Archive | February, 2007

Do you play the “what-if” game with yourself?

Sometime ago I had read a book called Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis. It was the story of Solomon Brothers during their heydays — how did the company work, how did it rise to glory and how did it fall. If you get a chance, I recommend that you read it. In that very book [...] [...more]

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An Open Letter to Google - 7 Things to Keep in Mind When Introducing GMail PRO. Also, Why I will never pay for Yahoo Mail PRO.

Now that the Big Boy at Google — Sergey Brin — has given the hint that Google may be all set to introduce a PRO version of GMail, I thought I better write down my wishlist. Actually, it is more of a checklist of what I’d do if I owned GMail and I was in-charge [...] [...more]

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My Very First Blog Post!

I logged into my first (and only) MySpace account after about two year and guess what did I discover? The very first blog post I had made ever. Lookie – Aaaah! this is my first entry. Yes yes this is a boring, bullshit and a really old line which everyone starts with. But what else could [...] [...more]

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GMail to introduce a Premium Version?

The buzz on the street is that GMail may introduce a Premium Version later this year. Is it going to be a good thing? Probably! Ad Model is not “eternal”. Will I pay for it? Hell yeah, I would! What started the buzz? This Interview – “Now that Google has more computing muscle, Brin said the company will start selling [...] [...more]

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I Hate My Partner.

Go Checkout these really cool videos produced by a company called I Hate My Partner. Via : Seth Godin. [...more]

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The Business of Love : What it costs to say “Be Mine”.

So today is Valentine’s Day — the day of minting money err. I mean Love. Forbes has an awesome article which basically makes you feel that if Cupid got a cut of all the business done in his name, he would be a billionaire. Lookie – The survey polled 7,703 consumers and found that 63% of [...] [...more]

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MSN Chatlog : Mattias on Stress

Ever had those days when you didn’t feel like doing anything? Chances are that it might be because you’ve been working way too much. Yes, while talking to a friend of mine, Mattias, I came to know that when you don’t feel like doing anything, it might be nature’s way of de-toxifying you. Here, take a look [...] [...more]

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Google Maps Advertisement in UK

I dunno where I found this awesome ad that Google Maps put up somewhere in UK. But it is simply genius. [...more]

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Bugatti Veyron Speed Test.

This car has to be the hottest car I’ve ever seen. I’d say the very same thing which John said when he linked me to this video — “If I were a billionaire, I’d buy two.” [...more]

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3 Shocking Google Lessons for Bill — Navy Style.

So is Google a major source of your business — SEO or AdSense or Whatever? Here are some lessons that QuadZilla pointed out for Bill The Navy Guy, who went from zero to $60,000 a month to zero with AdSense… all because of some really shocking mistakes. Story of Bill The Navy Guy This guy created a [...] [...more]

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