Not to be sold before midnight, 3rd Thursday each November
Fri, 13/11/09 – 15:09 | No Comment

It began as a subterfuge, in the early 1950’s, with the objective of “beating the system” to get labeled wine ahead of its regulated release date. In the 50+ years since, it has been successfully monetized, with a sales growth of nearly 8000% (80M+ bottles). Thanks to extremely clever mass marketing (talk about demand generation) primarily by Georges Duboeuf that has made the annual release of this wine primeur (read, early wine), a frivolous event in itself, an impressive money-making venture. Yes, I am referring to Beaujolais Nouveau ..

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Dravidam

.. a journey has begun to rediscover for the self the South of India

Isai Dhanyasy

.. carnatic, Indian Classical Music-related communications from dhanyasy.org

Jambajaar Talkies

.. ponder on the productions of some of the [A-Z]ollywoods from around the world

Vetti Peichu

.. to engage in and be at the receiving end of some mind-numbingly worthless banter

Wanderlust

.. media blog posts from trips made on the roads (more or) less traveled

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Media convergence, sarvam mAyam
Friday, 16 Oct, 2009 – 10:23 | No Comment
Media convergence, sarvam mAyam

A very nice “Did you know?” video from XPLANE and The Economist on Media Convergence. Reinforces the vision of futurist, Raymond Kurzweil. What used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, What fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years. Spiritually, is this all leading us toward the realization of the connected oneness?

SoMe God
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 17:01 | One Comment
SoMe God

This multi-headed image from Hindu Mythology is a reflection of how I feel myself, about all the online profiles I have, on Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, LinkedIn, et cetera ... If I could add SoMe (Social Media) God into a pantheon this one would be my candidate!

Scratching the Surface of Content Marketing with Social Context
Wednesday, 16 Sep, 2009 – 8:30 | 2 Comments
Scratching the Surface of Content Marketing with Social Context

A personalized trailer of PROTOTYPE (game) after I opened my Facebook kimono to them. A glimpse of what is possible already in content marketing w. social context; it is going to become not only more specific and sophisticated but also go up a notch… in immersiveness .. and soon you wouldn’t even be bothered to open your kimono for any foreplay .. such customization of content will become seamless & all pervasive!

inderSTADT word cloud by Wordle!
Saturday, 5 Sep, 2009 – 9:47 | 2 Comments
inderSTADT word cloud by Wordle!

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. Here is a sample of of the word cloud I generated for www.inderstadt.net on Wordle.net.

Maximize social web and SEO-friendliness of your new self-hosted WordPress blog
Tuesday, 25 Aug, 2009 – 12:16 | 16 Comments
Maximize social web and SEO-friendliness of your new self-hosted WordPress blog

Some tips to maximize the social web- and SEO-friendliness of your newly created career blog on self-hosted WordPress (wordpress.org). Using the example of www.amalbala.com

Web Presence Management Lessons from the White Mountain Peak
Wednesday, 12 Aug, 2009 – 15:20 | No Comment
Web Presence Management Lessons from the White Mountain Peak

Lessons that are as applicable to practicing Web Presence Management (WPM) as they are to life! Learned from a hike to the White Mountain Peak .. the point of any journey is not to arrive!

Tip #2: Direct URL access to HD Video on YouTube
Sunday, 19 Apr, 2009 – 17:17 | No Comment
Tip #2: Direct URL access to HD Video on YouTube

A small tip on how to access your target HD quality video on YouTube with a direct URL. Add fmt=18 to the share URL to access the HD video in a 640×360 resolution. Add fmt=22 to the share URL to access the HD video in a 850×500 resolution.

New Media Douchebags & Tweetaholics
Friday, 20 Mar, 2009 – 7:31 | 2 Comments
New Media Douchebags & Tweetaholics

Two funny videos that present you the new breed of people (ahem, includes moi) that you are likely to run or transform into. I suppose the most decent thing for you to do after …

Catch it while you can!
Sunday, 22 Feb, 2009 – 12:45 | No Comment
Catch it while you can!

Came across this FREE online service – CatchYouTube – that converts any YouTube video into your choice of A/V media formats, ranging from simple .MP3 audio to specific video formats such as .MP4 and .FLV. …

Tip #1: Thumbnails from YouTube
Tuesday, 16 Dec, 2008 – 8:26 | No Comment
Tip #1: Thumbnails from YouTube

Here is a quick tip on how to get thumbnail images for your desired YouTube video.
YouTube automatically generates up to 3 thumbnail images that are 130 x 97 pixels in dimension and in JPEG format. …