Archive for July, 2011

Two Souls

Posted: July 28, 2011 in rhymed musings
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I have two battling souls inside, Two ever fighting minds, And every time these two collide One wins and one abides. One soul can do what many can’t, It has a gift of gold. It knows for certain: it was meant For greatness to unfold. My second soul is like a sloth: Pathetic, dirty, dull. [...]

Google+ Open Letter Impact: 2K views, Facebook account suspended

Posted: July 27, 2011 in Social Tech
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The headline of this post says it all. The post had attracted more readers in day than my very rarely updated blog gets on a typical week, which it gets mostly through search. In other news, my Facebook account has been suspended for… yes, you can guess it, violation of their real name policy. I [...]

Open Letter to Larry Page: Google+ Is Great. Now Can We Please Drop The “Real Name” Nonsense?

Posted: July 25, 2011 in Social Tech
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Dear Larry, Congratulation on Google+! Contrary to many predictions, you’ve nailed it. Your team has certainly learned from successes and failures of others and it shows. Google+ Circles make targeted content sharing a breeze, the no-strings-attached Twitter-like following is going to be a solid weapon against Facebook, and even the terminology is thoughtful – finally, [...]

Magic

Posted: July 8, 2011 in rhymed musings, what makes us tick
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                        – Inspired by all the Goodbye-Harry-and-You-Know-Who buzz  The world is too big and life is too short, You are no Harry and no Voldemort. Not even a sidekick — bystander at best, Watching the heroes to go on a quest. Exit the theater, [...]