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Social media is like an alien attack!

December 21, 2009 by Karthik S

…or even a natural calamity, for that matter! Have you noticed? Aliens almost always attack the US, with the notable exception of District 9, where they, at last, decided to hover above South Africa. Its almost as if aliens are aware of…

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I’m berried in smartphone joy!

December 11, 2009 by Karthik S

This may sound like a gushing, blatant client plug, but as a smartphone user, I have to document my thoughts as I moved from Nokia’s E61i to BlackBerry’s 8520. I’ve to admit at the outset that I have been a vehement supporter…

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Can advertising become a two-way communication?

November 23, 2009November 23, 2009 by Karthik S

I tweeted earlier today – ‘Wondering if TV/ print ads should have a feedback sms no./ mail ID…’ Think about it…when was the last time you saw an ad in print or on TV that you thought broke new ground in the…

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Willingness to work 24X7? In a recruitment ad?

November 18, 2009November 18, 2009 by Karthik S

I have 2 reasons to be really, really annoyed with Cognizant, today. One minor reason – a Cognizant bus overtook me on the left, quite rudely. But I completely understand – the driver is just a contract employee and I don’t have…

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Social business design for dummies

November 7, 2009November 7, 2009 by Karthik S

(Apologies to Dachis Group, David Armano, Peter Kim et al.!) As I grudgingly got up this morning to attend an orientation session at my son’s school, I never knew that I’d end up blogging about the experience…let alone drag social business design…

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Overdosing on the PR koolaid

October 29, 2009 by Karthik S

Todd Defren recently posted a fictitious conversation between a PR rep and an creative ad guy, on how social media is not really the ‘thing’ of advertising agencies. Its quite funny, no doubt, but I guess we’re drinking too much of the…

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Private parts

October 22, 2009 by Karthik S

Now that Google and Bing will start adding tweets and Facebook updates to search, I’m sure we’ll have more debates on privacy – particularly, ‘Facebook updates being in Google search’ part. Though it is restricted to only your friends/ network, it still…

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