Showing posts with label Idea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idea. Show all posts

Information Explosion...


These are the best of times,these are the worst of times.For today we live in a era where almost each one of has access to an unimaginable breadth and depth of information.
But then the era of Information Explosion has more and more air blown into the Bubble.

Thanx to the information explosion.
SPAMMING ,although being the last thing that a marketer would ever like to do , seems to be on a high .
Filtering content is another challenge that people are now getting used to.
And to add to that the hyped Talks ,workshops,Sessions,Lectures are getting monotonous

The podcasts have replaced the interviews.
Slideshare has replaced powerpoint presentaions.
Youtube has better talks or workshops .
Add to that blogs .
To be precise , now you can actually choose to stay out of a event ,since you know for sure, the Internet has better alternatives.

As far as my experience goes ,yes i was a die hard fan of GYAN.
I craved for it.
I used to read almost over 100 blogs a day on social media,SEM-SEO,Blogging,Internet Marketing......
I loved the sessions at Barcamps.
I enjoyed being a part of this ecosystem that was evolving like never before.


But then , i guess what looked like the driving force for joining such communities, turned against itself. And the obvious reason being perhaps the INFORMATION OVERLOAD on the internet
Add to this -the general story telling .

"THE MOST CLICHED STORY"
I was a common man. I had a idea--but had no idea how to implement that. Then we thought over it .
But then we had no money.
Then we bootstrapped Then we hunted for VC's. After n iterations in the product plan,
and 2n meeting's we got funded.
n now ,I am THE ENTREPRENEUR.

With all due respect to the ecosystem and the entrepreneurs .Nobody would or even can/ever raise a question over your credibility as a entrepreneur or the amount of efforts you have put in.
But then,
As the audience we get this story everytime..in Livemint, on Radio,Podcasts,Blogs n everywhere.
If you can present the entire journey as a casestudy , it might add more value to the story.
Telling the general story,i guess really wont attract ME.

So today i think twice before i enter a session on Startup's or VC's speaking, or rules of blogging,tips on Internet Marketing,or for that matter even technology.
And even if i enter it ,the repetition of topics, drives me out.

The freshness quotient ,i guess has been lost or atleast decreasing.
Everytime i see a mailer/poster about a session by XYZ , i think !!!

DO WE REALLY NEED TO GO AND LISTEN TO THEM ?
WHY CANT WE LISTEN TO THEM ON A PODCAST
OR SIMPLY READ ABOUT THE RULES OF .........
WHY DO WE NEED THE SAME THING OVER N OVER N OVER?
DONT U FEEL saturated ALREADY?

I guess i need a break,BADLY. SO I shall logoff from the Community for a while.

The Wishlist of the 20 something...



Its been over a month since i have been into exile from roomno368 ,but then there have been reasons behind it.
And now since i m back after a long time ..its time to share something really close to me ...

TO -DO - LIST-
for the next 3 years (minimum number of years left in my graduation)

Now before i share the list ,a quick glance at the development of the list -
The list would be more of materialistic but then tht's how a 20 something is supposed to be ..
Some of the features of the list are inspired (not as the Indian films,genuinely inspired)
Some of them are truly mine
and the remaining are output of my imagination but then i mean to do those too..

  • Get hold of a decent Car before my graduation (Dont ask y,m obsessed with this one)
  • Grab a ipod + Camera and go shooting into the wild...
  • Tour extensively around India with no constraints on expenses:P
  • Work on an Ideasilver
  • Make this blog as the hub for general junta = a 5 + page ranks
  • Publish my personal novel
  • For once..just once ...get a SPI of 9/10 (SPI=semester performance index)
  • Owing a Macbook
  • Work in a NGO -Explore the social part of me
  • Create a political party
  • Learn Marathi and French
  • Finish of IMDB's top movies list
  • Learning Linux
  • Create a Business plan out of Chemistry

That's for the moment ..
The list would be updated every now and then .
I would love to know ur TO DO LIST ..so do chip in with your lists.
And now since i m back @roomno368 i shall have something interesting coming up soon.
Keep waiting ...



21-Preview with a Premirefull evening ..




First things first ..

When I am referring to a Preview I definitely do not mean a premiere.
A preview as Our Social Media Catalyst defined as the show exclusively for the lesser mortals Media or better known as the Blogosphere ...

Coming back to the title of the post
21---the movie
A story based on the how a MIT grad beats the hell out of casinos in Las Vegas ...
The story is about how Ben Campbell ..
a born genius..a guy having a over loaded resume ..gets thru Harvard Med , but then comes the twist comes Professor Philips aks him to share a dazzling experience with him and our dude starts losing the Scholarship race.
Now this MIT graduate who have never dated nybody except maths formulas, is spotted by the "real hero" Prof Rosa who inspires him to join the not so known club of BlackJack hijackers.
The group of 4 people who have been meticulously trained to crack the Las Vegas gets their Leader when Campbell who is badly looking for 300000 USD joins them
This triggers a chain of events where the BlackJack teams gets all they wanted and few extra addons .. check the movie for the rest of it

Laurence Fishburne "THE MORPHEUS" who now looks like a Bouncer fits great in his role of the "LOSS PREVENTION Head" at the Casino. The MIT grad "Jim Sturgess" does good enough as a gambler who always gets lucky and never losses. But the person who beats them all is Kevin Spacey..no body "beats" him. The best part of the movie comes in the end..
The movie has a amazing ending

"Always a count for variable change"
Nways before the review ends a Vote of Thanks to Moksh Juneja,
the Social Media Catalyst
he truly is :P

The movie is definitely worth the money and the time.
It mite not be as good as Ocean's 11 but definitely it deserves a 3.5 on 5
The movie was then followed by a get together and then a dinner at Cafe Mondegar with Tarun,
Ideasmithy, Gaurav, Melody, Sakshi, Kanishka, Avantika.
After this ideal "extended weekend" evening ,i have strongly started to feel for creation of such posts like Catalysts who would help fastening the reaction time..

Now what could have been an ideal weekend evening was followed by a Friday...
Office time for all of these while i continue to submerge in my beanbag and enjoy the rains from Room No 368.








This does not happen in India

Nishit told me about this ------
worth mentioning on the blog

Innovation beyoooond imagination ...
amazing idea ..seriously
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=70579