A Special Day

by Dina on January 29, 2013 · 13 comments

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For our parents – Drs Roshan and Homi Dastur:
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Happy 50th, Dearest Mum and Dad!

Thank you for always opening up possibilities. For giving us wings and teaching us to fly. For letting us find our paths. For keeping us real and grounded. For moulding our minds and our hearts. For looking out for us, even as we grow older.

We love you always,

Your three girls, and our families.

(Will add in more pictures from tonight’s celebrations later)

 

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Reading Bytes for Dec 13

by Dina on December 13, 2012 · 2 comments

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Updates on what I’m reading. Links with my notes. I also just tweet links and things that interest me @dina

  • How Companies Tap the Potential of Innovative Users – Four Examples from Germany – "Open innovation has found its way into companies’ innovation processes and is a widely used approach to spur collaborative innovation with consumers. A multitude of methods and tools have come into being, creating confusion about how to make the most out of users’ knowledge and creativity. This article provides innovation managers with insights into four popular open innovation practices at four German blue chips and contrasts the various approaches."

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Reading Bytes for Aug 17

by Dina on August 17, 2012 · 1 comment

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Updates on what I’m reading. Links with my notes. I also just tweet links and things that interest me @dina

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Reading Bytes for Jul 31

by Dina on July 31, 2012 · 0 comments

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Updates on what I’m reading. Links with my notes. I also just tweet links and things that interest me @dina

  • Ideas Man in Quest for Rural Innovations – QUOTE: "For more than two decades, Gupta has scoured rural India for its hidden innovations, motivated by the belief that the most powerful ideas for fighting poverty and hardship won't come from corporate research labs, but from ordinary people struggling to survive.

    Gupta, 59, and his aides have uncovered more than 25,000 inventions, from the bicycle-mounted crop sprayer to the electric paintbrush that never needs to be dipped in a paint can.

    Many of the cheap, simple ideas he spreads for free from one poor village to another with the inventor's blessing. Some he is working to bring to market, ensuring the innovator gets the credit and the profit that will spur others to create as well. Many ideas are simply documented in his database waiting for some investor to spot their potential. He routinely dispenses tiny grants, either from a government fund or his own web of organizations, to help poor innovators finish their projects."

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Came across this blog post – Klout, Big Data and Opting Out  by Fred McClimans via @gautamghosh and liked this quote, among other things: “There’s nothing in the dark that isn’t there when the lights are on.” Rod Serling.  I tweeted it, and @rajeshlalwani responds:

Rajesh’s quote immediately made me think of Shakespeare and his monologue from As You Like It. How true it is centuries later, for Social Media, and in the context of the raging discussions around privacy and big data! All seven acts and seven ages, as described by Shakespeare collide at such a fast pace on multiple stages. We’re visible to invisible audiences. We’re being edited by invisible algorithms.

And we are exposed.

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

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My Twitter Updates 2012-04-20

by Dina on April 20, 2012 · 0 comments

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I’ve tweeted it and facebooked it … but this is still my space, my main lifestream and my first love … and although I haven’t been blogging much, I thought I’d  share my talk on the Future of Insights which I made at the India Social Summit 2012.

Here’s the deck on Slideshare – in fully downloadable format, along with the talk script:

And here’s is a video of my rather rushed presentation at the India Social Summit 2012.

 

 

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Reading Bytes for Apr 19

by Dina on April 19, 2012 · 2 comments

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Updates on what I’m reading. Links with my notes. I also just tweet links and things that interest me @dina

  • Ethnographers vs. Moderators: Know What You Are Buying | anthrostrategist – Ethnographers vs. Moderators: Know What You Are Buying
    The other day I was speaking with someone about ethnography and was informed by the person in question that she too was a “moderator.” She, of course, practiced ethnography, such as it is, and informed me she had been “moderating ethnographies” for years.  Yes, it made my skin crawl. Not because someone was crossing disciplinary boundaries, but because the choice of words told that ethnography was indeed the last thing she practiced, but had no doubt sold her self-defined ethnographic prowess into many a company. And unfortunately, this is precisely what continues to water down and cheapen the methodology and its use in business settings.

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My Twitter Updates 2012-04-19

by Dina on April 19, 2012 · 0 comments

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  • what a super URL – Recommend.ly from @venkatvp #
  • Pretty awesome! Analysis of 484 mn tweets. RT @venkatvp: Tracking mood changes in the UK. Hilarious or serious? http://t.co/4csaiRLF #
  • my inbox is a stranger today #
  • Reading Bytes: Ethnographers vs. Moderators: Know What You Are Buying | anthrostrategist: Ethnographers vs. Mode… http://t.co/djyRzWsp #
  • Oh cool! Here's a video of my rather *rushed* talk on The Future of Insights at #indiasocial12 http://t.co/PpOpn1pT #
  • I'm reading: Ethnographers vs. Moderators: Know What You Are Buying | anthrostrategist: Ethnographers vs. Modera… http://t.co/DiNzcWrZ #
  • want the old back! RT @loosewire: looks like Google has finally dropped the 'revert to old theme' option in gmail. if so, a dark day indeed #
  • have you read this? pretty scary: http://t.co/o4bKz096 RT (ED): @syamant: ….. do people understand data aggregation's impact on privacy? #
  • That moment … just before your laptop battery drains out. Sometimes it stretches so. #
  • Agni 5: can travel more than 5000 km! RT Reuters: FLASH: India test fires first long-range missile capable of reaching China, Europe: TV #

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My Twitter Updates 2012-04-18

by Dina on April 18, 2012 · 0 comments

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  • Maid sez: Khushi (TV serial charac) is so thin but she'll soon be fat. Me: Why? She: coz they all start drinking beer once they're on TV. #
  • Love the Curators of Sweden case @gauravonomics: People's Insights Quarterly Magazine http://t.co/5hKtopIJ #crowdsourcing #storytelling #

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My Twitter Updates 2012-04-17

April 17, 2012

“What day is it,?" asked Pooh. "It's today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh.” #

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My Twitter Updates 2012-04-16

April 16, 2012

thanks for all the tweets, RTs and Favourites today 🙂 # wow!! RT @zigzackly: Quite the most brilliant use of YouTube I've ever seen http://t.co/IiuKIcLp # the mess i'm living with for the next two months …… my kitchen for starters http://t.co/Ciqp5LAh # the mess i'm living with for the next two months …… my […]

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My Weekly Tweets

April 16, 2012

wow @andrethinks is embarking on a 5000 km road trip from Kanyakumari to Leh to create awareness against #ChildSexualAbuse Needs support #

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My Twitter Updates 2012-04-13

April 13, 2012

wow @andrethinks is embarking on a 5000 km road trip from Kanyakumari to Leh to create awareness against #ChildSexualAbuse Needs support #

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