The Question Raised is

In a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?  Do we stop to appreciate it?  Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?  

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The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia « Copybot

*Copybot is not responsible for the hours and hours that disappeared while you were exploring this list. But she is responsible for the fascinated responses you get at the water cooler tomorrow.

Loved that closing sentence. Awesomeness.

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Flickr giving away PRO accounts. 10000of them. Yes, For the Good :)

Gisimba Memorial Center by camera_rwanda

Flickr for Good

A few of the good things happening on Flickr

Flickr for Good A few of the good things happening on Flickr

Getting Involved

A photo gives us the ability to see what goes on in the world, but can also move us to care, or motivate us to help. Many individuals and organizations use Flickr to share their mission to make the world better, and this is just a sample of what's going on on Flickr.

We've partnered with TechSoup, a US-based non-profit technology resource, to donate 10,000 1-year Flickr pro accounts for good causes. TechSoup and its international partners will distribute these to qualifying non-profit organizations.

TechSoup is the trusted technology resource for the non-profit sector. Founded in 1987, it helps other nonprofits around the world acquire and use technology to better serve their missions.

Apply for a non-profit pro account

TechSoup's international partners in Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom are now accepting applications from qualifying organizations in those regions. To participate in the Flickr donation program, apply directly to either TechSoup itself or one of the partners listed below:

  • TechSoup
    For organizations based in the United States or Canada, apply directly to TechSoup.
  • DonorTec
    DonorTec provides technology information services to NGOs throughout Australia and is operated by Community Information Strategies Australia.
  • TechDonation
    TechDonation provides social welfare services in Hong Kong and is operated by The Hong Kong Council of Social Services (HKCSS), an umbrella organization for 340+ agency members.
  • Charity Technology Exchange (CTX)
    CTX is a program of the Charity Technology Trust (CTT), an NGO that empowers British charities through the effective use of technology services and consulting.

Good works already happening

Good works groups on Flickr

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Faces of ONE

4,849 members | 2,395 items

The campaign to make poverty history uses Flickr for "Faces of One", a very personal way for each person who supports the cause to stamp out poverty to show it - by sharing a picture of themselves. One.org since its inception. ( more )

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OrphFund - photography and fight for street children and orphans

289 members | 1,009 items

OrphFund works for vulnerable children and orphans around the world that are alone due to the consequence of poverty, disease, war, natural disasters and injustice. ( more )

Do you know of a group or individual who should be listed here? Let us know.

Sister Bonne Annee by camera_rwanda, on Flickr

Photography Workshop: Gisimba Memorial Center 2006 by camera_rwanda, on Flickr

Rotary Jaipur Foot Project in Rwanda by camera_rwanda, on Flickr

Sisters: 2nd Generation by camera_rwanda, on Flickr

Camera Rwanda, Kresta King Cutcher

A photographer who supports Sisters of Rwanda and a number of organizations that help orphans and school-aged children.

Acid Burn Victim Gives Back by interplast, on Flickr

Rehab Ward by interplast, on Flickr

Dr. Roy Hobbs Working Together With Local Surgeon Dr. Wang by interplast, on Flickr

Nhan Thi Caring For His Wife by interplast, on Flickr

Interplast, Sara Anderson

Interplast provides free life-changing surgery for children and adults with clefts, disabling burns and hand injuries. It empowers and trains developing world doctors, building year-round access to desperately needed surgical care for the poor.

Refugee in Chad by IFRC, on Flickr

Pakistan earthquake by IFRC, on Flickr

Migrants arriving on the Canary Islands by IFRC, on Flickr

Girl in Pakistan by IFRC, on Flickr

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Timo Luege

The International Federation carries out relief operations to assist people affected by disasters, and combines this with development work to strengthen the capacities of its member National Societies. To find out more, go to www.ifrc.org


These groups and people aren't associated with the TechSoup program. They're using Flickr all on their own to show good works at the grassroots.

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imma let you finish

Today’s Urban Word of the Day is really cool.

Obnoxious way to interrupt someone and steal their moment, while wryly mocking that media train wreck that is Kanye West.

Based on West’s instantly infamous interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video with his insane microphone-stealing shout out to Beyonce.

Bob: Thank you Mr. Brown for having us in to give this sales presentation. We’d like to talk to you today about…

Alfred: Yo, Bob, I’m really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but I just got to say our product is is one of the best products there is!

And yeah, we knew this would come. www.kanyethis.com

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I'm sticking with posterous

I believe I was among the first ones to use Posterous, just hours after it got techcrunched. And ever since then, I'm a huge fan and an evangelist for Posterous. At one point of time, I had thought about starting a personal blog at a new domain; but then I dropped the idea and decided to stick with posterous. And I am.

And today, I've decided to Poster more responsibly. The first thing to be done is to clean up the tags (which I messed up, thinking it's the same as tags in wordpress, which it is not). That way, it'll be possible to have a low-profile navigation till the cool guys at posterous comes up with feature improvements. (But hey, Posterous is not just about features, it's the concept and it's cuteness that makes it rule).

Filed under  //   Soul speak   Web  

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Deadline (Post-it stop motion)

This deserves your appreciation. Very much.

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AdWords and BJP. Why it failed.

The Lok Sabha elections in India just got over with the results published on May 16th. The party, BJP, created news by their aggressive AdWords campaign. The ADs were all over Indian sites and was shown to all users who were recognised as from India. They were too shrewd that they even, configured the parameters such that, their ADs are shown along side the search results for a strong competitor of theirs. They claim to have got about 5 million hits within 6 months.

Whatever be, it all comes down to this. They faced a total failure. Things didn't turn out as it was expected. The AdWords campaigns, made the media to compare it to Mr. Barack Obama's election campaigning system. But, in the end, it doesn't do any good.



Why ?

Web haven't yet gone mainstream in India. The ones on Indian web are mostly early adopters, professionals or techies/geeks. These are people with well set principles and mind sets and aren't influenced by biggie ads floating all over the place. And thus, the ads failed to convert.

But, in US, the web is already a part of life and thus ADs will do their job and get the results right.

Thus we see, it was just a matter of getting the right audience, which is possilbe in US, but not yet in India. But, thing are changing very fast and soon web will be a part of everyone's life in India too.

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Yes. #IndiaVotes09 Trends

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The BarCamp Undergrounds

BarCampKerala5 turned out big as expected. I've been camping at @KenneyJacob's place the night before with @ArunGeoJohn, @TheAnand, @BenJacob, @nijumohan, @iamatechie

It was an awesome experience there. A showcase of everything that was web and tech !

  • An unlimited broadband connection with Wi-Fi
  • MacBook
  • Win Vista
  • MAC OS X on PC
  • Win XP
  • Ubuntu
  • iPhone
  • E63
  • N93
  • HTC S710
Filed under  //   Events  

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About

Moving ahead with the motto of 'Bringing The Web into the masses'.

Sensible. I'm enlightened and knows the path I'm moving on. I'm a warrior of light (if you know what that means).

The Web/Internet is NO hobby. It's the way life is to be lived. PLEASE.