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Web addiction and dumbing down of the universe

May 5, 2009

Read this interesting post by George Parker, the vitriolic ad veteran and it struck a chord again. I have stopped reading books of late. I can’t remember the last book I read. I have at least 5 books that were bought in the recent past but remain unopened. This is not something new. The reason: [...]

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Of Twitter obsession and disdain

February 17, 2009

Unless you have been living under the proverbial rock, you must’ve heard about Twitter being hailed as a social media revolution. It also has it’s fair share of detractors. For an idea of what is being said against them, see here and here.
Am I an obsessive user of Twitter? No. Do I think it’s fun? [...]

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Whopper Sacrifice: trade in 10 Facebook friends for a burger

January 11, 2009

This is certainly an innovative use of Facebook Apps. Whopper Sacrifice has introduced a Facebook application that is getting a lot of buzz – at least in the Social Media blogs. The concept: delete 10 of your Facebook friends and get a free Whopper.

This is cool for two reasons. Firstly, there’s only a handful of [...]

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Finally, a realistic view on Social Networking Advertising

November 19, 2008

I was mighty thrilled to finally read something that is not euphoric about social networks and their ability to generate ad dollars. And it comes from a ‘voice of authority’ – Ted McConnell, General Manager-interactive marketing and innovation at Procter & Gamble. Commenting on ‘consumer-generated media’ he puts it brilliantly: Who said this is media? [...]

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End of Scrabulous?

July 8, 2008

The Agarwalla brothers they took a mildly popular game, available for a price online and made it free. And took advantage of social networking. From a board game played between a couple of blokes it is now accessible to millions of users online. While they should get their price for it, the Save Scrabulous group can’t do much about the owners of Scrabble staking their claim.

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Digital life and ‘getting a life’

June 5, 2008

Brilliant one from Joy of Tech.

Hmm, I could empathize with that.
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