Category Archives: Internet

Negative Operating Cycle

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Ruchit

  I discovered something amazing about Amazon.com  this morning, while I was watching this interesting presentation on design treasures of Amazon. Amazon.com makes $19billion every year and have total customer base which is larger than the populations of some countries … Continue reading →

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Annoying Security Warning

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Ruchit

Ever since I have been using IE8, one thing which annoys me is the dialog box below. Every single click ( almost) I get to see this and I have to click one additional button.           … Continue reading →

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Internet connection speed

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Ruchit

  I have my internet wireless router kept 2 rooms away from my usual working location at home here in Redmond, WA. I decided to run speedtest on my internet connectivity at home and I am surprised. You are reading … Continue reading →

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[Survey Result] Is facebook your gateway to Internet?

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Ruchit

Few days back I started a survey to find if people really like facebook or twitter logins to log into other sites. There are some great Facts & Figures available about the facebook, but then there was not enough data … Continue reading →

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Is facebook your gateway to internet?

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Ruchit

In one of the product design forums, there was a discussion recently, if providing a facebook/twitter based login on a portal makes people concerned about losing their personal/private data. Technorati Tags: facebook,survey Though it seems like a valid possible reason, … Continue reading →

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Are we axing ourselves?

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Ruchit

I had a chance to meet and listen to a CMU professor Luis von Ahn last Friday. He along with Manuel Blum invented concept of CAPTCHA on internet. Captcha is scribbled text image used along with the web forms, which … Continue reading →

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The Story of Twitter so far…

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Ruchit

This is an interesting graphical representation of how twitter has evolved from the days of SMS to what we are seeing it today. Technorati Tags: twitter

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Linking my Facebook account with my blog

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Ruchit

I was pondering over with the thought of, if I could possibly post links from my blog ( as i publish them) to my facebook account. It might be interesting for my friends on facebook to read a detailed version … Continue reading →

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Its fun to watch YouTube on mobile

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Ruchit

YouTube has recently launched an application for windows mobile phone enabling me to watch their videos on my HTC Tilt. Its quite a fun. I can now watch small video clips while waiting in queue to pick up my medicines … Continue reading →

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Attract, Engage & Monetize…

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Ruchit

I talk about this a lot to my friends. Having a breathtaking technical breakthrough idea is not the ONLY way to start a successful company, what matters is ‘user experience’. Experience which can Attract new users, experience which can Engage … Continue reading →

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