More and more of us seem to be getting overwhelmed with email traffic into our inbox. How does one get on top of it? No matter how many we reply to, there are still mails pending. And we seem to be managing mails all the time at the expense of other tasks. And one is not even talking about Spam here - only mails which need some action.
Is there a way out of the email trap? Here are some things people known to me do: Continue reading »
Posted by Kushal Shah
Here we have a version of windows which should actually have been Windows Vista. I am sure the world would have had no problem in waiting for a new OS for a year or two more than getting stuck with a crappy capital intensive Windows Vista. Yes, I am talking about all new Windows 7 which was released in its public beta version last week by Microsoft. A much better visual treat than Windows Vista and increased usability puts this version straight into driver’s seat. With my limited casual testing, I could not find even a single feature or performance level issue which was worse than Vista. Continue reading »
The following post is a column I wrote for the Hindustan Times, a leading daily in India. You can access its web version by clicking here. It has a strong Indian context to it though.
Rohini Sharma wanted to go on a family holiday over the Easter weekend to Lansdowne, a hill station in Uttarakhand. The family was all set to go with accommodation tentatively booked at the Retreat Anand at this charming, colonial hill station, when the plan was changed to stay instead at the Bird House in Dehradun. Why? Because reviews and images posted on the Internet by other travellers did not paint a pretty picture of Lansdowne.
Instances like these are becoming more a norm than an exception as travel planning enters the Web 2.0 era. The Internet is full of reviews and opinions posted by travellers, and many people are using these as a key reference source when planning any trips. Such User Generated Content (UGC) is being seen as mostly credible and trustworthy, with the ‘authoritative’ voice of a professional writer no longer the last word when it comes to deciding one’s holiday. Continue reading this trend story
This feature was published in India’s leading daily, The Hindustan Times, and can be accessed online here.
There can be no substitute to enjoying the Olympics in Beijing later this year than being inside the arenas as a live spectator, a possibility only for the lucky or the privileged. But the next best option for the billions of others may no longer be television broadcasts but rich, interactive access on the Internet.
Log on to NBCOlympics.com this August to view the games like never before. You can watch any of the events live on the site, of course, but this is only for starters. You will be able to open up to six windows on your desktop for simultaneous viewing, somewhat like the PIP (Picture-in-Picture) option that some television sets come with. You can listen to live commentary on any of these, and receive alerts for other live events even when these are not showing on your screen. You can replay any missed action. Video-on-demand will allow you access any of the archives of more than 2,200 hours of recordings of the games captured over 17 days. Continue reading »
