Monthly Archives: February 2009

If someone says ‘ That’s impossible’..

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Ruchit

You should understand it as: “According to my very own limited experience and narrow understanding of reality, that’s very unlikely”. I stole above line from a great deck by Fred Wilson on Startup Culture, Internet & Television.

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Change is happening at India too..

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Ruchit

This evening I received a friend request on facebook from a unknown person with a message which reads like this “We hope to garner your support to bring about hoped for change in upcoming election through PrajaRajyam & educating public. … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Rehman, Gulzar, Resul

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Ruchit

  I watched Academy award LIVE on TV and I am really happy to see Indian faces other side of the stage. Congratulations to Rehman, Gulzar & Resul Pookutty won a Sound Mixing Oscar. You have got what you deserved. … Continue reading →

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Bloglines, please fix it..

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Ruchit

I skim through more than 80 blogs daily and use Bloglines, which is a blog aggregator. For past couple of days, its just unable to display the updated posts and I am running behind 100s articles. Not getting enough fuel … Continue reading →

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My blog has new look and feel

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Ruchit

I get bored with same look and feel if it sticks around too long. So I just switch over to different theme when I find something which I find attractive/simple/purposeful. I just did that too. If you are reading this … Continue reading →

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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ seems like hype

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Ruchit

I got a chance to watch Slumdog Millionaire movie while my little daughter, who turned 6 months today gave us some chance to watch TV. Movie which is  winner of 4 golden globe award and has nominations for 10 oscars … Continue reading →

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Looks like ICICI team is reading me..

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Ruchit

I got a comment on one of my previous posts How NOT to provide customer support which looks like authentic email from ICICI quality services. Not sure how they ended up reading my blog, but good to see that they … Continue reading →

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WordCamp coming to India

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Ruchit

And I am going to miss it . I have been running my blog on wordpress for many years now and no doubt its one of my all time software. Matt Mullenweg , founder of WP is coming down to … Continue reading →

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How NOT to provide customer support

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Ruchit

Example 1: Try contacting ICICI bank support over email through their website www.icicibank.com . They provide you an online form, where you can type in just 20-30 characters to explain your complex banking problem or a question about a particular … Continue reading →

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Windows 7..it just works

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ruchit

I upgraded my Dell M1330 couple of days back to Windows 7 beta from Vista and I am quite amazed with it. It just works… Apart from me liking Internet Games on Windows 7 for obvious reasons, there are tones … Continue reading →

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