Monthly Archives: August 2009

Wireless Internet connection

August 23, 2009 – 2:06 pm

I have been searching for a reliable wireless internet connection for some time , which allows some amount of  flexibility while using it.   My requirements are simple , it should be a prepaid USB connection and should work in  Mumbai and Goa.  Since I do not view videos or download movies,  the connection should have [...]

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Protected: IT company culture

August 22, 2009 – 10:17 am

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Social networking

August 16, 2009 – 1:25 pm

One of the biggest problems due to the proliferation of social networking  is the spam invites  you receive from perfect strangers to the various social networking websites.   I am extremely careful online,  but I still face this deluge of  unwanted mails. The worst culprits are: Facebook  – “Check out my photos” -  who wants to [...]

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Airtel 290603 debit

August 12, 2009 – 11:46 am

Like a movie sequel , my Airtel  prepaid balance is  again being debited for  Rs 3  for Thought for the day service to which I have never subscribed. In June I was facing this Airtel prepaid problem and after repeated follow up, I managed to get a refund.  Now in the space of  30 minutes [...]

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Lack of diversity

August 7, 2009 – 3:05 pm

Though India is a very diverse country, one of the things I have noticed is the complete lack of diversity in the employee profile of most software / internet companies in India. Everyone comes from similar socio-economic backgrounds, age and have similar interests. Even bloggers/ websites are very similar in nature and their opinions. One [...]

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Startup costs

August 1, 2009 – 11:08 am

If you have an internet business which is exclusively online,  there is always a lot of competition since the entry barriers are low.  One of the things to track is the costs which other companies who could compete with you have, so I found this post (and comments ) on startup costs interesting. In India [...]

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