Everyone (ok, all techies) remembers the Slashdot effect: it’s when your website makes it to the front page of slashdot and instantly causes a gazillion people to come and check it out.
Best case scenario … your server holds on for a few minutes.
Normal scenario … it goes down in a few seconds.
Just like the Web […]
Archive for October, 2005
You’ve been dugg
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31 October 2005 at 4:07 pm |
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Cool people, Techy | Tags: Website digg.com
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Delhi blasts: WTF
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30 October 2005 at 8:28 am |
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Personal | Tags: Delhi blasts
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This is the f***ing limit … right on the weekend before Diwali … what the hell is going on?
All of a sudden, my stance against the war-on-terror has changed … overnight.
You* don’t f*** around with the joy and happiness of Diwali … you never, ever mess with it.
*Fracking jehadi terrorists.
This is the f***ing limit … right on the weekend before Diwali … what the hell is going on?
All of a sudden, my stance against the war-on-terror has changed … overnight.
You* don’t f*** around with the joy and happiness of Diwali … you never, ever mess with it.
*Fracking jehadi terrorists.
Hosted Office: Hogwash
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28 October 2005 at 4:20 pm |
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Ok, so the ZDNet blog has an article in which they quote a M$ insider that Office 13 (not the upcoming version, but the one after) will be web-based like the salesforce.com’s and the Wordpress’s and the NetSuites of the world.
Microsoft building a fully Web-based Office? by ZDNet’s Richard MacManus — A “Microsoft insider” […]
Ok, so the ZDNet blog has an article in which they quote a M$ insider that Office 13 (not the upcoming version, but the one after) will be web-based like the salesforce.com’s and the Wordpress’s and the NetSuites of the world.
Microsoft building a fully Web-based Office? by ZDNet’s Richard MacManus — A “Microsoft insider” […]
PR for Cottonians
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28 October 2005 at 11:13 am |
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All ye Cottonian CS students …
Goto this page and search for “Rao”.
Any Cottonians rememeber?
Kinda cool, huh?!
Update: Website address to above page has changed to this.
All ye Cottonian CS students …
Goto this page and search for “Rao”.
Any Cottonians rememeber?
Kinda cool, huh?!
Update: Website address to above page has changed to this.
Random Thoughts
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27 October 2005 at 3:57 pm |
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Thanks for including me in your blog vb. This will be fun!
Thanks for including me in your blog vb. This will be fun!
Making the case for invite-only alpha’s
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27 October 2005 at 2:54 pm |
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Cool people, Techy, Ideas/Work | Tags: Website marketing
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Ever since GMails’ invite only beta release, you see a ton more companies trying out an invite-only alpha/beta release.
Obviously, it does two immediate things …
1) Generates buzz surrounding your product/website … “It’s cooler simply because it is invite only”
Anyone remember this model from the various night-clubs, elite new year’s parties and private gambling rooms in […]
Ever since GMails’ invite only beta release, you see a ton more companies trying out an invite-only alpha/beta release.
Obviously, it does two immediate things …
1) Generates buzz surrounding your product/website … “It’s cooler simply because it is invite only”
Anyone remember this model from the various night-clubs, elite new year’s parties and private gambling rooms in […]
App Screenshots and Website Live Demos
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27 October 2005 at 1:08 pm |
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Cool people, Techy, Nuisance | Tags: Website Software blogging
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If you or your company is launching a desktop/mobile software product without Screenshots available on your website or launching a web based service (Blogging tools, CRM, Forums, etc) without a LIVE Demo of it on your website that allows me to view it in end-user mode … forget about it. (i’ll even take a flash […]
If you or your company is launching a desktop/mobile software product without Screenshots available on your website or launching a web based service (Blogging tools, CRM, Forums, etc) without a LIVE Demo of it on your website that allows me to view it in end-user mode … forget about it. (i’ll even take a flash […]
LIVE Conference Blogging: HHGFAA in Washington, DC
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23 October 2005 at 11:44 am |
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Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: HHGFAA Live moving software
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LIVE blogging from the Household Goods Forwarders Association of America (HHGFAA) Conference and 43rd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
I’m here representing Adeena at booth #822.
It’s already been a hectic morning, with a 7:30am start and huge crowds visiting and asking questions … (some even asking the right ones … like “How soon can you send […]
LIVE blogging from the Household Goods Forwarders Association of America (HHGFAA) Conference and 43rd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
I’m here representing Adeena at booth #822.
It’s already been a hectic morning, with a 7:30am start and huge crowds visiting and asking questions … (some even asking the right ones … like “How soon can you send […]
Addictive Gravity Game
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21 October 2005 at 12:38 pm |
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Cool people | Tags: Gravity Game
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AWESOME.
Short post … i’m going back to playing Gravity.
AWESOME.
Short post … i’m going back to playing Gravity.
Small Business Partnerships: Communication is key
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21 October 2005 at 10:40 am |
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Personal, My Work, Ideas/Work | Tags: Business MindPillar Startup
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It’s been a hectic few months at my companies (MindPillar and Adeena). New developments … new people, new issues, new projects, new season, many conferences and still a lot of hard work.
One thing that hasn’t changed is the personal/business dynamic that comes from having 3 partners often having very differing viewpoints. And thats after I […]
It’s been a hectic few months at my companies (MindPillar and Adeena). New developments … new people, new issues, new projects, new season, many conferences and still a lot of hard work.
One thing that hasn’t changed is the personal/business dynamic that comes from having 3 partners often having very differing viewpoints. And thats after I […]
