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State of Indian software product companies

July 10, 2009July 10, 2009 by Karthik S

There are a handful of Indian software product companies, amidst the sea of software services companies – at least ones that are well known. And, I’m referring to the ones operating in the B2B space, like Oracle…not the B2C business model companies…

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The lack of Connections!

June 28, 2009 by Karthik S

Back in December 2008, when composer A R Rahman announced a new private album called Connections, I was really excited. After all, this was his private album after ages. But, there was a catch. Connections was a Nokia exclusive…meaning, the album was…

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Passing the baton, seamlessly

June 24, 2009 by Karthik S

I was waiting for Kiruba to blog the second part of what we now Ludlum’esquely call, ‘The Kiruba Incident‘. Why? Because I had something similar to share and I was curious to see how all the negativity of Kiruba’s part one turns…

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Eros gets on my nerves!

June 10, 2009 by Karthik S

Eros owns the rights on everything to do with Imtiaz Ali’s 3rd film, Love Aaj Kal. And they make it mighty apparent. Impressed by the promo I saw on YouTube this morning, I tweeted the link. The movie, at least based on…

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The case for American Airlines’ website redesign

June 10, 2009 by Karthik S

I LOVE this! Truly! Dustin Curtis, a user interface designer, had an opinion about the website of American Airlines. He thought, to put it mildly, that it sucked. Fair enough – its a personal opinion. But, like most new-age, web x.0 savvy…

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Holiday at Thippanahalli Home Stay, Chikmagalur

May 29, 2009 by Karthik S

My earlier visit to Chikmagalur was more of a base for places around it – Belur, Halebid and Horanadu. So, itâ??s no wonder I didn’t have much of an impression about it. This time, however, the place of stay made all the…

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Big Bazaar’s mega marketing fail!

May 22, 2009May 22, 2009 by Karthik S

Big Bazaar. Asin. Can these 2 come together? Can Asin be Big Bazaar’s brand ambassador? She’s pretty and successful. And if Big Bazaar, belonging to the future group, can afford her fee, why not? Errr…could we rewind a bit? And recall this…

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