Kudithipudi.Org » Rantings http://kudithipudi.org Too much time on hand!!! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:19:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 G+ or Blog http://kudithipudi.org/2012/01/15/g-or-blog/ http://kudithipudi.org/2012/01/15/g-or-blog/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:44:36 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=1156 I started using Google Plus from last November and I should say that, even though I am a big proponent of keeping control over your digital avatar, it has been very easy to make (give) quick updates on Google plus than on this blog. Plus my friends and family don’t have to specially come to this site to get updates. They get the G+ updates as part of their regular email and/or when they log into their G+ stream. It is less work on everyones part.

That is one of the reasons, I believe G+ will be one of the first real contenders to Facebook. Even though Facebook boasts of more than 800 million users, it is still a “seperate” site that folks have to log into unlike Google plus, which is fast becoming part of the regular Google experience. Esp with the tweaks that Google made last week with incorporating G+ data into the search results, the line between  a Google search and using Google Plus gets blurrier.

So the question (for me) is not if it is Facebook or G+.. but if it is the blog or G+..

 

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2012/01/15/g-or-blog/feed/ 2 I have been tagged.. http://kudithipudi.org/2011/11/06/i-have-been-tagged/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/11/06/i-have-been-tagged/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:02:47 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=1095 As a site linking to site which is linking to site that serves malware. And I thought it was worth a post, because that site is twit.tv according to google :) . 

I believe the warning is due to the fact that I linked to some video provided by twit on this post (http://kudithipudi.org/2011/11/04/overheard-comment-about-start-upentrepreneurship) .

I pinged Leo on Google + about it and hopefully he will have his team take care of it. Wait.. let me say that again.. I pinged Leo!!! . Isn’t technology amazing. With the click of a button, I was able to send a personal message to one of the most famous tech personalities.

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/11/06/i-have-been-tagged/feed/ 0 Visit the Indian Railway’s official site for dating advice http://kudithipudi.org/2011/10/31/visit-the-indian-railways-official-site-for-dating-advice/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/10/31/visit-the-indian-railways-official-site-for-dating-advice/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:44:13 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=1081 I was reading this post (http://mindprince.blogspot.com/2011/10/state-of-railway-e-ticketing-in-india.html) by Rohit Agarwal and happened to check out the official site for the Indian Railway (which is a public enterprise).

And what do I see there? Ads for dating services and Penny Auctions!! Last I checked, the Indian Railways was one of the most profitable ventures in the pubic enterprises in India. What gives? Here’s a screenshot for proof :)

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/10/31/visit-the-indian-railways-official-site-for-dating-advice/feed/ 0 Unimaginative Error Pages : HP.com http://kudithipudi.org/2011/08/31/unimaginative-error-pages-hp-com/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/08/31/unimaginative-error-pages-hp-com/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:22:18 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=1029 One of the largest tech company in the world

Fortune 100 Company

Supposedly earns billions in consulting services

and what happens when thousands (and let’s imagine millions) hit their web app store?

 

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/08/31/unimaginative-error-pages-hp-com/feed/ 0 Huh…??? http://kudithipudi.org/2011/07/07/huh/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/07/07/huh/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:21:24 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=983 I was checking out the live feed from Facebook regd the video service they rolled out yesterday and noticed this comment on the live feed form.. all I can say is WTF :)

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/07/07/huh/feed/ 0 Facebook is popular…but still http://kudithipudi.org/2011/05/25/facebook-is-popular-but-still/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/05/25/facebook-is-popular-but-still/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 01:31:44 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=971 I wanted to signup for the service offered by the Techcrunch 2011 Disrupt winner, GetAround (which by the way is a pretty cool service) and went to their website. And what do I see? I need a facebook account to use their service. I know Facebook is popular, but how fair is it to require a potential customer to have a Facebook account?? 

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/05/25/facebook-is-popular-but-still/feed/ 2 Inspirational : Indian National Anthem by kids with disabilities http://kudithipudi.org/2011/02/06/inspirational-indian-national-anthem-by-kids-with-disabilities/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/02/06/inspirational-indian-national-anthem-by-kids-with-disabilities/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:26:55 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=923 Watch the video :) ..

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/02/06/inspirational-indian-national-anthem-by-kids-with-disabilities/feed/ 3 2011 Resolutions.. http://kudithipudi.org/2011/01/02/2011-resolutions/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/01/02/2011-resolutions/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:14:45 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=858 For the few folks that keep in touch with me through this website.. Happy New Year!! :) . Hope this new year brings you health and love.

I am usually not a resolutions guy :) .. But I wanted to give it a try this year. And I am making them public, so that I have more incentive (read pressure) to reach them. Without future adieu, here they are

  1. Take a look at this picture No.. not the part, where I am eating Jhanvi’s head :) .. But that big fat gut hanging out for everyone’s viewing pleasure. Loosing that is my first resolution.
  2. Second picture..This is a picture of the traffic to this site, according to Google. I want to double that by the end of this year. In other words, write more often :) .
  3. The third resolution doesn’t have a picture :) . I have always wanted to get a CISSP certification. Well, this year, I am going to stop thinking and act on it.
  4. And finally, the fourth one is to go on a decent vacation. Ideally, some place exotic :) ..And hopefully, we will have a visa to visit it.
]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/01/02/2011-resolutions/feed/ 2 Industry Jargon : Hotel Industry http://kudithipudi.org/2010/05/12/industry-jargon-hotel-industry-2/ http://kudithipudi.org/2010/05/12/industry-jargon-hotel-industry-2/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 14:19:16 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=813 For my records

  • LAR : Last Available Room. This is the term used to define the last available room in inventory for a channel.
]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2010/05/12/industry-jargon-hotel-industry-2/feed/ 0 I like to be in control of my destiny http://kudithipudi.org/2010/05/12/i-like-to-be-in-control-of-my-destiny/ http://kudithipudi.org/2010/05/12/i-like-to-be-in-control-of-my-destiny/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 13:52:41 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=809 I don’t have a Facebook or twitter account and that surprises a lot of my friends since I am such a geek :) . And the reason I keep (kept) giving was that I want to be in control of my destiny. In this case, destiny being content. While Facebook and Twitter provide you with a easy way to connect with friends/relatives/stalkers etc, I believe it gives a lot of leeway on control over the content for the companies running these applications. I have all the means and ways to communicate with my friends and advertise what I need to world. How I do that? That is a blog post that I have been “drafting” for the last couple of months :) ..Hope to publish it soon. And looks like the wider audience is finally waking up to it.

Check out this article on ReadWriteWeb regd how the tech leaders are calling for a boycott of Facebook and advocating for an open social networking protocol (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/more_web_industry_leaders_quit_facebook_call_for_o.php).

Another article on the same website, speaks about a study by the Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Korea, which shows that Twitter is really not a social networking site, but more of a medium to broadcast your content (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/study_twitter_isnt_very_social.php). Doesn’t really support the argument I made earlier that Twitter is not going to make it..but it certainly supports the notion that once the hype is gone the influence of twitter as a medium will decrease.

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