Monthly Archives: February 2008

Of Code Rewrites and the people who do them

Paul Tyma, previously the Chief Scientist at PreEmptive Solutions, now a Googler, is back to blogging after long. And his latest post reminded me just why I haven’t been able to remove his feed from my reader. The Feed Readers … Continue reading

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The "Demigods" defending themselves

Mike, from the 37signals blog, demystifies the myths perpetrated by the latest edition of Wired to 87367 people following their feeds, and 75000 who come there everyday.

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Another great reason for having a company blog

Gautam Ghosh pointed out on Twitter today that google is showing results from bloggers in a slightly different fashion today. I checked it out and it sure looks great. This is definitely another great reason to start a company blog. … Continue reading

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iPaper and the end of pdf as we know it

The iPaper is here. Scribd, one of the hottest startups of last year, has just released the Scribd Platform. This would allow developers to integrate documents into their websites, with a simple and clean flash interface. I have loved Scribd … Continue reading

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Political Entrepreneurs?

There is a new startup on the political scene. The founders include 8 energetic men, aged 28-45, with degrees and business experience. The startup is still in beta, and you can’t yet cast a vote. The priorities and mission statement … Continue reading

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Lessons in Bootstrapping

The internet is full of advice, both good and bad, and most of us keep running through hundreds of feeds every day, to make sure that if there is any good in there we will find it. So when you … Continue reading

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Why don’t we shop online?

Online shopping will never pick up in India. Atleast not the way it is currently designed. It has been 14 years since Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com. And for the last 14 years nobody has really tried to change anything about … Continue reading

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