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Firefox – Crossing the chasm?
Tim O’Reilly, for whom I have great respect, has a great post on O’Reilly radar discussing a breakdown of visitors by browsers they are using. Brief summary This year Internet Explorer: 54.66% Firefox: 35.08% Last year Internet Explorer: 75.53% Netscape: 19.89% The verdict is clear – Firefox is gaining a ton of momentum and there… Continue reading
Make it easy or make it hard..
My friend from India was staying at Homestead Hotels. Last night, I wanted to reach him by phone. I thought it should be easy. I was wrong! I knew his room number and it was easy to get the hotel number from the website. However, when I called the main number, I got a message… Continue reading
"Free" to "Paid" – The Meetup Story so far
Meetup, as most of you know is a hosted service for organizing, well, meet ups. Until recently, Meetup was a free service. A few days ago, Meetup announced that it will no longer be a “free” service. I have observed (sitting on the sidelines, of course) a lot of discussions and opinions about whether charging… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Zig Ziglar
Quotes worth recording – David Starr Jordan
Compelling offer #02 – iPod Shuffle?
I love Apple and they never cease to amaze with all the new and cool things that they come out with. However, I was a bit surprised when they came out with iPod Shuffle. It felt like it was more of a marketing play than a pure product innovation. I expected a lot more from… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The following quote nicely describes the power of expectations. I have seen this in my own life and in the life of so many people I know – when people close to us expect more from us, we usually rise to meet their expectations “If I accept you as you are, I will make you… Continue reading
What could you do with M&Ms?
Brad Feld writes about ordering custom printed M&Ms. If you can order customized computer products from Dell, you can now order custom printed M&Ms from Masterfoods. I am confident that others will follow but hats off to Masterfoods for taking the lead! It seems like an obvious extension now, doesn’t it? Again, most innovation projects… Continue reading
What difference could you make in haircuts?
Not much you may say. I beg to differ. I was watching a TV show the other night and I saw someone performing a haircut underwater and charging upwards of $200 per haircut. What got me interested was Onsite Haircuts, whose service is described as Onsite Haircuts is devoted to a single idea: providing a… Continue reading