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Archive | August, 2007

Blog Day 2007

31 Aug

This post is my contribution to Blog Day. Read: What is Blog Day? I am supposed to share 5 blog links which I think are interesting. Here they are. Indi Ad Rant Manish is a senior VP at one of India’s leading ad agencies. India Ad Rant is a mash up of agency life, brands, [...]

Australia Post’s ad gets copied

29 Aug

I really don’t know what made i ball’s agency here do a direct lift of the idea from such a popular international ad of Australian Post. Here is the original ad of Australia Post, click on the image if you want to see the larger file. And here is the “copy-cat” ad of i ball [...]

My pinocchio rakhi

29 Aug

If there is something interesting about Raksha Bandhan (of course, besides the sweets that is) is the innovative rakhis you keep seeing every year in the market. My sisters know very well that I am always game for such fun – and this is what I got this year. I guess sister says “Don’t lie [...]

4 liquid stages of life

28 Aug

Sometimes an email forward makes you want to share it. This is one of them.

Ad Pick: Free hugs

24 Aug

This really made my day. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2WIsRGYsO4[/youtube]

Sharing flickr photos with non-flickr users

22 Aug

I just uploaded my holiday photos online at flickr! That’s when I noticed a “Share this set” option. It makes things very simple: I can share photos with friends without having them to sign-up on flickr I can share even private photos with someone I may want to share this particular set but not the [...]

thoughts from Chak De India

21 Aug

Last night I watched Chak De! India. Although you know early on that being a Hindi movie, the Indian team HAS to win – its the journey which really keeps you hooked. GO WATCH THIS ONE! I think Nirav took some excellent learnings from the movie and I think one of the big learning which [...]

A little gift

21 Aug

A little gift I got from office last week … I love this one!

How the little branding matters

20 Aug

I was at Bangkok airport’s duty free shopping browsing the Mont Blanc showroom. I see this potential customer walking and asking for some supplies. The attendant brings it in and the customer confirms the purchase. When the attendant presents the charge slip to the customer to sign, the customer notices that it’s a cheap ball [...]

Back from holiday

18 Aug

Nitika and I had a wonderful holiday in Singapore, Bangkok and Hua Hin (a beach resort off Bangkok). This has been a wonderful trip, I have written a lot and captured some lovely shots. Sharing a few quick photos which caught my attention tonight, but hope to sort them all over the week and share [...]