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Ready for the next Kolaveri?

November 29, 2011November 29, 2011 by Karthik S

When Kolaveri went mega-viral, it was obvious that it would be followed by 2 or 3 more such ‘making-of’ videos shot in the studio with the hero and composer jamming ‘seemingly’ naturally. I was expecting it in Tamil, but it looks like…

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The power of passive readers

November 22, 2011November 22, 2011 by Karthik S

Sometime back, venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote a blog post (first this and then later, this one) on ‘The logged out user’. He goes on to explain the number of people who are logged out Twitter users and uses the famous ratio…

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Why won’t Meru Cabs accept responsibility?

November 20, 2011November 20, 2011 by Karthik S

A few weeks back, I had to travel to Chennai for a day along with the family. Considering the fact that it takes more time from my home to airport, in Bangalore, than from Bangalore to Chennai (1.5 hours vs. 45 minutes!)…

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short takes 

Can Twitter save lives? Perhaps!

November 13, 2011December 18, 2011 by Karthik S

Update (December 18, 2011): If you go by this report on Mid-Day, I suppose Sachin Gothi has some serious explanation to offer. ‘Accident’ tweet sends cops on wild goose chase. Original post: On November 12th night (or 13th early morning, to be…

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5 observations on social media sharing, from a compulsive sharer!

November 9, 2011November 9, 2011 by Karthik S

Despite my job and despite my generally curious nature on all things online/social, I still haven’t bothered to know enough about how to share stuff on Google Reader. I presume Google found a lot of people like me and perhaps that is…

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Random and pointless 

Indian airport security frisking and what it does to people

November 3, 2011 by Karthik S

Being a frequent flier, one of the things I notice keenly, much to my amusement, is how people behave during the airport security check. No, India is nowhere near the TSA-level frisking, but there’s something massively amusing about how people react to…

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How to make your social media presence worthwhile and stay largely out of trouble

October 24, 2011October 25, 2011 by Karthik S

While there is a school of thought that considers social media updates to be a spontaneous act of free thought and opinion, too many people have suffered in varying degrees by committing blunders online. I have a simple thumb-rule that I always…

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