Category Archives: Social Software, Technology and Internet

An Inappropriate and Offensive Swastika

Posted on July 11, 2008 by

Further to yesterday’s madness, Google now appears to apologize for the “Swastika Situation“. Here’s Google’s response We have an automated system to identify and remove inappropriate or offensive material in Hot Trends. In rare cases, when such material is missed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Marketplace and All Things Current, Social Software, Technology and Internet | 21 Comments

Searching for the Swastika

Posted on July 10, 2008 by

TechCrunch is getting all worked up about the word Swastika appearing on Google’s Hot Trends. They obviously want to make a lot of noise about it and hint that it’s the return of the Neo-Nazis. But if you notice Google’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Marketplace and All Things Current, Social Software, Technology and Internet, wtf | 14 Comments

Supermarket 2.0

Posted on June 11, 2007 by

Via Dina, this hilarious video on a Supermarket going 2.0 [Supermarket 2.0]. Some really hilarious references – including Quakr and Watr. http://www.glumbert.com/embed/supermarket glumbert.com – Supermarket 2.0 Watch out for the part when the “user” holds up an egg, and asks … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny, Random Links, Social Software, Technology and Internet

In which the Indian Cops trace your IP

Posted on March 13, 2007 by

In some supremely air-conditioned room, cops will sit on their computers, logging into Orkut. They will then meticulously wade through all the offers of “fraandship”, “oye, sexy pic you got” and what not to track down the very bored people … Continue reading →

Posted in Governance, India, Marketplace and All Things Current, Rights, Social Software, Technology and Internet

The Kalleda Rural School Photoblog

Posted on February 7, 2007 by

If there are one link you click on today, make it this one. The BBC profiles the Kalleda Photo Project – Children at a rural school in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are running a photoblog about daily … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Marketplace and All Things Current, Online Projects, Social Software, Technology and Internet

Blogging, Nhilism and the Post Post Post Modern World

Posted on January 12, 2007 by

If you click on one link today – make it this one. Geert Lovink writes on “Blogging, the nihilist impulse“. There is a quest for truth in blogging. But it is a truth with a question mark. Truth has become … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Software, Technology and Internet

RSS in 1970

Posted on January 3, 2007 by

I don’t know why I still use Bloglines. Today, while checking feeds of a particular blog, I saw that Bloglines decided that a particular subscriber had been reading the feed since 1970! Ze mind.. it boggles..

Posted in Blogs, Random Links, Social Software, Technology and Internet