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[12 Nov 2005 | No Comment | 241 views]

I have recently started to observe that more and more blogs are increasingly smothered with ads and commercial links these days. So much so that they repel me from reading the content on those particular blogs. I think this is a very sad trend for the blogging community, and I am quite sure that most of the bloggers participating in these gawdy link exchange programs get a very marginal boost in their earnings/readership. If you are one of those bloggers, I hereby request you to please do something about it.
I …

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[22 Oct 2005 | One Comment | 81 views]

Bose is one of those strange companies that use their brand position almost as much as tangible metrics like product quality to make money. At the same time, they advertise their products so vehemently that you feel like they need to invest in a telemarketing channel.
I decided to buy two Bose products last month as I wanted to see what the hype was all about. After using them for about a month, here’s what I feel:
1. Bose Companion 3 Desktop Speaker System
This is a 2.1 desktop speaker system that I …

Life and Personal, Tech and Culture »

[18 Oct 2005 | No Comment | 115 views]

I am not very active when it comes to posting interesting, timely, well planned, and somewhat controversial tidbits on my blog. In fact, I don’t think I am addicted to this *culture* enough. There are bloggers who make it a point to make very regular additions to their log. They aim for a certain level of readership, and strive to spread word out by religiously posting comments on other blogs. I have not done all that until now.
This made me wonder. What’s my blog about? Do I have an agenda?
I …

India, Tech and Culture »

[12 Oct 2005 | One Comment | 85 views]

Yes! I am not kidding.
Just click on the links below to see what I am talking about :
1. http://alternativeperspective.blogspot.com.
2. http://www.cyd.liu.se/~kamva881/blogs.
3. http://youthcurry.blogspot.com/
4. http://www.technorati.com/search/iipm.
5. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3395977/
Indians never sit still !

Life and Personal, Tech and Culture »

[10 Oct 2005 | No Comment | 111 views]

Hey! I am back after a very long hiatus! I was basically tied up with so much stuff that I had little time and motivation to get myself to update my blog.
I was going through the best of Craigslist when I noticed a very interesting post by the CEO of experienceTHIS.us giving out advice to people applying for jobs online.
The gist of the post is that it is always better to be honest, elucidative, simple, concise, and professional when initiating that first key hiring related correspondence. Of course, different recruiters …