Category Archives: marketing

Web Graveyard Update

by Mahendra Posted on April 9, 2009

I had recently mooted the con­cept of WebGraveyard.com, where your pres­ence in the online world will for­ever be pre­served, includ­ing your social net­work­ing pro­files, blogs, etc. If any­one is yet not con­vinced this is a great idea, check out Online-Funeral. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Utterly Butterly Advertising

by Mahendra Posted on October 9, 2007

For a very long time, my post on Amul: Longest run­ning ad cam­paign in the world? is one of the most favorite search engine hits. I do not know why net searchers are fas­ci­nated with Amul’s ads rather than the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Techno-Social News Tidbits

by Mahendra Posted on August 18, 2007

Here’s some inter­est­ing news sto­ries from the past few days. It’s not 42, like Dou­glas Adams thought it would be. It’s 26. BBC reports that research has proved that a Rubik’s cube can be returned to its orig­i­nal state in no more … Con­tinue read­ing →

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On The Origins of Homo Mathematician and Professor Calculus

by Mahendra Posted on August 16, 2007

On the occa­sion of India’s 60th Inde­pen­dence Day, the news world and blo­gos­phere is abuzz with the news story that Cal­cu­lus was cre­ated in India, 250 years before New­ton. The offi­cial news source says: A lit­tle known school of schol­ars … Con­tinue read­ing →

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India’s Ingenuous Condom Usage

by Mahendra Posted on July 2, 2007

While India plans a six-fold increase in spend­ing to tackle AIDS, it is des­per­ately search­ing for its own Mr. Con­dom: Mechai Vira­vaidya, a for­mer Cab­i­net min­is­ter in Thai­land, emerged as an AIDS-fighting cru­sader in the ‘90s with an aggres­sive cam­paign … Con­tinue read­ing →

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