Just ordered online via Amazon.com today.
Expected delivery date (latest): June 24, 20
Shipping date: 1-2 June, 2010
Details of the bag is --> STM
Jumat, 28 Mei 2010
Truly Wireless Broadband
When you get yr Internet Download speed > 2 Mbps, I am sure you will be doubly happy. This is what happened to me when my Celcom colleagues helped to optimize the coverage at my place.
Just look at the speed tests results!!
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Just look at the speed tests results!!
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Location:Jalan UP 3/1,Ampang,Malaysia
Kamis, 27 Mei 2010
Some Serenity Please
I have really one day a week to myself to get things done. That happens to be today (Thursday). Both kids go to school, I run by weight watchers, then home to work on studio stuff.
Last week I was inspired to make some flowers atop some shards to use for decoration in planters around the house.
Well, if you look close enough to the picture above you can see how a bunch of them broke. I know better than to leave things out because Peeves (also pictured above) really enjoys hanging out in the studio too. But in my running around like a fool, forgot to put these in a place safe for drying.
Ah well, lesson learned again... The up side to this would be learning the weak points in the design, which I was questioning anyway.
Better to not let damages like this ruin the day... Really in the big picture it's just spilled clay...
Off to glaze as soon as the kiln is cool enough to unload (more cutout flower pieces in there!)...
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Last week I was inspired to make some flowers atop some shards to use for decoration in planters around the house.
Well, if you look close enough to the picture above you can see how a bunch of them broke. I know better than to leave things out because Peeves (also pictured above) really enjoys hanging out in the studio too. But in my running around like a fool, forgot to put these in a place safe for drying.
Ah well, lesson learned again... The up side to this would be learning the weak points in the design, which I was questioning anyway.
Better to not let damages like this ruin the day... Really in the big picture it's just spilled clay...
Off to glaze as soon as the kiln is cool enough to unload (more cutout flower pieces in there!)...
-- Posted From My iPhone
Some Serenity Please
I have really one day a week to myself to get things done. That happens to be today (Thursday). Both kids go to school, I run by weight watchers, then home to work on studio stuff.
Last week I was inspired to make some flowers atop some shards to use for decoration in planters around the house.
Well, if you look close enough to the picture above you can see how a bunch of them broke. I know better than to leave things out because Peeves (also pictured above) really enjoys hanging out in the studio too. But in my running around like a fool, forgot to put these in a place safe for drying.
Ah well, lesson learned again... The up side to this would be learning the weak points in the design, which I was questioning anyway.
Better to not let damages like this ruin the day... Really in the big picture it's just spilled clay...
Off to glaze as soon as the kiln is cool enough to unload (more cutout flower pieces in there!)...
-- Posted From My iPhone
Last week I was inspired to make some flowers atop some shards to use for decoration in planters around the house.
Well, if you look close enough to the picture above you can see how a bunch of them broke. I know better than to leave things out because Peeves (also pictured above) really enjoys hanging out in the studio too. But in my running around like a fool, forgot to put these in a place safe for drying.
Ah well, lesson learned again... The up side to this would be learning the weak points in the design, which I was questioning anyway.
Better to not let damages like this ruin the day... Really in the big picture it's just spilled clay...
Off to glaze as soon as the kiln is cool enough to unload (more cutout flower pieces in there!)...
-- Posted From My iPhone
Rabu, 26 Mei 2010
‘Digit’al Revolution: From Index Finger to the Thumb
Experts have been talking about how technology is innovated based on human behaviour, and the cultural behaviour of the people…. But this is no one way street. The use of technology is changing the human behaviour too.
Remember the days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems)…where in you had to actually rotate and dial a number…(I can still remember the kit-kit.kit…tone you get to hear when you release the wheel).. I’m sure like everyone else you would have been using the index finger to dial the number. In case you don’t belong to the POTS generation, ask your parents about the big black telephone covered with the white cloth placed in the corner of a living room…with the bulky telephone directory under it. It was an era when the index finger ruled.
Then came the push-button dial pad telephones….It was usually gifted to you by your rich uncle or cousin coming from ‘Gulf’ on their annual holidays. The late 80’s saw the govt. owned company Bharat Electronics producing the same for mass market (Beetel brand)… Still the index finger ruled…while some adventurous people tried typing out the number with other fingers too…
Today, it is a generation of Mobile phones…with over 400 Million subscribers and growing at a phenomenal rate Y-o-Y it has long outrun the landline phones. With the mobile usage increasing, the use of thumb has increased manifold. In today’s era the thumb rules
A few days back, I tried a quick exercise with a few people around me. I drew a rough sketch of a power switch on a sheet of paper and asked few of the people to switch it on…. Almost all of the younger generation (people who were not exposed to the POTS era of phones) were using their thumb to switch it on….while the few people who are of the earlier generation used their index finger. In fact, some of older generation people too used their thumb to switch it on.
Similar action, I’m told, is found when females blow dry their hair. The younger lot tend to use their thumb to switch on and use the machine, while the older lot use their index finger to switch on and then use the machine.
Today people are thumbing not just on their mobile phones, the Playstations, the Wiis, and other gaming consoles all have active usage of the thumb.
I am sure, in today’s world of Mobile and SMS texting, Ekalavya would have second thoughts about cutting off his thumb as guru dakshina
Santosh
Remember the days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems)…where in you had to actually rotate and dial a number…(I can still remember the kit-kit.kit…tone you get to hear when you release the wheel).. I’m sure like everyone else you would have been using the index finger to dial the number. In case you don’t belong to the POTS generation, ask your parents about the big black telephone covered with the white cloth placed in the corner of a living room…with the bulky telephone directory under it. It was an era when the index finger ruled.
Then came the push-button dial pad telephones….It was usually gifted to you by your rich uncle or cousin coming from ‘Gulf’ on their annual holidays. The late 80’s saw the govt. owned company Bharat Electronics producing the same for mass market (Beetel brand)… Still the index finger ruled…while some adventurous people tried typing out the number with other fingers too…
Today, it is a generation of Mobile phones…with over 400 Million subscribers and growing at a phenomenal rate Y-o-Y it has long outrun the landline phones. With the mobile usage increasing, the use of thumb has increased manifold. In today’s era the thumb rules
A few days back, I tried a quick exercise with a few people around me. I drew a rough sketch of a power switch on a sheet of paper and asked few of the people to switch it on…. Almost all of the younger generation (people who were not exposed to the POTS era of phones) were using their thumb to switch it on….while the few people who are of the earlier generation used their index finger. In fact, some of older generation people too used their thumb to switch it on.
Similar action, I’m told, is found when females blow dry their hair. The younger lot tend to use their thumb to switch on and use the machine, while the older lot use their index finger to switch on and then use the machine.
Today people are thumbing not just on their mobile phones, the Playstations, the Wiis, and other gaming consoles all have active usage of the thumb.
I am sure, in today’s world of Mobile and SMS texting, Ekalavya would have second thoughts about cutting off his thumb as guru dakshina
Santosh
‘Digit’al Revolution: From Index Finger to the Thumb
Experts have been talking about how technology is innovated based on human behaviour, and the cultural behaviour of the people…. But this is no one way street. The use of technology is changing the human behaviour too.
Remember the days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems)…where in you had to actually rotate and dial a number…(I can still remember the kit-kit.kit…tone you get to hear when you release the wheel).. I’m sure like everyone else you would have been using the index finger to dial the number. In case you don’t belong to the POTS generation, ask your parents about the big black telephone covered with the white cloth placed in the corner of a living room…with the bulky telephone directory under it. It was an era when the index finger ruled.
Then came the push-button dial pad telephones….It was usually gifted to you by your rich uncle or cousin coming from ‘Gulf’ on their annual holidays. The late 80’s saw the govt. owned company Bharat Electronics producing the same for mass market (Beetel brand)… Still the index finger ruled…while some adventurous people tried typing out the number with other fingers too…
Today, it is a generation of Mobile phones…with over 400 Million subscribers and growing at a phenomenal rate Y-o-Y it has long outrun the landline phones. With the mobile usage increasing, the use of thumb has increased manifold. In today’s era the thumb rules
A few days back, I tried a quick exercise with a few people around me. I drew a rough sketch of a power switch on a sheet of paper and asked few of the people to switch it on…. Almost all of the younger generation (people who were not exposed to the POTS era of phones) were using their thumb to switch it on….while the few people who are of the earlier generation used their index finger. In fact, some of older generation people too used their thumb to switch it on.
Similar action, I’m told, is found when females blow dry their hair. The younger lot tend to use their thumb to switch on and use the machine, while the older lot use their index finger to switch on and then use the machine.
Today people are thumbing not just on their mobile phones, the Playstations, the Wiis, and other gaming consoles all have active usage of the thumb.
I am sure, in today’s world of Mobile and SMS texting, Ekalavya would have second thoughts about cutting off his thumb as guru dakshina
Santosh
Remember the days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems)…where in you had to actually rotate and dial a number…(I can still remember the kit-kit.kit…tone you get to hear when you release the wheel).. I’m sure like everyone else you would have been using the index finger to dial the number. In case you don’t belong to the POTS generation, ask your parents about the big black telephone covered with the white cloth placed in the corner of a living room…with the bulky telephone directory under it. It was an era when the index finger ruled.
Then came the push-button dial pad telephones….It was usually gifted to you by your rich uncle or cousin coming from ‘Gulf’ on their annual holidays. The late 80’s saw the govt. owned company Bharat Electronics producing the same for mass market (Beetel brand)… Still the index finger ruled…while some adventurous people tried typing out the number with other fingers too…
Today, it is a generation of Mobile phones…with over 400 Million subscribers and growing at a phenomenal rate Y-o-Y it has long outrun the landline phones. With the mobile usage increasing, the use of thumb has increased manifold. In today’s era the thumb rules
A few days back, I tried a quick exercise with a few people around me. I drew a rough sketch of a power switch on a sheet of paper and asked few of the people to switch it on…. Almost all of the younger generation (people who were not exposed to the POTS era of phones) were using their thumb to switch it on….while the few people who are of the earlier generation used their index finger. In fact, some of older generation people too used their thumb to switch it on.
Similar action, I’m told, is found when females blow dry their hair. The younger lot tend to use their thumb to switch on and use the machine, while the older lot use their index finger to switch on and then use the machine.
Today people are thumbing not just on their mobile phones, the Playstations, the Wiis, and other gaming consoles all have active usage of the thumb.
I am sure, in today’s world of Mobile and SMS texting, Ekalavya would have second thoughts about cutting off his thumb as guru dakshina
Santosh
‘Digit’al Revolution: From Index Finger to the Thumb
Experts have been talking about how technology is innovated based on human behaviour, and the cultural behaviour of the people…. But this is no one way street. The use of technology is changing the human behaviour too.
Remember the days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems)…where in you had to actually rotate and dial a number…(I can still remember the kit-kit.kit…tone you get to hear when you release the wheel).. I’m sure like everyone else you would have been using the index finger to dial the number. In case you don’t belong to the POTS generation, ask your parents about the big black telephone covered with the white cloth placed in the corner of a living room…with the bulky telephone directory under it. It was an era when the index finger ruled.
Then came the push-button dial pad telephones….It was usually gifted to you by your rich uncle or cousin coming from ‘Gulf’ on their annual holidays. The late 80’s saw the govt. owned company Bharat Electronics producing the same for mass market (Beetel brand)… Still the index finger ruled…while some adventurous people tried typing out the number with other fingers too…
Today, it is a generation of Mobile phones…with over 400 Million subscribers and growing at a phenomenal rate Y-o-Y it has long outrun the landline phones. With the mobile usage increasing, the use of thumb has increased manifold. In today’s era the thumb rules
A few days back, I tried a quick exercise with a few people around me. I drew a rough sketch of a power switch on a sheet of paper and asked few of the people to switch it on…. Almost all of the younger generation (people who were not exposed to the POTS era of phones) were using their thumb to switch it on….while the few people who are of the earlier generation used their index finger. In fact, some of older generation people too used their thumb to switch it on.
Similar action, I’m told, is found when females blow dry their hair. The younger lot tend to use their thumb to switch on and use the machine, while the older lot use their index finger to switch on and then use the machine.
Today people are thumbing not just on their mobile phones, the Playstations, the Wiis, and other gaming consoles all have active usage of the thumb.
I am sure, in today’s world of Mobile and SMS texting, Ekalavya would have second thoughts about cutting off his thumb as guru dakshina
Santosh
Remember the days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems)…where in you had to actually rotate and dial a number…(I can still remember the kit-kit.kit…tone you get to hear when you release the wheel).. I’m sure like everyone else you would have been using the index finger to dial the number. In case you don’t belong to the POTS generation, ask your parents about the big black telephone covered with the white cloth placed in the corner of a living room…with the bulky telephone directory under it. It was an era when the index finger ruled.
Then came the push-button dial pad telephones….It was usually gifted to you by your rich uncle or cousin coming from ‘Gulf’ on their annual holidays. The late 80’s saw the govt. owned company Bharat Electronics producing the same for mass market (Beetel brand)… Still the index finger ruled…while some adventurous people tried typing out the number with other fingers too…
Today, it is a generation of Mobile phones…with over 400 Million subscribers and growing at a phenomenal rate Y-o-Y it has long outrun the landline phones. With the mobile usage increasing, the use of thumb has increased manifold. In today’s era the thumb rules
A few days back, I tried a quick exercise with a few people around me. I drew a rough sketch of a power switch on a sheet of paper and asked few of the people to switch it on…. Almost all of the younger generation (people who were not exposed to the POTS era of phones) were using their thumb to switch it on….while the few people who are of the earlier generation used their index finger. In fact, some of older generation people too used their thumb to switch it on.
Similar action, I’m told, is found when females blow dry their hair. The younger lot tend to use their thumb to switch on and use the machine, while the older lot use their index finger to switch on and then use the machine.
Today people are thumbing not just on their mobile phones, the Playstations, the Wiis, and other gaming consoles all have active usage of the thumb.
I am sure, in today’s world of Mobile and SMS texting, Ekalavya would have second thoughts about cutting off his thumb as guru dakshina
Santosh
In Search of an iPad Bag
For the past week, have been evaluating many iPad Messenger Bags on the Net. The ones which attracted me can't be purchase directly from Amazon or online due their shipping restrictions are only US based.
Some products don't have enough reviews thus quite worried to buy.
This will be a tough week for me. Need to do more research on this during my spare time.
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Some products don't have enough reviews thus quite worried to buy.
This will be a tough week for me. Need to do more research on this during my spare time.
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Senin, 24 Mei 2010
What else affects E-commerce in India?
A few weeks back, I was working on a proposal for marketing of an e-commerce portal. One look at the stats showed that the e-tailing in India never took off. While categories like travel (led by IRCTC, and the OTAs) and Hotel bookings has taken of in a big way…it has been a dismal performance, when it comes to e-tailing.
e-tailing can be defined as a business to consumer transaction through direct sale of limited quantity of goods or services..
The industry experts have been talking about the rise of e-commerce in India, but what is being missed out is that most of these e-com transactions are done on the B2B space. The data shows that the B2C industry size of ecommerce in India is around INR 11,000 crores*. About 80%* of the B2C e-com transaction is from the Online Travel Industry, followed by online classifieds
The e-tailing pie is only about 9%*. While the numbers and growth might be encouraging, it is nothing great to make a big noise about
(* Guesstimates by classical extrapolation of data from IAMAI report of 2006/07)
The experts also point out the various reasons for B2C ecommerce not taking off to issues like:
Infrastructure:
- Low bandwidth/connectivity
- Limited penetration of credit cards
Customer behaviour:
- Apprehension of using credit cards online (security)
- Not sure of the product quality
- Waiting period in terms of delivery
- No real-time bargains available
- Miss the touch and feel of the product
(Most points comes from i-cube report 2006)
Digging deeper into the type of products that is being e-tailed, one gets to see that the most popular are the technology related products – software, hardware, computer accessories, mobiles, cameras etc along with books (you can never go wrong over here :))…
While the above reasons are valid enough barriers to arrest the effective growth of e-tailing in India…but, are these the only ones??
Step back into the real world, how does this channel looks like, with different stakeholders involved in the chain
Company>>Distributor>>Dealer>>Retailer>>Customer (with Govt. involved with their excise, duty, taxes etc)
Predominantly, e-tailing is an activity that would be directly happening from Company>>Customer or Retailer>>Customer – where does that leave the other stake-holders in the system – I’d say that they are in a state of disappointment :|
Traditionally, we have been an economy which was dominated by traders and middlemen. In fact, even today middleman plays a crucial role in almost all the industries to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and services from the company to the market… Also, as the chain is longer, there are a lot of allied and dependent industries that flourishes and has a share of the revenue pie. For example, if a company has a direct connection with its customer base – then a lot of the middleman would disappear. Allied industries like promotion, logistics, C&F agents, advertising all would play a smaller role…
A typical Indian customer however is driven by price. Even today, you will find people bargaining with the street vendor to an automobile salesman. Bargaining from the customer is the act of getting the perceived benefits that has been assured at the start of the deal…but at a lower cost than mentioned. Hence if a company can pass on all the commission benefits that gets seeped into the selling price due to various stakeholder be passed on to the customers…the customer would be most happy
While in the best interest of the customer e-tailing would be more beneficial, as the customer not directly deals with the company and hence is eligible for all the price benefits that would occur – there are a lot of stakeholders involved in the traditional channels and they would do everything in their power to see that they do not lose control of their share of business…
Unless, unless companies take a drastic approach in terms of bringing the benefits (of price) and take the brunt of rubbing the existing stakeholders in the chain wrongly…. E-tailing would lag how much ever the technology infrastructure increases…
As long as there are a lot of people involved in bring the pie from the kitchen to the dining table… the diners would have to pay more…
Cheers
Santosh
e-tailing can be defined as a business to consumer transaction through direct sale of limited quantity of goods or services..
The industry experts have been talking about the rise of e-commerce in India, but what is being missed out is that most of these e-com transactions are done on the B2B space. The data shows that the B2C industry size of ecommerce in India is around INR 11,000 crores*. About 80%* of the B2C e-com transaction is from the Online Travel Industry, followed by online classifieds
The e-tailing pie is only about 9%*. While the numbers and growth might be encouraging, it is nothing great to make a big noise about
(* Guesstimates by classical extrapolation of data from IAMAI report of 2006/07)
The experts also point out the various reasons for B2C ecommerce not taking off to issues like:
Infrastructure:
- Low bandwidth/connectivity
- Limited penetration of credit cards
Customer behaviour:
- Apprehension of using credit cards online (security)
- Not sure of the product quality
- Waiting period in terms of delivery
- No real-time bargains available
- Miss the touch and feel of the product
(Most points comes from i-cube report 2006)
Digging deeper into the type of products that is being e-tailed, one gets to see that the most popular are the technology related products – software, hardware, computer accessories, mobiles, cameras etc along with books (you can never go wrong over here :))…
While the above reasons are valid enough barriers to arrest the effective growth of e-tailing in India…but, are these the only ones??
Step back into the real world, how does this channel looks like, with different stakeholders involved in the chain
Company>>Distributor>>Dealer>>Retailer>>Customer (with Govt. involved with their excise, duty, taxes etc)
Predominantly, e-tailing is an activity that would be directly happening from Company>>Customer or Retailer>>Customer – where does that leave the other stake-holders in the system – I’d say that they are in a state of disappointment :|
Traditionally, we have been an economy which was dominated by traders and middlemen. In fact, even today middleman plays a crucial role in almost all the industries to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and services from the company to the market… Also, as the chain is longer, there are a lot of allied and dependent industries that flourishes and has a share of the revenue pie. For example, if a company has a direct connection with its customer base – then a lot of the middleman would disappear. Allied industries like promotion, logistics, C&F agents, advertising all would play a smaller role…
A typical Indian customer however is driven by price. Even today, you will find people bargaining with the street vendor to an automobile salesman. Bargaining from the customer is the act of getting the perceived benefits that has been assured at the start of the deal…but at a lower cost than mentioned. Hence if a company can pass on all the commission benefits that gets seeped into the selling price due to various stakeholder be passed on to the customers…the customer would be most happy
While in the best interest of the customer e-tailing would be more beneficial, as the customer not directly deals with the company and hence is eligible for all the price benefits that would occur – there are a lot of stakeholders involved in the traditional channels and they would do everything in their power to see that they do not lose control of their share of business…
Unless, unless companies take a drastic approach in terms of bringing the benefits (of price) and take the brunt of rubbing the existing stakeholders in the chain wrongly…. E-tailing would lag how much ever the technology infrastructure increases…
As long as there are a lot of people involved in bring the pie from the kitchen to the dining table… the diners would have to pay more…
Cheers
Santosh
What else affects E-commerce in India?
A few weeks back, I was working on a proposal for marketing of an e-commerce portal. One look at the stats showed that the e-tailing in India never took off. While categories like travel (led by IRCTC, and the OTAs) and Hotel bookings has taken of in a big way…it has been a dismal performance, when it comes to e-tailing.
e-tailing can be defined as a business to consumer transaction through direct sale of limited quantity of goods or services..
The industry experts have been talking about the rise of e-commerce in India, but what is being missed out is that most of these e-com transactions are done on the B2B space. The data shows that the B2C industry size of ecommerce in India is around INR 11,000 crores*. About 80%* of the B2C e-com transaction is from the Online Travel Industry, followed by online classifieds
The e-tailing pie is only about 9%*. While the numbers and growth might be encouraging, it is nothing great to make a big noise about
(* Guesstimates by classical extrapolation of data from IAMAI report of 2006/07)
The experts also point out the various reasons for B2C ecommerce not taking off to issues like:
Infrastructure:
- Low bandwidth/connectivity
- Limited penetration of credit cards
Customer behaviour:
- Apprehension of using credit cards online (security)
- Not sure of the product quality
- Waiting period in terms of delivery
- No real-time bargains available
- Miss the touch and feel of the product
(Most points comes from i-cube report 2006)
Digging deeper into the type of products that is being e-tailed, one gets to see that the most popular are the technology related products – software, hardware, computer accessories, mobiles, cameras etc along with books (you can never go wrong over here :))…
While the above reasons are valid enough barriers to arrest the effective growth of e-tailing in India…but, are these the only ones??
Step back into the real world, how does this channel looks like, with different stakeholders involved in the chain
Company>>Distributor>>Dealer>>Retailer>>Customer (with Govt. involved with their excise, duty, taxes etc)
Predominantly, e-tailing is an activity that would be directly happening from Company>>Customer or Retailer>>Customer – where does that leave the other stake-holders in the system – I’d say that they are in a state of disappointment :|
Traditionally, we have been an economy which was dominated by traders and middlemen. In fact, even today middleman plays a crucial role in almost all the industries to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and services from the company to the market… Also, as the chain is longer, there are a lot of allied and dependent industries that flourishes and has a share of the revenue pie. For example, if a company has a direct connection with its customer base – then a lot of the middleman would disappear. Allied industries like promotion, logistics, C&F agents, advertising all would play a smaller role…
A typical Indian customer however is driven by price. Even today, you will find people bargaining with the street vendor to an automobile salesman. Bargaining from the customer is the act of getting the perceived benefits that has been assured at the start of the deal…but at a lower cost than mentioned. Hence if a company can pass on all the commission benefits that gets seeped into the selling price due to various stakeholder be passed on to the customers…the customer would be most happy
While in the best interest of the customer e-tailing would be more beneficial, as the customer not directly deals with the company and hence is eligible for all the price benefits that would occur – there are a lot of stakeholders involved in the traditional channels and they would do everything in their power to see that they do not lose control of their share of business…
Unless, unless companies take a drastic approach in terms of bringing the benefits (of price) and take the brunt of rubbing the existing stakeholders in the chain wrongly…. E-tailing would lag how much ever the technology infrastructure increases…
As long as there are a lot of people involved in bring the pie from the kitchen to the dining table… the diners would have to pay more…
Cheers
Santosh
e-tailing can be defined as a business to consumer transaction through direct sale of limited quantity of goods or services..
The industry experts have been talking about the rise of e-commerce in India, but what is being missed out is that most of these e-com transactions are done on the B2B space. The data shows that the B2C industry size of ecommerce in India is around INR 11,000 crores*. About 80%* of the B2C e-com transaction is from the Online Travel Industry, followed by online classifieds
The e-tailing pie is only about 9%*. While the numbers and growth might be encouraging, it is nothing great to make a big noise about
(* Guesstimates by classical extrapolation of data from IAMAI report of 2006/07)
The experts also point out the various reasons for B2C ecommerce not taking off to issues like:
Infrastructure:
- Low bandwidth/connectivity
- Limited penetration of credit cards
Customer behaviour:
- Apprehension of using credit cards online (security)
- Not sure of the product quality
- Waiting period in terms of delivery
- No real-time bargains available
- Miss the touch and feel of the product
(Most points comes from i-cube report 2006)
Digging deeper into the type of products that is being e-tailed, one gets to see that the most popular are the technology related products – software, hardware, computer accessories, mobiles, cameras etc along with books (you can never go wrong over here :))…
While the above reasons are valid enough barriers to arrest the effective growth of e-tailing in India…but, are these the only ones??
Step back into the real world, how does this channel looks like, with different stakeholders involved in the chain
Company>>Distributor>>Dealer>>Retailer>>Customer (with Govt. involved with their excise, duty, taxes etc)
Predominantly, e-tailing is an activity that would be directly happening from Company>>Customer or Retailer>>Customer – where does that leave the other stake-holders in the system – I’d say that they are in a state of disappointment :|
Traditionally, we have been an economy which was dominated by traders and middlemen. In fact, even today middleman plays a crucial role in almost all the industries to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and services from the company to the market… Also, as the chain is longer, there are a lot of allied and dependent industries that flourishes and has a share of the revenue pie. For example, if a company has a direct connection with its customer base – then a lot of the middleman would disappear. Allied industries like promotion, logistics, C&F agents, advertising all would play a smaller role…
A typical Indian customer however is driven by price. Even today, you will find people bargaining with the street vendor to an automobile salesman. Bargaining from the customer is the act of getting the perceived benefits that has been assured at the start of the deal…but at a lower cost than mentioned. Hence if a company can pass on all the commission benefits that gets seeped into the selling price due to various stakeholder be passed on to the customers…the customer would be most happy
While in the best interest of the customer e-tailing would be more beneficial, as the customer not directly deals with the company and hence is eligible for all the price benefits that would occur – there are a lot of stakeholders involved in the traditional channels and they would do everything in their power to see that they do not lose control of their share of business…
Unless, unless companies take a drastic approach in terms of bringing the benefits (of price) and take the brunt of rubbing the existing stakeholders in the chain wrongly…. E-tailing would lag how much ever the technology infrastructure increases…
As long as there are a lot of people involved in bring the pie from the kitchen to the dining table… the diners would have to pay more…
Cheers
Santosh
What else affects E-commerce in India?
A few weeks back, I was working on a proposal for marketing of an e-commerce portal. One look at the stats showed that the e-tailing in India never took off. While categories like travel (led by IRCTC, and the OTAs) and Hotel bookings has taken of in a big way…it has been a dismal performance, when it comes to e-tailing.
e-tailing can be defined as a business to consumer transaction through direct sale of limited quantity of goods or services..
The industry experts have been talking about the rise of e-commerce in India, but what is being missed out is that most of these e-com transactions are done on the B2B space. The data shows that the B2C industry size of ecommerce in India is around INR 11,000 crores*. About 80%* of the B2C e-com transaction is from the Online Travel Industry, followed by online classifieds
The e-tailing pie is only about 9%*. While the numbers and growth might be encouraging, it is nothing great to make a big noise about
(* Guesstimates by classical extrapolation of data from IAMAI report of 2006/07)
The experts also point out the various reasons for B2C ecommerce not taking off to issues like:
Infrastructure:
- Low bandwidth/connectivity
- Limited penetration of credit cards
Customer behaviour:
- Apprehension of using credit cards online (security)
- Not sure of the product quality
- Waiting period in terms of delivery
- No real-time bargains available
- Miss the touch and feel of the product
(Most points comes from i-cube report 2006)
Digging deeper into the type of products that is being e-tailed, one gets to see that the most popular are the technology related products – software, hardware, computer accessories, mobiles, cameras etc along with books (you can never go wrong over here :))…
While the above reasons are valid enough barriers to arrest the effective growth of e-tailing in India…but, are these the only ones??
Step back into the real world, how does this channel looks like, with different stakeholders involved in the chain
Company>>Distributor>>Dealer>>Retailer>>Customer (with Govt. involved with their excise, duty, taxes etc)
Predominantly, e-tailing is an activity that would be directly happening from Company>>Customer or Retailer>>Customer – where does that leave the other stake-holders in the system – I’d say that they are in a state of disappointment :|
Traditionally, we have been an economy which was dominated by traders and middlemen. In fact, even today middleman plays a crucial role in almost all the industries to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and services from the company to the market… Also, as the chain is longer, there are a lot of allied and dependent industries that flourishes and has a share of the revenue pie. For example, if a company has a direct connection with its customer base – then a lot of the middleman would disappear. Allied industries like promotion, logistics, C&F agents, advertising all would play a smaller role…
A typical Indian customer however is driven by price. Even today, you will find people bargaining with the street vendor to an automobile salesman. Bargaining from the customer is the act of getting the perceived benefits that has been assured at the start of the deal…but at a lower cost than mentioned. Hence if a company can pass on all the commission benefits that gets seeped into the selling price due to various stakeholder be passed on to the customers…the customer would be most happy
While in the best interest of the customer e-tailing would be more beneficial, as the customer not directly deals with the company and hence is eligible for all the price benefits that would occur – there are a lot of stakeholders involved in the traditional channels and they would do everything in their power to see that they do not lose control of their share of business…
Unless, unless companies take a drastic approach in terms of bringing the benefits (of price) and take the brunt of rubbing the existing stakeholders in the chain wrongly…. E-tailing would lag how much ever the technology infrastructure increases…
As long as there are a lot of people involved in bring the pie from the kitchen to the dining table… the diners would have to pay more…
Cheers
Santosh
e-tailing can be defined as a business to consumer transaction through direct sale of limited quantity of goods or services..
The industry experts have been talking about the rise of e-commerce in India, but what is being missed out is that most of these e-com transactions are done on the B2B space. The data shows that the B2C industry size of ecommerce in India is around INR 11,000 crores*. About 80%* of the B2C e-com transaction is from the Online Travel Industry, followed by online classifieds
The e-tailing pie is only about 9%*. While the numbers and growth might be encouraging, it is nothing great to make a big noise about
(* Guesstimates by classical extrapolation of data from IAMAI report of 2006/07)
The experts also point out the various reasons for B2C ecommerce not taking off to issues like:
Infrastructure:
- Low bandwidth/connectivity
- Limited penetration of credit cards
Customer behaviour:
- Apprehension of using credit cards online (security)
- Not sure of the product quality
- Waiting period in terms of delivery
- No real-time bargains available
- Miss the touch and feel of the product
(Most points comes from i-cube report 2006)
Digging deeper into the type of products that is being e-tailed, one gets to see that the most popular are the technology related products – software, hardware, computer accessories, mobiles, cameras etc along with books (you can never go wrong over here :))…
While the above reasons are valid enough barriers to arrest the effective growth of e-tailing in India…but, are these the only ones??
Step back into the real world, how does this channel looks like, with different stakeholders involved in the chain
Company>>Distributor>>Dealer>>Retailer>>Customer (with Govt. involved with their excise, duty, taxes etc)
Predominantly, e-tailing is an activity that would be directly happening from Company>>Customer or Retailer>>Customer – where does that leave the other stake-holders in the system – I’d say that they are in a state of disappointment :|
Traditionally, we have been an economy which was dominated by traders and middlemen. In fact, even today middleman plays a crucial role in almost all the industries to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and services from the company to the market… Also, as the chain is longer, there are a lot of allied and dependent industries that flourishes and has a share of the revenue pie. For example, if a company has a direct connection with its customer base – then a lot of the middleman would disappear. Allied industries like promotion, logistics, C&F agents, advertising all would play a smaller role…
A typical Indian customer however is driven by price. Even today, you will find people bargaining with the street vendor to an automobile salesman. Bargaining from the customer is the act of getting the perceived benefits that has been assured at the start of the deal…but at a lower cost than mentioned. Hence if a company can pass on all the commission benefits that gets seeped into the selling price due to various stakeholder be passed on to the customers…the customer would be most happy
While in the best interest of the customer e-tailing would be more beneficial, as the customer not directly deals with the company and hence is eligible for all the price benefits that would occur – there are a lot of stakeholders involved in the traditional channels and they would do everything in their power to see that they do not lose control of their share of business…
Unless, unless companies take a drastic approach in terms of bringing the benefits (of price) and take the brunt of rubbing the existing stakeholders in the chain wrongly…. E-tailing would lag how much ever the technology infrastructure increases…
As long as there are a lot of people involved in bring the pie from the kitchen to the dining table… the diners would have to pay more…
Cheers
Santosh
Sabtu, 22 Mei 2010
A new Apple Wireless Keyboard
Item: Apple Wireless Keyboard
Price: RM 229
Place: Machines, KLCC
Date: May 22, 2010
Tested with iPad - ok
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Price: RM 229
Place: Machines, KLCC
Date: May 22, 2010
Tested with iPad - ok
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Location:Ampang,Malaysia
The accessories
The Bag
The Mini-USB to Micro-USB adapter and the iPad Pen
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The Mini-USB to Micro-USB adapter and the iPad Pen
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Kamis, 20 Mei 2010
Clay Flowers Atop Shards...
Today I actually had a couple of hours to spend playing with clay in my studio.
I concentrated on making some cutout flower pendants, some cabs, and these...
They are flowers perched on top of some shard pieces, meant to go into your household potted plants.
They are still quite at the experimental stage as to how I am going to be making these...
Do they get wire imbedded within the stem?
Do they get wire just in the tip end of the shard stem?
Maybe no wire at all?
In my head, I go into "production" mode way of thinking. I can't help it. I feel that in order to justify being able to spend time in the studio at this point of my life, it needs to be making something that will bring in some income. I've been in this mode for years now, since I decided to get married and take a chance at quitting my day job and making money by running my own business.
It's not easy trying to be creative in amongst all the pressures of daily life.
In just this last week alone we had a lot going on in our family:
1 funeral (95 year old great uncle), 1 appendix removed (husband) and on 2 week recovery, 1 sick toddler (Chloe) for a week of vomiting, 1 baptism & party (Riley) that went on as planned, even though Dave had his appendix removed just hours before (crazy man!).
Can I just say I'm exhausted and feel like I'm getting a sore throat. Bet it's because my defenses are down... Well, with that, I'm off for a bit...
Keep an eye out on the BOC Blog for my Cone 6 Glaze Test Blog Posting every third Friday of the month. Maybe you can take a look at some of the new glazes I'm hoping to try out on these more sculptural pieces which will soon include pagodas and toadstools, all in miniature for your house plants... (and for the fairies that live there!)
Clay Flowers Atop Shards...
Today I actually had a couple of hours to spend playing with clay in my studio.
I concentrated on making some cutout flower pendants, some cabs, and these...
They are flowers perched on top of some shard pieces, meant to go into your household potted plants.
They are still quite at the experimental stage as to how I am going to be making these...
Do they get wire imbedded within the stem?
Do they get wire just in the tip end of the shard stem?
Maybe no wire at all?
In my head, I go into "production" mode way of thinking. I can't help it. I feel that in order to justify being able to spend time in the studio at this point of my life, it needs to be making something that will bring in some income. I've been in this mode for years now, since I decided to get married and take a chance at quitting my day job and making money by running my own business.
It's not easy trying to be creative in amongst all the pressures of daily life.
In just this last week alone we had a lot going on in our family:
1 funeral (95 year old great uncle), 1 appendix removed (husband) and on 2 week recovery, 1 sick toddler (Chloe) for a week of vomiting, 1 baptism & party (Riley) that went on as planned, even though Dave had his appendix removed just hours before (crazy man!).
Can I just say I'm exhausted and feel like I'm getting a sore throat. Bet it's because my defenses are down... Well, with that, I'm off for a bit...
Keep an eye out on the BOC Blog for my Cone 6 Glaze Test Blog Posting every third Friday of the month. Maybe you can take a look at some of the new glazes I'm hoping to try out on these more sculptural pieces which will soon include pagodas and toadstools, all in miniature for your house plants... (and for the fairies that live there!)
Yodobashi Camera at Akihabara
I think this is one of the largest electronic store in Tokyo.
Bought myself some accessories.
- A Bag for iPad
- An iPad pen
- Mini usb-to-micro usb
- Phone accessories
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Bought myself some accessories.
- A Bag for iPad
- An iPad pen
- Mini usb-to-micro usb
- Phone accessories
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Rabu, 19 Mei 2010
My iPad Got A Camera!
I installed an app called Camera for iPad on both the iPad and iPhone 3GS. Connect via Bluetooth ans voila!! The iPad now have a camera!
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Location:Japan
My iPad as Malaysian Delegate
Here's my iPad at work in the Asia-Pacific Telecommunications and ICT Development Forum.
Sitting on Malaysian Table...
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Sitting on Malaysian Table...
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Location:１丁目,Shinjuku Ward,Japan
Senin, 17 Mei 2010
The iPad just got a new Case
Juat bought a Leather Case for iPad cost ¥ 2980 at Yodobaahi Camera shop near my Hotel.
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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Location:Japan
Minggu, 16 Mei 2010
Google Vs Facebook: From Traffic to Trust
An interesting news article that came out a few weeks back has got me thinking…. Facebook has overtaken Google to become the most popular website in the United States for the first time, according to new data from Hitwise, which measures Internet traffic. For the week ending March 13, the social networking juggernaut registered 7.07% market share, beating the search giant's 7.03% market share.
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/8XVAKZ
What got me thinking was how could Facebook in such a short span of time overtake Google -the default destination for millions of internet users globally?
The data shows dramatic rise of Facebook- this can be attributed to the fact that people are spending more time on the net socializing, and an average user visits more pages on Facebook (not sure though if the Facebook Chat window refreshes are counted as part of the Hitwise data as the chart shows a phenomenal increase since April 2009).
On a different note, a person usually visits a Google page, only when he/she is seeking specific information.
On the face of it – one would assume that this phenomenon (of growing popularity of Facebook, and other Social Media platforms) is just about couple of years old… but this has been trending for quite sometime now with social bookmarking tools, which started around five to six years back and now with the new-kid-in-the-block - the Facebook ‘Like’ button -that a user can use to favour a particular web page.
Google in its current Avatar represents the Web 1.0 era, which was based on “Traffic” to the web-page. The relevancy of content on the Internet was based on Traffic to that page vis-a-viz a particular keyword/phrase. The whole idea of Page Rank depended largely on how many back links were there to the webpage and how much traffic was generated to the web-page…that gave relevancy of the page to the particular keyword that a person had searched for.
While the Web 2.0 era is all about community… the tools that is popular in this era is all about being ‘social’. This has given rise to community based tools for people to recommend and share content on the web. The relevancy of content on the Internet is not based on traffic, but on ‘trust’. How many people have Digg’d it, Reddit, Technorati’d, and now Facebook ‘Like’ed it makes the content more relevant … Even portals like YouTube (belonging to Google) gives some preference to the most favoured videos
The reason for the same is that people still trust in what other people say, even if they are total strangers. How else, do you think the salespersons still have their jobs :). While search-engines would still remain, and the algorithms get more and more effective in terms of picking relevant content from the Net… nothing can beat humans to read, comprehend and recommend what is right or wrong – online or offline.
For web owners, it is important that they start creating online properties and content with the objective of creating ‘trust’ rather than ‘traffic’ because in future ‘trust’ is what that drive traffic and nothing can beat Human Intelligence, especially not Artificial Intelligence
Cheers
Santosh
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/8XVAKZ
What got me thinking was how could Facebook in such a short span of time overtake Google -the default destination for millions of internet users globally?
The data shows dramatic rise of Facebook- this can be attributed to the fact that people are spending more time on the net socializing, and an average user visits more pages on Facebook (not sure though if the Facebook Chat window refreshes are counted as part of the Hitwise data as the chart shows a phenomenal increase since April 2009).
On a different note, a person usually visits a Google page, only when he/she is seeking specific information.
On the face of it – one would assume that this phenomenon (of growing popularity of Facebook, and other Social Media platforms) is just about couple of years old… but this has been trending for quite sometime now with social bookmarking tools, which started around five to six years back and now with the new-kid-in-the-block - the Facebook ‘Like’ button -that a user can use to favour a particular web page.
Google in its current Avatar represents the Web 1.0 era, which was based on “Traffic” to the web-page. The relevancy of content on the Internet was based on Traffic to that page vis-a-viz a particular keyword/phrase. The whole idea of Page Rank depended largely on how many back links were there to the webpage and how much traffic was generated to the web-page…that gave relevancy of the page to the particular keyword that a person had searched for.
While the Web 2.0 era is all about community… the tools that is popular in this era is all about being ‘social’. This has given rise to community based tools for people to recommend and share content on the web. The relevancy of content on the Internet is not based on traffic, but on ‘trust’. How many people have Digg’d it, Reddit, Technorati’d, and now Facebook ‘Like’ed it makes the content more relevant … Even portals like YouTube (belonging to Google) gives some preference to the most favoured videos
The reason for the same is that people still trust in what other people say, even if they are total strangers. How else, do you think the salespersons still have their jobs :). While search-engines would still remain, and the algorithms get more and more effective in terms of picking relevant content from the Net… nothing can beat humans to read, comprehend and recommend what is right or wrong – online or offline.
For web owners, it is important that they start creating online properties and content with the objective of creating ‘trust’ rather than ‘traffic’ because in future ‘trust’ is what that drive traffic and nothing can beat Human Intelligence, especially not Artificial Intelligence
Cheers
Santosh
Google Vs Facebook: From Traffic to Trust
An interesting news article that came out a few weeks back has got me thinking…. Facebook has overtaken Google to become the most popular website in the United States for the first time, according to new data from Hitwise, which measures Internet traffic. For the week ending March 13, the social networking juggernaut registered 7.07% market share, beating the search giant's 7.03% market share.
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/8XVAKZ
What got me thinking was how could Facebook in such a short span of time overtake Google -the default destination for millions of internet users globally?
The data shows dramatic rise of Facebook- this can be attributed to the fact that people are spending more time on the net socializing, and an average user visits more pages on Facebook (not sure though if the Facebook Chat window refreshes are counted as part of the Hitwise data as the chart shows a phenomenal increase since April 2009).
On a different note, a person usually visits a Google page, only when he/she is seeking specific information.
On the face of it – one would assume that this phenomenon (of growing popularity of Facebook, and other Social Media platforms) is just about couple of years old… but this has been trending for quite sometime now with social bookmarking tools, which started around five to six years back and now with the new-kid-in-the-block - the Facebook ‘Like’ button -that a user can use to favour a particular web page.
Google in its current Avatar represents the Web 1.0 era, which was based on “Traffic” to the web-page. The relevancy of content on the Internet was based on Traffic to that page vis-a-viz a particular keyword/phrase. The whole idea of Page Rank depended largely on how many back links were there to the webpage and how much traffic was generated to the web-page…that gave relevancy of the page to the particular keyword that a person had searched for.
While the Web 2.0 era is all about community… the tools that is popular in this era is all about being ‘social’. This has given rise to community based tools for people to recommend and share content on the web. The relevancy of content on the Internet is not based on traffic, but on ‘trust’. How many people have Digg’d it, Reddit, Technorati’d, and now Facebook ‘Like’ed it makes the content more relevant … Even portals like YouTube (belonging to Google) gives some preference to the most favoured videos
The reason for the same is that people still trust in what other people say, even if they are total strangers. How else, do you think the salespersons still have their jobs :). While search-engines would still remain, and the algorithms get more and more effective in terms of picking relevant content from the Net… nothing can beat humans to read, comprehend and recommend what is right or wrong – online or offline.
For web owners, it is important that they start creating online properties and content with the objective of creating ‘trust’ rather than ‘traffic’ because in future ‘trust’ is what that drive traffic and nothing can beat Human Intelligence, especially not Artificial Intelligence
Cheers
Santosh
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/8XVAKZ
What got me thinking was how could Facebook in such a short span of time overtake Google -the default destination for millions of internet users globally?
The data shows dramatic rise of Facebook- this can be attributed to the fact that people are spending more time on the net socializing, and an average user visits more pages on Facebook (not sure though if the Facebook Chat window refreshes are counted as part of the Hitwise data as the chart shows a phenomenal increase since April 2009).
On a different note, a person usually visits a Google page, only when he/she is seeking specific information.
On the face of it – one would assume that this phenomenon (of growing popularity of Facebook, and other Social Media platforms) is just about couple of years old… but this has been trending for quite sometime now with social bookmarking tools, which started around five to six years back and now with the new-kid-in-the-block - the Facebook ‘Like’ button -that a user can use to favour a particular web page.
Google in its current Avatar represents the Web 1.0 era, which was based on “Traffic” to the web-page. The relevancy of content on the Internet was based on Traffic to that page vis-a-viz a particular keyword/phrase. The whole idea of Page Rank depended largely on how many back links were there to the webpage and how much traffic was generated to the web-page…that gave relevancy of the page to the particular keyword that a person had searched for.
While the Web 2.0 era is all about community… the tools that is popular in this era is all about being ‘social’. This has given rise to community based tools for people to recommend and share content on the web. The relevancy of content on the Internet is not based on traffic, but on ‘trust’. How many people have Digg’d it, Reddit, Technorati’d, and now Facebook ‘Like’ed it makes the content more relevant … Even portals like YouTube (belonging to Google) gives some preference to the most favoured videos
The reason for the same is that people still trust in what other people say, even if they are total strangers. How else, do you think the salespersons still have their jobs :). While search-engines would still remain, and the algorithms get more and more effective in terms of picking relevant content from the Net… nothing can beat humans to read, comprehend and recommend what is right or wrong – online or offline.
For web owners, it is important that they start creating online properties and content with the objective of creating ‘trust’ rather than ‘traffic’ because in future ‘trust’ is what that drive traffic and nothing can beat Human Intelligence, especially not Artificial Intelligence
Cheers
Santosh
Google Vs Facebook: From Traffic to Trust
An interesting news article that came out a few weeks back has got me thinking…. Facebook has overtaken Google to become the most popular website in the United States for the first time, according to new data from Hitwise, which measures Internet traffic. For the week ending March 13, the social networking juggernaut registered 7.07% market share, beating the search giant's 7.03% market share.
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/8XVAKZ
What got me thinking was how could Facebook in such a short span of time overtake Google -the default destination for millions of internet users globally?
The data shows dramatic rise of Facebook- this can be attributed to the fact that people are spending more time on the net socializing, and an average user visits more pages on Facebook (not sure though if the Facebook Chat window refreshes are counted as part of the Hitwise data as the chart shows a phenomenal increase since April 2009).
On a different note, a person usually visits a Google page, only when he/she is seeking specific information.
On the face of it – one would assume that this phenomenon (of growing popularity of Facebook, and other Social Media platforms) is just about couple of years old… but this has been trending for quite sometime now with social bookmarking tools, which started around five to six years back and now with the new-kid-in-the-block - the Facebook ‘Like’ button -that a user can use to favour a particular web page.
Google in its current Avatar represents the Web 1.0 era, which was based on “Traffic” to the web-page. The relevancy of content on the Internet was based on Traffic to that page vis-a-viz a particular keyword/phrase. The whole idea of Page Rank depended largely on how many back links were there to the webpage and how much traffic was generated to the web-page…that gave relevancy of the page to the particular keyword that a person had searched for.
While the Web 2.0 era is all about community… the tools that is popular in this era is all about being ‘social’. This has given rise to community based tools for people to recommend and share content on the web. The relevancy of content on the Internet is not based on traffic, but on ‘trust’. How many people have Digg’d it, Reddit, Technorati’d, and now Facebook ‘Like’ed it makes the content more relevant … Even portals like YouTube (belonging to Google) gives some preference to the most favoured videos
The reason for the same is that people still trust in what other people say, even if they are total strangers. How else, do you think the salespersons still have their jobs :). While search-engines would still remain, and the algorithms get more and more effective in terms of picking relevant content from the Net… nothing can beat humans to read, comprehend and recommend what is right or wrong – online or offline.
For web owners, it is important that they start creating online properties and content with the objective of creating ‘trust’ rather than ‘traffic’ because in future ‘trust’ is what that drive traffic and nothing can beat Human Intelligence, especially not Artificial Intelligence
Cheers
Santosh
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/8XVAKZ
What got me thinking was how could Facebook in such a short span of time overtake Google -the default destination for millions of internet users globally?
The data shows dramatic rise of Facebook- this can be attributed to the fact that people are spending more time on the net socializing, and an average user visits more pages on Facebook (not sure though if the Facebook Chat window refreshes are counted as part of the Hitwise data as the chart shows a phenomenal increase since April 2009).
On a different note, a person usually visits a Google page, only when he/she is seeking specific information.
On the face of it – one would assume that this phenomenon (of growing popularity of Facebook, and other Social Media platforms) is just about couple of years old… but this has been trending for quite sometime now with social bookmarking tools, which started around five to six years back and now with the new-kid-in-the-block - the Facebook ‘Like’ button -that a user can use to favour a particular web page.
Google in its current Avatar represents the Web 1.0 era, which was based on “Traffic” to the web-page. The relevancy of content on the Internet was based on Traffic to that page vis-a-viz a particular keyword/phrase. The whole idea of Page Rank depended largely on how many back links were there to the webpage and how much traffic was generated to the web-page…that gave relevancy of the page to the particular keyword that a person had searched for.
While the Web 2.0 era is all about community… the tools that is popular in this era is all about being ‘social’. This has given rise to community based tools for people to recommend and share content on the web. The relevancy of content on the Internet is not based on traffic, but on ‘trust’. How many people have Digg’d it, Reddit, Technorati’d, and now Facebook ‘Like’ed it makes the content more relevant … Even portals like YouTube (belonging to Google) gives some preference to the most favoured videos
The reason for the same is that people still trust in what other people say, even if they are total strangers. How else, do you think the salespersons still have their jobs :). While search-engines would still remain, and the algorithms get more and more effective in terms of picking relevant content from the Net… nothing can beat humans to read, comprehend and recommend what is right or wrong – online or offline.
For web owners, it is important that they start creating online properties and content with the objective of creating ‘trust’ rather than ‘traffic’ because in future ‘trust’ is what that drive traffic and nothing can beat Human Intelligence, especially not Artificial Intelligence
Cheers
Santosh
Sabtu, 15 Mei 2010
Review: After 1 month using iPad
- How often do I use the iPad? As for me, for the past 1 month I have been busy identifying the right applications to download and use. Have been reading alot of reviews.
- Finally, Jailbreaking opens up more possibilities for me to test a lot more apps. Apptrackr opens up a whole new world.
- I prefer to download "Productivity" apps as compared to others because I see the iPad as a tool to increase my Productivity.
- The question - Is it really true that iPad can increase my Productivity?
- Even after a month, I don't have much time to explore the features of the apps which I have installed.
- Maybe more than 80% usage of iPad is for browsing purposes. Most probably because its very easy to press a simple button and click Safari and in a few seconds, you are visiting the intended sites. Unlike, the laptop which requires a few minutes to boot up. And of course, the iPad screen is no match for iPhone.
- Another common app is BlogPress, which is the one I am currently using to post my Blog. Since it is Universal, I have it installed on both iPad and iPhone.
- I have 3 ToDo apps i.e ToDo, List N Do and Taska... All three of them sync seamlessly using te onlite task manager Toodledo.com. Very convenient.
Other Reviews:
- Review: After 1 month using iPad
- Review: What is it like after 2 months owning an iPad?
- Review: iPad - After More than 100 Days
- Review: 13 Reasons iLike iPad - How About You?
- Review: I Am A Student - Is It Worth To Buy an iPad?
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How To Access iPad Files From the Finder using Netatalk
Netatalk, for those of you unfamiliar with it is a free jailbreak app that conveniently allows you to access your iDevice’s entire file system remotely from the Finder. Put more simply, it’s the perfect solution to access all of your iPad, iPhone and iPod files directly, for FREE.
Netatalk is a free and open source implementation of Apple Talk for Unix devices which, basically, lets you use Apple’s standard file sharing between a Mac and an iPhone, in the Finder. And luckily for us, an iPad: Netatalk is compatible with iPhone OS 3.2, so feel free to fire up Cydia and install it. If you still have to jailbreak your iPad and get going with Cydia, you can read our post here. Once you’ve installed Netatalk, the iPad will respring. To get Netatalk to work you’ll have to reboot though, and if you’re using SBSettings (also from Cydia, a must have tool) tap on Power, then Reboot and wait for the iPad to restart. It should take around 10 seconds.
Now take a look at your Finder sidebar, ’cause a nice iPad icon should be there under the “Shared” tab. Make sure that both the devices (iPad and Mac) and using the same local network. This is the kind of Netatalk magic we were talking about before. Now click on it and the Finder will ask you a username and password to access the device: the default ones are “root” and “alpine”, but you can read this tutorial here on how to change the password. Anyway, choose to remember the connection and here you go: you’re now browsing your iPad file system.
More details --> HERE
How to Use iPad with the Magic Mouse
I have been wondering for sometime how I can control my iPad with the Magic Mouse.
1 - It needs a Jailbroken iPad.
2 - Need to install BTStack Mouse app from Cydia.
3 - Start the app and let the app discover yr Magic Mouse. Once it has discovered, simply connect the mouse and it should now be working. Voila!
4 - If required, you can adjust the Mouse speed.
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1 - It needs a Jailbroken iPad.
2 - Need to install BTStack Mouse app from Cydia.
3 - Start the app and let the app discover yr Magic Mouse. Once it has discovered, simply connect the mouse and it should now be working. Voila!
4 - If required, you can adjust the Mouse speed.
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Jumat, 14 Mei 2010
Apptrackr.org - Excellent Site for yr iPad [BLOG]
If you are looking for iPad apps, Apptrackr is one of the best site.
And your iPad companion should be a Jailbroken iPad with Appsync 3.2 and Installous installed. Install Download Safari plug-in if you want to.
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And your iPad companion should be a Jailbroken iPad with Appsync 3.2 and Installous installed. Install Download Safari plug-in if you want to.
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Kamis, 13 Mei 2010
ToDo for iPad ($4.99)
After reading quite a number of good reviews, I decided to purchase this today. True enough, the graphics are quite amazing!
Good review -- iPad Application Review and also read this "iPad Quick Review on ToDo for iPad"
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Selasa, 11 Mei 2010
I have just Jailbroken my iPad..!! [MY BLOG]
Within 3 minutes the iPad was Jailbroken!
That's using SPIRIT Jailbreak Solution.
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That's using SPIRIT Jailbreak Solution.
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Cydia Apps - What Works and What Doesn't
Before attempting the Spirit Jailbreak, I am checking out the Cydia Applications that works and what doesn't on iPad.
Cydia Apps on iPad: What Works, What Doesn't
Cydia Apps on iPad: What Works, What Doesn't
iPad vs iPhone Usage
People ask me - now after you have purchased the iPad, did you use it regularly and more often than iPhone?
Frankly speaking.... No.
Reason being, iPad is not meant to be carrying around 100% of the time. The size limits the mobility. Unlike iPhone, which you can simply carrying around in the phone case which is placed around the belt.
However, I used iPad regularly when I am home. More often compared to my Macbook and iPhone. How about in the office? Hmmm... I am yet to to be comfortable carrying around in meetings. Its still odd having to replace the Pen and Paper. Not wanting the Boss or colleagues look at you differently during meetings. They might have thought you are not focusing on the meeting but instead busy browsing or do other things...
In my organization, there are currently 2 people using iPads as compred to iPhones.
So, its a matter of time for me to being comfortable carrying the iPad.
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Frankly speaking.... No.
Reason being, iPad is not meant to be carrying around 100% of the time. The size limits the mobility. Unlike iPhone, which you can simply carrying around in the phone case which is placed around the belt.
However, I used iPad regularly when I am home. More often compared to my Macbook and iPhone. How about in the office? Hmmm... I am yet to to be comfortable carrying around in meetings. Its still odd having to replace the Pen and Paper. Not wanting the Boss or colleagues look at you differently during meetings. They might have thought you are not focusing on the meeting but instead busy browsing or do other things...
In my organization, there are currently 2 people using iPads as compred to iPhones.
So, its a matter of time for me to being comfortable carrying the iPad.
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Minggu, 09 Mei 2010
Blogging via iPhone and iPad
How easy can we get with Blogpress app?
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Appannie.com - App Store Stats
Visit http://www.appannie.com
Good site to learn the Top 500 apps in various countries.
It will give you an idea which apps are popular before you make any purchase decision.
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Good site to learn the Top 500 apps in various countries.
It will give you an idea which apps are popular before you make any purchase decision.
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Sabtu, 08 Mei 2010
Sitemeter - Day 1 (after installed)
Just installed a Javascript to my Blog site.
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Can iPad replace yr traditional Pen and Paper?
Normally what do we carry to meeting? A diary or notepad with pen.
So what can an iPad do? For people who have not been using computer or their PDA for daily use, they might find an iPad to be quite an odd device to use.
Actually, with the right skills, mindset and of course the right appliations, iPad will transform the way you work.
My List N Do will help me to remind the big and small To-Dos for the week or month. Imagine having this To-Do list everywhere cos I can sync with iPhone too!
Apple Note app is quite simple, that's why I purchased Paperdesk. I can insert photos and also leave an audio note.
Yesterday, I was evaluating few apps for mind mapping and finally decided to buy MindNode. Easy to use app which can easily jot down my thoughts.
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So what can an iPad do? For people who have not been using computer or their PDA for daily use, they might find an iPad to be quite an odd device to use.
Actually, with the right skills, mindset and of course the right appliations, iPad will transform the way you work.
The default apps such as Safari Browser, Email and Calendar are a must.
However, we need other productivity apps to complement what's missing.
I have GoodReader to read pdf files but the iAnnotate app give the extra capability to annotate pdf files. No longer the need for me to print all the pdf files and carry them around!
However, we need other productivity apps to complement what's missing.
I have GoodReader to read pdf files but the iAnnotate app give the extra capability to annotate pdf files. No longer the need for me to print all the pdf files and carry them around!
My List N Do will help me to remind the big and small To-Dos for the week or month. Imagine having this To-Do list everywhere cos I can sync with iPhone too!
Apple Note app is quite simple, that's why I purchased Paperdesk. I can insert photos and also leave an audio note.
Yesterday, I was evaluating few apps for mind mapping and finally decided to buy MindNode. Easy to use app which can easily jot down my thoughts.
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Quran for iPad
Previously I purchased iQuran Pro for iPhone. Its one of the best Quran reader and translation however until today the Company has not release the optimize version for iPad screen.
After a thorough search, I stumbled upon Quran Majeed. Although not perfect, its the best alternative. Downloading is quite tedious. Need to do it one surah at a time. [UPDATE: We can now download the whole Quran from 6 reciters easily)
Highly recommended for purchase.
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After a thorough search, I stumbled upon Quran Majeed. Although not perfect, its the best alternative. Downloading is quite tedious. Need to do it one surah at a time. [UPDATE: We can now download the whole Quran from 6 reciters easily)
Highly recommended for purchase.
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UPDATES - REVIEWS
- Review: 13 Reasons iLike iPad - How About You?
- Review: I Am A Student - Is It Worth To Buy an iPad?
- Review: After 1 month using iPad
- Review: What is it like after 2 months owning an iPad?
- Review: iPad - After More than 100 Days
- Review: After 4 months - List of my 11 Pages of iPad Apps
- Review: STM Scout XS
- Review: Screen Privacy Filter
- Review: Yoobao iPad Case
- Review: Apple Wireless Keyboard
An Evening With Jenny Davies-Reazor at the NAA
Chloe went to her first art opening last night...
My good friend Jenny Davies-Reazor had a solo show at the Newark Arts Alliance here in Newark, DE.
As we walked around the room (Chloe in arms) we looked at all the different imagery Jenny uses in her work... And Chloe pointed out and spoke the words of things she noticed "look mommy, the sun. A bird... two birds! Wow - Blue! And look mommy, over 'dere, and 'dere... I want to see that".
The work was amazing! You should stop by and see it sometime this month (up until May 29th).
Here are some mosaics on buildings near the NAA.
And Chloe noticed some of these glass cabochons...
Who wouldn't be inspired...
We were... We quick stopped by the dollar store on our way home and bought some class cabochons of our own to glue out in our garden... Why not right?
Check out my Garden Blog Post for a peek at some other fun things we did yesterday...
Probably one of the best memorable days for doing fun simple things I've had in a long time!
An Evening With Jenny Davies-Reazor at the NAA
Chloe went to her first art opening last night...
My good friend Jenny Davies-Reazor had a solo show at the Newark Arts Alliance here in Newark, DE.
As we walked around the room (Chloe in arms) we looked at all the different imagery Jenny uses in her work... And Chloe pointed out and spoke the words of things she noticed "look mommy, the sun. A bird... two birds! Wow - Blue! And look mommy, over 'dere, and 'dere... I want to see that".
The work was amazing! You should stop by and see it sometime this month (up until May 29th).
Here are some mosaics on buildings near the NAA.
And Chloe noticed some of these glass cabochons...
Who wouldn't be inspired...
We were... We quick stopped by the dollar store on our way home and bought some class cabochons of our own to glue out in our garden... Why not right?
Check out my Garden Blog Post for a peek at some other fun things we did yesterday...
Probably one of the best memorable days for doing fun simple things I've had in a long time!
MindNode
Just purchased another app for Mind Mapping called "MindNode".
Price $5.99 (Universal)
Easy to use graphics.
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Price $5.99 (Universal)
Easy to use graphics.
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Purchased Apps - iPhone and iPad
I bought the iPad last month (April 15, 2010).
List of iPad Apps
1 - MaxJournal - $ 2.99 (April 30, 2010)
2 - Paperdesk - $ 1.99 (May 1, 2010)
3 - GoodReader - $ 0.99 (April, 2010)
4 - Popular Science - $ 4.99 (April 2010)
5 - List n Do - $1.99 (May 3, 2010) - Universal
6 - Atomic Web Browser - $0.99 (May 8, 2010) - Universal
7 - BlogPress - $2.99 (May 8, 2010) - Universal
List of iPad Apps
1 - MaxJournal - $ 2.99 (April 30, 2010)
2 - Paperdesk - $ 1.99 (May 1, 2010)
3 - GoodReader - $ 0.99 (April, 2010)
4 - Popular Science - $ 4.99 (April 2010)
5 - List n Do - $1.99 (May 3, 2010) - Universal
6 - Atomic Web Browser - $0.99 (May 8, 2010) - Universal
7 - BlogPress - $2.99 (May 8, 2010) - Universal
8-Quran Majeed - $4.99 (May 10, 2010) - Universal
9- AppAdvice - $1.99 (May 11, 2010) - Universal
10-ToDo for iPad - $4.99 (May 13, 2010)
List of iPhone Apps
1 - iQuran Pro - $ 10.99 (Oct, 2009)
2 - iPray Pro - $ 3.99 (Oct, 2009)
3 - Whatsapp - $0.99 (May 4, 2010) - universal
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List of iPhone Apps
1 - iQuran Pro - $ 10.99 (Oct, 2009)
2 - iPray Pro - $ 3.99 (Oct, 2009)
3 - Whatsapp - $0.99 (May 4, 2010) - universal
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Who wanna buy iPad now? Or wait...?
It depends...
The launch of iPad in Malaysia is unknown but speculation has been going around that it might be end of May or June.
If you can wait and don't want to buy an at a more expensive price (forking out extra RM 800-RM 1000) more, then don't buy now.
But others felt the extra money worth every sen. Having to use it now to the fullest can't simply describe the thrilling excitement. No more anxiously waiting while seeing others using it..
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The launch of iPad in Malaysia is unknown but speculation has been going around that it might be end of May or June.
If you can wait and don't want to buy an at a more expensive price (forking out extra RM 800-RM 1000) more, then don't buy now.
But others felt the extra money worth every sen. Having to use it now to the fullest can't simply describe the thrilling excitement. No more anxiously waiting while seeing others using it..
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Review: iLike iPad - How about you?
Don't dive in and buy an iPad for the sake of buying (unless you have tons of cash to throw).
People will ask me why I buy the iPad... Here's the reasons:-
1) I must admit that I am an Apple fan. I go crazy about Apple products. I owned an iPod nano, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Macbook, Macbook Pro and not forgetting Magic Mouse, Apple TV and Time Capsule.
2) iPad fits nicely in between iPod Touch or iPhone and the Macbook or MBP.
3) It replace your Books and Paper. For example, its iBook is simply fantastic. I purchased apps like Goodreader that can read yr PDF files. If u like annotate yr notes, u can buy iAnnotate PDF, which now I no longer print PDF files. I easily highlight and scribble my pdf files on iPad.
4) I have PaperDesk that simply replaced yr pen and paper or yr notepad.
5) I bought List n Do which organized my To Do List.... and organize my life... ;-)
6) Actually, my main purpose of getting the iPad is for reading purposes. I don't have to carry a lot of papers or carry my Mac to read pdf files etc. Its also very easy to carry and read without placing or paper or computer on yr lap. Good bedtime reading too!
7) iPhone is good for browsing the Net but iPad have a totally blasting experience! Just couldn't describe until you guys experience it. Imagine a 10" screen instead of the teeny-weeny screen of an iPhone or the BB...
8) I can still use my iPhone apps in my iPad (for example my iQuran and iPray which I purchased earlier)
9) Someone might asked - what about video? I don't watch movies that often but again watching on a bigger screen than iPhone is exhilarating! Youtube are excellent (if you have good network of course).
10) I also bought MaxJournal which is Diary for iPad which I used to jot down my daily thoughts etc... Wow... don't have to carry any diary anymore.... best nye...
11) If you like Digital Photo Frame - look no further. This iPad can replace that Digital Photo Album... All your vacation photos etc can be played 24 hrs... It can be a "big" alarm clock too!! hehe..
12) Don't buy an aquarium because there is an app called "Colorful Aquarium" which turn yr iPad into a digital Aquarium! Don't need to buy fish food....!!
13) I am not into games - but playing games on the iPad brings you to the next level of excitement... Alamak...susah mahu cakap... very thrilling....
Overall - This iPad will replace pen and paper, books and diaries, digital frames and aquariums, DVD players and mp3 players... etc..etc...
What more do you want? iLike...iPad... ;-)
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People will ask me why I buy the iPad... Here's the reasons:-
1) I must admit that I am an Apple fan. I go crazy about Apple products. I owned an iPod nano, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Macbook, Macbook Pro and not forgetting Magic Mouse, Apple TV and Time Capsule.
2) iPad fits nicely in between iPod Touch or iPhone and the Macbook or MBP.
3) It replace your Books and Paper. For example, its iBook is simply fantastic. I purchased apps like Goodreader that can read yr PDF files. If u like annotate yr notes, u can buy iAnnotate PDF, which now I no longer print PDF files. I easily highlight and scribble my pdf files on iPad.
4) I have PaperDesk that simply replaced yr pen and paper or yr notepad.
5) I bought List n Do which organized my To Do List.... and organize my life... ;-)
6) Actually, my main purpose of getting the iPad is for reading purposes. I don't have to carry a lot of papers or carry my Mac to read pdf files etc. Its also very easy to carry and read without placing or paper or computer on yr lap. Good bedtime reading too!
7) iPhone is good for browsing the Net but iPad have a totally blasting experience! Just couldn't describe until you guys experience it. Imagine a 10" screen instead of the teeny-weeny screen of an iPhone or the BB...
8) I can still use my iPhone apps in my iPad (for example my iQuran and iPray which I purchased earlier)
9) Someone might asked - what about video? I don't watch movies that often but again watching on a bigger screen than iPhone is exhilarating! Youtube are excellent (if you have good network of course).
10) I also bought MaxJournal which is Diary for iPad which I used to jot down my daily thoughts etc... Wow... don't have to carry any diary anymore.... best nye...
11) If you like Digital Photo Frame - look no further. This iPad can replace that Digital Photo Album... All your vacation photos etc can be played 24 hrs... It can be a "big" alarm clock too!! hehe..
12) Don't buy an aquarium because there is an app called "Colorful Aquarium" which turn yr iPad into a digital Aquarium! Don't need to buy fish food....!!
13) I am not into games - but playing games on the iPad brings you to the next level of excitement... Alamak...susah mahu cakap... very thrilling....
Overall - This iPad will replace pen and paper, books and diaries, digital frames and aquariums, DVD players and mp3 players... etc..etc...
What more do you want? iLike...iPad... ;-)
UPDATES:
Other Reviews:
- Review: After 1 month using iPad
- Review: What is it like after 2 months owning an iPad?
- Review: iPad - After More than 100 Days
- Review: 13 Reasons iLike iPad - How About You?
- Review: I Am A Student - Is It Worth To Buy an iPad?
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