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Entries from November 2006

ThinkWhyNot @ ‘Think Negative’ AIDS Awareness Contest

November 28th, 2006 · 4 Comments

ThinkWhyNot won two merits at the recently concluded Think Negative’ AIDS Awareness Contest organised by the Bhaskar Group and agencyfaqs! Although we didn’t get to be the winning entry, we are proud to have been given two merits.
Think WhyNot scored two merit entries for work done by Debangshu Kerr and Sameer S Murudkar, respectively.

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Tags: Advertising · Workplace

Sharing articles from my Google Reader

November 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment

This is going to be fun. I try to keep up with a lot of blogs I have been enjoying over this time. Quite often I come across something interesting which is worth sharing with all my readers. But not all of them our worth a blog post. Google Reader’s Share Item is a very [...]

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Tags: Internet/Blog

links for 2006-11-25

November 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Get more from Google Reader
Great tips to make Google Reader more useful and enhancing tools
(tags: Google Reader)

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Tags: General

Demand for quota in sports

November 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Mid-Day will always have the most senstional story featured on it’s cover page. What use is the paper if it does not have a catchy headline. Today’s story: Athawale demands quota in sport… really did catch my attention and all I could say to myself - “It happens only in India”.

If cricketers from backward [...]

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Tags: Thoughts

Job switch to Mudra Communications

November 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments

I am spending my last few days at Think WhyNot. I will be moving on as Manager - Brand Communications at Mudra Communications. The association with Think WhyNot is something I will always cherish, it has been a pleasure working and learning with this “always charged up” team here.
Of course I shall miss this place, [...]

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Tags: Workplace

Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon

November 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment

It’s back. And this time I am really hoping that I can be a part of this race. How many of you are going to be there. Should the Mumbai blogging community run this together? Drop in a message here if you are going to be a part of this race.

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Tags: Entertainment

links for 2006-11-16

November 16th, 2006 · No Comments

GooSync - Synchronize Google Calendar with your Mobile Phone or PDA!
An amazing piece of software/service for your mobile device. Syncs the mobile calendar with your Google Calendar. No need of Outlook or any other mid-way product to be used.
(tags: Google lifehacks productivity tools calendar mobile)

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Tags: General

Bad Creative Critics

November 15th, 2006 · No Comments

This morning Shalini at work forwarded this amazing cartoon strip. Anybody who has been into a creative agency and faced a client can relate to atleast one type of client in there. Enjoy!

image courtesy: skydeckcartoons.com

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Doing what you love

November 13th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Last night I was watching an interview of Shahid Kapur. The last question of the interview was “What is the best part about being a successful actor?”. To which Shahid replied, I am happy that I have been able to succeed as an actor. It feels very satisfying when you get to do what you [...]

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Tags: Entertainment · Thoughts

Spell-check in browser

November 11th, 2006 · 1 Comment

A few days back I was checking if there were spell check plug-ins available for Wordpress. In the search I found an interesting article which told me about how the Google toolbar has a spell-check feature which works pretty well in the “Write Post” textbox too. So I tried it and it seems fine. For [...]

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Tags: Internet/Blog · Technology