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This comes as a pleasant surprise since I was not really aware of these awards and have no idea how I made it or who nominated the website. So, who ever thought of the show thank you. A few weeks go somebody from PC world contacted me and then they disappeared without a word. I let it pass and did not think of it at since I am constantly hunkered down trying to get my work done and am strapped for time. Everybody is so I am no exception.

Here is how PC World Web appears to define Online Radio. “Online radio is an exciting concept as it means that you can get access to free music irrespective of your location.” My website is not a music channel. It is an online radio show fashioned in a magazine style where we have conversation and I am glad they chose to include me despite that. Five online radio show made it to the final cut: Raaga, Music India Online, Radio Guide, SmashHits and mine. Unlike others I don’t have a deep pocket, the marketing budget or a team that keeps me going day after day.

Now here is something that was quite surprising what the jury said: “The site’s focus was found to be a bit lacking and the jury felt that the site’s serious nature meant that its target audience was very limited.” I agree and that is the point – the show is by nature eclectic, catering to a fairly limited but self selected eclectic audience of trendsetters, opinion makers, movers and shakers, who are defining a truly global Indian culture, a collective subconscious if you will for the new Indian century. But then perhaps I need to do a better job of describing you and me and this dialog you allow me to share.

But you know what in the end what matters is this -  if you  love what I am doing and I love what I am doing  then that is all there is to it.  I look forward to doing my work every hour of the dayand that is all that matters. It is the sheer passion and joy that keeps me going and that passion I think cannot be bought or created…you simply need to have it within you.

Thank you for your continued support.

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Thank you Mr. Russert for keeping us updated on the Washington scene. You will be missed.

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As Maggie puts it the book essentially looks at our lives and the cost we pay for being constantly distracted via new technological developments. We all know what that means…checking on that twitter feed, or compulsively checking your emails on your BlackBerry or laptop, texting, SMSing…you name it. There is no dearth in the arsenal of distraction. (more…)

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About 90 percent of Ranbaxy’s sales come from its generic drugs and Daiichi is looking to expand its presence in the generic drug space and catapult the combined entity of Daiichi and Ranbaxy to the 15th place in the world writes The Hindustan Times. (more…)

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RockyYou’s array of social widget offerings include SuperWall,  Horoscope, SlideShow and many more. Their widgets can be found on Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, Hi5 and others.

RockYou’s growth has been phenomenal to say the least. In the last few months and gets millions of pageviews as Jia Shen, CTO of RockYou points out in this video clip that I recorded a couple of weeks ago. (more…)

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In this week’s TechLife column in Financial Express I tried to look at why Silicon Valley is different from the perspective of three entrepreneurs. (more…)

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While we were headed to the conference room, I suddenly noticed this low glass topped coffee table with a beautiful screen saver like screen and realized that I was staring at the Microsoft Surface computer.  Now, this was something I had been wanting to see in-person and it was quite amazing that I literally stumbled upon it. It turns out it was the first time that Paul had also clapped his eyes on. Microsoft Surface. We took a quick, short video clip of Paul checking out Microsoft Surface, which is really cool.

I recorded a great interview with Paul about innovation, entrepreneurship and how Microsoft is helping and fostering that in India. That interview will be up and running later this week. So, do watch out for that. It is quite amazing when I found out the extent to which Microsoft is spending its energy to foster a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in India.

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The movie appears to be the the talk of almost every dinner conversation this past weekend. I heard one group describe how they dressed up in character and went to catch the movie in San Francisco and also had a SATC theme party afterwards. SATC theme parties and Cosmos were quite the rage this weekend across the nation. SATC was “the movie” to watch. There was of course the occasional male who did see the movie like Greg Baxton of LA Times who wrote: “Guys You Can Survive SATC.” Question is how many guys believe Greg? (more…)

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The article was an overview of the recent TiECon 2008 event held in Santa Clara, CA. Among the key takeaways from this year’s conference was that economic downturns are some of the best times to do a startup. Perhaps that was the underlying and unstated theme of this year’s event when you consider that folks featured as keynote speakers built companies on the cusp of one of the biggest busts in Silicon Valley, and then they also featured someone who is considered as a great coach and operations person: Bill Conway, Chairman of Intuit. How do you build companies was a key focus of this conference.

A special thank you to all those who send emails on the publication of the article.

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Naresh Goyal was scheduled to hold a press conference at the TiECon event and there was quite a bit of excitement about it in the press room. But then the press conference was abruptly canceled and getting to interview Naresh Goyal was an impossible task. I saw him a couple of times at the speaker’s lounge, but there was s small mob surrounding him and I knew that getting through to him would be impossible. I missed listening to his speech because I was busy interviewing somebody else up in the press room during the conference. His speech was inspirational and outstanding according to the feedback from various people. (more…)

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I wonder how long Salman will continue to blog? Is this a passing interest? Salman appears to be in a time crunch already and thus far has managed to write 5 very short posts. Now, why has he started blogging? There are a bunch of reasons and one of them is based on some kind of survey that showed that “direct interaction with the common people” would be a good thing. (more…)

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Pollack, a gifted diretor, made films like Tootsie, Out of Afric, The Firm and Sabrina among others. As a producer his films include Recount, Michael Clayton, The Quiet American, The Talented Mr. Ripley (The film script was written by Anthony Minghella, who passed away earlier this year. Mr. Minghella also wrote the screenplay for The English Patient and his last unfinished work is being directed by Shekar Kapur), and The Fabulous Baker Boys among others. As an actor he appeared in films and TV serials like Tootsie, The Soprano, Michael Clayton and Will and Grace. (more…)

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The news of Mr. Sarin stepping down from Vodafone clearly comes a surprise and the FT describes it as a shock to many in the telecom sector. Stunning is how The Telegraph describes at the sudden departure of Mr. Sarin. The timing of Mr. Sarin’s departure comes as a surprise writes The Washington Post and adds that he helped define Vodafone as a big telecom company. (more…)

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What was different about this place compared to other spas is the integrated approach they take to evaluate you and the treatments they recommend. I vividly recollect the Ayurvedic doctor and her disappointment when she heard that I was there just for the day. Her recommendation was that even if I could spend a week there she could help me. I wish I had the luxury of that rare commodity: time.

I wrote an article about my experience at Soukya that was published in the weekend magazine of Gulf News in Dubai today. Hope you get a chance to read the article.

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I was walking down Union Street in San Francisco the other day and saw two senior citizens standing on the roadside peering into their Apple laptop! It is the same scene when I visit various coffee shops on Union Street. Sometime the coffee shops are so jammed that I cannot find a spot to sit. This is true of the local Starbucks. What is the draw to this particular Starbucks? You get free wi-fi from Anchor, which is supposedly located in the same building as the coffee shop! By the way I hear that Om Malik frequents a certain Starbucks in downtown San Francisco and is a regular fixture there. (more…)

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Meet Prof. Randy Pausch, computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) who has become an inspiration for millions of people. Prof. Pausch has terminal cancer and is making time to share his thoughts on how to get the best out of your life. In this rat race that we call life, we often loose sight of what really matters. It is only when the reaper arrives at your doorstep that it hits you that this is it and there is no second chance to leading a life as you want, imagined, desired or dreamed. That chance is lost forever when the reapers is knocking on your door. But, what you can do however is to take stock of your life and what you want to do with it starting now and see if you can do something about it. Can you find that passion, that true love and minimize the regret in your life? (more…)

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Musk was the keynote speaker on the second day and the highlight was that he was going to drive his Tesla (he owns the first Tesla that rolled out of their production line) into the auditorium just before his keynote talk with Mike Malone, a veteran Silicon Valley journalist. I certainly did not want to miss this and was there at the Santa Clara convention bright and early and took my place in  the first row with my Nikon, my video camera, recorder etc. It was a bit of an anti-climax when Musk drove his Tesla roadster. There was pin drop silence as the metal door rolled up and Musk silently drove his roadster  into the auditorium. (more…)

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The two opening keynote speakers on both days were like a breath of fresh air since they were a little different in their approach and vision of how they realized their dreams and what they are doing with their millions. Peter Thiel was the keynote speaker on the first day, and Elon Musk was quizzed in an absorbing and engaging way by Mike Malone, a veteran Silicon Valley journalist.

Thiel and Musk belong to a new generation of entrepreneurs and visionaries. (more…)

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Naresh Goyal, Chairman and Founder of Jet Airways is a keynote speaker at TiECon 2008 this Friday. He will also be addressing a press conference where he will talk more about the launch of their operations from San Francisco. (more…)

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There appears to be an upward worldwide trend when you look at innovation and entrepreneurship. Fuelling this trend is good old research and development (R&D) efforts in different parts of the world. As one entrepreneur put it R&D is the life blood for companies and entrepreneurs. It is out of R&D efforts that corporations increase their profits or new companies are born and go IPO. A good example of this is Silicon Valley-based VMware, the virtualization company that was born out of the research findings of Prof. Rosenblum and his students at Stanford. (more…)

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Thank you Chris for your lovely and encouraging comment that the Spy Princess” interview is a great listen.”

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I finally got to interview Pico earlier today. Pico recently published a book on the Dalai Lama. (more…)

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In this interview Garish shares his experience on what it takes to run a start-up in India, and about the ever changing business plan, and if there is such a thing as “a good time” to start your business.

KB: What does Vegayan do?

GS: Vegayan Systems Private Limited is a premiere supplier of advanced networking products and integrated solutions that enhances the functionality, performance and management of core IP/MPLS networks. It provides software overlay solutions, which encompass network operations, traffic engineering, analysis, planning and service provisioning. Vegayan offers solutions for both service provider and enterprise networks. (more…)

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