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Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com Most recent posts at Saravanan Sahadevan posterous.com saranxhttp://feedburner.google.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:25:28 -0800 Charter for Compassion, Malaysian Chapter Video That I Made. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/3DKpAuIRNOk/charter-for-compassion-malaysian-chapter-vide http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/charter-for-compassion-malaysian-chapter-vide <p> Was recently involved in a Non-Profit movement called Charter for Compassion. The theme of the campaign was all about bringing people together, while putting aside race and religion. There are many activist in this campaign and I hope the motive of the campaign works out. Well, I did my bit for the movement with this video. <p /> <object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/324413970439" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.facebook.com/v/324413970439" allowscriptaccess="always" height="281" width="500"></embed></param></param></param></object> <p /> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7379025&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" width="500"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="scale" value="showAll" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7379025&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" /> </object> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/charter-for-compassion-malaysian-chapter-vide">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/charter-for-compassion-malaysian-chapter-vide#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=3DKpAuIRNOk:yQhHvXJV9_c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=3DKpAuIRNOk:yQhHvXJV9_c:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=3DKpAuIRNOk:yQhHvXJV9_c:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=3DKpAuIRNOk:yQhHvXJV9_c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/charter-for-compassion-malaysian-chapter-vide Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:13:00 -0800 I Think iPhone Could Really Become The Next Age Gaming Device. Finally Convinced http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/9rTsFCnYank/i-think-iphone-could-really-become-the-next-a http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/i-think-iphone-could-really-become-the-next-a <p> <p>After 3 years of iPhone madness, I finally feel good about the gaming options on the iPhone with the released of Comand & Conquer Red Alert iPhone Game! (<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=333225329&mt=8">iTunes link)</a> My all time favorite! The only game I played actually. Seriously, the way things are going on the development of the iPhone, just makes me wonder where would this devices take you in a just a couple of years more to come. On the other note, I'm keeping a close watch of the development of Android as well. </p> <div><strong>Verdict</strong></div> <div> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">For an iPhone game, Command & Conquer: Red Alert feels polished and professional, but it leaves me wanting something more. I can’t help but yearn for the easier controls and richer storyline and gameplay of the PC version, which may in fact be what EA was intending. Perhaps the iPhone game is meant as a sort of teaser demo to attract new customers to the PC/console line. Either way, despite solid gameplay, Red Alert left me underwhelmed. I’d wait for the inevitable price drop to $6.99 or less before picking this one up.</blockquote> <a href="http://theappleblog.com/2009/11/04/command-conquer-red-alert-brings-the-red-menace-to-your-iphone/">C&C Review by Apple Blog</a></div> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/EaQGzkNhnRhLDnYngNfg8SBVHlDTUUZe3yFrZfVIAMK32qGH1rpwB1dOAGJi/cc_ingame1.jpg" width="480" height="320"/> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/p0A9QqEpk3pPXJ15qyRzzB9ZU9mSMhfMxI7Y2qLuCSBZ6sviN30JITCUJAEO/cc_briefing.jpg" width="480" height="320"/> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/GzWnfl1k6i1I3S4c8jTppqhFYrnExMlGM3RHTp9Um81BgMOyIoVd1EnM3Cov/iTunes.jpg" width="367" height="245"/> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/i8krLS2iNewnEtHlq80cUxa4C1gTt2NKRxkxyM4sX4vVUDSiQpDhTd8xum5Q/iTunes-3.jpg" width="366" height="243"/> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/aIbnaGu1QBPC8yH0lwJZeFwjmQ7jZKVmDQZtFTDKut9u7DDGVKfuCExJ5Ya5/iTunes-2.jpg" width="433" height="234"/> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/Y1ztsiMXYGqel2OrQZPfLoeXHJRp8t1c94YuG9otMe1wwUr9pPLSw7Q9FJGA/iTunes-1.jpg" width="367" height="242"/> <div><a href='http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/i-think-iphone-could-really-become-the-next-a'>See the full gallery on posterous</a></div></p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/i-think-iphone-could-really-become-the-next-a">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/i-think-iphone-could-really-become-the-next-a#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=9rTsFCnYank:jPLnNogMcdU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=9rTsFCnYank:jPLnNogMcdU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=9rTsFCnYank:jPLnNogMcdU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=9rTsFCnYank:jPLnNogMcdU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/i-think-iphone-could-really-become-the-next-a Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:54:27 -0800 Motorola Droid - They've Really Done Some Work On This Baby http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/rITsjWULrVo/motorola-droid-theyve-really-done-some-work-o http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/motorola-droid-theyve-really-done-some-work-o <p> <span style=""><span style="font-size: 12px;"><object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9fXYQjwR0w&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9fXYQjwR0w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="417" wmode="window" width="500"></embed></object></span></span><div><span style=""><span style="font-size: 12px;"><object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hv24LrvGGSQ&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hv24LrvGGSQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="417" wmode="window" width="500"></embed></object></span></span></div><p /><div><span style=""><span style="font-size: 12px;">Somehow, I am beginning to like the Google Android Platform 2.0 after seeing this device. The other new 2.0 device is the new X10 Xperia from Sony Ericsson, but that's screwed up a little. Motorola has really done some deep work on this new beauty. Its a big leap for them indeed as the new CEO</span><span style=""><span style="font-size: 12px;"> Sanjay Jha, takes a whole new step by making a great transition of culture and platforms.</span></span></span></div><p /> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/SdVA7yEU5mEKpnpmRfUZ5cG5tCFsaML1GwufuKx2M4yIppe27K2tloNae8LK/droid-screen-7.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/5FwyAhmFLVgXTrsFmDgIIcHjmZYdDyFlzdymRc7b69voPqp2XjKqWqybAVfh/droid-screen-7.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="281"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/8xcKrLIoLZhKsLtO9k7t8vFOFEeXEYB9MVnSTwNzj6bfTPOPIGawl19tHXpq/droid-screen-10.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/fX3E70B3D196nN5sR9ScH1KBdcu1wqNAD67sZ5ZP7jrdsCMDi4cX5TWQ4lgb/droid-screen-10.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="281"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/CKRg0TinTFTxIKNTLFIrfUrD0DINCtoHQjlcTb2DF312kJMBOprRkf52u4x0/droid-screen-11.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/eTmCHm2D1kDi8PgWlX70ga8c4HYOL3tRyI9BX0v1klJggmE9HcluKPzoAXRp/droid-screen-11.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="281"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/GayGCwDoHZEfcNHi29wTJMfpCYhD2S71U2tQaplsXSUx4cOkVaCs1t1Vufiu/droid-screen-4.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/8EkTXazqQeaifpzdQCCcrH9jz2lD1ZlZgF3Dqdc4aYcGnEKXEvzsiGot5Z4m/droid-screen-4.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="281"/></a> <div><a href='http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/motorola-droid-theyve-really-done-some-work-o'>See the full gallery on posterous</a></div></p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/motorola-droid-theyve-really-done-some-work-o">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/motorola-droid-theyve-really-done-some-work-o#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=rITsjWULrVo:1sBo3u5lDu4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=rITsjWULrVo:1sBo3u5lDu4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=rITsjWULrVo:1sBo3u5lDu4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=rITsjWULrVo:1sBo3u5lDu4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/motorola-droid-theyve-really-done-some-work-o Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:56:12 -0800 D&D ON MULTI-TOUCH TABLE http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/5nvUoxM7iHI/dandd-on-multi-touch-table-0 http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/dandd-on-multi-touch-table-0 <p> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7132858&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" width="500"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="scale" value="showAll" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7132858&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" /> </object><p /><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px;">The objective of the SurfaceScapes project is to create a proof-of-concept for playing tabletop role-playing games on the Microsoft Surface Table. We will be using Dungeons and Dragons as a basis for our prototype, with the option for future expansion to other role-playing games. SurfaceScapes will provide Game Masters and players with a set of features to enhance the combat and role-playing aspects of tabletop games. This will include the ability to interact with the digital environment using real objects such as miniatures and provide automated calculations and visual and audio feedback for actions performed by the player and non-player characters. We are taking traditional tabletop role-playing games to the next level, adding a new layer of immersive and intuitive gaming to the Microsoft Surface Table and assisting both GMs and players in enjoying exciting and engaging adventures.</span><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/surfacescapes/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(221, 0, 0);">SurfaceScapes... what lies beneath.</a></span></div></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/dandd-on-multi-touch-table-0">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/dandd-on-multi-touch-table-0#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=5nvUoxM7iHI:itzwekfeYdM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=5nvUoxM7iHI:itzwekfeYdM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=5nvUoxM7iHI:itzwekfeYdM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=5nvUoxM7iHI:itzwekfeYdM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/dandd-on-multi-touch-table-0 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:44:10 -0800 Top 10 Viral Videos - October 2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/rAVzD5aONZk/top-10-viral-videos-october-2009 http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/top-10-viral-videos-october-2009 <p> <div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">The top 10 picks for October, with links to view on YouTube:</p><ol><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Volkswagen - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">The Fun Theory</a>, agency: DDB Stockholm</li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Google Wave Cinema - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxF9oz9Cu0" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">Pulp Fiction</a></li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FIFA 2010 - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FM4UPrAjnc" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">How big can football get?</a>, agency: Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam</li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rio de Janeiro - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z00jjc-WtZI" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">Olympic Games 2016</a></li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Diesel -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geYaJzca7TM" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;"> Quique The Head</a>, agency: Shackleton</li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Canal+ - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcc2hCwsWM&" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">A Great Story</a>, agency: BETC Euro RSCG</li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ReThink Breast Cancer - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQI1tzkwpkI" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">BoobyBall</a>, agency: Rhett & Link</li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paul Smith for Evian  -  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWmx8CByUCc" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">More than a bottle</a></li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sony Ericsson - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgRHWw_RRMI" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">Hopper Invasion</a>, agency: Saatchi and Saatchi</li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cadbury - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGKj9E1M6K4" style="color: rgb(74, 73, 114); text-decoration: none;">Zingolo feat. Tinny</a>, agency: Fallon London</li></ol></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/top-10-viral-videos-october-2009">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/top-10-viral-videos-october-2009#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=rAVzD5aONZk:tl1ZT0iPzDg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=rAVzD5aONZk:tl1ZT0iPzDg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=rAVzD5aONZk:tl1ZT0iPzDg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=rAVzD5aONZk:tl1ZT0iPzDg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/top-10-viral-videos-october-2009 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:33:05 -0700 Apple has released its Form 10-K (PDF) for the fiscal year 2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/l_wfJSkaKlk/apple-has-released-its-form-10-k-pdf-for-the http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apple-has-released-its-form-10-k-pdf-for-the <p> <div style="font-family: Lucida Grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px;"><p>Apple has released its Form 10-K (<a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MTg1OTB8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 153, 204);">PDF</a>) for the fiscal year 2009, the annual report providing a summary of the company’s performance. A number of interesting details can be found within the long and tedious document, but the biggest news is the increasing importance of the iPhone to Apple’s bottom line.</p><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/7iY9PRZgx56D2jVMOyqtFpKU07AvkfgoiN8Rrz2KPV34XPFDWWm1CaltqNt3/apple_net_sales.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/RcceXUEtf49Qoxeki827N1G8Ldgv0WmhneeFtYDp8uBQHRc5UyLAoP0m0dFw/apple_net_sales.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="333"/></a> </p><p>source : <a href="http://theappleblog.com/2009/10/29/apple-10-k-rise-of-the-iphone/">Apple 10-K: Rise of the iPhone</a></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apple-has-released-its-form-10-k-pdf-for-the">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apple-has-released-its-form-10-k-pdf-for-the#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=l_wfJSkaKlk:QoQwl1j11eE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=l_wfJSkaKlk:QoQwl1j11eE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=l_wfJSkaKlk:QoQwl1j11eE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=l_wfJSkaKlk:QoQwl1j11eE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apple-has-released-its-form-10-k-pdf-for-the Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:37:39 -0700 Karen Armstrong : Charter for Compassion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/iLKpoueQyk4/karen-armstrong-charter-for-compassion http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/karen-armstrong-charter-for-compassion <p> <object height="326" width="446"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/KarenArmstrong_2008-stream-[None]_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/KarenArmstrong-2008.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=234" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/KarenArmstrong_2008-stream-[None]_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/KarenArmstrong-2008.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=234" height="326" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446"></embed></object><p /> Something exciting to be involved about I think.. </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/karen-armstrong-charter-for-compassion">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/karen-armstrong-charter-for-compassion#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=iLKpoueQyk4:b4LfSZ-6hBQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=iLKpoueQyk4:b4LfSZ-6hBQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=iLKpoueQyk4:b4LfSZ-6hBQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=iLKpoueQyk4:b4LfSZ-6hBQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/karen-armstrong-charter-for-compassion Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:37:25 -0700 Vellai Pookal Feat A.R.Rahman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/hYqP64Yur2Q/vellai-pookal-feat-arrahman http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/vellai-pookal-feat-arrahman <p> <object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JTXfnHJKEW0&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JTXfnHJKEW0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="417" wmode="window" width="500"></embed></object><p /> I just can't get enough of it. Worth more than a share.. </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/vellai-pookal-feat-arrahman">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/vellai-pookal-feat-arrahman#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=hYqP64Yur2Q:jRskdRpNQoE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=hYqP64Yur2Q:jRskdRpNQoE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=hYqP64Yur2Q:jRskdRpNQoE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=hYqP64Yur2Q:jRskdRpNQoE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/vellai-pookal-feat-arrahman Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:20:27 -0700 6 Simple Advice For Startup Entrepreneurs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/n1dU2FUs0uk/6-simple-advice-for-startup-entrepreneurs http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/6-simple-advice-for-startup-entrepreneurs <p> Its not easy to start a business. Any business. Furthermore, if you are into venture capitalizing, keep your heads high up, as you are in for a wild ride. You got to be always making the right decision. Sometimes you have to break the standard rules and face the consequences. Its complicated.<p /><div>These are 6 advice for anyone starting up some kind of a business.</div><p /><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li><b>Love your product first</b>. You are the customer. If you don't like it, you won't have the passion to work your ass of it. Focus on it!</li><li><b>Forecast for the next 5 years</b>. Know where you are heading. Don't jump into "Oh, this is going to be big!". An element I've noticed in most entrepreneurs are the ability to predict a little. Estimate how big this business would go, and how soon. </li><li><b>Plan for it.</b> You know it's going to big so plan for it by splitting your strategies into stages. Phase 1, Phase 2, etc..</li><li>Generally <b>ignore your customers liking</b>, because if your product is new, it will take time for them to soak in and soon realize, "this stuff is sweet". <b>But</b> not always, <b>keep in mind the common demand</b>, and integrate it with your "master plan". By doing so, you solve the customers demands and you get to execute the way you wanted.</li><li>Try to <b>start with zero or minimal amount of capital</b>. Expand little by little. Integrate it with your expansion strategies, as said in point 3. </li><li><b>Have a Return of Investment(ROI) and plans for constant traction</b>. You need to make money no matter what. Have a clear vision on how you would generate revenues and generate enough traction to stay on track.</li></ul><p /><div>No matter what business you do, follow this simple advices, and topping that up, <b>do not loose hope and faith in your product. Have a vision and look forward</b>. Hard times will disappear. Wish you all the best!</div></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/6-simple-advice-for-startup-entrepreneurs">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/6-simple-advice-for-startup-entrepreneurs#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=n1dU2FUs0uk:mNJioTKq8oA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=n1dU2FUs0uk:mNJioTKq8oA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=n1dU2FUs0uk:mNJioTKq8oA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=n1dU2FUs0uk:mNJioTKq8oA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/6-simple-advice-for-startup-entrepreneurs Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:29:06 -0700 5 Twitter Rules To Be Followed By Everyone! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/0Oge6EEKMUc/5-twitter-rules-to-be-followed-by-everyone http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/5-twitter-rules-to-be-followed-by-everyone <p> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/vJdSiekPZRj7ic4VCPNtMerOxmP51ySPsOBzNpuXlzzf82bsYtLgNJfgRWU8/Twitter.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/S7OScZSKP7B3tCJfIFeiuUbrpMHpO6V6UUUgX0ZCUFEj2VGsAM5pimjGIhdR/Twitter.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="95"/></a> <p /><div><div style="">No matter who you are or what you do, when you get your fingers onto <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a>, please do make a point to follow this 5 simple rules.</div><p /><ul class="MailOutline"><li><span style="font-size: 12px;">Twitter is not your pass time for bored times, its a place where <b>real time conversation</b> takes place.</span></li></ul><ul class="MailOutline"><li><span style="font-size: 12px;">Do not post every single link from your RSS feeds. You find it cool. Fine, I'm happy for you, but please <b>don't dominate my timeline</b> within seconds. Tip: Share something <b>valuable, funny, interesting</b> at a gap of <b>2 links every hour</b>. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px;">Don't be a jackass. <b>Respect other people's opinions</b>. Everyone is different.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px;">Find a reason to be on twitter. More ever a value. Either to <b>be helpful</b> or <b>a trust agent</b> for news source. Be something.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px;">Don't try to increase your number of followers <b>by following 40-50K people at a go</b>. What's the point? No solid relationships will ever be built. Defeats the purpose of knowing someone. Follow a person, engage, if you hate or he annoys you, un-follow. Simple. <b>Maintain a high follow-following ratio always.</b></span></li></ul><p /><div style="">Try this, and the chances are probably that you would not be un-followed by an ordinary person like me.. Trust me, most people love you, I do, but you got to <b>take a step back and CHILL.</b></div></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/5-twitter-rules-to-be-followed-by-everyone">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/5-twitter-rules-to-be-followed-by-everyone#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=0Oge6EEKMUc:5tqnip0U_ZA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=0Oge6EEKMUc:5tqnip0U_ZA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=0Oge6EEKMUc:5tqnip0U_ZA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=0Oge6EEKMUc:5tqnip0U_ZA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/5-twitter-rules-to-be-followed-by-everyone Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:44:00 -0700 I'm On The New Cloud Game Apparently http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/g3UX-jNEvNY/im-on-the-new-cloud-game-apparently http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/im-on-the-new-cloud-game-apparently <p> <p>Over time things have really changed a lot and its very quick. For some time, blogs was the hot cakes and as time went further, people got a little bit lazy to type and started using services like twitter and facebook just to shout out. Which some what I feel its really cool. Over time, I have finally moved my self personally over to the cloud.</p> <p /> <div>I have changed the way I work and play on my tools of the trade. From offline tools, and server storages and so on, I have given up all those mess and have completely moved on cloud services. Below is a breakdown on how my communication platform works. </div> <p /> <div><strong>Posterous - The Main Hub</strong></div> <p /> <div><strong><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/nfCxLZ9YE1fTQa2a5ZWb62Xu7fC9gPscCbnF2qLbk3GZQmL892Ii7jHgIML3/posterous.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/BlLF3DbkTyfdXp9Ve8FwaOL6r9GF5PRbcH1YyH12rajV2aVIcgFBRaEoVLgC/posterous.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="349"/></a> </strong></div> <p /> <div>First and foremost I got rid of my server storage, the moment I discovered <a href="http://www.posterous.com">Posterous</a>, an amazing, easiest, laziest rich media blogging solution out there, where any dude could use. No rocket science involved at all! What Posterous does is that, it allows me to email in all my content ranging from photos, videos, text, slides and what not to an email address and everything gets published. And it autopost to all other services such as twitter and facebook. Its really that simple. No worries on formating or storage space. It's free. Theming options <strong>now available</strong>. Custom URL. What else could you ask? Premium services, yet to be provided, which I'm really looking forward too. Two reasons I got on Posterous and dumped Wordpress. 1. Information is realtime now, and its dead simple for realtime activity. 2. Cloud Storage. </div> <p /> <div><strong>Email</strong></div> <p /> <div><strong><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/rdDlyaGzWvGLt7U8MbvmKb1XDZq7bb9XeJcS1VcXk6ycCY6qMP20XDoShMc6/mail.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/htx8DmfOK1RZHymL8HRu1DcGi5oGGaROqkoJGdhGoWvrMFmWGCTUCntfjH3J/mail.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="228"/></a> </strong></div> <p /> <div>No more hosting space for emails when you have <a href="http://www.google.com/a">Google Apps</a>. Switched to it a couple of months already. Sleek and neat. </div> <p /> <div><strong>Facebook Profile</strong></div> <p /> <div><strong><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/rYa0XxQW8w90c3iHfv6OBEbDwjN7KmjGEJildufwW1YtS8lzlT11b8kgWman/profile.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/Ikq48ioMBxQp5jdulh7L9dZnBYMGkDhOlJMXhdwTYZZ2xlDkGXO2trgsPwwo/profile.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="270"/></a> </strong></div> <p /> <div>I have kept a strict policy on using profiles as in just profiles. Only for friends, family and business contacts. And you know what? It works just the way it was created for. The connections are more relevant and more meaningful. Would definitely recommend people to use profiles just for that purpose. </div> <p /> <div><strong>Facebook Page</strong></div> <p /> <div><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/DrJ39zji5AiNPqcnpnp7syHeeJNAkbCkIpAwTuFLetvVbgn2JBPHfOfDpolO/fanpage.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/3IPzDtQ4obXesioqXcLEaGJydkCOqJlKnSTGawBV9fcG7mOglKCBOgyZF6pC/fanpage.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="387"/></a> </div> <p /> <div>In contrast to the profile, for those who would "really" "actually" "sincerely" would want to have me on their facebook timeline, could simply <a href="http://www.facebook.com/saravanansahadevan">fan me up</a> and I would appear on your timeline respectively. I recommend anyone to use this in order to keep up with people you might not know that well, a fan base or what not. Matter of fact, use it if you have a business brand to promote. Options are wide! </div> <p /> <div><strong>Twitter </strong></div> <p /> <div><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/qingaZLW6f4yKY7CSuytWAlr0R7ZRXPYPmiV1PNbRE7TPnThF1s6TjeFAPQi/Saravanan_Sahadevan_saransaha_.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/931naBGuxuQOmYkOjvlPZ2YVT6hQZsjeWbz66zNMR0dubKttD6JgyVs3FrPU/Saravanan_Sahadevan_saransaha_.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="126"/></a> </div> <p /> <div><a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> comes somewhere in between of email and blogging. And you cant love it more. The same reason why I headed for posterous. Information is real time and people has no more time for long boring post. Keep things short and sweet. KISS it! KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID.. If you don't blog, the least you should have is a facebook profile and a twitter profile. Then you do make some sense or at least value of being online!</div> <p /> <div>Well that's it! Things have really moved over the web. With so many tools out there. You don't really need any more? </div> <p /> <div>A little glimpse on what else I use on a daily basis?</div> <p /> <div><a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google Reader</a>- With NetNewsWire on the mac</div> <div><a href="http://skype.com">Skype</a></div> <div><a href="http://www.evernote.com">Evernote</a></div> <div>iCal & Google Calendar</div> <div><a href="http://adium.im/">Adium</a> - IM & Facebook Chat</div> <div>iTunes</div> <div>Office for Mac</div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/im-on-the-new-cloud-game-apparently">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/im-on-the-new-cloud-game-apparently#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=g3UX-jNEvNY:prnXPD1xA5M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=g3UX-jNEvNY:prnXPD1xA5M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=g3UX-jNEvNY:prnXPD1xA5M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=g3UX-jNEvNY:prnXPD1xA5M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/im-on-the-new-cloud-game-apparently Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:17:25 -0700 This is it! Trailer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/wHI4q0NiNCg/this-is-it-trailer http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/this-is-it-trailer <p> You are never alone Michael! <p /> <object height="300" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cyrkcz7msfY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cyrkcz7msfY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" wmode="window" width="500"></embed></object> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/this-is-it-trailer">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/this-is-it-trailer#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=wHI4q0NiNCg:4WZZIIRlaoQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=wHI4q0NiNCg:4WZZIIRlaoQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=wHI4q0NiNCg:4WZZIIRlaoQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=wHI4q0NiNCg:4WZZIIRlaoQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/this-is-it-trailer Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:58:10 -0700 What's Your Default Home Page? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/aS9ovNHX1Wc/whats-your-default-home-page http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/whats-your-default-home-page <p> As google refreshed its homepage today, with new gradients and longer search fields, I was amazed that Google has become the main page for me, the moment I hit the browser. I'm not sure this would change or not, but you never know what would happen. I think, probably yes. Out of curiosity, what is your default home page?<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/rNnT3UE9y119dBQq5qNcr0ZLu8Cl27VenI2yulrEDzlzSzKqWwJzuexyWotk/Google.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/a34DkINrUbddt9A8t3M2jX2C7WKlbbTpS1A25oBvzneD4EGVO3Bd1opyJunG/Google.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="291"/></a> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/whats-your-default-home-page">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/whats-your-default-home-page#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=aS9ovNHX1Wc:ahP6QkQ7BLY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=aS9ovNHX1Wc:ahP6QkQ7BLY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=aS9ovNHX1Wc:ahP6QkQ7BLY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=aS9ovNHX1Wc:ahP6QkQ7BLY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/whats-your-default-home-page Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:45:16 -0700 Facebook Growth Is Huge! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/bAfyiKw_vOQ/facebook-growth-is-huge http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-growth-is-huge <p> <div><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/Bup9fFM7zelF93RqtGf3nhX0gYBq6vIJpLa4j5yHtpatBG1uhyHIrdXF8EwO/facebook-com-twitter-com-googl.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/zEMbRxeMQJ0JIXzLz7UevwsRqKRReOvyNmUZli6DAVHXaYYYONb0xufWeurX/facebook-com-twitter-com-googl.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="166"/></a> </div><div>Amazed that in such short times, facebook has worked its way to a competition of visitors juice. Twitter is out of the question, but its got a steady growth. Facebook has been having a massive growth this past two years. Below are extract of July's metrics. </div><p /><div>Facebook reaching up to <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 45px;">122,676,814</span></div><p /><div>Google reaching up to <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 45px;">147,085,194</span></div><p /><div>Twitter reaching up to <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 45px;">23,284,395</span></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-growth-is-huge">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-growth-is-huge#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=bAfyiKw_vOQ:W3pQ-UZeOGw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=bAfyiKw_vOQ:W3pQ-UZeOGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=bAfyiKw_vOQ:W3pQ-UZeOGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=bAfyiKw_vOQ:W3pQ-UZeOGw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-growth-is-huge Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:07:00 -0700 Google Plays Games Too Eh http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/ZKafpmDjQC8/google-plays-games-too-eh http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/google-plays-games-too-eh <p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Remember Virgle? The Google's April Fools joke? Well, this time around, not april fool though, but google is in the mood of making some laughs again I guess. I'm not sure if they get any happiness out of this, but its pretty sweet to actually see them do such things. </span></p> <div><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande; color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">So this is what they did.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?gl=us" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #6699cc;">Google's homepage</a> has an interesting doodle that shows a UFO and links to the search results for [unexplained phenomenon]. The doodle is self-referential because many people will think that the doodle itself is an unexplained phenomenon.<p /><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/kxGmglI1Oro6N9KQW4E40hWtBYlFwLzwJ0nJBeetdNUiqKKaTkSPBzC0pdup/google-unexplained.png" width="500" height="218"/> <br />To make things more interesting, Google posted <a href="http://twitter.com/google/status/3772868874" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #6699cc;">an encrypted message</a> on its Twitter account:<p />1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19<p />decrypted as "All your O are belong to us", a reference to the popular Internet meme <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #6699cc;">"All your base are belong to us"</a>.<p />The doodle's URL is "<span style="font-family: courier new;">http://www.google.com/logos/go_gle.gif"</span>, which suggests that there's a missing "O".</span></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/google-plays-games-too-eh">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/google-plays-games-too-eh#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=ZKafpmDjQC8:ZdHsP0b3KUU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=ZKafpmDjQC8:ZdHsP0b3KUU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=ZKafpmDjQC8:ZdHsP0b3KUU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=ZKafpmDjQC8:ZdHsP0b3KUU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/google-plays-games-too-eh Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:33:18 -0700 bit.ly Now Becomes j.mp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/LJTV_3x8Fic/bitly-now-becomes-jmp http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/bitly-now-becomes-jmp <p> <span style="font-family: Lucida Grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px;"><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swzh0ngMNJo" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial;"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/mewODjTukQDyvem812djUQOTcmOGLZbZnqubl0RKw45bKcrdNnFIbFgrSufy/jmp_logo.png" width="280" height="47"/> </a></p><p>For some the <a href="http://bit.ly">bit.ly</a> url was not short enough, which has made the company it self to acquire a new domain name called j.mp.</p><p>j.mp has the same short URLs, metrics, history, user accounts (you’ll have to login again, but your bit.ly accounts will carry over), and customization you’ve come to enjoy on bit.ly, all on a short, memorable domain.  In fact, any bit.ly URL also works as a j.mp URL.</p></span> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/bitly-now-becomes-jmp">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/bitly-now-becomes-jmp#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=LJTV_3x8Fic:hr5bfrcVBDA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=LJTV_3x8Fic:hr5bfrcVBDA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=LJTV_3x8Fic:hr5bfrcVBDA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=LJTV_3x8Fic:hr5bfrcVBDA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/bitly-now-becomes-jmp Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:28:31 -0700 Facebook Widgets For Business/Fan Pages http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/W7pCG4x5wAg/facebook-widgets-for-businessfan-pages http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-widgets-for-businessfan-pages <p> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/0xX0lC7u2ZV56hueJTJJavjK3DRwoiJYrWvjF3liKajQWF7JS0g2WPb8H9LN/Facebook_Facebook_Widgets.jpg" width="425" height="403"/> <div>There are 3 options for you to choose from at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/index.php">facebook widgets</a>. If you have a fan page or a business page, make use of this widgets and gain more fans or rather exposure over your product on facebook.</div><div>Simple. Attract your blog/website traffic to become a fan. The interactivity on the fan box and live stream box would make your page more dynamic and interactive. Make full use of this developed widgets or if you could, hire a developer and make your own.</div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-widgets-for-businessfan-pages">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-widgets-for-businessfan-pages#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=W7pCG4x5wAg:RsMNVSpfVkg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=W7pCG4x5wAg:RsMNVSpfVkg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=W7pCG4x5wAg:RsMNVSpfVkg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=W7pCG4x5wAg:RsMNVSpfVkg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-widgets-for-businessfan-pages Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:20:31 -0700 Apparently Gmail Was Down http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/SmH4lZxtk78/apparently-gmail-was-down http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apparently-gmail-was-down <p> <div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">One fine Tuesday afternoon in the US, when I was practically snoozing over here, Gmail went ka-boom for 1 hour and 45 minutes. </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 15px;">This is gently scaring me on the reliability we have on the cloud services, that they could one day monopolize its users or worst loosing all data. </span></div><p /><div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/68rYlaoMBwaGNeFP8miCsJVYuQc4eIg85GCss7ahb537cMXzxUWGaxpYxwID/art.gmail.from.jpg" width="292" height="219"/> <br /></span></span></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apparently-gmail-was-down">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apparently-gmail-was-down#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=SmH4lZxtk78:67cKcXs64rY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=SmH4lZxtk78:67cKcXs64rY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=SmH4lZxtk78:67cKcXs64rY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=SmH4lZxtk78:67cKcXs64rY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/apparently-gmail-was-down Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:59:55 -0700 Facebook New Ad Format http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/UOgHFEG1aKk/facebook-new-ad-format http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-new-ad-format <p> <span style="font-family: Lucida Grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px;"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/Co8TpabAsptAsXKVEH2fJ32aWIMj3Htic9UqATCtaVRB1jyfVi3pnW4bdiqC/fb-sample.jpg" width="473" height="725"/> </span><div><span style="line-height: 18px;">Its kinda cool the way facebook is experimenting on new ways to advertise with interactivity. Sample food!</span></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-new-ad-format">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-new-ad-format#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=UOgHFEG1aKk:i-BtoxqFhXQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=UOgHFEG1aKk:i-BtoxqFhXQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=UOgHFEG1aKk:i-BtoxqFhXQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=UOgHFEG1aKk:i-BtoxqFhXQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/facebook-new-ad-format Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:40:19 -0700 Mac OSX Snow Leopard Prices In RM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saranx/~3/FXl6jfzrxBU/mac-osx-snow-leopard-prices-in-rm http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/mac-osx-snow-leopard-prices-in-rm <p> <div><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span><div class="span-7 whitespace-top" style="margin-top: 24px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); line-height: 1;">Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">RM 109 for Single User (upgrade from 10.5)<br />RM 189 for Family Pack (upgrade from 10.5)<br />RM 619 for Mac Box Set<br />RM 829 for Mac Box Set Family Pack</p></div></div><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/LPtU1qlMY2KUdbs8CH4YBjR65XskNZcYv03CLleAgvi144GMohTCx88apWNt/box_snow_leopard_title.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/7cje9g4rtgKpS27phMfvtX6IGcAYJWonZTYJ12zu1rlKtOJUl0U4K4T6Ns6S/box_snow_leopard_title.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="212"/></a> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/saravanansahadevan/JEu3af5DDWNaszBZYxVzUOnRw0ELL3zImGKStnJhltrttlhxmf2urUoBBpKF/box_snow_leopard_small.png" width="85" height="88"/> <a href='http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/mac-osx-snow-leopard-prices-in-rm'>See the full gallery on posterous</a></p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/mac-osx-snow-leopard-prices-in-rm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/mac-osx-snow-leopard-prices-in-rm#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=FXl6jfzrxBU:XfygaaGs7L4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=FXl6jfzrxBU:XfygaaGs7L4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?i=FXl6jfzrxBU:XfygaaGs7L4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?a=FXl6jfzrxBU:XfygaaGs7L4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/saranx?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/106164/Twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aGhZDNL8i8p Saravanan Sahadevan saravanansahadevan Saravanan Sahadevan http://www.saravanansahadevan.com/mac-osx-snow-leopard-prices-in-rm