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Author: ashokkarania

  • Good News : Its A….

    Hello World!

    God has blessed me and Komal with a special gift today. Our bundle of joy has arrived! 

    The mother and the baby are both fine. 

     

  • Are You A Celebrity?

     

    MyHeritage‘s Celebrities Section is fun! I tried Celebrity Face Recognition. And the result was enjoyable!

     

    http://www.myheritage.com/collage

  • Family Tree Sites – Review

    Hi!

    Yesterday, I reviewed the following Family Tree Creation / Geneology Sites:

    Geni

    MyHeritage

    Kindo

    ItsOurTree

     

    I liked Geni the most. Second best was MyHeritage. Geni has a very beautiful and wonderful user interface.

    I found all the following tasks were very easy and quick:
    1. Registration & Login – Just Name & Email ID
    2. Adding Family Members Is Easily & Enjoyable
    3. Invite Members As You Add Them
    4. Add Their Date Of BIrth, Added To Events
    5. Tree Is Created With Different Views
    6. View Map According To Date Of Birth Of Members
    7. Intelligent Photos – Event Linker
    8. Add Videos
    9. Calendar

    No wonder that Geni was awarded with the following awards:
    1. Time – 50 Best Websites 2008
    2. PC Magazine – The Best Free Software 2008

    According to Geni & TechCrunch:

    Geni is the fast, free, fun way to create your family tree with your relatives and stay in touch. Free unlimited photo and video sharing. It is a social-networking website for families to explore their geneology. Geni aspires to create a family tree of the whole world.

    MyHeritage is also a good site. It has nice features and various reports. You can also import GEDCOM data here. The most unique feature is MyHeritage Find The Celebrity In You Feature. Just upload your photograph and find the celebrity with which your face matches. You can also create a celebrity collage, morph celebrity images, look-alike meter. Try those tools. They are fun!

    My vote is for Geni. Try MyHeritage for Celebrity Fun!

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Great Tool – Wufoo

     

    Recently, I used Wufoo for making an online form. I was very impressed. I was able to create the form, distribute it, link it with email id and get the data within 30 minutes. The process was simple and quick.

    Wufoo is the best way for layman to collect data, send invitations and get payments. No scary codes.

    What I Loved:
    1. Cool Features
    2. Great User Interface
    3. Easy & Simple Notifications – Email, Mobile, RSS
    4. Quick Integration With Blog
    5. Reports – Graphs, Export Formats
    6. Ready To Use Templates For Most Common Needs
    7. Wonderful Tour

    Wufoo is an amazing tool. Highly Recommended!

  • Emotional vs Rational Reasons In Sales

    BNet is one of my favorite online joints. 

    Recently, I came across an interesting post on Sales Machine by Geoffrey James – Do Customers Buy For Emotional Reasons?

    My views on the topic are:

    Everyone acknowledges the role of subjective factors in our decisions. Even financial investments are now linked to behavioral factors. Of, course a great value proposition matters. It is a basic requirement. If you do not give me a good value for my money, I will not look at you – even if you are my good pal or neighbor. However, if my basic considerations are met, I would prefer to deal with a known person. After all, its all about relationships. Sales is a quarter to quarter reality, but relationships help us survive our decades!

  • Tata Indicom Ad: Its About You!

    The New Tata Indicom Ad is same league as Tata Dicor Ad.

    Focus on personal values, great music, appealing visuals….This ad also focuses on Youngistaan, achievement. The tag line ‘Suno Dil Ki Awaaz’ encourages the young Indian to follow his dream…Paulo Coelho will be happy…

    Good Ad…enjoy it…

  • Union Bank Of India Ad : Its All About Relationships

    Union Bank Of India has recently re-branded itself. It has got a new contemporary logo. In keeping with the relaunch, it has unleashed a new cross-media campaign. 

    It is the classic relationship ad. Yet it is effective and it works. It has touches you!

  • Osama To Obama : The 7 Year Journey!

    Today is September 11, 2008. It is seven years since one of the most tragic incidents of the recent times. 

    Anniversaries are time to reflect and introspect. The world and US has moved on since Sep 11, 2001. America has changed attention from Osama to Obama. Coincidentally, ‘Change’ is Obama’s mantra for America!

    Change is the only permanent thing!

  • SQB : Life

    A great quote for “Live To Give” Concept:

    “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” 

    – Winston Churchill

  • Micchami Dukkadam – Seeking Forgiveness

     

    Today is the last day of the holy Jain Festival – Paryushan. All Jains seek forgiveness today and the day is marked by worship and fasting across the world.

    All Jains seek forgiveness through sharing cards and expressing ‘Micchami Dukkadam’. The following is one such example:

     

    મિચ્છામી દુક્કડ્મ

     

    खामेमी सव्वे जीवा, 

    सव्वे जीवा खमंतु मे,  

    मित्ती मे सव्वे – भूएसु, 

    वेरं मज्झ न केणई l

     

     

    સર્વે જીવોને હું ખમાવું  છું.
    બધા જીવો મને ક્ષમા આપો..
    આ જગતમાં  રહેલા  સર્વ જીવો સાથે મારે મૈત્રી છે.
    કોઈની  સાથે મારે વેર નથી..

     

    On this auspicious occasion, after the Paryushan and Samvatsari Pratikraman, 

    we wish you all Micchami Dukkadam!  

     

    We ask forgiveness for any harm we may have caused you, 

    by thoughts, words or actions, knowingly or unknowingly.

     

    Micchami Dukkadam