Today is Thanksgiving. For those who are online…just taking a peek at blogs or Twitter or Facebook, here are the 10 Things that I’m Thankful for: I’m thankful for the GPS. Yep, I would not get anywhere in time without the GPS (Global positioning system) in my car. I have named the voice of my [...]

Human brain in not specialized to differentiate between what is “real” and what is “virtual”. So, virtual currency gets a person to react similar to real currency. Top reasons why virtual economy matters in the online world. 1. Creativity – Self expression has become very important. People like to create their avatars. These avatars can [...]

Today I was at the Mashup event in Mountain View and attended a discussion on “Jallbreaking the iPhone” Imagine! livestreaming a video from your iPhone. Here is one application, I would jailbreak my iPhone for: Qik Qik is one of the best livestreaming services available on the web. The service has recently expand its offerings [...]

As I picked out a dress for my Birthday last weekend, I was amazed to see what retailers will do this holiday season to get you to shop. PLAY MUSIC HAVE a DISC JOCKEY CHAMPAGNE SOMEONE? MAYBE HAVE a PERSONAL MODEL… WHAT shopping has come to? A luxury experience. WHY they need an economic downturn [...]

Tomorrow is my birthday. Since I joined Facebook, birthday’s have become a lot more special There are so many ways to remember your friend’s birthdays…NOW And friends long lost, far away and even close wish you on Facebook. Result: Makes me feel so happy on my Birthday. It is really the thought that matters….Thanks to [...]

We are no more people who live in a world of anonymity…we are finally all Totally Wired. This is World wide Wire – connecting us Fast fading Six degrees of Separation This is your new WORLD – BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE

Never have users or players had the opportunity to express themselves like they do in online social networks. And some applications do a great job in facilitating ‘self-expression’ for their evangelists/influencers. This is the new social phenomenon. In the past, we had to interact with a person to build any impression of him or her. [...]

Surprise is a necessary ingredient which encourages people to pass on information they come across. Now let’s look at what surprise is and how it generates Word-of-Mouth. Our everyday reactions to our environment is habitual. Going through the same shop in the mall, we select and purchase items with more or less neutral emotions. Buying [...]

The BIG Idea View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: management business)

“Web 2.0 is a massive social experiment, and like any experiment worth trying, it could fail. There’s no road map for how an organism that’s not a bacterium lives and works together on this planet in numbers in excess of 6 billion. But 2006 gave us some ideas. This is an opportunity to build a [...]