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.
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 !
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.
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.
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 .. :)
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 !
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 !
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.
Come 9th September, and there will be a horde of bloggers gathered at the Tidel Park in Chennai, India. With more and more Indians staking their claim in the coveted blogosphere, an event like BlogCamp.in will go a long way in creating more awareness and helping numerous others to join the phenomenon. Infact, Robert Scoble, blogged saying that the Indian BlogCamp woul be be bigger than TechCrunch !!
The event will be a unique theme as Unconferences are immensely popular because of active participation of attendees, where everyone will be encouraged to have conversations around areas that interest them. Chaotic as that sounds, it sparks off many new ideas and is a whole lot of fun.
I recently came across a very intriguing interview involving marketing legend - Dr Philip Kotler, his eminent colleague at the Kellogg School of Management - Dr Bala V Balachandran and PagalGuy.com founder - Allwin Agnel.
PagalGuy.com has made available the audio and transcripts of the interview. They were also kind enough to allow me to host the audio file on my blog and share it with my readers. So, you can also listen to the interview by clicking on the ‘play’ button below !
While surfing through the vast blogosphere, I happened to visit a post on Polaroid-o-nizer by Arpit Jacob at his BlueSaze Blog.
Its a nifty lil’ tool that allows to make polaroid pictures from your exisitng photos. The only downsides … Allows to convert only online photos and you’ll have a tough time saving the pics as JPG. My advice try the bitmap option ! Worth a visit … check it out at Polaroid-o-nizer
Following are a couple of photos that I polaroid-o-nized … I converted one of my online images and tagged it as ‘Buff’ .. ;) … don’t know how many votes that’ll get, but the second one is tagged “Bare Buff” and it sure is !!
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