From the monthly archives:

July 2009

links for 2009-07-30

July 31, 2009

UsageWatch | Observing the evolution of technology usage – my friend Rama sent me this link on facebook.
Clips: "… We have thousand of pages of heartwrenching accounts of separations by people sent off to work, fight or study in more or less distant lands. The geographical distance was not the only reason for this [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-30

July 30, 2009

@aalaap cool! grabbed http://3.ly/dina :) :) in reply to aalaap #
@hemantmmehta what can be better!!!! hope he or she remains both in reply to hemantmmehta #
I’m reading: UsageWatch | Observing the evolution of technology usage – my friend Rama sent me this .. http://bit.ly/18kGQ7 #
I’m reading: Women Snubbed in Top Ten Speakers [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-29

July 29, 2009

@kanwarsation aaah i hope so!! just make sure your research dept ‘gets’ it this time around in reply to kanwarsation #
Thanks for all the RT’s you all!! Got mails already. Will respond in the evening. #
Study is on beauty & grooming. Involves a research blog & face to face interviews. will pay honorarium. [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-28

July 28, 2009

PEW report says the future of Internet usage is mobile (http://tinyurl.com/npljcy) & wireless (http://tinyurl.com/mxqrtt). [via @ndhanthro] #
@gakash2222 Camtasia Studio looks like just the thing I need – and they have a 30 day trial period! thanks v much. in reply to gakash2222 #
@nirav is working now – didn’t realise it wasn’t loading earlier. thanks! [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-27

July 27, 2009

@gkjohn it was 400 km to and fro. total 9 hours!!! roads on the way back were just potholes. in reply to gkjohn #
drove to Pardi in Gujarat & back y’day. 400 km. roads were HORRID, despite new highway & hi toll. 3.5 hrs to reach but 5.5 hrs on return. #
done for the [...]

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links for 2009-07-24

July 25, 2009

#FollowFriday: Dead Or Alive? | nice lil dipstick survey results by @pujamadan
Imagine this: you take the same bus to work everyday. You spend a good one hour, sitting, looking out the window, reading a book, chatting up your neighbour, immersing yourself into an experience called the bus-ride. And you notice something else: that on Mondays, [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-24

July 24, 2009

I’m reading: #FollowFriday: Dead Or Alive? | nice lil dipstick survey results by @pujamadan: Imagine.. http://bit.ly/H8hzT #
@kaminibanga thanks – am quite excited about doing it. you’re the best-selling author tho . maybe we could do one together some day! in reply to kaminibanga #

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links for 2009-07-23

July 24, 2009

Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll — New York Magazine
Clip: " … She has a MySpace page and a Livejournal. And she tells me that the Internet brought her to New York, when a friend she met in a chat room introduced her to his [...]

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Mobile Innovations

July 23, 2009

For a few days over the next two weeks, I’m going to be a “scribe” where I will visit with people who’s lives are being transformed through mobile innovations. This will be in rural Maharashtra and Kolhapur, and the two projects we are covering in India are Nokia Life Tools and Nokia Tej.  This is [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-23

July 23, 2009

@mphaxise thanks! am looking forward to it, and to blogging more regularly as a result in reply to mphaxise #
@shefaly abso. pinged you on gchat – you’re offline there now? in reply to shefaly #
@SashG not sure really which one it was. definitely in that row of shops near Outfits in reply to [...]

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Reflections on early blogging

July 23, 2009

This one’s especially for my more recent readers and newer members of my community here, on Facebook and on Twitter.  I was interviewed by BlogAdda. It was interesting to be able to reflect a bit upon my early days of blogging from 2003, and introspect on how blogging has changed me and my world!  I’ve [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-22

July 22, 2009

@rajeshlalwani on the phone with a client – call you back soon in reply to rajeshlalwani #
@rajeshlalwani oh i think so – haven’t checked the weather reports tho’. we live here and are safe . any chance of meeting up? in reply to rajeshlalwani #
@Gauravonomics good on you! i really struggle with discipline. how [...]

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links for 2009-07-21

July 22, 2009

Religious Groups Turn to Technology | cool article by @evgenymorozov
If you had to choose one weapon for fighting the next religious war, you could do worse than to pick an iPhone. In recent months, the foot soldiers of religion have come out with a bevy of new programs designed to win converts and make religious [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-07-21

July 21, 2009

timemachine time! was delighted to find old videos of ethnograpies i feared i had destroyed in an old backup from early 2008. #
@aswath it is a good method! i use it all the while. just saw yr comment at my old blog on enthinnai or front porch – thanks for sharing! in reply to aswath [...]

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