Archive for October, 2006

How IE7 forced me to change my blog …

Couple of days back, I decided to download and install the all new Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. And I must say, that I have been greatly impressed. After having used FireFox(while I was in Dubai) for quite sometime, I became quite a fan of tabbed browsing, and when I saw that IE7 has incorporated the same, I was really glad that I could now use IE with the FireFox like feature. And that’s not all … IE7 comes packed with all features fire-foxy. To list a few, it has support for RSS feeds, improved user interface, inbuilt search and also the ability to have add-ons (IE7 Addons). Although, the add-on’s would not quite compare to the those we have for FireFox, but it sure is a great move. Infact I even found a Internet Marketing Toolbar called the VRE Toolbar.

My Diwali Day …

Over a fortnight has passed since I last blogged and it isn’t the lack of news or ideas that kept me away from posting away on my Babble Belt. Infact I must have come across almost a dozen ‘bloggable’ ideas, but I never really got of to a start. That’s bad on my part … I agree … I could have atleast done a “Happy Diwali” post, like my buddy Kedar did. But, believe me this was one of the longest Diwali I have ever had !

Jawed Karim : The 3rd of YouTube.com’s Three Founders

Ohh Yeah, there is one more ‘King Ka-ching’ behind the whole $1.65bn YouTube.com acquisition by the Big G. Like most of the people(including my friend Kedar) , I too have been closely following the Google takeover, and there is a whole lot being said about the deal. But very few people actually know that there is a 3rd founder involved with the YouTube team.

YouTube founders Chad Hurley, Steven Chen and Jawed Karim

My 1st Film Looplet …

After having seen almost over a hundred different looplets all over the web, I finally got around to downloading FilmLoop software. Why didnt I do that earlier … well, well … the silly me always believed that FilmLoop just works with Flickr, and I am (surprisingly) not much of a flickr fan or user.

But anyways, now that I have ridden myself of the misconception, I would advise one and all to check out the slick tool they have at FilmLoop. Its very easy to use and generates fascinating flash looplets which can be hosted on your blogs, websites and myspace pages. And for all you Web2.0 fans, I am sure you’ll love the Web2.0ish features of this software.

MegaMasterClass 2006 : What happened to the test?

Just wanted to give you guys a very quick update as to what happened with the small SEO test I did using the keyword “MegaMasterClass”. Well, some of the Google data-centres have cached the most recent page of my blog and hopefully I should soon see results on Google.com, but as of now the most recent snapshot of my site’s cached page in Big G’s index doesn’t show the ‘test’ post. So, I guess we’ll have to wait for the Google results to show up !

But, I did check MSN and Yahoo and am quite happy with the results .. :)

MegaMasterClass 2006 : A test

Last coupla of days have been really, really tiring … But, I am not complaining ! Well, the reason is I have been attending the MegaMasterClass 2006 UK Seminar hosted by Alan Forrest Smith, for the last couple of days. Megamasterclass is hosted in Egham (a small but lovely lil’ town in surrey)at a luxury spa resort - The Savill Court Hotel. I have been totally exhilarated by the content delivered over the past two days and am looking forward to the last day tommorow. I am sorry, if you guys are looking for any meaty stuff here, but this post is a follow up to what I thought might be a nice little test to showcase the power of SEO and Wordpress. I’ll be doing a post on “MegaMasterClass : What I Learnt” in the coming few days, provided I don’t laze the sunday off !

Titanic - Two The Surface : A Sequel

I recently came across a trailer to the ’so-called’ sequel to Titanic. I must say that, the way the trailer has been made, I almost thought that we are actually going to have this movie playing in the local cinemas this summer. However, it is just a cool lil’ project that Derek Johnson (Real name Robert Blankenheim & maker of the sequel trailer) wanted to add to his portfolio.

Nevertheless, this is a brilliant technical effort considering the fact that it has been made using Adobe After Effects and Lightwave. It took Robert 23 films and lots of months to make this trailer. According to me … It’s a must watch !

Ad:Tech London 2006 …

Last week, we had what some call, a ‘fusion event’ which attracts the best from the worlds of Advertising/Marketing and that of Technology. Yes, that was precisely what Ad:Tech London was all about - All that’s new media !

ad tech london logo

As the market for Online Advertising increases, events like Ad:Tech London and Internet World are gaining more and more popularity. What makes such events more popular and accessible to general audience is the diversity of exhibitors and also the great conferences which cover topics ranging from email marketing to mobile marketing, affiliates to user-generated content. The focus, here, is not on the technology driving the various sectors but on the practical experience that will allow people to innovate, experiment and capitalise on this change.

I din’t blog the whole of last week. Yeah, it was long week which went very fast. There was so much that I did, so many people that I met, so many things I read and if all that was not enough add so much travelling that I did. But, it was all fun !