Talk of Many Things – Page 88 – Personal Blog of Ketharaman Swaminathan

Usability Enhances Our Usage Experience Of Software

15 July 2006

Usability considerations are becoming very critical since Internet applications are becoming more mainstream and are being used by increasing number of people who are not IT-savvy. Poor usability leads to…

“Understanding Culture & Society”

13 July 2006

In December 2004, I had written a couple of letters to the editor of "The Economic Times" and "The Times of India" related to culture and society. These letters are…

How Mobile Phone MP3 Players Have Changed Lifestyles

9 July 2006

How MP3 Music & Mobile Phone MP3 Players Change Lifestyles. Today's newspaper (The Times of India) carried an article titled "Downloads soar, album sales plummet" that talks about how US album sales were down 4.2% in the first half of 2006, but sales of music downloaded online soared 77% during the same period.

Will Google Toolbar Kill Typed-in Traffic?

3 July 2006

There is so much buzz around typed-in traffic nowadays. Per anecdotal evidence, up to 15% of search engine pay-per-click (PPC) advertising traffic comes from typed-in traffic where the search engine…

Indian IT Industry Can Use A Lot More Selling Skills!

27 June 2006

Indian IT industry has underestimated the role of good sales people. No wonder, we always seem to have the ability to deliver almost anything but perpetually have our Achilles heel in…

Selecting The Right Web Hosting Package Is Tough!

27 June 2006

I had read on the web that selecting the right web hosting package is tough. I agree. I had already registered a domain with a leading Indian Internet Broadband provider…

Indian Education System Is The Best … For India!

27 June 2006

One keeps hearing that the Indian education system is lousy, how good the European system is, blah blah blah. Actually, the Indian education system is the best there is ... for…

Welcome To “Talk of Many Things”

27 June 2006

"Talk of Many Things" is my personal blog and views expressed are my own. In "Talk of Many Things", I shall be writing about some of my favorite topics like sales…