I love Nordstroms. I really do! People are very professional and it’s a great shopping experience. Yesterday I was shopping there and picked up a couple of pants. There was a big sign there stating “Alterations made while you shop” and I thought I can get them fixed today. There was a tailor in-house, took… Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →