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  • Online Networking More Popular Than Email

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    People are spending more time on online networking as compared to checking emails and surfing sites on the internet. This reflects the growing popularity of social networking sites as well the emergence of networking during recessionary times. One report stated that the number of volunteers with NGOs have seen a big jump – people have more time on hand !

    Facebook is the most popular social networking site globally. There are regional differences though. Orkut is highly popular in Brazil, MySpace in US, Mixi in Japan and Facebook in UK, Italy, Australia, Spain etc.

    Check the Reuters Report on CIO Zone for more interesting statistics and insights.

  • Project Planning Tool – PlannerX

    Magnet Technologies launches PlannerX  – a powerful tool that allows you to plan your Basecamp projects 5 times faster. It shows the entire project plan in a single page outline view. You can then navigate and edit it quickly using keyboard and shortcuts.

    Magnet Technologies’ Nirav, Sunny, Pradeep, Sangeeta and Mohan have powered this application with their intellect and creativity.

    Checkout the trial and demo video at the PlannerX site: http://plannerx.appsmagnet.com/

    Read the latest updates at: http://www.appsmagnet.com/category/plannerx/

  • Ad Review

    I was watching TV yesterday night and was pleased to note the following Ads. They are good.

    Tata – Remember : It continues the same spirit of the earlier Tata Dicor ads.

    Airtel : Wonderful execution and special treatment of a simple idea. Relationships win !

    Limca : This ad is not very new. But the music is good and the ad is refreshing. Sushma looks wonderful.

  • The All Time Favorite Books – My Must-Read List

    I am a voracious reader and I have diverse taste in reading. In my MBA days, library was my home.

    The other day, my friend asked me for a list of my favorite books. It was a difficult task. The favorites change over a period of time. But I realized that there are a few books that remain a must-read for me. I have often recommended these books to people. And ultimately, the wisdom lies in a few good books.

    So here are the books that have inspired me and influenced my thinking:

    Best Of The Best

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    Stephen R. Covey
    My Favorite Self Management Book

    The Dale Carnegie Collection
    The only self-help books that you will ever need !

    The Alchemist
    Paulo Coelho
    The Power of Dreams

    The Fountainhead
    Ayn Rand
    Philosophy of Values. Love Story

    My Experiments With Truth
    Gandhi’s Biography

    Management Books / MBA Books

    Built To Last
    Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
    A Management Book which is Built To Last

    Good To Great
    Jim Collins
    Management Concepts

    The Goal
    Eliyahu Goldratt
    A Thought Provoking book on Project Management

    Its Not About Luck
    Eliyahu M. Goldratt
    Sequel to The Goal

    The Tipping Point
    Malcolm Gladwell
    The power of Word of Mouth Marketing

    Snapshots from Hell : The Making of An MBA
    Peter Robinson
    An wonderful journey !

    Made In America
    Sam Walton
    An amazing book!

    Nuts!: Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
    Kevin Freiberg & Jackie Freiberg

    Maverick
    Ricardo Semler

    The Art Of War
    Sun Tzu
    The final word on Strategy

    What They Do Not Teach You At Harvard Biz School
    Mark H. McCormack

    Focus
    Al Ries
    The Power of focus in marketing

    The High Performance Entrepreneur
    Subroto Bagchi
    An insightful and experience-rich book on Entrepreneurship

    Inspiration / Self-Help / Philosophy

    Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
    John Gray
    A must read !

    The Bhagvad Gita
    Classic Gyan for life

    Man’s Search For A Meaning
    Viktor Frankl’s
    The story of a survivor from a Concentration Camp.

    Fish! for Life: A Remarkable Way to Achieve Your Dreams
    Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, Harry Paul

    The Secret
    Rhonda Byrne
    Self Help, Laws of Attraction

    The Diary of A Young Girl
    The journal of Anne Frank when she was in hiding for two years.

    It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
    Lance Armstrong & Sally Jenkins

    Biographies / History / General

    Jinnah – The Man Who Divided India
    Rafiq Zakaria
    Jinnah’s Biography – Read It To Get Surprised

    It Happened In India
    Kishore Biyani
    The Rise of Retail and Biyani

    The Richest Man In Bablyon
    Personal Finance

    Freedom At Midnight
    Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins

    Roots And Wings
    Raksha Bharadia
    A wonderful handbook on parenting

    Fiction

    Midnight’s Children
    Salman Rushdie

    The Namesake
    Jhumpa Lahiri

    The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown

    Eleven Minutes
    Paulo Coelho

    The Train To Paksitan
    Khushwant Singh

    Shantaram
    Gregory David Roberts

  • King of Good Times Vijay Mallya Wins Gandhi’s Prize Memorabilia

    King of Good Times Vijay Mallya Wins Gandhi’s Prize Memorabilia

    King of Good Times Vijay Mallya Wins Gandhi’s Prize Memorabilia. Gandhians will be shocked but it is fair. He has made the bid and won it legally. Do not blame his wealth to his liqour – the country allows people to produce, sell and drink it.

    Blame the people from whom this memorabilia went. It was with some custodians who did not do their duty.

    Hey Ram – Gandhi would not care about this auction !

  • ‘Jai Ho’ Influences English Language!

    ‘Jai Ho’ is the new mantra for possibilities across the world. It is everywhere! Thus Danny Boyle’s movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire‘ is influencing English language.

    Global Language Monitor (GLM) is an organization that documents, analyzes and tracks trends in language the world over, with a particular emphasis upon Global English. According to it, ‘Jai Ho!’ and ‘Slumdog’ from Slumdog Millionaire top the 2008 list of words from Hollywood that most influenced the English Language in 2008.

    Other interesting statistics from 2008 by Global Language Monitor:

    Top Words:
    1. Change
    2. Bailout
    3. ObamaMania

    Top Phrases:
    1. Financial Tsunami
    2. Global Warming
    3. “Yes, We Can!”

    Top Names:
    1. Barack Obama
    2. George W. Bush
    3. Michael Phelps

    http://www.languagemonitor.com/

  • Bhagwadgomandal – Gujarati Encyclopedic Dictionary Goes Live !

    Bhagwadgomandal is live !

    Bhagwadgomandal is the biggest and the most prolific work in Gujarati. The pride showcase of Gujarati language is not just a great dictionary but it is a powerful encyclopedia.

    Ratilal Chandaria’s Gujaratilexicon Team has digitized Bhagwadgomandal and created its digital avatar. The project is dedicated to His Highness Maharaja Bhagwatsinhji of Gondal, who had spent 26 years of his life on creating this treasure of knowledge.

    The Objective of Digital Bhagwadgomandal is:
    Digitalization and contemporarization of Bhagwadomandal (BG) using the latest technological tools to preserve it as a part of our cultural heritage enhance its usage among current and potential lovers of Gujarati language and create its awareness for Generationext.

    The project is aimed at benefiting the lover of Gujaratis languages, researchers, academicians, authors, journalists, youth and all gujaratis across the world.

    Bhagvadgomandal.com Project is managed and developed by Gujaratilexicon Team under the visionary leadership of Ratilal Chandaria. The project is supported by Magnet Technologies.

  • Fun Stuff : Create Obamicons

    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 !

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  • Apple’s Browser : Safari 4 Beta

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    Apple launched Safari 4 Beta, the new improved version of its browser. It has amazing look and feel, in keeping with the great apple tradition. It has ‘Tab On Top’, an inspired act. History is presented in form of Cover Flow.

    Safari also claims to be a top performing browser with high speed and stability.

    Download Safari

    Check it out !

    Safari’s New Features
    Safari : 150 Features

  • Magnet’s New Product – Picture Puzzle for Mac

    Magnet Technologies is proud to present our new product – Picture Puzzle for Mac.

    Picture Puzzle is a Mac OSX memory test game. You see a collection of pictures one after another. The objective of the game is to arrange them in right order after initial display. This tests how well you can remember the order of images. It stimulates your brain and helps you remember things better.

    It’s a free application and will work on all Apple Mac OSX computers. Won’t work on Windows / Linux.

    Nirav Mehta and the talented Magnet iPhone team including Pandit, Sameera have worked on it. They have worked really hard to make it playful! Special thanks to design team for coming up with superb graphic design!

    Go ahead, enjoy!

    Download It