trYssxp an error message which said " something went wrong"

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@nsbarr Indeed ! If you get a chance to attend a live concerts of Ustad Shahid Pervez - the magic of his music and mastery of Sitar will mesmerize you.

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Listening to Ustad Shahid Parvez in concert with Yashwant on Tabla @ Nehru Center, Mumbai. Rag Bageshri, Jhaptaal. Both are in a great mood. Wonderful performance.

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Pandit Sajan Mishra & son Swaransh in concert at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, presenting Khayal in Rag Madhuwanti. Magnificent !

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Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar in concert in Bengaluru singing unsung compositions of Gansaraswati Kishori Amonkar. Vilambit in Yaman followed by Tarana in slow tempo. Magnificent !

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@MinOfCultureGoI @PMOIndia @kishanreddybjp @arjunrammeghwal @M_Lekhi @AmritMahotsav @secycultureGOI @PIBCulture Dhrupad

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Pandit Nagraj Havaldar & son Omkarnath Havaldar presenting raag Multani & Bihag at Academy of Music in Bengaluru. Simply divine.

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@Manjunaath Great to hear your daughter will soon enter college. Would be good to see you all some day as well.

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Pandit Dr Venkatesh Kumar in concert at Indian Institute of World Culture in Bengaluru. Khayal in Rag Gorakh Kalyan followed by Rag Bihag. Outstanding performance as always.

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Enjoying a Ghazal concert by Prithvi Gandharv & Minal Jain @ Indira Nagar Club, Bengaluru.