It's 745 pm on Monday 30 May 11. It's the memorial day holiday in the US and just at the end of what has been a pretty good holiday weekend, I have just discovered my next new reason to keep blogging. I recently upgraded from a Blackberry curve to the BB Bold and just a couple of hours ago I figured out how to get past the http 400 error that I was getting on several favorite websites, sometimes as simple as gmail. Ever since I have jsust checked the latest cricket scores on cricinfo, watched a couple of favorite videos on youtube and then I had an Aha! moment. "Why don't I try blogger.com", I thought and it worked. Having been a while since I posted something here and given that I did not have much else to do, I threw myself on my black couch, stretched out my legs on to the center table and decided to do this right away (even as I move my eyes away every now and then from this screen to a larger one where my son is witnessing a replay of the baseball game today between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals).
Honestly, I've been thinking about returning to my blog page for quite a while. The list of excuses for why I didn't can be a post in itself so I'll save it for another day. However, with everything that's been going on in my life, coming back any sooner may have resulted in me only venting and nothing productive. Also I firmly believe that there is a right time for everything in life and now is the right time for this. A good weekend that has livened up my spirit, a BB Bold that let's me go beyond phone and email and all this right on the eve of June.
June is my favorite month. It's a no brainer, I was born in June, but June is also special to me in many more ways. So every year in June I try to do something new, to re-invent myself, include a pep in every step and work really hard. So this year, on top of everything I have decided to do to become a better professional, I have decided to go out and run at least 3 times a week and blog every single day. I did this in the last ten days of 2010 and it wasn't bad at all. Now I'm going to take it up a notch. And what a better time than June to try this. Especially given that I can blog from pretty much anywhere with my BB Bold.
No reason not to blog at all.
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 17, 2008
What the Blog?
I mean, what the HELL?
Becuase HELL is what Blogspace is becoming. Like we don't have enough wars in the world, now we have Blog Wars. Aamir vs ShahRukh and AB vs Everybody. And so on...
The effects of the internet are far-reaching and fast. This medium has made the world a really small place. I used to like a particular advertisement that used to say "Solutions for a Small Planet". I mean, WHO THE HELL, would have thought of the earth as a small planet? But that is what the internet has done to this world, hasn't it? Shrink it.
Everyday the power of the internet is growing. But while life is getting better with internet banking, internet shopping and internet everything, Satan enters the internet in the form of Blog Wars.
My friend is trying to start a company and it involves some help from NRIs. Someone told him the best way to reach out to Indians in the US is to Blog. He tried it and he was amazed by the results. He was so encouraged by the results that he is actually moving ahead full steam with this new initiative.
If that is the power of the internet and that is the power of the Blog, then WHY THE HELL are these people using this all powerful medium for petty fights and ego trips.
And these are not ordinary people in anyway. These are the people, who because of who they are, have the ability to influence crores of Indians and may be billions of people around the world. Why do big brands use celebrities in their ad campaigns? Because consumers aspire to be like them - Advertising and Marketing 101.
So why not use Blogspace for better causes? Why not send the right message to millions of people who look up to them? Why not use this powerful medium for a zillion causes that need attention? Who needs to teach these people?
HOW THE HELL do I know? But I know there are a whole lot of you out there who feel the same way as I do and would like it better if Blogspace remained meaningful.
Mr. Khan and Shri AB. There are surely some people you make feel, "TO HELL WITH YOUR BLOG".
P.S. This is an original post that was published on msn.co.in on May 15, 2008
Becuase HELL is what Blogspace is becoming. Like we don't have enough wars in the world, now we have Blog Wars. Aamir vs ShahRukh and AB vs Everybody. And so on...
The effects of the internet are far-reaching and fast. This medium has made the world a really small place. I used to like a particular advertisement that used to say "Solutions for a Small Planet". I mean, WHO THE HELL, would have thought of the earth as a small planet? But that is what the internet has done to this world, hasn't it? Shrink it.
Everyday the power of the internet is growing. But while life is getting better with internet banking, internet shopping and internet everything, Satan enters the internet in the form of Blog Wars.
My friend is trying to start a company and it involves some help from NRIs. Someone told him the best way to reach out to Indians in the US is to Blog. He tried it and he was amazed by the results. He was so encouraged by the results that he is actually moving ahead full steam with this new initiative.
If that is the power of the internet and that is the power of the Blog, then WHY THE HELL are these people using this all powerful medium for petty fights and ego trips.
And these are not ordinary people in anyway. These are the people, who because of who they are, have the ability to influence crores of Indians and may be billions of people around the world. Why do big brands use celebrities in their ad campaigns? Because consumers aspire to be like them - Advertising and Marketing 101.
So why not use Blogspace for better causes? Why not send the right message to millions of people who look up to them? Why not use this powerful medium for a zillion causes that need attention? Who needs to teach these people?
HOW THE HELL do I know? But I know there are a whole lot of you out there who feel the same way as I do and would like it better if Blogspace remained meaningful.
Mr. Khan and Shri AB. There are surely some people you make feel, "TO HELL WITH YOUR BLOG".
P.S. This is an original post that was published on msn.co.in on May 15, 2008
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