I attended my first WordCamp over the weekend. I also had the privilege of opening the event with the first talk. WordCamp is an informal conference that brings together the WordPress community – developers, designers, consultants and users. It is organised locally and happens in 172 cities around the world,…
I gave a talk titled ‘IdeaSmith is not just my name’ at the Godrej India Culture Lab.
Mumbai’s victimisation of South Indians happened a little before my time. But I remember life in the city before and after the Babri Masjid incident. My city, my beloved home has gone from an all-welcoming abode to a place that hates Muslims as much as the rest of the propagandized…
I was quoted in a Sunday Mid-Day story about gendered harassment online titled ‘Why Men Won’t Let Women Speak’.
Mid-Day has a story by Kasmin Fernandes on Foursquare today. Moksh and Daksh Juneja have both been quoted while I provide a counter-perspective on this social media game that’s rapidly gaining popularity. Here’s what I said: Virtual rewards aren’t for everyone If you don’t like being followed, though, location-based apps…
The year begins on a good note for the writer in me. 🙂 M Magazine has a special feature called ‘What Women Want‘. The feature covers various questions surrounding the Indian man of today. Five women have each contributed an article and one of those women is me! My piece…
Sowmya Rajaram ran a story in Mid-Day (dated 8 May 2010) on the phenomenon of Vogging or Voice Blogging, quoting Janaki Ghatpande and me. The story is titled ‘Wagging Tongues Is A Good Thing’ I think it’s an interesting concept and not a surprising one. After text and pictures and…
I was featured on UTV Bloomberg defending ‘real books’ in the advent of Amazon Kindle and eBooks. My opponent was Shakti Salagaonkar.
Yesterday marked the end of NovelRace and today is the first day of NaNoWriMo. Mahafreed Irani has written a great story in Times of India today about the two writing events. The story quotes Aditya, Samit, Vishal, Angad and me. Blogger Ramya Pandyan who is better known as Idea-smithy in…
After a story about Twitter for Marie Claire India in Sept’09, I have a piece on social interaction and being a safe netizen in the Oct’09 issue, which is out on the stands now. I’d love to hear your comments and also your thoughts, if any, on other internet-related topics…
