August 31, 2009
- Seeders – Angel fund and incubation for the tech startups!
I had precisely three envelope entrepreneurial ambitions! I call them envelope as each of them encompass several small ambitious projects. All three are aimed to change the world in my small way and make it a better place:
To build a successful Internet technology company which can enable millions of businesses
To bring mass scale change in [...]
April 24, 2009
- Talking @ Internet World on Three Dimensions of Internet Strategy
Friends,
I will be speaking @ Internet World in the Web2.0 theatre on 28th April 2009 from 16:40 hrs on “Three Dimensions of Internet Strategy”
The talk will revolve around an approach that let businesses put together a comprehensive Internet strategy order to optimize their revenues and profitability by connecting – communicating and collaborating more effectively with [...]
March 27, 2009
- Braving the downturn – More recession strategies
I recently shared few ideas with fellow IT companies about braving the downturn in a NASSCOM event.
The takeaway from the presentation was -
Stick to fundamentals. Business is simple. If we complicate it for the sake of some buzzwords, we will see more such tough days!
Here is the presentation for you:Earlier in the day, our Industry [...]
March 12, 2009
- What’s next? Social Media Fraud!
Over years, we have been subject to several frauds.
It can be a political fraud when someone do horse-trading of members of legislative assembly / parliament to reach the coveted majority mark in the parliament. Or cast their influence to get a contract awarded to his favorite business house.
Then we have been subjected to corporate fraud [...] - Technology is as good as its implementation
There are so many people working to get a new technology out to masses – a new invention to make things better. However, in my experience I firmly believe that:
Technology is as good as its implementation.Many a time, little imagination is put into implementation of the technology which is existing. If the existing technology is [...]
February 21, 2009
- Joomla templates overtakes traditional web templates in competition!
I was checking template trends on Google Trends and my intuition was positively reinforced. Joomla templates have officially overtaken traditional web template in search volume. The graph below is self explanatory.
(click above to see live results)
It is interesting to note that Joomla templates have gained a lot of popularity in eastern European countries compared to [...]
February 20, 2009
- Interesting visualization of Facebook activities
A very interesting visualization of Facebook traffic.
Is this the future of web stats? And it can be interesting if the same video is shot over time-line with specific location kept constant. And yes, a facility to fast forward and slow motion won’t hurt. It will really help us understand how the traffic patterns [...]
February 18, 2009
- Street smart strategies for the recession
Hello Friends,
Here are some street smart strategies to survive the recession:
1) Invest in marketing. Your competitors are not doing so to save money. You shall go ahead and make the kill to get maximum leads and exposure. As we know offense is the best defense. So it is best to attack recession with your [...]
February 9, 2009
- My interview at new-web-business.com
Hello Friends,
I have recently given an interview to Viraj Sawant of new-web-business.com on my views as "Blogging as a career". I found the interview interesting and have expressed my opinions strongly. Feel free to have a look:
http://www.new-web-business.com/internet-entrepreneur-in-india-abhishek-rungta-interview/
December 3, 2008
- Internet strategy for small business
Friends,
I have recently written an article for SME WORLD (November 2008 – January 2009) issue of Financial Express. It should be a good read for any small business if they want to put together an Internet strategy for their business.
Internet Strategy for Small Business
Internet is making the world flatter and giving small businesses a level [...]
September 10, 2008
- Google Chrome does not support Google Toolbar
I thought only Microsoft messes up their products / releases.
I could not understand, why will Google release such a major product i.e. a browser to compete against Microsoft and the Firefox without support for their own toolbar. Also, after five days of usage, I find Google Chrome still lacking in many areas:
Browser plug-ins won’t work!
Text [...]
September 6, 2008
- Google Chrome – A quick review
I was reading about Google Chrome.
> Some blog says that it has snapped up 2.8% market share in 24 hours. Amazing. Isn’t it?
> Some feels they have dumped and back-stabbed their partner, Mozilla / Firefox
So I decided to try it out. My observations (based on two days of usage) have been:
> Quick to download [...]
September 4, 2008
- Quillpad – Type in Indian regional languages
Today I came across an online tool called Quillpad.
This online software let you type in most Indian regional languages (including Hindi, of course). The quality of application and usability has blown me away! I think such applications will make vernacular content a reality on Internet.
This is how they describe their service:
Quillpad is a free online [...] - Started using Twitter
I have finally started using Twitter.
My twitter page is http://www.twitter.com/abhishekrungta
To be honest, I do not think Twitter is a great thing. Micro blogging does not catches my fancy, since it does not help me to add any value to myself or anyone else. It is the last thing that could have happened to me [...]
June 11, 2008
- Saturation of the social networking fad
There is a mad rush towards online social networking space. Every second person wants to get on the bandwagon with his own social networking website with a silly-sounding name. In my opinion, most of these sites are just a fad and are not built on strong fundamentals in terms of a) revenue sources and b) the [...]
March 28, 2008
- The REAL Programmer automates his job
Just a random thought:
Programmers are supposed to use their programming skills to automate business process for their clients. Therefore, a good programmer should be one, who takes an initiative of automating his own work and never repeats the line of code he has written once Charity begins at home!
Unfortunately I have hardly seen many such [...]
March 3, 2008
- Search engines opening up!
Yahoo announced that they are opening up their search results for third party data integration. This will allow third party to contribute to Yahoo search experience and make it more useful for their users. It will be interesting to see how other webmasters use this open search platform to gain popularity by sharing data with Yahoo, while still retaining [...]
January 31, 2008
- CSS reference
Recently I came across this excellent CSS reference website:
http://reference.sitepoint.com/css
I highly recommend this website since it has been written by two of the world’s most renowned CSS experts — Tommy Olssen and Paul O’Brien. In this online reference, the entire CSS language is clearly and concisely explained, including browser compatibility, working examples, and easy-to-read descriptions.
For the purists, [...]
January 25, 2008
- HTML 5 – Web developer’s paradise
W3C HTML Working Group has recently released HTML 5 working draft. This is a very important step forward; the same is available for review and comment at http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080122/
The new standard addresses the need of web application developers in more pro-active way:Basic template facility has been implemented with facility to repeat elements
There are also new elements [...] - Project management softwares reviewed
Proper project management is key to a successful project. To manage multiple projects and teams which are geographically spread across the globe, you need a quality project management tool.
As a medium sized web development company, we looked around for some quality software which suits our requirement and does not burn a hole in the pocket. Here is our [...]
