tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:37:04 +0000ReviewsPseu-duh-tvaGeEkSpEaKengineering and technologyTell TaleBarcampCareers and AcadsFestBitchHumourMediaTechfestexhibitionmarketingvesit1969 act49-OBCM3BlogcampEntrepreneurshipHoly BlahInterviewsJimmy WalesMagNet TechnologiesPratibimbPublic ServiceSmart Shopper SeriesVJTIWikipediaaaj takadsconsumer shoppingdata interoperabilitydealsecofriendly technologyelecramaelectionfarhan akhtarfloathindi news channelimagine cupindiaindia tvindustrial electronicsjob portaljumbo kinglindsay lohanmcdonaldsmoixanews 24not to vote for anybodynovices at workparis hiltonpolsredmatchretailrock onsahyadrisecurityshinesocial networkingstart upusb cellvada pavvirgin mobilevote nobodyweb2.0Pseudonorm = Pseudo+Norm (That’s self explanatory !!) At Pseudonormiks we'll talk about these omnipresent (pseudo)norms that at times make life look like a sham; and also otherwise. Domains covered: Entrepeneurship|New and emerging media| Brandvertising|Environment friendly Technology|Web 2.0http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lavin)Blogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-1562601596081411610Sun, 10 May 2009 17:27:00 +00002009-05-10T23:00:56.405+05:30Thanks for coming in !!!pseudonormicks!! has moved to www.LavinMirchandani.comPlease click here for the new blog.Thanks again :)http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-have-moved-to-wwwlavinmirchandanicom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-8422847399478449718Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:19:00 +00002008-12-05T00:08:15.315+05:301969 act49-Oelectionindianot to vote for anybodypolsvote nobodyPost 26/11 Mumbai is totally different. In fact, it has spread across the country. Everybody is charged up and has an urge to do something, take an action, be a part of or trigger a revolution in order to take charge of the country. Citizens are putting their words into action and putting in all efforts to channelize their anger and pain into building a better, safer future for all of us.Post thehttp://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/12/autposy-of-i-vote-for-nobody-email-fwd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-3465296994401036478Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:36:00 +00002008-08-31T20:56:04.872+05:30farhan akhtarReviewsrock onThe Movie: Rock OnProducer: Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar |Writer, director: Abhishek Kapoor | StarCast: Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kolhi, Luke Kenny, Prachi DesaiPlot Preview:The movie oscillates between the successful present and the happy past of 'MAGIK'.Magik is a band formed by the four protagonists in their early twenties, when they escaped the quarter age crisis by doing the http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/08/rock-on-and-keep-rocking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-655413618199460218Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:28:00 +00002008-06-30T04:14:53.696+05:30consumer shoppingdealsretailSmart Shopper SeriesLet me to introduce you to the smart shopper series that I propose to initiate here at !!pseudonormicks!!This series would comprise of posts that deal with various aspects of consumer shopping spanning across topics like how business works, tips and tricks to smart buying and of course some great deal listings.This is not a well thought of and a well planned attempt, so kindly bear with me if http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/06/smart-shopper-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-1698969966010014303Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:57:00 +00002008-06-19T23:24:23.024+05:30data interoperabilityengineering and technologyGeEkSpEaKlindsay lohanparis hiltonsecuritysocial networkingweb2.0 Last week's Trend Candy (Trendhunter’s weekly newsletter) got me a catchy piece of news in their Hot trends section. The head line went like “Celebrity MySpace Hacking - Paris Hilton &amp; Lindsay Lohan's Private Pics (GALLERY)”. After being a spectator to most of their private videos, the ‘private pics’ dint lure me as much as the phrase ‘data interoperability’ which was featured as a http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/06/data-portability-on-social-networks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-182151286611712817Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:52:00 +00002008-06-16T19:17:12.918+05:30ecofriendly technologyGeEkSpEaKmoixausb cell Tired of buying the conventional Li-ion AA batteries that have to be either thrown out or plugged into an additional charging unit for hours to get back their power?If you said yes, then maybe Moxia has an answer to your worries. The USB cell ,launched in Sept,2006 ,is just like any other AA batery just that when it gets discharged, all you have to do is remove the its cap and plug it into http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/06/rechargable-aa-size-usb-batteries.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-3399762169182689613Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:18:00 +00002008-06-01T21:34:05.388+05:30job portalredmatchshineShine.com went live this earlier this week and i caught it up on the very first day. They began with a catchy campaign that lured job seekers in on the basis of getting them a job that gave them the apt salary; also promising initial registrants a lucky draw prize comprising an entire months salary.I thought I'd do some job hunting to while away my time and so I signed up for the same.Like a http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/06/this-job-portal-is-shining.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-6594964184261116534Mon, 12 May 2008 19:25:00 +00002008-05-13T13:36:13.773+05:30engineering and technologyGeEkSpEaKimagine cupInterviewsnovices at workParas Doshi, Veenit Mavani, Saili Dharia,Krunal Dedhia and Bhavik Vora from Vivekananda Education Society's Institute of Technology(VESIT) called themselves 'Novices at Work' when they unveiled their masterpiece 'Kalpavriksha' at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008,Bangalore.As their fate had it, the underdogs emerged triumphant at the software development contest of the Micrsoft Imagine Cup India finals http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/05/imagine-cup-winners-are-novices-at-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-7505491128677002640Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:46:00 +00002008-03-30T13:29:01.856+05:30BarcampBCM3BlogcampFestBitchBarcamp Mumbai 3 is coming on the 29th March,2008 at IITB campus.The good news is that it just got bigger from its previous versions. Here are some highlights:Accomodation (thats not lodging and boarding) for 300-400 participants has been arranged for; this time you might see mattresses on the IITB lawns.BLOG CAMP MUMBAI STYLE is happening for the first time. Although the name and the logo are http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/03/barcamp-mumbai-3-it-just-got-bigger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-6661043749380447355Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:31:00 +00002008-03-19T22:33:36.247+05:30Careers and AcadsEntrepreneurshipfloatMagNet Technologiesstart upTell TalevesitThis article was written for 'Vishwakarma', the annual magazine of Vivekananda Education Society's institute of Technology (VESIT). Apart from the editor's request, the article was written to promote the spirit on entrepreneurship in my capacity as co-founder and promoter of The VESIT Entrepreneurship Cell (tVEC) established in Feb,2008.------------------------------------------------------------http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/03/peek-boo-entrepreneurship-and-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-719347551101941958Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:03:00 +00002008-03-18T00:27:56.275+05:30marketingMediaReviewsvirgin mobile"VIRGIN'S GOT MOBILE FOR IT'S NAMESAKE"That would have been an apt headline if most of Indian youth were yet to have their tryst; but nevertheless theyll have their tryst with a VIRGIN now.Sir Richard Branson, the man known for exhibhitting a brilliant combination of entrepreneurship with a taste for the adrenaline pumping adventures, once again suprises the masses with what seems to be the next http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/03/virgin-mobile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-2050050453933244930Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:37:00 +00002008-03-11T00:51:00.846+05:30aaj takhindi news channelindia tvMedianews 24ReviewssahyadriYesterday I was surfing through almost all the channels listed in the acceptable spectrum for my 20 year old Onida with a desire to get a glimpse of Robocon 2008 on Sahyadri (now you know why I had to surf hard). I happened to pause at three Hindi News Channels : News 24, Aaj Tak and India TV.News 24 is the same channel that had Shah Rukh Khan spending almost an hour at their studio, trying to http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/03/desi-newsread-abuse-channels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-7929461816023901237Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:40:00 +00002008-02-18T23:59:31.925+05:30adsjumbo kingmarketingmcdonaldsPseu-duh-tvavada pavI came across this print ad over the window pane in a Churchgate fast the other day.The print ad is from Jumbo King. The branded vada pav vendor seems to have rolled up his sleeve to match it up with Ray Croc's networking burger franchisee. I had once spoken to Ms Gupta (founder of Jumbo King) regarding an event sponsorship and she politely declined, emphasising that they target the railway http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/02/jumbo-king-takes-on-mcdonalds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-4028543722812959791Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:20:00 +00002008-02-18T23:50:19.681+05:30FestBitchPratibimbReviewsVJTI- FestBitch If you heard the chants of “Aamchi aai tumchi aai, Veermata Jijabai” on the 1st and 2nd of Feb this year, then you probably were hanging around in Matunga, in the vicinity of VJTI. The sounds were getting ‘reflected’ from Pratibimb , the annual intercollegiate cult fest of VJTI, that saw over 15 colleges participating. The crowd was low in number but the VJTIans certainly knew how to http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/02/pratibimb-08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-5240341818261716232Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:54:00 +00002008-01-31T03:01:14.542+05:30engineering and technologyJimmy WalesTechfestWikipedia"Imagine a world where anybody has access to the sum of human knowledge"And if Wikipedia is the first search result that you imagined, then you're right there!Jimmy Wales, the funder of Wikipedia was in town and the quote above was according to him responsible for the Genesis of the revolutionary encyclopedia.Wales walked up the dais to a standing ovation by the enthusiastic crowd only to figure http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/01/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-5440714709108426001Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:18:00 +00002008-01-31T03:00:16.580+05:30Barcampengineering and technologyexhibitionReviewsTechfestIts been long since I wanted to be at a BarCamp, and finally i got a chance this Sunday at Techfest '08 IITB .Before listing my notes Id like to share what fascinated me in this concept and a little insight about what a BarCamp is all about.The barcamp has got nothing to do with the booze and the bar.This concept was started by Chris Messina and the name is inspired by FooCamp that has restrictedhttp://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/01/barcamp-techfest-01.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-7891955813493963482Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:07:00 +00002008-01-29T23:15:12.517+05:30elecramaengineering and technologyexhibitionGeEkSpEaKindustrial electronicsvesitIts not the best thing to do when you decide to visit Elecrama on the last day, not only do u gasp at its humongous outreach as a first timer but you are also left asking for more.Ive been postponing my visit to this international industrial electronics exhibition ever since my first year in Electronics engineering, but now in the final year , the guilt was to high to ignore, so i made a http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2008/01/elecrama-08-industrial-electronics-hub.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin Mirchandani)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-1051774106561588594Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:38:00 +00002008-11-14T23:02:46.026+05:30Pseu-duh-tvaReviewsTell Tale<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> TOYOTA PRIUSI really can't say whether it is Just in Time manufacturing or sheer brilliance that gets Toyota another hit : PRIUS .Prius is a hybrid built from scratch unlike most other cars which have hybrids as evolved models.NYT reports that Toyota has already recorded a sale of more than 400,000 in such a http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2007/07/mean-machines-are-passe-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-8799545133180549884Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:58:00 +00002007-07-10T19:56:17.591+05:30ReviewsRATING : ** <!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } -->Every once in a while comes a Hollywood flick with almost pure (read: animation-free) action sequences to give the fussy critics a 'reality check', but Die Hard 4.0 goes a step ahead ; it revolves around the growing importance of digitizing the analog globe with minimalistic digital action http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2007/07/die-hard-40-live-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-7873065171695440119Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:17:00 +00002007-07-04T19:42:58.528+05:30Careers and AcadsPseu-duh-tvaThe sixth semester ends and there starts the official drive for on campus placements for the engineers : a part of the promising future of our country.Talk about placements and the first thing that comes to your mind is the Top Five Software conglomerates : TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS etc. often nicked as 'bulk recruiters'I'd been for one of their Pre placement talks (PPT), but before going in for http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2007/06/campus-placements-and-softies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-5030755287644998684Thu, 10 May 2007 15:35:00 +00002007-05-12T21:04:45.198+05:30ReviewsVERDICT: ***Mondays: 10:00 pm Saturday :4:30 pm (Star World) Shawn Spencer (James Roday ) is very much like an average bloke in his twenties with a charismatic persona except from the fact that he possesses an innate ability of observing and successfully retaining the minutest detail in the surroundings. But for his father, Henry (Corbin Bernsen) , this feat is the result of the training http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2007/05/psyche-teleseries-reviewed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-2614921170983975190Wed, 09 May 2007 14:30:00 +00002007-05-09T20:09:04.118+05:30GeEkSpEaKPseu-duh-tvaWhiling away my precious PL(prep leave) morning over the myriad newspapers I have subscribed to, I came across a little piece :a pseudonorm that said ”South Korea plans Code of Ethics for Robots” : The scarcely populated country which comprises of old people (unlike ours which is heavily populated with a good proportion of young blood) would have new citizens 10 years down the line. These robots http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2007/05/robo-kaand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-1178083969128736899Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:38:00 +00002006-12-31T16:00:39.743+05:30GeEkSpEaKReviews-- XeoN 2006 was a roller coaster ride in the cell phone arena as we saw better cameras getting built into handsets, fashion phones walking the ramp, GPS and Wi-Fi integration becoming more essential, and advancement in mobile networks exposing us to faster downloads for content. Scouring the latest mobile devices on the Mumbai market, special attention was paid to design, features, functions, ashttp://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2006/12/pseudonormicks-fab-phone-awards-2006.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-1814791662701979620Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:00:00 +00002006-12-29T21:04:06.934+05:30ReviewsIf you are a fest enthusiast and you walk into day 2 @ MI then there’s very little you can do on the participating front as most of the elims happen on day 1. But if you got there just to maaro lukkha then there’s more than just one thing to do.MI just keeps on getting bigger and better every year and this year it brings to us the Indian Raaga. I heard of them bagging a huge sum in sponsorship http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2006/12/if-you-are-fest-enthusiast-and-you-walk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18906154.post-55523145577208181Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:26:00 +00002006-12-02T13:59:21.365+05:30Tell TaleMicroprocessor and Microcontrollers(MP) is just three days away, and yet I go to this alumni reunion of my school, well I had to just because I’m onto its OC. So what’s the big deal with Mp? Umm.. nothing much, just that its a core electronics subject which had more than 30 chips (not wafer chips...those computer processing chips my friend) and expects the student to know them in and out for him http://pseudonormicks.blogspot.com/2006/11/tryst-with-paper-dance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lavin)1