May 2012
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Yep- a thermostat in an Apple store ? →
Tony Fadell was the man behind the iPhone. But then creative differences lead linchpins to seek their own destiny. Fadell did. He quit Apple, wandered around for a year, worked feverishly on a new product and then launched a start-up. So what was his amazing creation?
A thermostat.
Beat that.
Yes a round shaped orb powered by technology and human intelligence like never before. A thermostat...
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Thought you saw me wink, no / I’ve been on...
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“I don’t think we have to own a social network.But does Apple need to be...”
– Tim Cook
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S$400,000 for one day of disruption in services
Yes. That’s what Singapore government (Infocomm Development Authority / IDA) fined Singtel for one day of disruption in 3G services between September 6- September 7, 2011.
Here in India things are chilled out. We have no such issues. Outages are normal. Service glitches are norm, customer service is a nightmare and we are all comfortably numb, dazed by inflating corruption and...
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The blasphemy of a disastrous IPO (worth 16...
This doesn’t make sense. For a week now, I have glanced through news reports, listened to news anchors and the furor over Facebook’s IPO seems unabated. Investors are angry, some want to sue, some others deem this is as the end of the tech “social media” bubble and the media is hell bent in devoting reams of fine print and 15 minutes of airtime per news show to this.
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Why I like Opera- and why this is sad?
Because on my mobile, it gives me the fastest experience, in terms of page load times, doesn’t sell my data to corporations, has still some of that indie spirit since its not yet sold out and has some real cool features, from tabbed browsing, speed dial, trash can, feed preview to customizable web search. Stuff i like.
Yes Chrome on Android is equally better . But I like my mini opera on my...
“I’m going to continue to write about what’s happening in our industry. But I’m...”
– Marco Arment
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It’s all a game, avoiding failure, when true...
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“What matters to most of us is our creativity and productivity, and frankly who...”
– Jonathan Littman
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After ages, Yahoo surprises with an awesome...
Yes, it may not win the browser wars, but then who thought Chrome would be the top dog in just four years.
Fact is, with Axis, Yahoo has really got something which is quite different from other browsers from an experience point of view, and the search experience is visually quite appealing.
Yes no more lines of blue links….all you get to see are a series of box images and you can decide...
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“If you wait until there’s another case study in your industry, you will be...”
– Seth Godin
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Media Myopia
How easy is it to write off a company ( Facebook) after one day of primary market trading where the stock falls by 12 per-cent ?
Reading the tech news coverage yesterday I thought Facebook kind of imploded in one day post the IPO and Mark Zuckerberg’s life kind of ended.
But then everyone’s favorite poster boy is just one step away from being everyone’s favorite whipping...
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The Story of Send - how to create a digital... →
Digital browsing experiences should be exactly like this. In this site, Google gives an explanatory angle to how an email is sent, but makes it a virtual journey for those who are browsing. It is replete with point videos ( to explain a particular process at every given juncture) , ambient sounds and a smooth hassle free UI. And not once do you have to click on a button, a link or are taken...
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Cos there’s beauty in the breakdown
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“Our mission is not to become a public company. Our mission is to make the world...”
– Mark Zuckerberg
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Facebook - Where to from here?
So the biggest tech IPO is over. Facebook ( FB) at $38 a share has not really set the NASDAQ on fire. Impressions vary from negative to neutral and overall the IPO seems to have been a bit of a whimper, or maybe the stock was priced absolutely perfect as many other analysts have pointed out.
Irrespective of that, where does a company which has only ad inventory to sell, go from here? What does...
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Big Data and the opportunity of discovery
Big Data is changing the search landscape as we speak. Today search is more about creating an opportunity to discover than reporting an incident.
To explain; a keyword can only highlight, index and hence rank an incident, but it does not quite grapple with the overall search landscape. Today it is more meaningful to analyze a global search pattern or trend to maximize SEO, than look at it from...
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She finally drank her pain away a little at a...
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The importance of relevance
Relevance is critical. It’s critical because without relevance demand cannot be sustained or created organically.
The biggest organizations in the world did not stumble and lose their way because they faced competition. They lost their way, when their products lost relevance in a changing world. They lost their way when they could not innovate for what would be RELEVANT tomorrow.
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“Yahoo didn’t lose because Google out-competed them on search. They lost because...”
– Chris Dixon
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Forever and Ever, Amen…remember this playing...
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“You wake up in my old t shirt…all those morning’s I was late for...”
– Brad Paisley
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Facebook launches lists for subscription- taking a... →
Yes. I have always felt that the profile would win over the page…in the long run…simply because the profile is personal..which connects the social fabric which powers and makes the social web so engaging. Pages are finally impersonal.
Taking a page out of Twitter’s marketing book. Facebook launches lists for subscriptions…
Agency guys…perk up…more work coming...
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Well some say life, will beat you down, break your...
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Dating the consumer- the art and design of it
Dating is all about the experience. A perception or imagery that is created to make two people feel good. The key word here is “FEEL”. The understanding is that if the “FEELING” is sufficiently good, then dating can move into more defined territories with more defined returns on investment.
However, at the moment of dating, there is an investment ( emotional and...
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The ease of Android in mobile app dev →
So for every app you ship, are you willing as a coder, to run Statistical QC on over 400 devices which run on Android and are all different and need tweaks to suit them independently ?
Yes the same freedom that makes Android so romantic, also makes application development a nightmare to ship as Android captures majority market share in mobile platforms and more and more devices get on...
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Listen
“What have I learned? That friendship, not money, is real security. That most...”
– Mark Boyle
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Listen
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“When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first...”
– Ernest Hemingway
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“Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect...”
– Steve Jobs
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Why Facebook is going the Apple way?
No they are different companies, but in terms of creating a long term viable business model, Facebook is trying to get all the pieces that it needs to create a scalable system and a supply chain to power it. Just like Apple did.
Let’s now think what makes Apple tick.
They make the hardware( iMAC, iPod, iTouch, iPhone,MacBook) which harbors the software( iOS, Mountain Lion) which has its...
And the song changes
Listening and typing…
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Dethroning Facebook and Twitter →
The company is called Leping Li and they have created a free app called Color Text Messages which allows you to create designs and send colorful messages from your iPhone. Imagine sending a message in satin lilac inside a butterfly designed speech bubble?
Yes and by doing that they are now the top free app on iTunes, dethroning Facebook and Twitter.
Neat right?
Download it.
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“I don’t mean to be a dick, but whoever came up with this name should be fired.”
– MG Siegler on the new HP Envy Spectre XT Ultrabook
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“Sharing is deeply sensory. From cooking a favorite meal to getting together with...”
– Vic Gundotra on the new GPlus app for iOS. The debate on GPlus as a successful social entity continues but Gundotra gets two things spot on.
a: Sharing is sensory
b: The most personal computer is your mobile phone
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How much would you pay to let 88% of your friends... →
Yes I know. You have just polished off your latest Facebook status update. Thirty minutes have passed and no. No like. No Share. No comment. Nada. That slowly sinking feeling….
Awww pretty please I know it kinda itches. Fucking waste of a update I say.
It’s normal. Every human being ( including the one making the above snarky comment) likes being appreciated for a thought, an act or...
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What happens when you mash up Pinterest and... →
Yes silly. You get Pinstagram. So if you really wanted a web interface to show off your instagram photos…( that is beyond your Facebook feed)…then this is it…a reverse mobile web pivot!
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So you think you want to be an entrepreneur ? →
Read this.
It’s pretty old and I found this rummaging online for stuff as I often do. In this 103 page nifty PDF, Yahoo is still mentioned as a hot internet company ( not the one besieged by patent wars with Facebook)..which tells me it was written a few years ago.
But still for an aspiring entrepreneur, Seth kills it where it matters. Getting the basics right and putting the thought...
