June 2006
10 posts
Microsoft’s Creative Commons Office plugin
Microsoft recently released a plugin for Microsoft Office which lets people license their content under the Creative Commons license directly from inside Office. I decided to give it a try. I found it really quick and easy to use. It is something like this that will create a lot of awareness and interest in “information commons” among the general public. It will be really cool if...
Manuel Lima: Visual Complexity
Manuel Lima, the creator of the website VisualComplexity.com talks in a podcast at ITConversations.com
VisualComplexity.com is not really a website - it is more like a directory of all projects which deal with the problems of visualising complex information in really cool and interesting ways!
One interesting project which Manuel talked about in the podcast was about visualising the...
Benq FP91G+ 19" LCD : the first thing I bought...
With the money from my first paycheck, I finally bought what I’ve been wanting to buy for a long time - a 19” LCD to use as a secondary display unit alongwith my laptop. Boy 19” is really huge! I initially wanted to buy a ViewSonic 19” widescreen LCD. But the ViewSonic refused to sync with my laptop’s graphics adapter. And after looking at the widescreen, I...
Google News Photo Mismatch: Interesting CS problem...
I’ve noticed this happen a lot of times. Finally I decided to take a few minutes to capture a couple of screenshots to illustrate the problem.
The above is a screenshot of a news item from the Google News website (taken on 21/06/06 2:08AM). The news item is a Reuters article which talks about Israel. But the picture next to it is clearly that of English football player Rooney. If...
Kleiner Perkins - 7 rules for software startups
# Instant Value to customers - solve a problem or create value with the first use
# Viral adoption - Pull, not push. No direct sales force required
# Minimum IT footprint, preferably none. Hosted SaaS is best.
# Simple, intuitive user experience - no training required.
# Personalized user experience - customizable.
# Easy configuration based on application or usage templates.
# Context aware...
Skype v2.5 can do Paypal and SMS
The latest version of Skype for Windows has Paypal integration and SMS support. But the SMS feature seems to be fairly useless because of the ridiculously high charges. What’s even more ridiculous is that the charge for making a phone call per min to USA is much less than sending an SMS to a US mobile no. As of now Taiwan, Denmark, Benin (it’s a country in West Africa!) and China have...
EOS Airlines: Selling a story…
If you’ve read Seth Godin’s books or listened to him before, you might be aware of his notion that marketing is all about selling a story alongwith a product. This morning I read this post by Rick Segal (VC in USA) in which he talks about his experience with a new Trans-Atlantic airline, EOS Airlines.
What’s special about EOS airlines? Its fleet comprises of 3 “business...
Update: My favorite Firefox extensions
The following are my favorite Firefox extensions:-
FlashGot
del.icio.us
Greasemonkey
Image Zoom
Flashblock
SearchPluginHacks
Searchbar Autoresizer
Tab Mix Plus
Google Notebook
SEO for Firefox
Useragent Switcher
Video downloader
Dev plugins:
Web Developer
View Source Chart
Live HTTP Headers
Selenium IDE
Extension Developer
Google Browser Sync almost made it to the...
This is quite cool…
Your consultants are known for being able to work from any external location. How do you enable that?
We are distributed virtually and our tech was designed for that. We don’t even have a corporate headquarters. One thing we’ve solved is printing; it’s a common thing that we all still need to be able to do. From anywhere in the world, an Accenture employee can go to our Web...