SaferIndia - How Kiran Got Her Groove Back
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(Pic - Kiran Bedi with Holly of PBS)
Critics never tire of praising Kiran Bedi, an ex super cop and present day social activist. Recently when she got passed over for the top cop position at New Delhi, Ms Bedi promptly handed over her resignation and, kid you not, set out to jump on the web 2.0 bandwagon. (Albeit a rickety one though).
How Did She Do That
Future Of Web Apps Party In Miami
Carsonified is throwing a bash in Miami between the coming 28th Feb and 1rst March for those interest in Web Apps. (Its actually a seminar titled Future of Web Apps). Expect workshops, conferences, and of course the beach party with beer and volleyball on the beach.
The best is that some of the most notable names of the webdom have been lined up to speak at the venue. Kevin Rose from Digg, Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch, Matt Wullenweg from Wordpress, Carl Henderson of Flickr, Blaine Cook of Twitter and many more.
For more details check out their website which has been designed by Elliot Jay Stocks.
Dummies Guide To Installing Wordpress On Your Computer
WORDPRESS is a fantastic blogging platform. This free open source application can be used not only for fulfilling your blogging needs over the Internet, but also as a full fledged Collaborative Content Management System (CMS).
You can either have it running on the Internet, to reach a wider audience, or you can simply install it on your personal computer and use it accordingly.
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Show Your Logo In The URL
These days almost all sites have their logos embedded in their URL. It looks good and adds a professional touch to the website. If you are a web master and your site does not have the logo show up in the URL, I strongly suggest that you do asap.
H1B - The Skilled Worker Program
H1B is the skilled worker visa which allows American companies to hire talent from abroad and sponsor them to work on-site in the country. The preparations for the next year filing has already begun as is apparent from the flier which I got in-my in box few days back.
The issue of foreign workers has always been a contentious one. Although the opinion is still divided on whether the country needs such a program, the issue often gets clubbed with the debate of illegal immigration & reforms and gets buried down in the process.
Apple Redux - Blast From The Past
Apple has come a long distance from being the inventor of personal computers to making integrated cell phones with oomph and personal music players. It recently made a splash with its launch of the thinnest notebook, the Mac Air.
Here we follow back in time when Apple just got started, its initial accomplishments, some of which were equally impressive as its present day achievements, its initial logo and one of its most popular commercial.
Server Issues Today
Had my first major outage since I started this blog.
The db connection is timing out. Have no clue whether it is because of Wordpress related issues or something on the hosting company’s end.
40 Laid Off At Yahoo! India
More sacking news this season. Yahoo had announced some time back that because of an unhappy economic year, it is going to reduce its numbers and lay off about 1000 employees. Yahoo! India has taken the lead in this it seems by announcing the cuts. About 40 employees were given the pink slip.
Best Buy Gets Sued For $54 Million By An Irate Customer
Sounds irrational and totally out of the blue. Thats what I thought initially, but wait till you hear the complete sequence of events. Raelyn Campbell bought a laptop from Best Buy in 2006. She also padded up the purchase with a warranty for an additional $300. Some time later, in about May of 2007, a part broke so she took it back to the store for repairs.
BlackBerry Black Out
First the internet cables and now the Blackberry. Just heard that a major service outage is afflicting users of BlackBerry smart phones across the United States and Canada. The company behind Blackberry, Research in Motion is in the process of informing customers of all wireless carriers who are affected.