Posts under “Digital” Category
Internet users in China hit back with ‘Love China MS
If you have friends from China on your MSN then you shouldn’t be surprised to see an msn window like the picture above. A Love China protest campaign is spreading through Chinese Internet users as they are adding a “Love China” icon to their MSN chat names by the thousands to show support for their country. The icon is clearly in response to Olympic protest seen in the western countries against China. The Protest over the Olympic torch has understandably steered up nationalistic sentiments among Chinese Internet users. This is possibly the first Internet wide protest of this scale anyone has seen. That’s the power of technology.
Blogging Your Way Into a Business – New York Times
I found this post on New York Times ‘small business’ edition to be an interesting read. It has great examples of blogger’s who have stumbled upon opportunities by writing about their experiences and expertise with passion. Many approach blogging from the lure to make the fast buck but invisible is the effort, time investment and sheer talent that is needed to make it work. I myself sometimes struggle to come to a decision on what the objective of my blog should be. The only thing I know is that every time I press the publish button on my blog it gives me sense of satisfaction that I don’t get elsewhere. Even more thrilling is when one of the readers sends me a note that they liked what they read. Right now I guess that’s most important to me then how much money I make out of it. I am not really convinced that people can make this there primary source of income except for a select few. But what it can do is help brand yourself better in your area of expertise. Who knows you may land up with an consulting assignment or better job because of your web presence. Blogging definitely has the ability to establish you as a domain expert in the field or subject your writing on. If your content is good and resonates well with people then you will be noticed and the money and opportunities will come on their own. So if you feel reasonably confident and passionate about any subject or profession just write your heart out. The rest is just small details.
Blogging Your Way Into a Business – New York Times
Read MoreYou’ve got junk mail
Published in ‘Times Computing’ on March 7th 2001Unsolicited e-mail, or e-mail you get from unknown and unsubscribed sources is a growing menace on the Internet. You get junk e-mail in different flavours — plain simple commercial advertising, chain-letters, mail-bombs aimed at clogging up e-mail servers, some stealthily spliced with viruses, worms and Trojan horses — all to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting.
No one can dispute the fact that the most widely used application on the Internet is the wonderful e-mail service simply for its unrivalled immediacy. Compose your e-mail and simply click the ‘send’ button. Your message races over the Net at lightning speed, and it’s in your recipient’s mailbox sometimes even before you can say “You’ve got e-mail”.
The e-mail service is a very powerful communication utility but, unfortunately, this productive tool can easily be misused in many ways making the Internet experience less productive and somewhat annoying. If you are an avid Internet user, spending a substantial part of your time on the Internet reading and deleting junk e-mails may not be new to you.
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The new breed of Internet Executives
Published in ‘The Education Times’ in year 2000From growing MNC investments in local Internet companies to increase awareness of information-age strategies by Indian corporates, the writing is on the wall – the Internet revolution is being unleashed. Indian web-sites are now mushrooming by the thousands. Online shopping, booking of movie tickets, product inquiries, corporate Intranets, online recruitment, Web-EDI, personalized news services and even Web matrimonial services have hit Indian cyberspace. The advent of the Internet revolution has opened up enormous job opportunities in India not only in the Web-Designing and Web-Publishing field but also other areas involving concept development and the marketing of Web-Sites. Client servicing a term widely used in advertising world is now applicable to Internet solution companies. With many software solutions and software training companies entering into the E commerce consultancy field the ring has been thrown open to a lot of e commerce consulting professionals. So were exactly does an Internet Client Servicing executive fit in? Let us consider an Internet Solutions company providing web designing, web hosting and e- com solutions getting a inquiry from a corporate house or an individual to design, build and host their web-site. Here is where the Internet client-servicing executive comes into action. The client-servicing executive interacts with the corporate house, finds out about their line of business and gathers information on their client’s Internet solution needs.
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At home with computers
Published in ‘Times Computing’ India on 11th October 2000 
