Brian Pokorny talked about a distinction between the applications that focus on the front camera more than the back camera in the devices. I think he is right about the comfort that the younger generation (less than 25 year old) has to be in front of a camera. We observed it with vChatter also. He [...]
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Front vs back
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Camera camera everywhere …
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Camera camera everywhere … Not a single relevant pic? Something serious is brewing in the mobile photo sharing space. A number of entrepreneurs are looking at the cameras springing up in each and every device around us and trying to make the most of it. Instagr.am just released a very polished and popular iPhone application. [...]
f8 facebook developer conference summary
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was at the f8 facebook developer conference today. Here is a quick summary that I put together from a facebook developer’s perspective. Facebook announced a bunch of things today. There will be a profound impact of these changes on the way we browse our favorite websites and as facebook developers our lives would be [...]
At the intersection of liberal arts and technology
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I think this slide from Steve Jobs’ presentation sums up my professional life really well – At the intersection of liberal arts and technology.
Mining meaning with the mobs – Meaningful games
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Games, Uncategorized on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Could games be used to influence behavior? Could guilds, mobs and monsters teach us a thing or two about leadership, decision making, team building and effective communication? The answer is absolutely yes. I met an interesting Stanford professor Byron Reeves who is focusing all his energies now to create this link between the fun games [...]
Big ideas and bold actions
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
David Plouffe (the mastermind behind Obama’s campaign) was awarded the Game-changer award at the We Media conference. They are launching recovery.gov today. David gave an address via video here at the We Media conference. He mentioned about the holy grail of politics – how to use the Internet to organize people. Rapid response isn’t just [...]
Get to know yourself
Posted in Balance, Decision Making, Leadership, Life, Psychology, Uncategorized on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a moment for America! Obama is the 44th president of the USA. A great inaugural speech by Obama which touches everyone on this planet. One of the readers of Andrew Sullivan’s blog writes about the difficulty that the comedians have in mocking Obama. Interesting read particularly this line – “Obama has the realness that [...]
Happy New Year 2009! – शिखर के उस पार!
Posted in Life, Personal, Perspective, Uncategorized on January 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I wrote this poem in Hindi. A translation for my non-Hindi-speaking friends is coming soon जीवन की दुपहरी! – ना जाने क्या है शिखर के उस पार! तीसरा और चौथा पहर अभी शेष है जगमगाती दुपहरी का ये भेष है सूर्य अपने चरम पर आशाएं अपने परचम पर असली जीवन तो अभी बाकी है! क्या [...]
