"Could you stop that thing from beating; it's throwing
my concentration off..." !!!
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Friday, June 18, 2004
Americans and Gas
What is it with Americans and Gas? Even at $2 a gallon and covering 100 miles a day, an average American driving one of those gas-guzzling pieces of shit spends about $300 a month. This is a penny of the paycheck he carries back home, compared to a desi who earns about $2500 a year as against a pardesi who earns about $36000 a year in PPP terms.
Give them these statistics, and they will stare at you in disbelief about how such a difference can exist, and drive an extra hundred miles that day due to depression. Remind them that they are so much better off that the rest of the world coz gas is so cheap here, and they'll dance with joy and drive a hundred miles extra - maybe visit imax or walmart for shopping. Tell them that Iraq will no longer be a problem, and they will jump with exhilaration and drive to the gas station because it is a sign of falling gas prices! Do whatever, DRIVE they will. I mean, what is it with these guys and their vehicles? Is it that they are born with a car attached to their umbilical?!
The economy seems to be built around gas and energy. The towns and cities seem to have been planned around a how-to-spend-more-gas strategy! Here in Dallas, places are so far apart that you can't imagine not owning a car. From my residence, my office is 5 miles away, Wal-Mart is 10 miles away, the airport is 20 miles away, and my only friend's house in Dallas is 10 miles away. That's fine, such distances are acceptable. But what is unnatural is the amount of space that is left unused in between these spots. You should visit Dallas to appreciate what I'm saying. Standing at one point, you have to squint your eyes and crane your neck to see the next bunch of buildings. I mean, what is the sheer necessity of building such large and spread-out cities? Stay close. Stay cozy. No, we have to drive. No one can take away that right-o-birth from us. And for that, the places have to be far apart! This seems to be the mindset.
Adding to the problem is a total absence of mass transportation. That's natural dammit! You build a city (they call it a Metroplex here since it is a bunch of 9 cities) 100 miles long and 100 miles wide, and nothing but plain land between any two points A and B in between, how can you expect to provide mass transport?!
No wonder half the cities in the US suffer from smog. No wonder the ozone is punctured like a bullet-ridden sheet. No wonder there are 1.2 million new cases of skin cancer every year. No wonder Iraq is under attack. No wonder ...
Give them these statistics, and they will stare at you in disbelief about how such a difference can exist, and drive an extra hundred miles that day due to depression. Remind them that they are so much better off that the rest of the world coz gas is so cheap here, and they'll dance with joy and drive a hundred miles extra - maybe visit imax or walmart for shopping. Tell them that Iraq will no longer be a problem, and they will jump with exhilaration and drive to the gas station because it is a sign of falling gas prices! Do whatever, DRIVE they will. I mean, what is it with these guys and their vehicles? Is it that they are born with a car attached to their umbilical?!
The economy seems to be built around gas and energy. The towns and cities seem to have been planned around a how-to-spend-more-gas strategy! Here in Dallas, places are so far apart that you can't imagine not owning a car. From my residence, my office is 5 miles away, Wal-Mart is 10 miles away, the airport is 20 miles away, and my only friend's house in Dallas is 10 miles away. That's fine, such distances are acceptable. But what is unnatural is the amount of space that is left unused in between these spots. You should visit Dallas to appreciate what I'm saying. Standing at one point, you have to squint your eyes and crane your neck to see the next bunch of buildings. I mean, what is the sheer necessity of building such large and spread-out cities? Stay close. Stay cozy. No, we have to drive. No one can take away that right-o-birth from us. And for that, the places have to be far apart! This seems to be the mindset.
Adding to the problem is a total absence of mass transportation. That's natural dammit! You build a city (they call it a Metroplex here since it is a bunch of 9 cities) 100 miles long and 100 miles wide, and nothing but plain land between any two points A and B in between, how can you expect to provide mass transport?!
No wonder half the cities in the US suffer from smog. No wonder the ozone is punctured like a bullet-ridden sheet. No wonder there are 1.2 million new cases of skin cancer every year. No wonder Iraq is under attack. No wonder ...
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Message
Welcome message on a friend's voicemail:
"Hi this is so-n-so. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you. If you want to leave a fax, buy me a fax machine first"
!!!
"Hi this is so-n-so. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you. If you want to leave a fax, buy me a fax machine first"
!!!
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
.. And Then ..
Then, around November, she just packed up everything, left her job and pushed off to Mumbai for good. At that time, neither of us was serious about it, so we weren't heartbroken or anything about the parting. But then, I told myself that it was another chapter that just got closed and decided to forget all about her. But she wouldn't let go .. thankfully. And we started competing on who'll pay the higher phone bill every month!
Come February, and she was already in the US, having got her H1-B and landed a few jobs almost as soon as she landed in NJ. This was when I started feeling the distance a little bit. But, fate would not have it. We hiked our phone bills but kept in touch. In fact, it looked like the more fate took us apart, the more we were bent upon being together!
During this time, I had applied for my higher studies at some universities and was hopeful of making it into some of them. But when the results started trickling in, both of us started losing hope. The few that I got admitted into, were short of funds, so I declined them. But then, our optimism bore fruit and I happened to visit the US during this time. Topmost on my priority list was meeting her and making up for lost time. So, I took a week's vacation and visitied her in NJ.
A blast of emotions, the longing, the missing-for-so-much-time feelings all came together when we finally stood there hugging each other in the airport lobby. The next 5 days were a full-fledged holiday with visits to NY, Atlantic City, Cape May and Bear Mountain Park. We had longed for each other so much that we just didn't want to let go of each other. No wonder the week flew by so fast. I had known it all this time, but it was during this week that I realized that I was truly in love. At last ...
Come February, and she was already in the US, having got her H1-B and landed a few jobs almost as soon as she landed in NJ. This was when I started feeling the distance a little bit. But, fate would not have it. We hiked our phone bills but kept in touch. In fact, it looked like the more fate took us apart, the more we were bent upon being together!
During this time, I had applied for my higher studies at some universities and was hopeful of making it into some of them. But when the results started trickling in, both of us started losing hope. The few that I got admitted into, were short of funds, so I declined them. But then, our optimism bore fruit and I happened to visit the US during this time. Topmost on my priority list was meeting her and making up for lost time. So, I took a week's vacation and visitied her in NJ.
A blast of emotions, the longing, the missing-for-so-much-time feelings all came together when we finally stood there hugging each other in the airport lobby. The next 5 days were a full-fledged holiday with visits to NY, Atlantic City, Cape May and Bear Mountain Park. We had longed for each other so much that we just didn't want to let go of each other. No wonder the week flew by so fast. I had known it all this time, but it was during this week that I realized that I was truly in love. At last ...
How I met her ..
I met her on a rainy evening in Bangalore. I had gone to meet a friend in her office and got introduced to her. No initial sparks or love-at-first-sight .. In fact, nothing happened for over a month. It was then that my friend started tripping me with her for I wonder what reason. Probably she sensed that this girl liked me or something. Women have this sense of smelling out stuff what even cats can't. Sometimes I wonder if women evolved from felines rather than from the rib .. Well, that's a different story altogether.
So, my friend, I'll call her Appu, started tripping me with this girl. Initially, I sort of enjoyed and sort of felt embarrassed. Obviously! Then I asked Appu to shut her mouth since both me and the girl were feeling odd whenever the 3 of us met. She did. One day we ditched Appu and I took her to a movie - Koi Mil Gaya. Well, I should say that it was a sort of "Koi Mil Gaya" for me. Something inside me told me that this would go far.
We started meeting each more often since then. She's this Punjabi girl from Mumbai. Smart, tall and with a nice sense of humour, she is the epitome of optimism! Amusingly, she calls me "Sonu". You should hear it from her pouting mouth, you'll know why I fell for her. Well, I did fall for her, but then it was after 6 months, and knowing me, that's a long time!
The next two months were a roller-coaster ride of enjoyment for both of us. With the dawn of each day, we discovered more of each other, feeling we were getting more and more attracted, wanting to spend more and more time with each other and such other stuff that happens to people when they are on the verge of falling in love. Neither was sure (she claims she was, i doubt ;) whether we really wanted to take this seriously.
I remeber a few incidents that simply dragged me to her. One was when we went to Nandi Hills on my bike. We started late in the afternoon and reached there about 5 pm. You should see the surroundings from atop there to really appreciate what I'm saying. It's an amazing vista of serenity all round you! So, we reached there and made our way up to a rock high above the noisy tourists. There we stood staring in disbelief at the breathtaking view around, she clinging to me, with just one tear of joy trickling from the corner of her eye. I had a tough time deciding what to look at - her peaceful face or the view around! Well, maybe if it had been now, I would've definitely seen her face :)
Another time I felt very close to her was when we were lying on the sands in Goa gazing up into the night sky. It was Christmas. You should be there at that time of the year to experience the mood! It's purely r.o.m.a.n.t.i.c! All hundred percent. Lying there on the beach hand in hand staring up into the sky colourfully lit by fireworks and listening to the rushing waves at our feet, we felt a feeling of peace like we had never felt before. I can vouch for her feelings because I know her so well!
Will continue in my next post ..... Gotto rush!
So, my friend, I'll call her Appu, started tripping me with this girl. Initially, I sort of enjoyed and sort of felt embarrassed. Obviously! Then I asked Appu to shut her mouth since both me and the girl were feeling odd whenever the 3 of us met. She did. One day we ditched Appu and I took her to a movie - Koi Mil Gaya. Well, I should say that it was a sort of "Koi Mil Gaya" for me. Something inside me told me that this would go far.
We started meeting each more often since then. She's this Punjabi girl from Mumbai. Smart, tall and with a nice sense of humour, she is the epitome of optimism! Amusingly, she calls me "Sonu". You should hear it from her pouting mouth, you'll know why I fell for her. Well, I did fall for her, but then it was after 6 months, and knowing me, that's a long time!
The next two months were a roller-coaster ride of enjoyment for both of us. With the dawn of each day, we discovered more of each other, feeling we were getting more and more attracted, wanting to spend more and more time with each other and such other stuff that happens to people when they are on the verge of falling in love. Neither was sure (she claims she was, i doubt ;) whether we really wanted to take this seriously.
I remeber a few incidents that simply dragged me to her. One was when we went to Nandi Hills on my bike. We started late in the afternoon and reached there about 5 pm. You should see the surroundings from atop there to really appreciate what I'm saying. It's an amazing vista of serenity all round you! So, we reached there and made our way up to a rock high above the noisy tourists. There we stood staring in disbelief at the breathtaking view around, she clinging to me, with just one tear of joy trickling from the corner of her eye. I had a tough time deciding what to look at - her peaceful face or the view around! Well, maybe if it had been now, I would've definitely seen her face :)
Another time I felt very close to her was when we were lying on the sands in Goa gazing up into the night sky. It was Christmas. You should be there at that time of the year to experience the mood! It's purely r.o.m.a.n.t.i.c! All hundred percent. Lying there on the beach hand in hand staring up into the sky colourfully lit by fireworks and listening to the rushing waves at our feet, we felt a feeling of peace like we had never felt before. I can vouch for her feelings because I know her so well!
Will continue in my next post ..... Gotto rush!
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Yahoo! Vs GMail
I got this mail from Yahoo! this morning saying they will start providing a massive 100MB mailbox from Jun 15th. This, clearly, is in response to Google's GMail beta going alpha shortly. I am thrilled to bits! Not because, GMail is here, but there won't be any more headaches of cleaning up every fortnight and wondering which mail got in and which bounced off my ever overflowing Yahoo mailbox :)
Talk of competition!
A couple of reviews on GMail:
"Even in its current, early state, available only to a few thousand testers, Gmail appears destined to become one of the most useful Internet services since Google itself. ... Gmail is infinitely cleaner, faster, more useful, more efficient, less commercial and less limiting than other Web-based e-mail services. Once Gmail goes live, Hotmail and Yahoo won't know what hit them."
~ NY Times - May 13 2004
"I finally got to play around and discover the various features of Gmail. Here's a small list of my findings ...
1.Javascript hacks makes it very fast and easy to use.
2.Trying to navigate out of an unsent message triggers an 'Are you sure you want to discard the message?' alert.
3.E-mail snippet makes it very easy to browse through messages.
4.Keyboard shortcuts are absolutely the best thing Gmail has offered. They ROCK if you are a hardcore unix user.
5.Personal level indicators' feature is a great one, indicating if a message is sent only to you or to a bunch of people.
6.Starring (tagging) messages is fast. Something like what Orkut uses to rank your friends.
7.Wow! The fastest and the most sophisticated email spell checker in the world. It's like running your spell checking application on your machine!"
8.Address completion.
~http://www.anvari.org/log/20040412.2359.html
Talk of competition!
A couple of reviews on GMail:
"Even in its current, early state, available only to a few thousand testers, Gmail appears destined to become one of the most useful Internet services since Google itself. ... Gmail is infinitely cleaner, faster, more useful, more efficient, less commercial and less limiting than other Web-based e-mail services. Once Gmail goes live, Hotmail and Yahoo won't know what hit them."
~ NY Times - May 13 2004
"I finally got to play around and discover the various features of Gmail. Here's a small list of my findings ...
1.Javascript hacks makes it very fast and easy to use.
2.Trying to navigate out of an unsent message triggers an 'Are you sure you want to discard the message?' alert.
3.E-mail snippet makes it very easy to browse through messages.
4.Keyboard shortcuts are absolutely the best thing Gmail has offered. They ROCK if you are a hardcore unix user.
5.Personal level indicators' feature is a great one, indicating if a message is sent only to you or to a bunch of people.
6.Starring (tagging) messages is fast. Something like what Orkut uses to rank your friends.
7.Wow! The fastest and the most sophisticated email spell checker in the world. It's like running your spell checking application on your machine!"
8.Address completion.
~http://www.anvari.org/log/20040412.2359.html
Monday, June 14, 2004
Top 20 American Obsessions
1 Iraq
2 Iraq
3 Iraq
4 .
5 .
6 Weather
7 Cars
8 Baseball
9 Sex
10 Basketball
11 Diet-n-exercise
12 Hollywood
13 Hot-Bods
14 The Ozone layer
15 Vampires
16 Cheese-n-Meat (and then burning it)
17 Outsourcing
18 WMDs
19 Credit
20 Wotssup-Howdy-HaveAGoodDay!
2 Iraq
3 Iraq
4 .
5 .
6 Weather
7 Cars
8 Baseball
9 Sex
10 Basketball
11 Diet-n-exercise
12 Hollywood
13 Hot-Bods
14 The Ozone layer
15 Vampires
16 Cheese-n-Meat (and then burning it)
17 Outsourcing
18 WMDs
19 Credit
20 Wotssup-Howdy-HaveAGoodDay!
The First Smiley :-)
The smiley :-) and its many variants are an important (and fun!) part of the worldwide online social culture -- allowing emotions to be conveyed in plain text. It has been in widespread use since the early '80s, when it was first proposed. Yet the original message in which the smiley was invented had been lost -- until now. :-) After a significant effort to locate it, on September 10, 2002 the original post made by Scott Fahlman on CMU CS general bboard was retrieved by Jeff Baird from an October 1982 backup tape of the spice vax (cmu-750x). Here is Scott's original post:
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)
From: Scott E Fahlman
I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:
:-)
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark
things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use
:-(
~ Courtesy: Microsoft Research
http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smiley/Smiley.html
Reagan - take 2
I was watching this talk show hosted on NBC on Friday. The chap is sort of funny - nowhere close to Jay Leno of course, but he can make some people in the background laugh, if you know what I mean!
So, I was watching this show. He was blabbering off - well, that's what these guys get paid for - about Reagan and his Reign, commenting about how much media exposure the whole issue of Reagan's death was getting. It was a lot of hype that CNN and CBS and a bunch of other news-hungry studios were broadcasting all through the week. About 8 hours of the day were being dedicated to the issue. I wonder if the so-called War on Terror got so much exposure.
He showed a clip of about a hundred people mourning. Funny thing was they were nowhere near the coffin that was on public display. In fact they were nowhere near the city where it was kept. All they were doing was passing solemnly in a line in front of a huge TV in which some channel was covering the mourning ceremony and placing wreaths in front of the TV! Ridiculous! I mean, is there a limit to which these people will not go?!
So, I was watching this show. He was blabbering off - well, that's what these guys get paid for - about Reagan and his Reign, commenting about how much media exposure the whole issue of Reagan's death was getting. It was a lot of hype that CNN and CBS and a bunch of other news-hungry studios were broadcasting all through the week. About 8 hours of the day were being dedicated to the issue. I wonder if the so-called War on Terror got so much exposure.
He showed a clip of about a hundred people mourning. Funny thing was they were nowhere near the coffin that was on public display. In fact they were nowhere near the city where it was kept. All they were doing was passing solemnly in a line in front of a huge TV in which some channel was covering the mourning ceremony and placing wreaths in front of the TV! Ridiculous! I mean, is there a limit to which these people will not go?!
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Reagan
Former President of the US Ronald Reagan expired last week.
I don't know much about him, except that he was hailed as one of the most able people who headed the US. Actually, I hadn't known that the tragedy had happened. I happened to come to office the next day and noticed that the Stars and Stripes were flying at half mast. Primary school had taught me the reason for such an expression. www.cnn.com. And I knew.
Over the next two days, I realized how much the middle-aged and elderly people of this country loved and respected this man. The grief that they experienced, the bonding which they felt had been torn, the emptiness .. Far more than explains what the man did for his country. Doing things to fulfil an ambition is one thing. But gaining the admiration of hundreds of millions of people in the process and taking them with you in your journey of passion is something very different!
I don't know much about him, except that he was hailed as one of the most able people who headed the US. Actually, I hadn't known that the tragedy had happened. I happened to come to office the next day and noticed that the Stars and Stripes were flying at half mast. Primary school had taught me the reason for such an expression. www.cnn.com. And I knew.
Over the next two days, I realized how much the middle-aged and elderly people of this country loved and respected this man. The grief that they experienced, the bonding which they felt had been torn, the emptiness .. Far more than explains what the man did for his country. Doing things to fulfil an ambition is one thing. But gaining the admiration of hundreds of millions of people in the process and taking them with you in your journey of passion is something very different!
NYC
Yukk!
That was the one-word reaction from all four of us in the car when we entered Brooklyn. We were headed to explore the Big Apple, after having picked up her cousin at the Hilton somewhere in uptown New York. I mean, all of us have seen far worse places back home, but here, in the middle of the most swanky place on earth .. No, please!
The streets were worse than those in Karol Bagh or Chandni Chowk. She almost freaked out every time she ran her Celica into another bump or hole in the road. After much steering and obscenities, we exited Brooklyn and entered north Manhattan across some river (the Hudson?).
This was a much better place. Cleaner, well-maintained, but nowhere close to New Delhi. We taxied down along 5th Avenue and stopped at Central Park (Perk?!) to take a look at now legendary lawns. I took in a bit of history about the place and we headed further south towards the Empire State. Our destination was Times Square, where I had dreamt of posing before Nasdaq ever since I saw it first in a desi newspaper, flashing an ad of Infosys! That was 4 years ago ..
The place was lit like Diwali night! And we just stood there and admired the power the structures around wielded - Reuters, Nasdaq, NY Times .. the list goes on. I couldn't fulfil my other dream that evening - that of sitting in a cafe on Wall Street and watch people buzz past going about their business. Ah, those Hollywood movies!
That was the one-word reaction from all four of us in the car when we entered Brooklyn. We were headed to explore the Big Apple, after having picked up her cousin at the Hilton somewhere in uptown New York. I mean, all of us have seen far worse places back home, but here, in the middle of the most swanky place on earth .. No, please!
The streets were worse than those in Karol Bagh or Chandni Chowk. She almost freaked out every time she ran her Celica into another bump or hole in the road. After much steering and obscenities, we exited Brooklyn and entered north Manhattan across some river (the Hudson?).
This was a much better place. Cleaner, well-maintained, but nowhere close to New Delhi. We taxied down along 5th Avenue and stopped at Central Park (Perk?!) to take a look at now legendary lawns. I took in a bit of history about the place and we headed further south towards the Empire State. Our destination was Times Square, where I had dreamt of posing before Nasdaq ever since I saw it first in a desi newspaper, flashing an ad of Infosys! That was 4 years ago ..
The place was lit like Diwali night! And we just stood there and admired the power the structures around wielded - Reuters, Nasdaq, NY Times .. the list goes on. I couldn't fulfil my other dream that evening - that of sitting in a cafe on Wall Street and watch people buzz past going about their business. Ah, those Hollywood movies!
Bonding
Having arrived just the previous day, the adventurous me thought of exploring a bit of the landscape. So I set out in the sunny afternoon. Took a cab to Las Colinas, and went and ate in this swanky Italian restaurant. Good food!
Once I was out, I realized to my horror that I was actually 15 miles from my office and my hotel, I didn't have a phone in my pocket, I didn't have a taxi service number or my teammates' numbers, and I didn't know a goddamned soul around! I felt a chill and some sort of boldness at the same time. I mean, it's the middle of nowhere I told you! So, I loitered around a bit, burnt whatever I had eaten and then not knowing what to do and not finding a pay phone, decided to head back to the restaurant where I had eaten and call up from there. I told the guy at the counter about my situation, and he very friendly offered my a glass of lemonade, allowed me to make a phone call, and in the process even offered to drop me off at my office. I thanked him for his kindness and called up my teammate who picked me up half an hour later ..
A strange feeling of bonding about these people had already sprung up in me. The guy had absolutely no reason to help me, but he had gone out of his way and had done what was possible in his capacity. Very good .. !
Once I was out, I realized to my horror that I was actually 15 miles from my office and my hotel, I didn't have a phone in my pocket, I didn't have a taxi service number or my teammates' numbers, and I didn't know a goddamned soul around! I felt a chill and some sort of boldness at the same time. I mean, it's the middle of nowhere I told you! So, I loitered around a bit, burnt whatever I had eaten and then not knowing what to do and not finding a pay phone, decided to head back to the restaurant where I had eaten and call up from there. I told the guy at the counter about my situation, and he very friendly offered my a glass of lemonade, allowed me to make a phone call, and in the process even offered to drop me off at my office. I thanked him for his kindness and called up my teammate who picked me up half an hour later ..
A strange feeling of bonding about these people had already sprung up in me. The guy had absolutely no reason to help me, but he had gone out of his way and had done what was possible in his capacity. Very good .. !
Big and bigger!
To be honest, I had dreamt of coming to this country all my life. I was swept with awe when I first set foot at Atlanta. One thought immediately came to my mind - anything you find in this land will be on a grand scale. The people of the US do not know the beauty of miniaturization, unlike the Japanese. Big roads criss-crossed by bigger flyovers, huge cars flanked by giant trucks, tall buildings with glass facades .. my my! Even the people seem to be of a bigger build. I remember buying a shirt of the smallest size available at Haggar's over the weekend, and unsurprisingly, it was oversized :)
So here I was, in the middle of nowhere - "vast, flat and ugly" - according to my friend who picked me up at the airport in Dallas. I had to agree. All around I could see well-maintained stretches of grass and no trees. It looked so green, yet barren .. A few tall buildings dotting the horizon here and there. Real estate goes a-begging in this part of the country I suppose!
People are good. I mean, friendly, at least. Anybody you run into - on the street, in the park, up the lift (oops, elevator!) - they never fail to give a courteous, and sometimes self-conscious, smile. It is the 'desi' junta that I feel are confused. Most of them fumble around with words or actions or both when they run into others. I haven't been able to fathom what it is which stops them from saying a friendly 'hi' or at least acknowledge one another .. Expecting too much from our people??
So here I was, in the middle of nowhere - "vast, flat and ugly" - according to my friend who picked me up at the airport in Dallas. I had to agree. All around I could see well-maintained stretches of grass and no trees. It looked so green, yet barren .. A few tall buildings dotting the horizon here and there. Real estate goes a-begging in this part of the country I suppose!
People are good. I mean, friendly, at least. Anybody you run into - on the street, in the park, up the lift (oops, elevator!) - they never fail to give a courteous, and sometimes self-conscious, smile. It is the 'desi' junta that I feel are confused. Most of them fumble around with words or actions or both when they run into others. I haven't been able to fathom what it is which stops them from saying a friendly 'hi' or at least acknowledge one another .. Expecting too much from our people??
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Welcummm!
so there .. a warm toast to the 3 years we've been using wingies97! i just happened to stumble upon this stuff last weekend and found it pretty interesting due to multiple reasons - it's simplicity, it's robustness which is proven by the number of blogs lying around the web, and the very idea of having an open publishing space available on the net so that people can collaborate in teams ..
but what beats me is this --> this blogger stuff was acquired by google recently for a very high undisclosed amount .. that's fine .. but how different is this from egroups? okay, it allows a push-button publishing interface and a few other cool stuff like skins and presentation .. but i don't see the difference! is it adding any other value to web-based publishing or activities? well, not really .. so i ask myself if this is just another egroups? are people still making money by repeating/rewriting napsters? if yes, what the heck are we doing lying around not doing anything??!
~N
but what beats me is this --> this blogger stuff was acquired by google recently for a very high undisclosed amount .. that's fine .. but how different is this from egroups? okay, it allows a push-button publishing interface and a few other cool stuff like skins and presentation .. but i don't see the difference! is it adding any other value to web-based publishing or activities? well, not really .. so i ask myself if this is just another egroups? are people still making money by repeating/rewriting napsters? if yes, what the heck are we doing lying around not doing anything??!
~N
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