Archive for November, 2006

Offline mode: the next frontier for AJAX web applications

« 28 November 2006 at 5:15 pm | 2 Comments
Techy, Ideas/Work | Tags: Google Docs offline data web applications »

Thanks to Scrybe for showing us how powerful and easy offline modes can be for web-applications (AJAX, flash, anything else).
I just started using Google Spreadsheets a week ago to collaborate with a friend who moved out of the office and back to Bombay … and without Google Spreadsheets, life was hell. Sure there are the […]



Ice Cricket, or what I’m going to do at Lake Placid

« 17 November 2006 at 9:39 am | 1 Comment
Personal, Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: Lake Placid Cricket »

So my friends and I are gearing up to spend the next long weekend at Lake Placid at a cozy wood cabin (unlimited firewood!!! No … I won’t let you environmental types stop me … I do this about once a decade, so let me burn some wood for a change!!! I even turn off all […]



Daniel Craig will do: Casino Royale!!!

« 17 November 2006 at 8:54 am | 2 Comments
General, Cool people | Tags: review Casino Royale James Bond »

So I did the usual thing I do when a new James Bond movie is about to come out … make sure I go watch the earliest show possible (no, I won’t skip office to watch it during the daytime!). So Surabhi, Suramya, Pranav, Aarti, Tintisha, Jessica and I headed out to Jersey Gardens theatres […]



Tata Group featured in Time magazine

« 16 November 2006 at 10:50 am | No Comments
Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: India Tata Time »

Time magazine has a very nicely written article on the Tata group and it’s various accomplishments in the industrial and economic development in India over the last so many decades.
I like the way Time magazine (like many other US publications) has a nice mix of facts with aggressive writing.
Read the Time magazine article here.
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Reliance India Call: quality problems

« 16 November 2006 at 10:44 am | 1 Comment
Techy, Nuisance | Tags: Nuisance Reliance India Call problem »

I’ve been using Reliance’s “India Call” calling cards to call my family back home for a few months now. They started out with excellent prices, quick connectivity and very clear voice calls.
However, over the last few weeks, their call quality has been dropping consistently. I haven’t tested this using any scientific methods or tools. But […]



The new Thinkpad TabletPC X61t

« 15 November 2006 at 10:46 am | No Comments
Techy | Tags: tabletpc x61 review thinkpad tablet »

It’s not even been a year since I got my tablet pc, and out comes a newer version of the ThinkPad TabletPC … the x61. Yeah, I know … it’s new hardware, get over it, etc.
Well, I’m not going to complain a lot, except for one really serious advantage … this new tablet pc can take in […]



Naming Names - A timesink

« 14 November 2006 at 5:02 pm | No Comments
Ideas/Work | Tags: website naming creative »

One of the biggest timesinks for a product company is getting to choose the right name for the various products/websites we keep launching.
There are so many factors that affect what can be considered a good name. Chiefly, getting a group consensus. Choosing a name that everyone likes or agrees on. My solution to this problem […]



MapLib.net great new mashup of GoogleMaps

« 9 November 2006 at 12:20 pm | No Comments
Cool people, Techy, Ideas/Work | Tags: Maplib Google Maps mashup Settlers of Catan »

I just played around with MapLib.Net a cool new mashup that uses Google Maps for some really innovative work.
It allows you to upload any photo to the service and use that photo as the “map” or background for a new Google Map. So you can zoom in/out, add markers (those red balloons) and even add notes. […]



Loyalities: Microsoft, Yahoo or Google?

« 6 November 2006 at 12:17 am | No Comments
Personal, Techy | Tags: Microsoft Yahoo Google rivalry competition comparison »

I just noticed the following …

Open tabs on my firefox window …

Gmail
Orkut (owned by Google)
Couple of Google search windows
Google reader
Google groups for programming research
Froogle for product price-checking
YouTube (can you say 1.65 billion, billllllion)

Using Firefox (promoted by Google, both Y! and MS promote IE7)
Use GoogleDesktop […]




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