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Zero-Click as a Business ModelDispatch
More than 80% of Google searches now end without a click. The grief is over. The structural question is which content categories survive zero-click — and which were al...
The Bounce-Click Argument
Google's defense of AI Overviews is that the clicks they replace were 'bounce clicks' — visits no one valued. The defense is technically true. It is also the same shap...
Predicting The FutureNote
SXSW 2016 notes from Kevin Kelly on AI and work, VR as the most social medium, and co-veillance.
Programming a new life languageNote
SXSW 2016 notes on Zymergen's Codon — a programming language for designing microbes.
Planning for MomentsNote
Notes from a Kiip session on what connected devices do to marketing: segment by intent in the moment, not by age.
Steve JobsDispatch
1955 – 2011 The title of this blog comes from Steve Jobs’ commencement address at Stanford.
Buying A New Phone: iOS vs Android vs WP7 Part 2Dispatch
There have been a wide variety of opinions expressed to me since I wrote the first part — catch up on the story till now here: Most revolve around people…
Buying A New Phone: iOS vs Android vs WP7Dispatch
I need a new phone. My Nokia E71 has served me faithfully for the last two+ years. I bought the E71 after () recommended it to me — mostly by waving his own E71…
The Future of User Interfaces and InteractionDispatch
Around a week ago, we were hanging around in the office talking about what would come next. My take on UI, especially on mobile devices, has stayed the same for a…
Video: Apple engineer builds the Antikythera Mechanism — an ancient computer — out of LegoDispatch
The Antikythera Mechanism, is, allegedly, (). The Greeks built it around 100 B.C. Andrew Carol, one of Apple’s software engineers, decided to re-create this fine…
Holographic Thingummyjig Video, Try This At HomeDispatch
See more funny videos and Technology Videos at Today’s Big Thing. … me and have been having a great time with it since tweet pointed us to it.
Choices, choices, choices.Dispatch
I’ve been trying to explain away my absence from the interscape by citing work (lots of work, even). But that’s only half the story. Most of the work has involved…
Take The PC World Broadband SurveyDispatch
I have pay for a 1 Mbps unlimited broadband connection at home. PC World India has decided to find out if broadband in India is all that it's made out to be .. or…
The Sounds Of JupiterDispatch
It seems Nasa’s Voyager mission recorded electromagnetic radiation from Jupiter, and some of it is audible. So, you can hear what Jupiter sounds like. Super cool.…
The Obama Inauguration Viewing Guide
It’s taken a long time to get here, but finally, Obama will swear in as the 44th president of the United States of America today. I live in India, and have been…
Brand new Wordpress, deserves a brand new themeDispatch
I’ve spent the day in bed today, not feeling well at all. And so I found the time to upgrade this blog to Wordpress 2.7 release candidate 2. I’ve been reading the…
Obama vs McCain, the differenceDispatch
Jonathan Curley’s a banker who’s voted Republican in the past, but went out canvassing for Obama because his wife told him to. His does a good job of summing up…
Samsung LCD TV travailsDispatch
My Samsung LCD TV So, I bought myself a Samsung LCD TV last year around this time from Jumbo Electronics in Noida. Unfortunately, despite all our tender, loving,…
My talk at Barcamp DelhiDispatch
Slides from a talk at Barcamp Delhi: Starting Up And Not Screwing Up.
See you at BarcampDispatch
I’m at , Saturday and Sunday. See you there. Will put up my presentation, notes and posts from there. - BROWSE / IN TIMELINE - « - » - BROWSE / IN work SPEAK / ADD…
iTunes Store open for India, and other parts of the worldDispatch
I just signed up at — traditionally walled off for Indians who didn’t have an American credit card. change of heart seems to be driven by the impending and other…
The fastest method to calculate piDispatch
Ramanujan came up with a formula that's the basis of the fastest algorithms to calculate the value of pi.
$1 For Each NEW FireFox User!Dispatch
Get this tool for switching people from IE to Firefox. For each person you switch, Google gives you $1, Microsoft loses marketshare, and an angel gets its wings.' |
Coming in out of the cold: Cold fusion, for real | csmonitor.comDispatch
Finally ...
3quarksdaily: Monday Musing: Stevinus, Galileo, and Thought ExperimentsDispatch
Now this was an excellent way to start a Monday.
WorldChanging: Abrupt Climate Change, the Pentagon, and The Day After TomorrowDispatch
Doug Randall wrote (along his boss at Global Business Network, Peter Schwartz) what has come to be known as 'the Pentagon study' on abrupt climate change. Their…
Identity TheftDispatch
No one can deny that the children of Holocaust survivors share common histories and traits, but in this highly generalizable way they resemble the children of any…
The Big Lab Experiment - Was our universe created by design? By Jim HoltDispatch
You might take this all as a joke,' he said, 'but perhaps it is not entirely absurd. It may be the explanation for why the world we live in is so weird. On the…
Saddled with stone age brainsDispatch
Talking about thinking, our Stone Age brains may simply be unable to cope with the pace of modern life, says Roger Highfield in The Telegraph. Read the article
Popular myths about the internetNote
Here is a collection of popular myths about the Interent gleaned from various sources. Do you have something you would like to share with us? click here - Myth 1 A…
Why you need a websiteNote
The webopedia tells you why you need a website . . . Nowadays a website and a url (Universal Resource Locater - the address of a website eg., www.naren.8m.com) is…
Site hostingNote
So your site is on it's way to completion and you want to put it up on the web. Looking for a host? Before you get your site hosted, it is time to think about one…
FTPNote
Now that everything is ready, you want to put your files on the site ... FTP is the key! Your site is located in a directory on the web. This directory is located…