For those for you in whom the spirit is willing but the purse is weak, here is your chance to pack you bags and just go. Oktatabyebye is running an online reality travel contest and the winner gets to travel for 15 days to 7 destinations – and all that with the prize money of… Continue reading Click, win and go!
Candle-light photography
Quick on the heels of franshp making, on a totally unrelated note, here is one reason why power cuts can be fun. (heh, I switched off the lights for this one but I am not telling you that – atleast I didn’t intend to)… It lets me feel all arty and smug. It also lets… Continue reading Candle-light photography
Make franshp if asl is right
Here is continuing right from where Sagnik left off in A friend when not in need…. Those samaritans who throng social (and business!) networking sites looking to “make friendship”. And then there are those who want 2 make franship. Or frndshp (depending on whether or not he is a txt msg addct) wid u. So… Continue reading Make franshp if asl is right
Girl or boy?
Girl or boy?, originally uploaded by Wam Mosely. My blogger’s block has become more or less a permanent thing now. As if to make up, I am spending more and more time on flickr, mostly tring not to die of envy at the astounding talent I come across on that forum. And once in a… Continue reading Girl or boy?
The exam ‘system’
Earlier this week, our maid at home wanted to leave early. She was to go to her children’s school to pick up their mark sheets. The teacher had said that mark sheets would not be given out until the parents came with their kids to collect them. Bahut saara baccha loge ghar se bhaag jaata… Continue reading The exam ‘system’
Weekend at the beach
Another birthday, another beach. [Do read the more detailed posts on itchy feet] Sleepy Kashid, Neha Truest Home – Veg/non-veg, cricket on the sands, hammock under the trees… Here at Weekend bliss in Kashid. Sunday morning at Murud – Janjira. The awe-inspiring fort in the sea, built by Siddi Johar. The fort which took twenty… Continue reading Weekend at the beach
Mobile phones : does size matter?
Mobile phones. At first large and comfortable, brick-like. Then suddenly as in everything else, small was beautiful – mobile phones got smaller and slicker. And now, I find mobile phones, especially higher end versions becoming large again. People want to pay for a phone that looks ugly and is unwiedly to carry around – and… Continue reading Mobile phones : does size matter?
The ethnographer as an outsider
I keep coming across this debate in ethnography methods about which kind of researcher is better: an external expert, researcher, observer, stranger to the local context. providing an etic perspective to the research and data needs? or a local informant – researcher, comfortable and familiar with the socio-cultural context, informing the research process with an… Continue reading The ethnographer as an outsider
Blog to prevent Alzheimer’s
Blogging could help prevent Alzheimer’s, expert says – says the social software weblog pointing to an article from USA Today on healthy habits that help you stay sharp. Research on animals and humans suggests mentally challenging activities such as playing bridge, learning a new language or even blogging might help build new connections in the… Continue reading Blog to prevent Alzheimer’s
On blogging and the future of the internet
When you have nothing to say, link it… Or post photographs. Or cartoons from other blogs. Like this great one : [from blog discovery of the day – what blog men!] *** Elsewhere : The Future of the Internet on red herring. If Mr. Cerf and about two dozen other pundits Red Herring interviewed about… Continue reading On blogging and the future of the internet