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Comment on Mysteries of the wedding invite by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:40:32 +0000

nice invite…

Comment on Mysteries of the wedding invite by SK

SK — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:40:08 +0000

Good luck!

Comment on IIM Bangalore Admission Process by Gaurav

Gaurav — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:30:24 +0000

will some1 plzzz tell me dat what is eligibility criteria to admsn in IIMB…………….!
i didn’t get dat, what is
CAT: 20 points
10th Board Exam: 15 points
12th Board Exam: 10 points
Bachelors Degree: 15 points…………….!
so plzz help me………..!
i hav good marks in 10th, bt bad score in 12th………!
nd nw m in FY of engineering (IT)………!
so sir plz help me………!

Comment on Rabbits, touch screens and democracy by chris

chris — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:33:06 +0000

quite a long winded way of justifying a purchase i mst say… intersting

Comment on I just don’t get it by Ramesh

Ramesh — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:16:06 +0000

Banjo, yeah!, hadn’t thought of that before, but yes, I agree! Right from the time of ICQ (another hot thing that no one uses any more, including me), to MSN Messenger to Yahoo Messenger to now, Google Talk.

Comment on I just don’t get it by Banjo

Banjo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:00:36 +0000

Would you agree updating status messages on chat portals were the earliest tweets? :)

Comment on I just don’t get it by Ramesh

Ramesh — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:31:13 +0000

Spring68: I agree that any medium that has the power of influencing millions will have allure. I do not dispute that. What does feel shaky to me is that Twitter is neither the best medium to do that, nor the first. My voice of dissent is predicated on my observation that all Twitter gives is merely the illusion of being important and influential, and that’s got to wear off pretty quick. Influence is not conferred, and earning it is much harder than having a bunch of followers on Twitter.

Sreejith: Your thesis that people like using the Internet (perhaps because it gives them more control and visibility and instant gratification?) is spot on, and I guess the site du jour will always be popular. Which makes me think what kind of services and sites will have lasting longevity like the telephone had.

As Shirky says, “here comes everybody.”

Comment on IIM Bangalore Admission Process by jnana

jnana — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:07:52 +0000

will someone please tell me that, in case of 12th % will iims take overall % i.e. PCMB along with language marks
or only PCMB marks or only PCM marks.Why i am worried about this is, i have a preety good % if i consider PCM
marks and at the same time i have very bad % if i consider PCMB and language marks, since i haven’t done well in
Bio and languages. So please help me out. You can send your answers to my id
ramya_shree98@yahoo.in

Comment on I just don’t get it by Sreejith

Sreejith — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:41:49 +0000

Though provoking post. Enjoyed reading it.

“Why exactly does humanity need to keep everyone updated on what they’re up to every instant?”

Well, people are broadcasting there lives right now. Photos of places they have been to, music/videos they are seeing and even the last thought that passed through their mind, and no doubt they are enjoying it for the moment. Now all these popular sites cache on any media type, ie flickr for photos, youtube for videos and now twitter for your thoughts (or what they call micro thoughts/blogs which happens to be plain text). Like you rightly said they are all ‘time-pass’ and don’t add any value/utility to our lives.

So a set of such ‘time passing’ sites will be around and popular for every 4 years and then the next set with the new web X.0 technology takes on. What I’ve felt about all this is that people just need to spend time on the net, they love spending time on the net and these companies are focusing on ‘how to get a slice of their time-on-net’. And humans naturally get bored with stuff they do ‘just for fun’.

Comment on I just don’t get it by Spring68

Spring68 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:58:15 +0000

Interesting viewpoint but can’t help feeling, even as a non techie, that merits and value
of Twitter are yet to be fully appreciated or monetized.

Twitter is enabling individual to become advocates, publishers, journalists – a chance to become famous, be listened to and be valued. Ability to reach out and influence others, perfect strangers from all over the world, will always have a power and value all it’s own.

Twitter will undoubtedly change but it is just another stage in the process of self expression and the development of the individual to become true to themselves.

Comment on I don’t want to blog. I want to write. by I just don’t get it by Euonymous aptronym.

I just don’t get it by Euonymous aptronym. — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:36:21 +0000

[...] as I’d rather not, let’s look at this (sloppy) comparison for a second. Blogs (again, who came up with this name?) became popular not because they created a new “revolutionary” medium of communication, [...]

Comment on Things have changed some by Rahul Soman

Rahul Soman — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:00:51 +0000

Anna,

Quite surprising and unbelievable because its you :-). Anyways good to read. Take care

Comment on IIM Bangalore Admission Process by sandeep

sandeep — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:41:12 +0000

ITS realy not good to judge on the basis of 10th ,12th, marks . because there may be students who worked for years part time job for con tinuing studies and if today they got good percentile after a long battle for coaching , degree, what mean–mean they can’t get into iim’s. we say that we have very intelligent persons here at iim’s. it’s a great lie .who took these decisions are not aware of insian poorty. r not aware of the real stand of india today. they all must be expelled from iim’s. they don’t have any right to stay there.
even 2009 budget has been totalyy based on indian poors and not only about industrialists, that’s a good one . but what’s going in iim’s is realy embarrasing. an mba is suposed to take decisions quickly with a very great accuracy, inventive . but what it is we say these persons wise one at iim’s . if i were there i would have kicked them out

Comment on Investor’s bookshelf by Ramesh

Ramesh — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:28:40 +0000

Hehe, likewise.

Comment on Investor’s bookshelf by banjo

banjo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:04:27 +0000

I had a mild shock after just reading the names of the books :)

Comment on I don’t want to blog. I want to write. by Santosh

Santosh — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:24:11 +0000

Woah! I never expected anyone to be so against the word ‘Blog’ :D Good read anyway! :)

Comment on Investor’s bookshelf by Rachit

Rachit — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:27:31 +0000

Blaag update required

Comment on Sherlock Holmes by Miroslav

Miroslav — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:57:22 +0000

Great post, couldn’t agree more. :)

Comment on IIM Bangalore Admission Process by Supreeth

Supreeth — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:54:08 +0000

Considering 10th and 12th marks… not a good idea… i mean its ridiculous….

Comment on I don’t want to blog. I want to write. by Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:46:43 +0000

Anna,

I didn’t understand what’s wrong with the word ‘Blog’. The post you wrote reflects that you hate the word. But why, is something which eludes me.