Lalu Yadav is now officially my favourite turnaround artist. From being the political icon of one of India’s most backward states, and the butt of many jokes just a couple of years back, the man with the i’ll-do-what-i-like attitude has, as Rail Minister of the Government of India, managed to kick ass and is doing [...]
Archive for the ‘Information Technology’ Category
Lalu and the great Indian rail journey!
Posted: February 28, 2008 by noshtradamus in E-Commerce, Information TechnologyTags: budget, E-Commerce, india, Innovation, lalu, Marketing, Media, Strategy, trains, travel
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Indian Railways online..? Not really!
Posted: September 20, 2007 by noshtradamus in E-Commerce, Information TechnologyThe day before yesterday I booked a couple of train tickets online at the Indian Railways online reservation site. Thinking all along (until I booked the tickets) that this giant slowpoke elephant (thanks or no thanks to Lalu Prasad Yadav) had finally come of age – technology age. Nope. It has not come of age. [...]
Website Error? then laugh!
Posted: September 18, 2007 by noshtradamus in Humour, Information TechnologyHere’s an interesting error report I just came across while surfing the ‘net! It made light of the moment and got me to talk about it, rather than complain and curse! The site name has been blurred to protect the identity of…. well err, me. Because this is like national television and I don’t want [...]
Technology and the knowledge within
Posted: September 18, 2007 by noshtradamus in Information Technology, New MediaMost companies are a treasure house of information and knowledge. Case studies, Client Backgrounds, Industry Knowledge, Tools & Techniques, Industry Best Practices – they all exist in every organisation in some form or another – but this knowledge remains a closely guarded secret in dusty folders, in archived files on various hard disks, and more [...]
George Parker, Technology, and 9/11
Posted: September 13, 2007 by noshtradamus in Information Technology, LearningsIn a rare post on his blog that is sans cuss-words, the intrepid George Parker republished an article written by him 6 years back, on the triumph and failure of information and communication technology during 9/11. In a well thought out piece originally written for a magazine called Technology Marketing published by Adweek, George Parker insightfully [...]
How the net works (or how we imagine it works)
Posted: April 2, 2007 by noshtradamus in Debate, Information Technology, Innovation, Internet, New Media, Stargazing, Thinking AloudNoshtradamus is supposed to be a blog where i stargaze about communication, strategy, talent and new media in the new world. I write my posts keeping that in mind – or at least that’s what I think I’m doing! Call it lack of proper focus, or call it the unpredictability of the internet www – [...]
Soul “Searching” – What Netizens Want from New Media
Posted: February 10, 2007 by noshtradamus in Information Technology, Learnings, New MediaThe internet is this humungous dynamic place with loads of information that enlightens people all over the world, and helps grown ups do their jobs better, children learn better, and all people communicate better. Right? I’d like to agree that this holds true across the board. But somehow the latest google annual search trends report, [...]
New Media and what not
Posted: November 20, 2006 by noshtradamus in Blatant Self Promotion, Information Technology, Learnings, New MediaWhen I tell people that I help companies understand new media, and how to use it to their benefit, most people look at me and say – “by new media you mean the internet, right..? what else is there??!”. In the beginning, I used to get stumped by the ignorance behind this assumption. I used [...]
The new highways of progress
Posted: November 11, 2006 by noshtradamus in Common Sense, Information Technology, Learnings, New Media, Stargazing, TrendsIt’s a proven fact that the progress of a nation, usually follows the progress of its roads and highways. Take Europe and the United States of America for example… they developed and gained from superhighways long before most parts of the world. And on the other side today, the Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project of the [...]
