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Content syndication by bloggers and the exclusivity clause

August 24, 2010 by Karthik S

Assuming you know that I also do music reviews on my other blog, Milliblog, I faced an interesting and perplexing situation last week. I got a call from a national daily to syndicate my music reviews as a weekly column. Since this…

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Reporting traffic violations and bribes online is mob injustice

August 21, 2010 by Karthik S

I woke up to the cover story in Bangalore Mirror about two citizen empowerment (!) initiatives, this morning – ‘You paid bribe? Tell the whole world‘ and ‘Auto driver misbehaving? Get on FB‘. One was http://www.ipaidabribe.com/, an initiative by Janaagraha and, as…

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My advice to someone who wants to start a blog?

August 18, 2010 by Karthik S

One of the questions I was asked in a recent interview (on BlogAdda – part 1 and part 2) was, ‘What is your advice to someone who wants to start a blog?’. I started the answer with ‘Don’t’. But then, it sounded…

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Can Brand India get a bit more social?

August 15, 2010 by Karthik S

I stumbled upon the Tamil version of Indian President’s Independence speech last night, on television. I have never bothered to listen to what the President says, on the customary Independence Day eve speech…it’s called the ‘address to the nation’. I listened to…

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Would you mind sharing that cab to the airport?

August 13, 2010 by Karthik S

Whenever I take an early morning flight, I call a Meru/Easycabs cab. My home, in Bangalore, is about 50 kilometers away from the Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL). Average cab fare is about Rs. 800. I see hundreds (if not more) of cabs…

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Can Bipasha Basu and ducks help sell Kohler’s showerheads?

August 10, 2010 by Karthik S

I was quite intrigued when I noticed a banner ad on Rediff that said, ‘Pressure Play contest with Bipasha’. Clicked on it and found that it was by bath fittings brand Kohler. Now, I have seen Kohler’s range and really admire it’s…

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Can Social CRM by another name help in its better adoption in India?

August 8, 2010 by Karthik S

I was quite surprised to read Gauravonomics’ depressingly pessimistic take on the state of social CRM in India, today. It was a response to Indus Khaitan’s blog post on the same topic. Incidentally, I saw a link on Twitter, at the same…

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