Category Archives: Social

The Three Degrees of Personalization

Posted on January 10, 2008 by rahulgaitonde

Facebook’s Beacon brought some spice to the tech community, which had been longing for some juicy stuff to blog/discuss/pontificate about since the iPhone’s launch several months ago. Beacon is (was?) part of Facebook’s new online ad system which shared a … Continue reading →

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Reader: Google's new social network

Posted on December 16, 2007 by rahulgaitonde

Steve Rubel talks about the significance about the new “Friends’ Shared Items ” feature on Google Reader. I was about to write about this, but Steve’s put it better than I’d planned. The popular RSS reader now lets you easily … Continue reading →

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How the New Web is changing PR

Posted on June 23, 2007 by rahulgaitonde

Steve Rubel explains on PBS’ PublicEye: … our practices are becoming more public. All of us who work inside PR agencies recognize that we need to build transparent bond with the public directly and not just serve as corporate intermediaries… … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! community prediction spot-on!

Posted on June 12, 2007 by rahulgaitonde

In a post several days ago , I had predicted that Yahoo! would sooner or later get out of the search business and concentrate on Community (since that’s what it is best at) and Personalization, which follows from the community … Continue reading →

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Yahoo!: Powered by Community

Posted on May 31, 2007 by rahulgaitonde

I’ve been thinking of the difference (and similarities) between Y! Answers and Wikipedia, and then about Yahoo!’s true strength. Excerpts from an email I wrote a friend: … if you can get inputs from not only patients, but medical practitioners, … Continue reading →

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That's going too far, DostPost!

Posted on December 9, 2006 by rahulgaitonde

DostPost.com is an interesting idea with great potential – a platform, they say, for sharing notes, projects, news, events, and collaborating across universities. They’ve sent out invitations to the IITs, the IIMs and IISc. However, DostPost has one fatal flaw: … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates and the new Workstyle

Posted on April 6, 2006 by rahulgaitonde

Here’s a report on CNN Money, on the way Bill Gates deals with information. The article does provide a rare glimpse into Gates’ office, but you come away with the feeling that this kind of article ought to have appeared … Continue reading →

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Go, Innovate!

Posted on March 12, 2006 by rahulgaitonde

The motivation for this piece began when Bill Gates, on a visit to Israel, commented on the difference in the technology industries of India, on the one hand, and Israel on the other. Gates said, “There will be competitors for … Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE, and the Community-driven business strategy

Posted on October 26, 2005 by rahulgaitonde

Ah! My first Linux-related post for a long while! Anyways, the folks at Novell have finally decided to go the Redhat way, and open up SUSE to the community. Here’s what the OpenSUSE wiki says: “The openSUSE project is a … Continue reading →

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Hula and the Future of Software

Posted on February 24, 2005 by rahulgaitonde

Jamie Zawinski’s (author of xscreensaver) has a post up on his blog (same article here), about how he talked Nat Friedman into changing the focus of Novell’s new calendar server project Hula. There’s one point that Jamie made in the … Continue reading →

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