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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-30

Rajit — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000

Reporters' Roundtable: The state of blogging | Reporters' Roundtable Podcast – CNET Blogs http://ow.ly/2fWlr | with a good panel #
The Rise of Private News : CJR http://bit.ly/cMzIAa | People will pay for focused, prfessional content heavy on data. No surprise there. #
Hotels Look for the Key to Social Media – ClickZ http://ow.ly/2gVvL | Surprised by how poorly hotels seem to be managing their activities. #
360i: Only 12 Percent Of Consumers’ Tweets Mention Brands | paidContent http://ow.ly/2hv5E #digital #marketing #
I'm at In… on the Green (Galle Face Hotel, Kollupitiya Road, Colombo 03). http://4sq.com/aNFgxL #
I'm at Breeze Bar (Cinnamon Grand, Colombo). http://4sq.com/a4G0oT #
I'm at Urban Kitchen (69 Hyde Park, Colombo 02). http://4sq.com/blp8pI #

black + blum – website | #UX note

Rajit — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:35:54 +0000

black + blum – Official website and shop.

These guys seem very creative industrial designers but I thought there was a basic UI issue with the product page, which led to a confusing user experience.

When clicking on the forward button next to the primary image on the product page, you are taken to a new (related) product.

I initially thought the button would take me to an alternative view of the product I was viewing as represented by the thumbnails below the main image. This was encouraged by the fact that there was no indication that there were a sub-set of related products to the main item.

A small thing but annoying thing in an otherwise simple but well executed website.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-23

Rajit — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000

Strategy Roundtable: A Market of Late Adopters http://bit.ly/cMOgsI | ReadWriteWeb #india #startup #
5 signs that customer co-creation is a trend to watch | VentureBeat http://ow.ly/2dHDL #
I'm at Bavarian German Restaurant (Galle Road, Colombo). http://4sq.com/bANbNS #
USA Character Approved Blog | Interesting #social #media idea by USA Network. They are taking a broad view of the… http://ff.im/o2cX8 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-16

Rajit — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000

Singapore’s Social Media Scene | clickTRUE Blog http://bit.ly/9wl8SW #
Yahoo Pipe: Aggregating Digital Media Across Asia http://bit.ly/cI1Ejr #
How can we re-think government to deliver more for less? — Spending Challenge http://bit.ly/b0PuXi | UK #egov gathering ideas from public #
National Personifications » Sociological Images http://ow.ly/29R4K | human figures used to represent particular countries… #
Content strategy and customer service: A talk with Ann Rockley http://ow.ly/2aRPH | Outstanding read. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-09

Rajit — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000

Journal of Information Architecture: Beyond Findability http://bit.ly/9W9ueB | Search-Enhanced IA for Content-Intensive RIA #ia #
LogoPond – Okapi by QueenCityStudio – http://bit.ly/dpJxzL | Really nicely crafted logo. #
Agents of Digital – Home http://ow.ly/28taO | new cartoon strip about a digital marketing agency. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-02

Rajit — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000

Tell us your Posterous story http://bit.ly/aId3Tb Did you switch to Posterous? page. Part of their very aggressive… http://ff.im/mGuQY #
General Electric pushes lighting products via mobile play – Mobile Marketer http://bit.ly/9oE1c5 #digital #marketing #
Created a functional, professional (though a tad boring) looking website in record time using squarespace. Quite impressed. #cms #webdesign #
How Microsoft Crowdsourced the Making of Office 2010 | Wired.com http://ow.ly/2528J | 9 mil beta testers, 2 mil beta feedback comments #
adaptive path » The Constraints and Opportunities of Metaphor http://bit.ly/9gf2ZT | Or the universality of "post-it note" apps. #
Audience 2.0: How Technology Influences Arts Participation http://bit.ly/bxdjF8 | digital leads to real world participation. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-25

Rajit — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:24:00 +0000

First BSOD with Win7! After a good few months so I won't complain too much. Also on a slightly over-extended netbook. #
The Content Strategy Noob » Taxonomy: A “Disambiguation” http://bit.ly/avYNzY #IA #informationarchitecture #IxDA #
Sunday afternoon work meetings ftw #worldcup #startup http://post.ly/k7Tb #
RT @Brandamentalist: Stunning Brand Design and Photography for Ecuador's Tame Airlines: http://dld.bz/J #branddesign #
on Flickr http://bit.ly/cGHYEm | Great set of typography + photography #
Fwd: The Metaverse Assembled. Using metaverse platforms for cooperation (list of articles) |… http://ff.im/mqCUk #
Your voice on how well Beta Labs is doing – survey results | http://bit.ly/9TQQVK | Very open example of user feedback by #nokia #social #
Why Robin Sloan is the future of publishing (and science fiction) http://bit.ly/bAwhOj #
Mark Finkle’s Weblog » Firefox for Maemo 1.1 RC 1 http://bit.ly/bSBzDe #nokia #n900 | Some significant refinements. #
Ghastly experience at hotshots #colombo #srilanka. Virtually nothing on the menu available & no notice to that effect. #
hootsuite's integration with Google Analytics makes it a really stunning #socialmedia dashboard. #

Quora – Yet another Q&A site? #startups

Rajit — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:27:12 +0000

I’ve registered and even added a response to a question. I’m still not sure how this will differentiate itself from other similar sites – though I will confess to liking the User Experience quite a lot. I found it very easy to get started and find topics of interest.

Ultimately I suspect that the success of this site will be based on the (by now old) Web 2.0 cliche, the quality of the community.

Quora – How did Mint acquire 1.5m+ users without a high viral coefficient, scalable SEO strategy, or paid customer acquisition channel?.

The response to the question above is a good example, with the lead designer and one of the first hires, responding. Then again, my beloved FriendFeed had a great community and never achieved critical mass!

African startups – similar issues as in #srilanka ?

Rajit — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:33:43 +0000

I came across these two excellent African tech sites – Appfrica & iHub – and they’ve got me thinking; we instinctively look to India and other South-Asian countries for lessons and examples in IT. However, I suspect there is much to learn from the (East & West?) African experience. India is so overwhelmingly established in its position as a technology hub and has access to such vast human and financial resources that I think certain experiences in Sri Lanka may be more analagous to the African situation. I’m thinking particularly in terms of start-ups where I feel the access to resources and infra-structure is really not comparable to the current Indian experience.

A few more links I need to explore:

http://www.techmasai.com/2009/09/the-complete-list-of-the-top-african-technology-startups-of-2009/

http://www.vc4africa.com/

http://www.cp-africa.com/category/technology/

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-18

Rajit — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:24:00 +0000

Just became mayor of a place for the first time on foursquare. Not that hard to achieve in #srilanka tbf. #
What All Content Creators Need to Learn From Roger Ebert | Copyblogger http://bit.ly/cXlMst #
Developing Content Isn't A Choice: It's Core To Digital Marketing http://bit.ly/bf46x3 #
[Announcement] Evernote client for n900 – maemo.org – Talk http://bit.ly/cGZvlC #nokia #awesome | Finally – just need a dropbox app now. #
RT @IndiaSocial: 'IndiaSocial case challenge review' today takes a look at the Media Ownners… http://fb.me/CzTHtTV6 #