Things which are implicitly implied need not be explicitly explained.

I had been hearing about Startup Saturday from Netra for a while, when one fine day in October, whilst cruising past on the Rajeev Gandhi Sea Link or #bwsl as made popular by b50 I received a call from Annkur asking me if I could attend the interactive session the following week.

In my enthusiasm, I said Yes, and had second thoughts when I received his email “Referring your talk at Startup Saturday, it would be great if you can share your experience with the psyche of Indian consumer in creating international brands out of what has always been a commodity.”

But it was too late, because by then Jeev Daya Netra Prabha had swung into action.

I reached there on the designated Date & Time, entered the room & saw some 35-40 people sitting there listening raptly to the previous speaker. I was hurriedly introduced to the Originator of the idea Aditya Mishra and waited for my turn. (Felt just like waiting before an exam)

Soon enough it was my turn & we started it off. Quite an interactive session it turned out to be, with a lot of questions flying back & forth, before it ended.

I managed to acquit myself reasonably well, I think & for those of you who had asked for a copy of the presentation startupsat10thoct09.

To be successful, you need Friends, But…. To be VERY successful, you need enemies & competitors.

“When you have money in hand, only you forget who you are. But when you don’t have any money in hand,the whole world forgets who you are”

Some days before the actual date this year, I was Honored when someone asked my help to tweet the names of people who lost their lives last year.

However, there was a hue & cry by a lot of people who felt it was in bad taste, due to which we decided not to go ahead with, but keep a silence in our own way.

It was actually funny & pathetic to see a lot of the same people get patriotic, crucifying the media, politicians from a distance using all kinds of hashtags on the same day with the thought of making it a trending topic. Read the rest of this entry »

“The decisions you make when you are at your lowest, defines the person you will become.”

“If justice with a capital J is still elusive, you could still remedy a thousand little injustices everyday”

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I have been using E75 from the day it was launched & found it pretty neat & nifty. But the slide out Qwerty was a bit of a pain if long mails, messages had to be typed. Also the speakerphone & camera were not up to the mark - maybe I did not know how to use them. And the metal on the side was attached, so with a couple of falls, came out.

I was toying around with Black Berry Bold or the iPhone but somehow or the other was not completely convinced, in spite of having used both in the past.

And then, I saw the photos & review of E72 decided that I need to get this phone. With launch dates fluctuating etc. I made alternate arrangements & picked up the phone in the new Earth Brown color yesterday at 8.15pm in the evening.

By 8.45 pm the contacts, calendar, notes, messages, bookmarks were transferred; emails configured; latest version of gravity downloaded & my first tweet sent.

Within the next 14 hours, checked out the entire phone & am ready to share my views:

Setup is a complete breeze whether you use the wizard or do it yourself. Found the email options in setup better than earlier models. The setup takes a bit of time but once done, you are ready to go. There are options of connectivity in terms of want to check periodically (saves on battery) or keep it on.

The navi scroll takes a bit getting used to but is good & faster. In all there are 6 application shortcuts & 2 buttons that you can configure besides 4 which are fixed.

Getting used to the Qwerty feels a bit cramped after E75 but one gets used to it fast enough. The short cut to blue tooth, web, profile works fine & the browsing is better than E75.

The camera at 5 mp is a definite improvement but would know once I take more pictures.

A better quality of cover, longer USB cable (wonder if the south west Olive cost control was applied) could have been a value add on this business phone according to me.

Will update as I use it more & find other good things or kinks.

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