Talk of Many Things – Page 89 – Personal Blog of Ketharaman Swaminathan

Is Web 3.0 Going to Mean User-Generated Internet Access?

10 September 2006

When colleagues from the US told us they could surf happily using their neighbors' Wi-Fi connections, there was all-round skepticism. Wouldn't the owner of the Wi-Fi connection get charged double?…

Usability is Crucial in the Web 2.0 World

7 September 2006

A couple of years ago, I had written an article on "Usability", which was published in TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION CENTERS, a leading evaluator of enterprise application products. (You can download…

Make Money By Sharing Your Contacts – Whose Rolodex Is It Anyway?

29 August 2006

Salespersons, marketers, recruiters and anyone else can share their Rolodexes on Jigsaw (http://www.jigsaw.com/), and make money for their trouble! Salespersons, marketers and recruiters accumulate a lot of contacts in the…

Just One Line Generates 200 Pages In Microsoft Word!

19 August 2006

Don't know if this is a feature or a bug: Open a blank document in Microsoft Word. Just type =rand(200,99) and press the Enter key. You'll find 200 pages of…

Web 2.0 And BFSI Applications

16 August 2006

RSS, Blogs, AJAX, Podcasts, Wikis, Toolbars - these are the basic elements of Web 2.0, which is the popular name given to the collection of technologies that underpin the next dot…

Call Center Call Performance Survey — Unique Practice by HUTCH

12 August 2006

Calls made to Call Centers can often lead to frustrating experiences ... long waiting times before you can reach a live operator, difficulties in understanding thick accents of some of…

Shopping Cart Abandonment – Even In Brick-and-Mortar Stores!

7 August 2006

Abandoned shopping carts are common online stores. As customers browse the shopping pages of an online store website, they decide which items they wish to buy and add these to…

List Of My “Top Books”

6 August 2006

I have posted the list of my Top Books. Click here for this list. I've intentionally included fiction, non-fiction and so-called "management" books in a single list. This is a…

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…