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• syamant wrote a new blog post: On Mentors..   2 months, 1 week ago
  

  In a world where everyone is seeking smart people , experts and lists, the real lessons that one learns are in the nuggets of insight, encouragement or the tough questions that some people provide for no apparent benefit. These people may actually be outside your social circle or influence. Call them chance encounters or [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: FaceBorg. You will be Resisted.   2 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  In the world that the leader of Faceborg lives in, he thinks of Faceborg as a country on the planet. His ambitions include making Faceborg the center of this planet or maybe replace the name of all people, countries and even the planet. Welcome he says because resistance is futile.
  It is interesting that Faceborg thinks [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: The Journey from Ning to Wordpress   3 months, 1 week ago
  

  What happens when a service provider decides to change their business model? If you go back to the earliest days of the internet, Geocities, Hypermart and so on promised free sites. A lot of users went ahead and invested time and effort and then lost it all because the provider decided to either shut shop [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: 100 Days with the N97 Mini and the Mac   4 months ago
  

  Its been 100 days since the N97 Mini and the Mac were first connected in our office. Here are a few steps that can be taken to make the co-existence better and productive.
  Email
  The office email account and a personal account were the first tasks on the phone. Nokia Messaging turned out to be a good [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Future of Branding in India   5 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  David Rogers and Hemant Sachdev talking about the Future of Branding in India

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Managing Brands and Brand Culture in Social Media   6 months ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Are You There in My Story ?   6 months ago
  

  This is a quick look at Digital Identity and Connections. Would like your views on this..
  View this presentation in Slideshare

• syamant wrote a new blog post: The Shy Connector   6 months ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Next Generation Media   6 months, 1 week ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: The Desires of Daily Life – Bryant Simon   6 months, 1 week ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: The 19Es of Excellence – Tom Peters   6 months, 1 week ago
  

  Tom Peters has been a huge influence , since the time i read The Pursuit of Wow and then ReImagine. I came across these points in a recent post of his and am looking forward to his new book, The Little Big Things.
  Enthusiasm. (Be an irresistible force of nature!)
  Energy. (Be fire! Light fires!)
  Exuberance. [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Thinking Creatively   6 months, 1 week ago
  

  David Kord Murray talks about thinking creatively

• syamant wrote a new blog post: The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun   6 months, 1 week ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Mobile Trends 2020   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: To Be Heard When Everyone’s Talking   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: 1001 Albums You Must Hear..   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  This blog is about Music. Till I write an introduction to this blog, please explore the 1001 Albums You Must Hear

• syamant wrote a new blog post: The Transformative Power of Personal Projects – Ji Lee   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Your Personal Insights   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  These questions, will perhaps create the personal insights that matter to, guide us through our goals in 2010
  What is the first insight you remember?
  What is your best insight?
  What made it great?
  What was the problem that was solved?
  Can you connect the dots that led to this insight?
  What is your second best insight?
  Again why? What [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: The Power of Beginning   6 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  1. There is always a new beginning.
  “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
  Seneca
  “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
  Helen Keller
  2. Just get started.
  “A journey of a thousand miles must [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: 2010 – Predictions, Trends and Expectations   6 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Over the course of the last few weeks, there have been many posts that have talked about 2010. Here are some thoughts that I found interesting. If you are aware of more, please do share some links too.
  5 Non-Obvious Marketing Trends To Watch – Rohit Bhargava
  The Importance Of When.
  Rebirth Of Usability
  Marketing With Customer Service
  The Rise [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century?   7 months, 1 week ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Twitter is a cocktail party   7 months, 1 week ago
  

  Via Redjotter

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Service Design Community and the Alternative to Facebook Connect   7 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Does the service design community need to work with the open source community to provide an alternative to Facebook Connect ?
  The background is the increasingly dominant role being played by a few companies in deciding on the issue of privacy of individual data. Frankly it does require an open movement to ensure there are enough [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Is this your Ideal Shopping Experience ?   7 months, 2 weeks ago
  

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Health on Her Fingertips   7 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  What do we do when someone falls ill? I asked a few friends and it was no surprise when each one of them answered ‘ask a friend / family member’ about who to go to. The interesting bit that I want to draw your attention to is that no one said that they would call [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Notes on Trends Shaping the Web and Society   7 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Venessa Miemis wrote an interesting and thought provoking post on the 3 Key Trends Shaping the Web and Society
  Some points that came to mind on reading her post.
  1. Social Networks and platforms and their requisite responsibility toward their participants. As these services move to becoming platforms, individual rights and protection will perhaps need greater definition.
  2. [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Your information on Facebook   8 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  There is a reason I do not add any Facebook Application.
  The reason is simple, they take too much of user data and provide very little in return. The concern then extends to what these unknown service providers do with this data. The concerns may be valid or not but it does not help matters when [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Roads, Edges and Us   8 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  A road that does not see regular maintenance or cleaning , will accumulate mud and dust on the edges which increase over time and thus reduce the space and maneuverability .
  Is this an analogy for work, careers and our options perhaps ?
  Plus there is an emphasis on specialisation which seeks to take us into the [...]

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan   8 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Do have a look at Maria Popova’s post as well.

• syamant wrote a new blog post: Personalisation, Gestures and other aspects of Design in Mobile   8 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  It was good to get an invitation to listen to a few members of the Nokia Design team and understand their perspective on design, personalisation, iconography and most importantly gestures.
  Nikki Barton, (Head of Digital Design), spoke about the overall design philosophy of Nokia.
  Robert Williams (Design Manager), introduced the rationale behind the new icons on Nokia [...]