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Crazy Little Thing called (Google) Love

People are lapping it up. Google launched Spreadsheet on Tuesday and it was promptly covered. There’s a rumour about Picasa coming as a Web-based version soon. Anything Google releases is a matter of hot contention. It is not a question to ponder whether the interest in the product will

By Shrikant Joshi 08 Jun 2006

The Call - Part IV

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***The story so far: **The coicidences reveal themselves. Turns out he’s been talking to the grim reaper all this while. Struggling to get a hold on this revelation, he looks to clarify the situation. But it is difficult to hold a conversation, especially when you don’t know

By Shrikant Joshi 10 May 2006

The Call - Part III

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The story until now:A bizarre series of coincidences has left him wondering. Apparently, he is not accustomed to things going perfectly well in his life. While he is wondering about these banalities, something strange happens…- - - - - - Strangely, he remained calm and unperturbed.I

By Shrikant Joshi 10 May 2006

WebOS and my conversations

My last post on WebOSes [http://corporatespices.blogspot.com/2006/04/web20-webos-weboffice-we-whatever.html] and the corresponding comments on ZDNet [http://www.zdnet.com/5208-11423-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=20200&messageID=388878&start=-24] and Performancing [http://performancing.com/node/2218] resulted in interesting conversations. Performancing users and

By Shrikant Joshi 03 May 2006

Web2.0, WebOS, WebOffice, We... Whatever.

The WebOS Market Review [http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=166] by Richard MacManus delves into the WebOS market, which is currently being played by small-timers like YouOS, eyeOS, XIN, etc. A WebOS is an OS on the Web that allows you to browse, eMail, chat, etc. Basically, the online

By Shrikant Joshi 25 Apr 2006

Foldera, Google, Marc Orchant and me - Odd man out!

Over at ZDNet, Marc Orchant has this to say in his article Foldera: Measure twice… cut once [http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=78]: > I applaud this strategy. The more forethought and preparation put into the launch, the better. Marc was talking about the eMail sent out by Foldera

By Shrikant Joshi 20 Apr 2006

The Call - Part 2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The story until now: He met someone he did not expect to meet. And he was given a deadline. He knew there was no choice but to accept it. Which he did.The story continues.- - - - - - He didn’t realise that he was standing.

By Shrikant Joshi 13 Apr 2006

Blog: The Market v/s The Masses

The blogosphere is nothing but the [online equivalent of a human society](http://corporatespices.blogspot.com/2006/02/capit-list-bloggers.html).Chris Garrett, over at Performancing notes:> Remember todays A-Lister could be tomorrows “remember him?”, and they all started out somewhere. The audience you are ignoring could be tomorrows A-List.

By Shrikant Joshi 16 Mar 2006

The Call

The door swayed slightly ajar and even before he could think it, he knew.Without looking up, he asked, “When?”“In about six months,” came the reply without so much as a hint of surprise, as if the question was expected.“That soon?” he had expected it, yet, he was

By Shrikant Joshi 02 Mar 2006

The (Capit-)A-list Bloggers

*The rich get richer and the poor get poorer…**All humans are born equal. but we just have to admit the fact that some men are more equal than the others. The society was, is and always will be divided into classes based on the financial status. Money is the

By Shrikant Joshi 01 Mar 2006

Google launches Office Live... erm.. Google Pages...

The Big Brother launched Google Pages [http://pages.google.com] yesterday. Of course, it is in Beta. Here’s how they are plugging it [http://pages.google.com/-/about.html]: > Want to create an online photo tour of your vacation to Bali? An overview of the South American

By Shrikant Joshi 24 Feb 2006

All because of a friggin' movie..

Today, I did something I shouldn’t have done. I watched ‘Rang De Basanti [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405508/].’ Having heard rave reviews from my friends and others, I decided to give it a go. And that’s where it all began. Questions that had been long hidden and

By Shrikant Joshi 20 Feb 2006
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