April 20, 2009
- FREE Website Clinic @ Internet World 2009
Hello Friends,
I will be holding a FREE Website Clinic from 28-30th April at Internet World (Earl’s Court, London) at our booth.
I will be helping website owners improve their website one-step-at-a-time by giving them up to five actionable tips specific to their website after analyzing the same and understanding their online business goals.
Website Clinic is [...]
March 12, 2009
- 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
- Bestseller website template design trends
I was analyzing the sales history of TemplateKingdom.com. I could not resist myself from analyzing the common style elements that are common among the best-sellers on my website. Here is the list:
Three column templates are in demand.
White & gray color for background is working well.
Sufficient text-area and eye-space is common amongst the bestsellers.
In cases, where [...]
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 [...]
August 4, 2008
- You got to pay me to pay me! – The TalkMobile story.
For my stay in the UK, I bought a TalkMobile Pay-As-You-Go mobile connection. (Quick tip: It is the cheapest option to call abroad while you are in the UK. All incoming calls are free for you. And yes, It just takes few minutes to get activated)
Honestly speaking, it worked quite nicely. But I was shocked, when I ran [...]
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 31, 2008
- Use META DESCRIPTION as your advertisement copy!
<META DESCRIPTION> tag lost its shine after the emergence of off-page factors (like link popularity) for rankings in SERPS. In fact it lost its purpose to a great extent when Google started using contextual content from within the page as the description of the URL in its SERPS.
However in an interesting turn of events, <META DESCRIPTION> is back in business!
Most [...]
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 25, 2008
- 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 [...]
January 23, 2008
- Open-source products are great. But know the limitations before you use it.
Apart from doing software / web development on Open-source platform, Indus Net Technologies also customize and implement open-source products for clients on demand. Some popular (and free) open-source products are SugarCRM, Drupal, osCommerce for CRM, content management and e-commerce respectively.
IMHO, these are some limitations that I have observed. It is important to know them before [...]
January 11, 2008
- Virtual Tables – A problem solving technique for small networking groups
Among all the social-business networking sites, I find Ecademy and LinkedIn to be the best ones. Ecademy is my favorite since it has very nicely integrated offline networking in its system which results in creating trusted networks.
I experienced a very nice group-problem-solving technique called Virtual Tables during an offline networking event organized by Ecademy. I found [...]
September 23, 2007
- Usability flaw in Sphinn.com signup page
I have recently signed up with this wonderful social media website Sphinn.com which aggregates news and articles on search engine marketing and social media landscape. The site has got excellent content and an active community.
However, while signing up, I got confused (for a while though) on the signup page.The point of confusion is the disabled "Create [...]
September 20, 2007
- How to handle social networking redundancy
I was reading about Ed Kohler’s post about social networking update redundancy.
I think there can be a simple solution. To do this we may need a simple new standard format of data syndication, which can be a simple derivative of RSS. Basically every individual can have a personal RSS feed.
A person shall provide an input socket (it [...]
August 20, 2007
- Learning in the age of information overload
Blogs have fueled the growth of peer-to-peer information flow in form of news, knowledge packets, ideas and individual point-of-views. However it has also resulted in "Information overload" which drives a normal person nut as he is at risk to wasting too much time reading the flesh before he reaches the crust.
Learning becomes more difficult as we [...]
July 26, 2007
- Manufacturing Ideas!
How many times have you heard?
He is successful because he has the first mover advantage.
I have a bright idea. I will seek venture funding and make it BIG!
There are so many simmilar businesses around? There will be a lot of competition for my new business.I bet, you must have come across a variant of one [...]
July 16, 2007
- Usability Tips – Review of a signup form
I recently came across a signup form. It was not bad, but could have been much better. Here is an evaluation of the same so that others can avoid the mistakes that has occured in this signup form.
It was a quick review. If you can find out something notable, feel free to post.
PS: Excuse the [...]
July 13, 2007
- Usability Nightmares – Error handling of a signup form
I came across a Web2.0 website called ProjectStat.us (Trying to express that it has something to do with project status – a nice cool trick). I liked the overall concept and was curious to find out how it works. So I decided to sign up.
I filled up the Signup form and clicked on "Create Account" [...]
