March 2010
Goafest. ET announcing winners before hand. Ho-hum. There’s work to do. Life goes on.
Oh recruitment ads have their own awards - Remmy. Could also double up as Kerala liquour advertising awards? http://bit.ly/a2pUk0
Good one from Anant - asks ET to predict so much more than just Goafest winners http://bit.ly/9o0vxe
Now that we know Goafest winners, event will be about catching up with friends and some general backslapping, Could do it on FB, Twitter
Someone must tell BESCOM officials that Earth Hour observations are over and they shouldn’t over do it.
And how does ET get the news of Goafest winners before the event every year? Someone’s talking, but not about unity in the industry.
Not that 2009 saw a great body of work & close competition was expected. But it dampens spirits to hear about winners before the event
ET does it again announcing Goafest winners before the event. They are killing the event slowly reducing it to no-suspense beer fest
A Brief History of Marketing →
Haha! Scoopertino http://bit.ly/dfOupL think of it The Onion for Apple fanboys
Drizzly, gloomy, Bangalore-y, stay-tucked-in-bed day. Wondering if I will get ‘Boss, not well today’ SMSs soon
Got iPhone apps to check Feedburner & Google Analytics. Now I know what they meant by ‘there’s an app for that!’
No power in office for almost the whole day. No power at home now. And politicians wonder why there’s apathy during civic polls?
UK’s Independent has a new Russian owner and Guardian takes a swipe with this tongue-in-cheek ad by W+K http://twitpic.com/1bzt32
At the Sunfeast World 10K launch press conf. Kannada star Ganesh as the face of the event. Run Maadi Run! #sunfeastworld10k
Any way of getting The Guardian iPhone app in the iTunes India store?
Goafest homepage: flash intro in this day and age? didn’t find navigation very user friendly. did it carry the theme? missed it
Anyway, it’s not the end of the world. Its already tomorrow in Australia.
Public Service advertising in India is about child education, voting, saving tigers. In NYC it’s about sagging pants http://bit.ly/cPfFFr
Without Googling, got just 1 out of 10 in this week’s Strategist Quiz http://bit.ly/bLb8ol baaad
Redefining Viral Marketing →
[On my blog] My $0.02 on the craft of copywriting in India http://bit.ly/b6W4BC
RT @googleindia: Google India introduces a new tool for finding the best deals in India’s Internet stores http://bit.ly/bZsPIt
Pointing to TV, my 4.5 year old daughter said, ‘Papa, Sachin!’. Asked her if she knew what he did. ‘Yes, he eats biscuits’!
Powercuts back, a day after the civic polls in Bangalore. And they wonder why turnout was so poor?
On my blog - Indian print advertising: lost art of copywriting http://goo.gl/fb/u93IJ #advertising #creativeads
Karnataka Govt to penalize those who don’t vote http://bit.ly/9A6KWn What penalties for Govt when they fail to do their duty?
On my blog - Seen and noted: Evian Baby Inside http://goo.gl/fb/Gep7 #advertising #creativeads #evian
Sidhu calls Bhajji ‘asardar sardar’. And Sidhu being ‘asardar sardard’?
On my blog - Blackberry India: love what they are doing http://goo.gl/fb/t4wR #apple #blackberryiphone3gs
I favorited a YouTube video — BlackBerry - India - Commercial - 2010 - Love what you do http://youtu.be/zAGIxs33pRY?a
Apple runs out of iPads for launch date http://j.mp/bMaxJd
iPad - a model that most tech companies long ago abandoned—vertical integration http://bit.ly/d0kKaC
Newsweek hates, then loves, the iPad http://bit.ly/9WrFHQ Dan Lyons conveniently likes iPad after using one
Got an Aayusha Homa (Havan) for daughter - prayer for long life. In Chennai they would’ve referred to me as ‘Havan dhaan manidhan’.
According to people familiar with the matter [Rumour, PR plug]- Apple To Unveil ‘iAd,’ New Mobile Ad Platform- Jobs’ ‘Next Big Thing’
RT @krishashok: Hitler loses bid for Berlin IPL franchise http://bit.ly/a5bYOn (turn on captions). Now bring me my tracer bullet-LOL!
Funny tweets about Earth Hour = mirth hour?
Screen shot of KKR iPhone app. Looks like Winword from an ’80s PC. Is this @iamsrk approved? http://twitpic.com/1ba3q1
VW Beetle on show at Bangalore Central. Drool. http://twitpic.com/1b9nyn
I’m at Bangalore Central (Bengaluru). http://4sq.com/c8EYPU
Kolkata Knightriders iPhone app bumped to version 2.0 http://bit.ly/anypb4
The IPL iPhone app is poor value at $4.99. Nothing in it that a free app can’t give. Video to come after ‘Mar 12’! http://twitpic.com/1b8z6z
Thinking of upgrade to iPhone 3GS. Any takers for my iPhone 3G?
Porridge made of coconut milk. Heavenly. Authentic Udupi food that hasn’t gone the Singapore Masala Dosa way, thankfully
One piddly email and some press releases for iPhone 3GS launch in India. Apology of a launch? While 4G expected in 2 months
The iPhone 3GS launch in India must rank as one of the most pathetic launches of anything, ever
Crap-pe Diem!
Daughter got best student in class. Chalo, at least one bright spot in a man’s morning.
Phoenix Mills to airport via Sealink. Going south east to go east. Traffucked to the core
