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		<title>Nasscom Product Conclave &amp; Expo 2009 at Bangalore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Ranjan</dc:creator>
		
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NASSCOM Product Conclave 2009 - Be There
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 NASSCOM is organising its two day product conclave at Bangalore on 27-28 October. This is an annual event and this year&#8217;s show seems to be building up to a really tempting fare. The speaker list includes Guy Kawasaki, Kiran Karnik amongst a host [...]]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://www.webyantra.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/spot_product_conclave.jpg" alt="spot_product_conclave" title="spot_product_conclave" width="110" height="80" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1137" /> NASSCOM is organising its <a href="http://www.nasscom.in/nasscom/templates/flagshipEvents.aspx?id=57431">two day product conclave at Bangalore</a> on 27-28 October. This is an annual event and this year&#8217;s show seems to be building up to a really tempting fare. The speaker list includes Guy Kawasaki, Kiran Karnik amongst a host of other industry hotshots. Apart from panel discussions, the program schedule includes four workshops:<br />
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Evangelising and Selling the Dream-</strong> Learn how to use use secular evangelism to get customers, employees, and partners to believe in your product. It charts a complete course for the beginner evangelist covering how to define a cause, how to identify good and bad enemies, how to deliver an effective presentation, and how to find, train, and recruit new evangelists. This is by Guy Kawasaki.</p>
<p><strong>The art of writing a business plan-</strong> Writing a business plan is often a giant obstacle for an entrepreneur. This high energy workshop will demystify the process by outlining a logical sequence of thinking through all aspects of starting a business. It will use real-life business plan examples and will provide a detailed outline of all sections that are needed. It will also tell what should not be in a business plan.<br />
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Marketing and branding strategies for product companies</strong>- This workshop is about using creative and innovative marketing strategies that will help your product achieve notoriety. It addresses positioning, channel management, promotion, and online advertising.<br />
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Go-To-Market strategies for product companies. </strong> </p>
<p>The registration details are <a href="http://www.nasscom.in/nasscom/templates/flagshipEvents.aspx?id=57504">here</a>. </p>
<p>This is a great opportunity for tech companies to participate and learn from the experience of others. You could also participate in the <a href="http://www.nasscom.in/nasscom/templates/flagshipEvents.aspx?id=57787">product showcase</a>.</p>
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		<title>India Online 2.0 handbook</title>
		<link>http://www.webyantra.net/2009/08/17/india-online-20-handbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Ranjan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharing this awesome resource about the Indian online space. This captures lots of interesting datapoints&#8230; the great thing about this deck is that it lays down some of its postulates in a visual &#038; reader friendly format. 

Trendsspotting Handbook of Online India
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		<title>N1H1 Virus (Swine Flu) &amp; Social Media&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Ranjan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this excellent presentation about the current status of the Swine Flu epidemic in India. The deck captures the reported cases, the measures taken by the government to control the flu, symptoms of the ailment and what to do in order to avoid or control it. This was created by Abhishek Shah from Mumbai [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/abhishekshah/india-n1h1-virus-swine-flu">this</a> excellent presentation about the current status of the Swine Flu epidemic in India. The deck captures the reported cases, the measures taken by the government to control the flu, symptoms of the ailment and what to do in order to avoid or control it. This was created by Abhishek Shah from Mumbai and uploaded to SlideShare&#8230; sharing it here for everyone&#8217;s benefit   </p>
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<p>India &#038; N1H1 Virus (Swine Flu) - Presentation Transcript</p>
<p>   1. total confirmed cases worldwide 162380 * Last Updated Date and Time, 09/08/2009 (13:12 IST) ** Source: WHO, Indian Media Reports<br />
   2. total confirmed cases worldwide 162380 total deaths worldwide 1154 * Last Updated Date and Time, 09/08/2009 (13:12 IST) ** Source: WHO, Indian Media Reports<br />
   3. total confirmed cases worldwide 162380 total deaths worldwide 1154 total confirmed cases in india 721 * Last Updated Date and Time, 09/08/2009 (13:12 IST) ** Source: WHO, Indian Media Reports<br />
   4. total confirmed cases worldwide 162380 total deaths worldwide 1154 total confirmed cases in india 721 total deaths in india 4 * Last Updated Date and Time, 09/08/2009 (13:12 IST) ** Source: WHO, Indian Media Reports<br />
   5. swine flu is spreading<br />
   6. “33% indians likely to get h1n1”: union health minister ghulam nabi azad But most people would suffer only mild symptoms of the disease, he added.<br />
   7. what is our government saying?<br />
   8. “It&#8217;s a global pandemic. If countries across the world - around 168 till now - are suffering from a H1N1 outbreak, so will India”.<br />
   9. “there is no need to panic as India is still much better off than most countries across the globe who ha been hit harder by the pandemic”. ve<br />
  10. “We will see many more positive cases of H1N1 infection and maybe more deaths, exactly similar to what is happening across the globe. The virus is highly contagious. People should self report and not wait for government to track them down”.<br />
  11. “it hasn&#8217;t even reached the pandemic stage in India. We ha been able to keep the virus quiet ve for so long, the industrialized countries such as UK, US, Canada, Australia and Argentina were reporting positive cases in lakhs every week”.<br />
  12. “In England, there were 30,000 cases of H1N1 last week and 1.10 lakh cases the week before. Around 36 people ha died there so far. ve In Argentina, they ha registered a total of 7.62 ve lakh cases of flu of which 93% are H1N1 infections. They ha had 337 deaths”. ve<br />
  13. “The US, which has stopped recording positive cases, has at present 6,506 people hospitalized with H1N1 infection and 436 deaths. In Australia, there are around 30,000 confirmed H1N1 cases with 85 deaths”.<br />
  14. india’s answer to n1h1 (swine flu)<br />
  15. “two of India&#8217;s innovative interventions - entry screening at airports and ports and mass scale contact tracing - ha proved a sa ve ver. &#8220; r else, by O now we would ha had crores of H1N1 infected ve people”.<br />
  16. “We ha till now screened over 45 lakh passengers ve in 22 international airports. Every third H1N1 positive case in India was identified through airport screening. And then we tracked down every single person the infected patient may ha come in contact with, looking ve for H1N1 symptoms in them. Till now, over 8,000 contacts of infected patients ha been traced and given prophylactic ve treatment besides those who were found to be H1N1 positive”.<br />
  17. “Till now, it is clear that the virus is city centric. Not a single case has come up from the villages. Shutting a school wouldn&#8217;t mean you can stop students from attending parties and meeting friends in the evening where they can get the infection. Schools must stay open”.<br />
  18. steps by the indian government to check n1hi (swine flu)<br />
  19. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis.<br />
  20. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis. ?The national stockpile of Oseltamivir or Tamiflu will be increased by another 20 million capsules.<br />
  21. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis. ?The national stockpile of Oseltamivir or Tamiflu will be increased by another 20 million capsules. ?The testing capacity of existing 19 designated laboratories would be doubled.<br />
  22. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis. ?The national stockpile of Oseltamivir or Tamiflu will be increased by another 20 million capsules. ?The testing capacity of existing 19 designated laboratories would be doubled. ?Guidelines for granting approval to private diagnostic laboratories for testing influenza A H1N1 ha been finalised ve and communicated to the states. Only labs that conform to these guidelines would be allowed to testing for influenza A (H1N1).<br />
  23. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis. ?The national stockpile of Oseltamivir or Tamiflu will be increased by another 20 million capsules. ?The testing capacity of existing 19 designated laboratories would be doubled. ?Guidelines for granting approval to private diagnostic laboratories for testing influenza A H1N1 ha been finalised and communicated to the states. ve Only labs that conform to these guidelines would be allowed to testing for influenza A (H1N1). ?Teams of senior officers from the central government will visit every state headquarter to assess the preparedness in terms of isolation capacity and clinical assessment in different hospitals both in the private and government sectors.<br />
  24. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis. ?The national stockpile of Oseltamivir or Tamiflu will be increased by another 20 million capsules. ?The testing capacity of existing 19 designated laboratories would be doubled. ?Guidelines for granting approval to private diagnostic laboratories for testing influenza A H1N1 ha been finalised and communicated to the states. ve Only labs that conform to these guidelines would be allowed to testing for influenza A (H1N1). ?Teams of senior officers from the central government will visit every state headquarter to assess the preparedness in terms of isolation capacity and clinical assessment in different hospitals both in the private and government sectors. ?To ensure availability of adequate testing reagents, it was decided that another 22,000 kits would be procured immediately in addition to the 27,000 kits recently procured.<br />
  25. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis. ?The national stockpile of Oseltamivir or Tamiflu will be increased by another 20 million capsules. ?The testing capacity of existing 19 designated laboratories would be doubled. ?Guidelines for granting approval to private diagnostic laboratories for testing influenza A H1N1 ha been finalised and communicated to the states. ve Only labs that conform to these guidelines would be allowed to testing for influenza A (H1N1). ?Teams of senior officers from the central government will visit every state headquarter to assess the preparedness in terms of isolation capacity and clinical assessment in different hospitals both in the private and government sectors. ?To ensure a vailability of adequate testing reagents, it was decided that another 22,000 kits would be procured immediately in addition to the 27,000 kits recently procured. ?Three Indian companies are already working for development of vaccines for influenza A H1N1.<br />
  26. ?More thermal scanners at all international airports in the country, besides Delhi. They would be installed on an emergency basis. ?The national stockpile of Oseltamivir or Tamiflu will be increased by another 20 million capsules. ?The testing capacity of existing 19 designated laboratories would be doubled. ?Guidelines for granting approval to private diagnostic laboratories for testing influenza A H1N1 ha been finalised and communicated to the states. ve Only labs that conform to these guidelines would be allowed to testing for influenza A (H1N1). ?Teams of senior officers from the central government will visit every state headquarter to assess the preparedness in terms of isolation capacity and clinical assessment in different hospitals both in the private and government sectors. ?To ensure a vailability of adequate testing reagents, it was decided that another 22,000 kits would be procured immediately in addition to the 27,000 kits recently procured. ?Three Indian companies are already working for development of vaccines for influenza A H1N1. ?It is for the states to decide about closure of schools after assessing the situation prevailing in the affected areas.<br />
  27. symptoms &#038; precautions<br />
  28. Symptoms In children ?Fast breathing or trouble breathing ?Bluish or gray skin color ?Not drinking enough fluids ?Severe or persistent vomiting ?Not waking up or not interacting ?Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held ?Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough<br />
  29. Symptoms In Adults ?Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath ?Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen ?Sudden dizziness ?Confusion ?Severe or persistent vomiting ?Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough<br />
  30. Precautions: Lessen Spread of Flu at Home ?keep the sick person away from other people as much as possible (see “placement of the sick person” – next slide) ?remind the sick person to cover their coughs, and clean their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub often, especially after coughing and/or sneezing. ?ha everyone in the household clean their hands ve often, using soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub<br />
  31. Placement of sick person ?Keep the sick person in a room separate from the common areas of the house. (For example, a spare bedroom with its own bathroom, if that’s possible.) Keep the sickroom door closed. ?Unless necessary for medical care, persons with the flu should not lea the home when they ha a ve ve fever or during the time that they are most likely to spread their infection to others ?Ha the sick person wear a surgical mask if they ve need to be in a common area of the house near other persons. ?If possible, sick persons should use a separate bathroom. This bathroom should be cleaned daily with household disinfectant<br />
  32. Protect other person at home ?A phone call is safer than a visit. ?If possible, ha only one adult in the home take ve care of the sick person. ?A void ha ving pregnant women care for the sick person. ?All persons in the household should clean their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub frequently, including after every contact with the sick person or the person’s room or bathroom. ?If possible, consideration should be given to maintaining good ventilation in shared household areas (e.g., keeping windows open in restrooms, kitchen, bathroom, etc.).<br />
  33. If you are a care giver ?Avoid being face-to-face with the sick person. ?When holding small children who are sick, place their chin on your shoulder so that they will not cough in your face. ?Clean your hands with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub after you touch the sick person or handle used tissues, or laundry. ?Talk to your Doctor about taking antiviral medication to prevent the caregiver from getting the flu. ?Monitor yourself and household members for flu symptoms and the local H1N1 Command Center if the symptoms occur.<br />
  34. Household cleaning &#038; waste management ?Throw away tissues and other disposable items used by the sick person in the trash. ?Wash your hands after touching used tissues and similar waste. ?Keep surfaces (especially bedside tables, surfaces in the bathroom, and toys for children) clean by wiping them down with a household disinfectant according to directions on the product label. ?Linens, eating utensils, and dishes belonging to those who are sick do not need to be cleaned separately, but importantly these items should not be shared without washing thoroughly first.<br />
  35. Let’s fight it out. Together we can. </p></div>
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		<title>Nokia N97 - Has Nokia played it&#8217;s trump card already?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gaurav Gupta</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ We happened to get a test piece of the recently launched Nokia N97 after attending the Nokia N97 Bloggers Meet at Delhi a few days back. The Nokia N97 arrived at just the right time - I recently did away with my Nokia E90 communicator and was looking forward to my next smart device [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.webyantra.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/n97.jpg" alt="n97" width="299" height="198" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1104" /> We happened to get a test piece of the recently launched Nokia N97 after attending the Nokia N97 Bloggers Meet at Delhi a few days back. The Nokia N97 arrived at just the right time - I recently did away with my Nokia E90 communicator and was looking forward to my next smart device - And for a change, there were only a few models which I was considering, which included the iPhone 3GS, Nokia N97, Blackberry Bold and a few recent models from Samsung and HTC.</p>
<p>The first thing you will notice about the N97 is its size – It is nice and compact, exactly as long as iPhone, but not as wide. The phone provides a good, non slippery grip. Slide it into a jeans pocket and it feels &#8220;just right&#8221;. The physical QWERTY keyboard comes out in a snap&#8230; I almost dropped the phone the first time I opened the keyboard. But once its there, it fits perfectly into positioning and does not tend to slip back. Key size and spacing is comfortable, good for typing long emails. However, the 4 way direction key is on the left, which could be problematic if you are used to navigating a phone’s menu with your right thumb. The spacebar is oddly placed but I got used to it in sometime.</p>
<p>The screen is resistive touch, not the capacitive touch found in the iPhone and a few upcoming models from Samsung and HTC. So if you&#8217;re used to the touch screen on your iPod touch, you&#8217;ll initially find it difficult to use but will get used to it in a couple of hours, after which you can sense where and how hard you need to press to navigate through the menu. I must add that using the touch screen with the stylus was still much easier than using my fingers.</p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s <a href="http://www.ovi.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ovi</a>, Nokia&#8217;s first attempt to provide downloadable apps right from the phone, which is obviously inspired by the popular App Store by Apple. Apps did exist for all Symbian devices even before Ovi, but there was no one place to find them. One typically had to download apps from specific websites, or download them to the PC first and then install it on the phone. The experience of the Ovi store on the N97 was better than on the E90. But the app quality and numbers are no-where in comparison to Apple. One needs to browse and try a few of them to sort the good ones from the bad ones.<br />
Some apps are preloaded, including Facebook, YouTube, RealPlayer, JoikuSpot (an amazing software to convert your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot) etc. The one thing I like about Nokia devices is that they make the home screen actually useful, compared to the iPhone where all you see is just the menu. </p>
<p><strong>The good things:</strong></p>
<p>+ Lots of internal memory (32GB) expandable up to 48GB via a memory card<br />
+ OTA (Over the air) software updates, which is nothing new but still cool to have<br />
+ FM transmitter cum receiver, which provides an amazing way to couple it with your car&#8217;s stereo system<br />
+ Customizable home screen (with &#8220;widgets&#8221;), not just a &#8220;active standby&#8221; like other Nokia devices<br />
+ 5 mega pixel camera with flash<br />
+ A much better browser compared to previous Nokia models, although panning and zooming is not as cool as the iPhone</p>
<p><strong>The not-so-good things:</strong></p>
<p>- Inconsistent UI - Some features work on a single click and some work on a double click. Confusing at times<br />
- Scrolling menu&#8217;s with finger touch is terribly hard. Have to either use a stylus or pull out the keyboard<br />
- Green/red calling buttons are not sensitive enough. Since the UI does not respond very quickly, it&#8217;s hard to guess whether you&#8217;ve pressed the button or not<br />
- Stylus does not slide into the main device<br />
- Symbian OS just doesn’t seem right for a touch screen device. But don&#8217;t think Nokia will ever have much of a choice here, considering their recent acquisition of Symbian worth half a billion dollars<br />
- On screen keyboard is not full QWERTY, Therefore, typing on a full QWERTY keyboard with one hand (like say, E71 or the iPhone) may not be possible<br />
- Terribly expensive at Rs. 36000. Nokia, what were you thinking?</p>
<p>The perception of a mobile phone has dramatically changed after the iPhone. Nokia&#8217;s tagline &#8220;Live online 24&#215;7&#8243; is exactly what people now want to do on their mobile phones. The N97 did a lot of things right but still there is no one-thing which I can call an iPhone killer.</p>
<p>Apple&#8217;s iPhone has set the direction and is of course the clear winner in the segment right now. But the exciting part is that the competition is yet to open up. Everyone is warming up for this big battle of becoming the #1 in this space. <a href="http://www.android.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Google&#8217;s Android</a> platform, the newly launched Palm Pre and a few upcoming models from Blackberry are certainly worth keeping a lookout for. Samsung and HTC are also trying for the top-spot with their Windows mobile range. Has Nokia played its trump card with the N97? Or is there more to come?</p>
<p><strong>Final verdict?</strong> The N97 was a good first attempt but I am sure Nokia can do better than this. C&#8217;mon Nokia, yes you can. We know it. Come back stronger tomorrow. Shock us. Put us in awe. You need to prove the world that it&#8217;s not just hard but impossible to beat the #1 in the world (or else, its Game Over).</p>
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		<title>Aircel&#8217;s innovation in Mumbai rains</title>
		<link>http://www.webyantra.net/2009/07/25/aircels-innovation-in-mumbai-rains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Ranjan</dc:creator>
		
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Aircel Innovation In Mumbai On Rains
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Aircel in Mumbai came up with this innovative mix of Marketing + CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). This unique idea (and its implementation) deserves appreciation as it helped the Mumbaikars during the recent rains. 
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<p>Aircel in Mumbai came up with this innovative mix of Marketing + CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). This unique idea (and its implementation) deserves appreciation as it helped the Mumbaikars during the recent rains. </p>
<p>If you have come across any such example of innovation or company CSR&#8230;. in the hour of need, please do share. </p>
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		<title>Use Twitition to make Continental Airlines apologise for Abdul Kalam&#8217;s frisking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Ranjan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Incensed by the reported frisking of former Indian President Dr Abdul Kalam by Continental Airlines, this Twitition is urging Indians to tweet their way to get Continental to apologise. Started by Arvind, a blogger from Coimbatore, the petition goes as &#8220;I am sure you read our former President APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked by bunch [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Incensed by the <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/22/stories/2009072256471100.htm">reported frisking of former Indian President Dr Abdul Kalam by Continental Airlines</a>, <a href="http://twitition.com/qtrqm">this Twitition</a> is urging Indians to tweet their way to get Continental to apologise. Started by <a href="http://magnusonline.blogspot.com/">Arvind</a>, a blogger from Coimbatore, the petition goes as <em>&#8220;I am sure you read our former President APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked by bunch of Continental Airlines staff in name of security. What if Clinton was frisked in India? Can our Air India or Jet Airways even dare, is our country not terrorist target? Let&#8217;s ask Continental Airlines to apologize!&#8221;</em>. </p>
<p>If you think alike, head <a href="http://twitition.com/qtrqm">here</a> and tweet the twitition. </p>
<p>Twitition incidentally is a combo of Twitter+petition.  </p>
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		<title>Mallika Sehrawat at the Twitter office in San Francisco. And what this means for Twitter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Ranjan</dc:creator>
		
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The tip off for this story actually came from my wife when she mentioned that Mallika Sehrawat visited the Twitter office in San Francisco. That had me searching Google and chanced across the above video where she is seen dancing with Twitter employees. And as this report indicates, this looks like a staged event wherein [...]]]></description>
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<p>The tip off for this story actually came from my wife when she mentioned that Mallika Sehrawat visited the Twitter office in San Francisco. That had me searching Google and chanced across the above video where she is seen dancing with Twitter employees. And as <a href="http://www.theinsider.com/news/2556422_Mallika_Sherawat_Made_Twitter_Sexy">this report</a> indicates, this looks like a staged event wherein Mallika arrived at the Twitter office in a &#8220;<em>stretch limousine, with fans and media channels waiting outside for her.</em>&#8221; This must be good for Twitter and great for Mallika! While this &#8220;event&#8221; was probably arranged by the actresses&#8217;s publicists or managers, it is not entirely insignificant. For this is a healthy sign that Twitter is reaching critical mass and has managed to break beyond the early tech adopter crowds. When you start being used by movie stars in a developing country (and a far less tech oriented society in general), it&#8217;s an indicator that you appeal is broadbased enough to go beyond technology crazed initial users. This is a positive development for Web 2.0 in general. Amongst the plethora of Web 2.0 services that abound, very few have actually manged to scale this barrier. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.webyantra.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/800px-technology-adoption-lifecycle.png" alt="800px-technology-adoption-lifecycle" title="800px-technology-adoption-lifecycle" width="516" height="244" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1071" /></p>
<p>As Geoffry Moore&#8217;s Technology Adoption Life cycle indicates, technological innovations need to make a jump from the early tech adopters to the phase called the early majority. And if that jump is successful, the innovation is likely to attain critical mass (the area under the curve indicates the no of users&#8230; and the area under early majority is far bigger than that under early adopters). Mallika Sehrawat (representing Bollywood in general) is a symbol of the early majority as movies are mainstream entertainment. For Mallika, her Twitter usage conveys a &#8220;<strong>I&#8217;m tech savvy and abreast of the latest</strong>&#8221; message to her core audience. For Twitter, this is significant because someone like Mallika considers Twitter an important enough channel to use in reaching out to her followers.</p>
<p>Amongst the popular Web 2.0 (popular amongst the early tech adopters, I mean) services, I think there are just three (yet!) that have managed to crash this barrier - Youtube, LinkedIn &#038; now probably Twitter. Youtube is almost becoming like a cultural thing now - last weekend I happened to visit a fairly nondescript, beaten down cybercafe near my house in Delhi and out of the ten surfers in the cybercafe while I was there, four of them were watching Youtube videos! And none of those guys looked computer buffs/nerds to me. LinkedIn too is being used far beyond the initial adopters. </p>
<p>My SlideShare experience: With SlideShare, we try to keep track of the user segments that are using the service. The bulk of our users are businesses, corporates, tech folks, educators etc. Lots of others use slideshare as well but let me mention some of the curious ones in that list -  gardeners, real estate agents, religious preachers and missionaries&#8230; some of these users are clearly beyond the early tech adopters as well. One small victory for SlideShare happened recently when <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse">the White House</a> started using SlideShare (though I would still consider them an early adopter).   </p>
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