A New Language
September 3, 2007Every generation has its own short code … And the old code makes way for the new. OMG and LOL are now officially passe. The NYT has a whole set of new acronyms that are replacing words in language. * GI —…
Tag: Social Software
Some Blogs worth a Read
February 21, 2007In my trawling through the net for content of interest, here are a few new ones that are really interesting. Atrocity News – a site dedicated to highlighting atrocities in India. The site is a meticulous documentation of cases that violate the…
PutVote….
December 23, 2006…. an interesting new directory service- PutVote – an interesting new social bookmarking service – (thanks Debashish), that indulges in the great indian past time of wanting to vote on everything.
Blog Mela
January 7, 2006Hello and welcome to the first edition of BlogMela this year. And the year has gotten off to a great start. Some great writing in various categories from Desi Blogdom. Here goes. Arts and Entertainment Srican has an account of the nature…
Entries for the 1st Blog Mela of 2006
January 2, 2006Nominate away. new blogger, photo blogs, anything that will bring a bit of spice to our own little blogdom. The rules are the same as usual.
Praise Be….
December 28, 2005… somewhere in the world – someone has taken a spammer to court and won. I have all but ceased writing on media musings because of spammers. And on this site too – despite heavy anti spam plugins – spammers still manage…
Blog Quake Day
October 25, 2005One thing more than any than any other that the earth quake has proven is that man made boundaries are laughable. When natural disaster strikes it does not discriminate country a from country b. Suffering and pain and grief and loss extends…
The State v/s p2p’ers
October 23, 2005All through last year, and this – p2p sites have been served with notices. This image is going up on some that have been shut down. It almost seems like a challenge. For everyone of the sites that they shut down a…
How much is your blog worth?
October 23, 2005My blog is worth $49,679.52.How much is your blog worth? Mine is worth almost USD 50,000. Maybe it is time I sold out and moved to the hills 🙂 The valuation is based on Tristan Louis’s research that was triggered off by…
MSM picks up the IIPM v/s bloggers story
October 12, 2005.. just as another blogger Varna received a legal notice and a threat to be sued for 175 crores, in the ongoing saga of IIPM v/s freedom of speech, MSM seems to have woken up and printed its first story. But Varna’s…