Welcome To Friendship Dial-In Services…
A phone crash made me realise just how much friendship has become equated to customer services.
The internet and everything it has changed, wrecked, impacted, overthrown, empowered and otherwise touched in our lives. Online communities, self-publishing, blogging, social media, apps, gaming – how these transform who we are. Also my work in this field.
A phone crash made me realise just how much friendship has become equated to customer services.
I performed two pieces I’m very happy with. One about my digital adventures and one about Chinchpokli.
Tinder was a brutal experience when I first got on to it, in its early days in India. So why did I go back?
I’ve never really taken a break from social media. But it looks like it’s time for me to turn all the screen lights off.
Earlier this month, I tweeted the following: “More and more it becomes obvious that testosterone and machismo are the biggest problems this world faces. Can we just ban men?” The reactions I received proved my point and make me firmly NOT apologetic for it. Personal attacks. Rape threats. Attack threats….
We settle for company since we can’t have companionship.
I was a speaker at WordCamp Mumbai 2016. WCMumbai 2016 saw me with just my thoughts. No presentation, podium or speech.
There is a new breed of people out there and they are a helluva lot better to be around than the others. They are the 30-something war veterans of relationships. They are divorcees. They’ve lived in without marriage and borne the backlash from family, landlords, friends and service people. They’ve…
A Week Of Exploitation A few years ago, a certain Bangalore-based PR company organised a week-long social media conference. My business entered an arrangement with them and we were listed among their partners. After several conversations and some work, we were suddenly dropped from the listing, without even the courtesy…
I don’t really get what the problem with selfies is. I remember a time when people would keep handing their camera over to others and asking them to shoot their pictures. That was really annoying. Selfies put people in charge of their own vanity. Also, vanity. It’s defined as ‘Excessive…