Khud Se Baatein

Pearls Before Swine

The Passionsaurus story.

iPhone Earth

“ The will to blog is a complicated thing, somewhere between inspiration and compulsion. It can feel almost like a biological impulse. You see something, or an idea occurs to you, and you have to share it with the Internet as soon as possible. What I didn’t realize was that those ideas and that urgency — and the sense of self-importance that made me think anyone would be interested in hearing what went on in my head — could just disappear. Emily Gould - Exposed

May 24

Fun with brands - Jane’s Brand-timeline Portrait

Have you ever thought about how many brands you use in a typical day? Well I did and created a visual representation of my Typical Friday in Brands.

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“ I was teaching at an inner school in Philadelphia; it was a charity thing, an English class for kids, and I sat them down and I told them I have a mystery for you. I am probably the highest paid writer in the world, and I wasn’t even the smartest kid in my class, and I am not the strongest writer, and I had no connections anywhere in cinema, so how do you explain that? Other than luck, put luck aside for a second, so what’s going on? Some of the kids had interesting answers like determination, belief system, all that stuff for sure. I have an answer—I am more me than they are them. The point is, all your strengths and all your limitations, they are all part of who you are, and you should not try to be anything else. When a person speaks without self consciousness about who they are, it shines right through, it pops like a light. You are not trying to be funnier than you can be or cooler than you actually are, you are trying to be yourself, and when you do that, you erupt. The moment you try to fit in, you go into the general pot, and then it is entirely about luck, because you are in the same pot with everyone else. Don’t worry about whether there is a market for your voice. The thing is, I can never write you as well as you can write yourself. So if you can be who you are, speak with your own voice and without self consciousness, it can be a really dazzling thing. The M Night Transcript

May 21

Jago Party

I like the logo. Looks Web 2.0 ish with the cliched “swoosh” but is still better than most other party logos.

Their main 2-point agenda - no reservations and hang the corrupt/rapist. Not bad.

But can I vote for a party just bacause I think their logo is nice? Why not…I already make quite a few decisions based on design…which salon I go to for a haircut, which restaurants I eat at, which stores I shop in…

May 20

BigBlog

Big B is blogging like there is no tomorrow. His posts even manage to get a comment from “Small B”. He says ke pretty soon the whole Bachchan parivaar will be blogging. Nice.

But before that Sir, you should consider hiring one of the editors from TOI to write your post titles. And btw, there ain’t no Bloggie award for the “Biggest Header Image” on a blog. So go easy on that.

Now if only we could get SRK to blog. Blogging can finally go mainstream in India.