http://www.ashishontech.com Technology, media and their impact on society Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:40:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last few months have been pretty significant for me. I have changed directions in my career. I am now an entrepreneur. It is exciting. But it requires a lot of discipline. When you work for an organization, organization provides some structure. There are company's goals, department goals and your boss's ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=19 Get sponsored by your favorite brands. Use your popularity in social networks like Myspace and Facebook to promote these brands. In return, SocialVibe donates to your favorite charity or cause and you can earn rewards for yourself. And all this is easy and fun using www.SocialVibe.com. And it is by my ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=17 WSJ recently published a very interesting article - We Know What You Ought To Be Watching This Summer - on how insights gained from data and consumer activity can be very effectively used to make recommendations. Interesting quote from the article - "How do we help you find the things you had ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=15 Based on past sales, viewing history and customer profile, which item is the consumer most likely to buy next? (Netflix, Amazon) Which advertisement should be displayed on web page to maximize the chances of user clicking it? (Internet advertisers like Google and Yahoo) What is the value of a house based ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=14 Parakey is a WebOs startup started by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. What is Parakey? (from Parakey's website) Parakey is a platform for building applications that merge the best of the desktop and the Web. Like desktop applications, these applications work offline, offer more privacy than pure ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=13 World wide web has come far from where it started its journey in late 1980's as a system to share data and share research papers without need to have access to common computers. Powered by Internet technologies and ever increasing bandwidth and cheaper and more powerful computing power and storage, it ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=12 In one of my earlier posts I want my desktop..., I said that antiquated metaphors and ways of organizing things in digital space need to change. And that we need to look back to nature and world around us. I also mentioned that some of the things I would like to ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=10 Every 8-10 years or so I learn new programming language and technology. Why 8-10 years? I generally found that is the cycle in which some new exciting innovation happens. Once some innovative technology comes out , then next 10 years is spent bringing that innovation to mainstream. Early 90's when I ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=9 Rather than have computer maker dictate how vsiual space on my computer should be organized, I should have flexibility to design my computer's visual space the way I want. The way I organize physical space around me which I can control. The way I organize things at my ... http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=8 Even though most readers of this bog already know what is web 2.0 Came across this video recently. Really liked the way it is done. Enjoy. Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us. It is by Michael Wesch, Assistant PRofessor at Kansas State University. http://www.ashishontech.com/?p=7