What you are about to experience is an amazing amalgamation of - hope, hard work, preparation, and opportunity - I am sure if you read this post (and that of Mark Hendrick’s -Thanks for sharing this Mark!) and watch the videos mentioned, you’ll be left inspired.
To start with … A confession.
I never thought I could ever listen to Opera. In fact, I used be one of those guys who would think why are the thousand odd people wasting their time trying to watch a few souls screaming their hearts out!
I just came across a brilliant post by Joe Lewis at WebProNews, where he has summarized Guy Kawasaki’s opening keynote address at this year’s PubCon. In his talk, Guy has given a detailed overview outlining ten specific points that innovative companies should heed when developing new products and services.
Having long read Guy’s amazing book ‘Art of the Start’, I know the points outlined in Joe’s post and can vouch for a fact that this is some very, very useful information. Infact, I would urge each one of you to invest in Guy’s book if you haven’t already done so. Its a brilliant read, and there is so much more that he talks about.
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.
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 !
Words just can’t do enough justice to describe the sheer brilliance of India’s batting maestro - Sachin Tendulkar. Having stayed out of international cricket for quite sometime, Sachin Tendulkar announced his return to the game with a classy century against West Indies.
The little master, who had been out of action since March after undergoing shoulder surgery, smashed an aggressive 141 off 148 balls in the day-night one-dayer at the Kinrara Oval, belting 5-sixers in his unbeaten knock. On a pitch of unreliable bounce, Tendulkar played an innings of high technical excellence to craft his 40th(whoooaaa!) one-day hundred.
Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin’s death on 4th of September, came as shock to many animal lovers, as the world lost a wonderful character. Steve Irwin, the khaki-clad wildlife stalker who won global fame with his televised death-defying crocodile stunts and whose booming voice made “Crikey!†in a ripe Australian accent an international catchword, was killed by a stingray while filming a documentary at the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast. This post is a tribute to a truly magnificent person, that Steve was ! May God bless his soul.
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.
As a 7-yr old, the best profession I thought, would be to fly airplanes. And so, when anyone asked me about my ambition in life, I would react in a flash by saying “When I Grow Up I want to be a Pilot ! ”
Well … well … that was 18 years ago, and the closest I have got to being a pilot in all these years, was when I played MS Flight Simulator at my pal Kedar’s place. And I did a terrible job at that.
I mentioned Vikram MC and Ludakrishna in my last post. Well, I just felt like sharing a real funny video of theirs. Check it out, its called ‘Curry and Rice Gal’ !
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