Obama is the biggest change, the biggest fashion and the biggest news of the recent time.
The Obama Hope Poster has been an unprecedented success. Inspired by it, there is an interesting site that allows you to create your own Obama type posters – Obamicon.
Check it out !
If you are a busy professional and you want to record your ideas, this is your dream come true. No need to run like Archimedes saying Eureka Eureka !
Jott is your personal transcription service. Jott can record your to-dos and set reminders. It can share your posts with Twitter, Google Calendar, FaceBook , Remember The Milk etc. It also has services for your iPhone, Blackberry.
Jott also forwards your voicemails as emails and messages.
Check out, Jott !
I visited the site Save The Words today. The concept of the site is indeed wonderful. People like me who love words, will find it useful and exciting.
According to Lifehacker, Save the Words is a website dedicated to keeping underused English language words in the dictionary. Pick an underused word and pledge to save it from extinction.
Lexicographers analyze the frequency of word usage in popular culture and media to decide which new words will go into the dictionary, but they also track the falling popularity of words and opt to remove them. At Save the Words, an initiative of the Oxford English Dictionary, you can browse a wall of rare words, be given a random word, or search for a word to see if it’s in danger of extinction. If you find a word to your liking, adopt it.
The site has used the RIA technologies to great effect. The look and the feel of the site is cool. The user interface is very smart and pleasing. The site has its heart in the right place.
The world is full of enterprising people with amazing creativity and ideas.
Remember the recent George Bush Shoe Incident? The demand for those Shoes and Shoe Replicas, Shoe Merchandise was phenomenal.
Xtees.com, a T-shirt site, has come out with a Satyam range of T-Shirts.
Atleast, someone from non-Raju family is profiting from Satyam. Assumption: Raju does not hold any stake in Xtees.com 🙂
Divya Bhaskar, the leading Gujarati daily, carried an article on Gujaratilexicon on Wednesday Dec 17, 2008. Author Himanshu Kakani has written a very informative and interesting article on Gujaratilexicon. The article is already being circulated amongst the Gujarati groups on the internet.
Janmabhoomi, another leading Gujarati daily, carried an article on the importance of Gujaratilexicon. Shri Vipoolbhai Kalyani is at his best when he stresses the need for the society to back this project.
Its quite amazing to note how Gujaratilexicon appears again and again in the news. I guess this speaks for the importance of the great work of visionary Shri R P Chandaria. Magnet Technologies’ Gujaratilexicon Team is proud to be a volunteer in this great movement!
Links:
Kartik shared the following website with me – The Story of Stuff.
The video is remarkably different and creatively presented. Annie Leonard’s concepts and thoughts are beautiful expressed. The most important thing – it makes sense!
Mindless Consumption needs to be controlled. Thrift needs to be encouraged. We have a responsibility towards Environment, Future Generations and Third World Nations.
The Story of Stuff – Highly recommended !
Also Check – Ten Things We Can Do
I have recorded lots of videos of my son, Aditya. However, in some of the videos, the background sound was too loud. I tried a few software on Macintosh but I was not happy. Either the file became very heavy or the result was not satisfactory.
I tried YouTube and was very happy to note that I could replace background disturbance and add some cool music. And guess what, no copyright issues no sound track chosen!
Then, I saw other new features. The most important feature I noticed was the Video Annotation. It allowed you to pause. It allowed you to make a bubble note. Very important and very handy for explaining things or making pitches.
YouTube also has added other features like InSight where you can track the popularity of the video. You have option to allow people to embed the video etc.
All in all, Youtube’s cool features allow amateurs to do more. It meets the needs of common user very effectively.
The following is the result of my experiments.
Tarun Patel an educator from Vallabh Vidyanagar has launched GujaratiBloggers.com, a blogging community focused on the Bloggers from Gujarat. On GujaratiBloggers, Tarun posts the profiles of bloggers who are from Gujarat. Also he has started building a list of blogs maintained by Gujarati people.
Since the launch of this community Tarun has posted more than 40 Blogger profiles. My profile is also available on GujaratiBloggers, you can have a look: Ashok on GujaratiBloggers
With GujaratiBloggers community Tarun wants to build the biggest network of Bloggers from the land of Gandhi and Sardar.
“This community will give a common platform to the bloggers who have been trying to keep alive the Gujarati culture online”, says Tarun.
If you have a blog and want your profile to be featured on GujaratiBloggers community, send answers to the following questions at tarunpatel@gujaratibloggers.com
1. Please write 5-8 lines about you, your education and your hobbies.
2. When did you start your first blog?
3. Why do you write blogs?
4. How does blogging benefits you?
5. Which is your most successful blog?
6. Which is your most favorite blog? Why?
7. Can Tarun share your email id so that people can write to you? Y / N
You can send your answers along with your photograph to Tarun at tarunpatel@gujaratibloggers.com
Also you can submit your blog details to GujaratiBloggers.com by filling a form here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pj1Kko-Z4epOJBdCXs_u_eg
Looking forward to have you on GujaratiBloggers.com 🙂
The entire GL Team is elated with the overwhelming response to the new look of GujaratiLexicon.com. We thank you for your support and feedback.
Let me give a brief overview of the new features on GujaratiLexicon.
1. Easy and Quick Search:
Now, searching for words is easier and quicker than ever! Directly, enter the word in text box on the GujaratiLexicon.com home page itself and get the results.
Happy Searching…!
2. New GujaratiLexicon.com Interface:
The new and improved user interface of GujaratiLexicon site is designed to improve the user experience. All the relevant information is categorized together. The new interface is quick with easy navigation and allows users to search words, play online quiz, read best of Gujarati literature and lot more! Experience it to believe it!
3. Automatic Gujarati Phonetic Keyboard:
The new GujaratiLexicon site comes with default Gujarati phonetic keyboard for input. Thus the user can directly start writing in Gujarati without changing language support on his computer.
4. Web Keyboard:
Gujaratilexicon offers Web Keyboard to help you get the right word. Even if your computer does not have Gujarati support, you can use new GujaratiLexicon.
The user can type the text in the Web Keyboard by clicking the mouse and get the desired text on screen. This text can be than used in the search box.
5. Word of the Day:
You love GujaratiLexicon. Do you want to get ‘GL Word Of The Day’ in email? The new Gujaratilexicon allows you to get this wonderful feature. Just subscribe and you will get ‘GL Word Of The Day’ in your mailbox.
6. One Click Download
Fewer Clicks. More Action.
Download all the GujaratiLexicon Language Resources free at a single click. You can download GL installer and run the installer to setup GL on your PC. Download Saras Spellchecker, Fonts, and Keyboard Layouts etc from GL Download Section.
7. Online Gujarati Literatures:
The leading Gujarati Literature is available freely on GujaratiLexicon site. Fans of Sunday eMahefil, Opinion, Matrubhasha can relish on their favourite articles online. Even Media Room has literary gems like Dhirubahen Patel’s Speech.
8. Attractive Interface for Online Quiz:
Quick Quiz is a favorite with young and elders alike. The Online Version of Quick Quiz is more powerful with an attractive user-friendly interface.
Play Quick Quiz Online, test your knowledge and improve your Gujarati vocabulary!
9. Integrate GL on Site / Blog:
Everyone loves GujaratiLexicon. Want to integrate GujaratiLexicon on your own site or blog? Want to promote GujaratiLexicon? Well, things are very easy now. You can integrate GujaratiLexicon API to your site in Developers Section.
10. Dynamic Content on Homepage:
Lovers of GujaratiLexicon can view the dynamic content on GL home page for Opposite Words, Idioms, Thesaurus and Word of The Day, thereby increasing your Gujarati language knowledge.
11. Online Help Videos :
Do you face any problem using GujaratiLexicon? And you hate reading manuals and long instructions? Do not worry!
The new GujaratiLexicon site had Online Videos and Demos for learning GujaratLexicon – How to use application, How to write words using different conjunct characters, How to use GL site.
Happy Browsing!
