Innovation & Networking
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What I am up to
Since I am no longer actively pursuing Innovation Consulting, this is what I am doing now : visual identity design for brands & brand naming alongwith professional photography and I…
Been too long
This was my first ever blog and reading some of the past entries is like traveling back in time. Fascinating. I am still very interested in the subject of innovation…
Online Business Networking Status
Similar to the life of a typical professional who indulges in online business networking, the amount of blogging I did has gone down drastically. On the other hand, the number…
Bootstrap Logo : Logos for startups
aside has launched a new venture called Bootstrap Logo. As the name suggests, that’s designing logos for startups. It’s a fairly simple proposition : INR 11,160 [ or USD 225…
Imtiaz Khan discovers LinkedIn
Imtiaz Khan [ who is a dear friend ] has been on LinkedIn since 2006 and till yesterday he had 10 direct connections and had also forgotten his password. After…
2BHK Apartment for Sale
I am moving from Bombay to Gurgaon [ from the state of Maharashtra to the state of Haryana in North India ]. Just completed the website dedicated to the apartment…
Customer-Centered Innovation Map
This has been excerpted from the Harvard Business Review May 2008 edition. By thoroughly mapping a job the customer is trying to get done, a company can discover opportunities for…
Aquaduct Innovation for Developing Countries by IDEO
From the Dezeen website as they have referred from IDEO: The Aquaduct is a pedal powered concept vehicle that transports, filters, and stores water for the developing world. The functional…
Dreamhost hosting update
aside has created a new promotional code in collaboration with Dreamhost, which gives you $10 off from any of the hosting packages you choose. The promo code to be entered…
People you may know on LinkedIn
Another good feature addition on LinkedIn that is helpful. I don’t know the basis on which the list is shown but using it, I connected with four people today who…
LinkedIn Questions & Answers
Caveat : I don’t hold anything against the poster of this question : please don’t sue me – I’m just using it as an example to share with readers of…
LinkedIn Beta
Woo hoo! I’ve been wondering and then wondering some more about what new to write about online business networking – thanks to Gautam Ghosh [ who I connected with on…
Who has viewed my profile on LinkedIn
New Beta feature on LinkedIn. That’s how the feature is visible on my main dashboard page when I log into LinkedIn – on the right hand sidebar. That’s what the…
The advantage of being a LinkedIn LION
LION : LinkedIn Open Networker If you are an open networker – meaning that you’re open to connecting networks on LinkedIn with people you don’t really ‘know’ – then it’s…
MoreInspiration.com
This is what their website states on the home page: “MoreInspiration gathers innovations in products and technologies from all possible sectors and domains. These are classified according to the CREAX…
LinkedIn Answers
Great feature – I’d been tasting it thus far and realized the usefulness only today – when I found something of use to myself. Depending on how people actually utilize…
LinkedIn again
I’ve just paid for OpenLink premium membership for another year [ my second paid year ] on LinkedIn. It was a conscious decision and not the auto-recharge on my card…
Automated Contact Building
Derek Featherstone, writes how it would make social networking life easier to have our contact lists and profile details automatically siphoned in from our personal websites. While the technology/backend part…
Innovation and Process
Dave over at Communication Nation, picked up on an interesting point saying, Stop searching for God and just sit! You know it strikes me as interesting that when businesses want…
The bicycle ambulance
Wonderful, real-world, open-source, innovative and useful design. Via the Canadian Design Resource. Manufactured by Design for Development.
Innovative vs. Useful
Here’s an article on Basement.org that talks about how Video iPods are cool but not useful. It draws on the Nielsen study that says that video use on iPods is…
Wrong information on the LinkedIn Service Provider Category listing
Checked out the Services tab on LinkedIn to see how I fare on the Graphic/Web Designer category under Service Provider Recommendations. I have seven recommendations on my LinkedIn professional profile…
openBC will be back as Xing!
Their homepage says that openBC will be back as Xing! Brilliant! I can’t wait to see the changes they have implemented to make life easier for me as an online…