Bad Day at Office: Best Video Ever

Happy Birthday Shahrukh Khan

SRK turns 42 today. Happy Birthday.

He is one of the few celebs that I want meet and talk and understand. Other ones being Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet.

I dedicate the following Apple Computers advert to him ...

Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some see them as the crazy ones,
We see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world,
Are the ones who do.

This is not the complete text. There is more.

And here is the complete text of the advert

Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent.
They imagine.
They heal.
They explore.
They create.
They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Source: Archive.org

Blogadda.com spamming blogs

Just got this comment on one of my posts and obviously this is a spam comment from Blogadda.com

This is second attempt in last few days (after MapmyIndia) when someone has tried using comments advertising.Get your act together guys. Think of a better way of advertising your service aka product.

These guys should learn from Saawariya. Saawariya took permission before they posted advertisements. They entered blogs through a subtle route rather than praising posts that have no merit.

Looks like lots of Web 2.0 companies out there need lessons in Web 2.0

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kiran < noreply-comment@blogger.com>
Date: Oct 31, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: [The War Of Words] New comment on iPhone iTouched.

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Posted by Kiran to The War Of Words at Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:08:00 PM

iPhone iTouched

I just touched a real iPhone. And needless to say .. its worth the hype.

Its the number one of my list of must haves. Can someone gift me one... ?

Mukesh Ambani is richest in world

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited is officially the richest person in the world as of 29th October. He is worth $63.2 billion.

With Indian stock index reaching 20,000, his personal wealth has peaked $63billion. He leads Carlos Slim Helu ($62 billion), Bill Gates ($62 billion), Warren Buffet ($56 billion) and LN Mittal ($50 billion). Telecom, Software, Investments and Steel have been left behind by Petrochem.

This brings me back to the question ... How much is enough .. ?

Yet Another Day

This is what I wrote in the afternoon

yet another day
going past me
and here I am
thinking and pondering
watching it go
yet another day!

Advertisement for an Exhibition

Awesome artwork.

Food for Thought - Social Networks

And finally my another theory about social networks.

I cant reinforce that human beings in the end are social animals. If a marketer can give humans some food for thought, something to talk about, a context that helps people diffuse time in social gatherings, something people can become master of (by virtue of thought and/or use of words) and the master can attract followers, the marketer would have done his job.

Most of the time people hang around with same set of people and after a time you know everything there is to know about a person. What do you talk about then? You have to find something to talk about. This is where the Food for Thought would come in. Let people use the food supplied by marketer to kill their time. And spread the world.

Originally posted here.

I am still trying to develop this theory. Suggestions are welcome.

The Ripple Effect for Viral Marketing

Virals are like ripples. Someone needs to drop that pebble that starts the ripple. These pebbles have to be dropped at the right places. Where water is deep enough to create a large ripple. And where a ripple would not die down after some time.

Originally posted here.

I am trying to develop this theory. Suggestions are welcome.

Saawariya is now following you on Twitter!

I just got this email

From: Twitter ;
Date: Oct 26, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: Saawariya is now following you on Twitter!
To: ******

Hi, s4ur4bh.

Saawariya (Saawariya) is now following your updates on Twitter.

Check out Saawariya's profile here:http://twitter.com/Saawariya

You may follow Saawariya as well by clicking on the "follow" button.

Best,
Twitter
--
Turn off these emails at: http://twitter.com/account/notifications

This is for the first time when an Indian movie has used twitter as advertising tool. The very fact that I am blogging about it means that they have been able to get my attention. And more than that I would spread the word.

I might watch and might not watch the movie but I will sure talk about it to my friends. I will brag that one I twitter and two Saawariya is cool enough to follow me.

The Ripple Effect
Virals are like ripples. Someone needs to drop that pebble that starts the ripple. People at Saawariya are sure throwing a lot of pebbles. These pebbles have to be dropped at the right places. Where water is deep enough to create a large ripple. And where a ripple would not die down after some time.

Food for thought
And finally my another theory about social networks. I cant reinforce that human beings in the end are social animals. If a marketer can give humans some food for thought, something to talk about, a context that helps people diffuse time in social gatherings, something people can become master of (by virtue of thought and/or use of words) and the master can attract followers, the marketer would have done his job.

Most of the time people hang around with same set of people and after a time you know everything there is to know about a person. What do you talk about then? You have to find something to talk about. This is where the Food for Thought would come in. Let people use the food supplied by marketer to kill their time. And spread the world.

Any thoughts? Comments?