The Nation mourns Ishrat Jahan

The Indian National Flag should fly at half mast for one day in shame for what happened to Ishrat Jahan and others, and to mourn their death.

http://www.tweetgrid.com/grid?l=0&q1=ishrat&an=n

 raghuiitr: "Ishrat Jahan killed in fake police encounter" if this won't make a terrorist then what will http://bit.ly/3YFBJ2

Tue Sep 08 - 10:24:25 am

hemabharath: Heard abt ishrat jahan's fake encounter, its a cold blooded murder. Hw cn any reward motivate a murder???

Tue Sep 08 - 10:20:19 am

hemabharath: After listening abt ishrat jahan's fake encounter, a cold blooded murder. Hw cn any reward motivate a murder???

Tue Sep 08 - 10:18:26 am

jojiphilip: Cops in soup as skeletons tumble over in Ishrat case. http://tinyurl.com/lrchfb Not just gujarat,police across the country resort to this!

Tue Sep 08 - 10:12:51 am

fatima2504: Ishrat Jahaan is not a terrorist as confirmed by the reports in paper today.... Thank God for small mercies

Tue Sep 08 - 10:11:34 am

jojiphilip: How can the Gujarat police get away with so many fake encounters? In the Ishrat Jahan case students were killed! y is modi not accountable?

Tue Sep 08 - 10:11:09 am

jojiphilip: Most people had no doubt that the incident Ishrat Jahan & three others were killed in June, 2004, was yet another case of fake encounter.

Tue Sep 08 - 10:09:16 am

MaheshNBhatt: The truth is not beautiful but those who search for truth are truely beautiful. Bravo Mukul Sinha for the Ishrat Jahan case.Shame to MODI

Tue Sep 08 - 9:44:11 am

libint: Ishrat Jahan encounter was a fake . http://bit.ly/3L32Qx | She was 19

Tue Sep 08 - 9:25:41 am

ZeeNews: Ishrat Jahan encounter fake: Judicial probe http://www.zeenews.com/news561540.html

Tue Sep 08 - 9:10:48 am

sardesairajdeep: ishrat jahan was killed in a fake encounter. communalisation of police force and a flawed system of awards has created this situation.

Tue Sep 08 - 8:54:52 am

Alltop_News: Ishrat Jahan killing also a fake encounter: probe report http://bit.ly/6ODe3 News.alltop

Tue Sep 08 - 7:37:02 am

democratically: Times of India: Ishrat was gunned down after dramatic chase [Gujarat] http://bit.ly/haOQs

Tue Sep 08 - 7:01:27 am

democratically: Gujarat; Ishrat Jahan RT @hindustan_times ‘This is first step towards justice’ http://bit.ly/rRhxR

Tue Sep 08 - 6:53:54 am

TheSUBWAY: Cops staged Ishrat killing: probe #url# $$

Tue Sep 08 - 6:24:02 am

busterhuster: Finance News Cops staged Ishrat killing: probe: Less than a month after the Gujarat High Court forme.. http://bit.ly/ful1U

Tue Sep 08 - 4:44:15 am

TOIAhemdabad: Ishrat was gunned down after dramatic chase: It was three days before the... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4984339.cms

Tue Sep 08 - 3:48:54 am

Seth Godin’s challenge: bandwidth and latency

Seth Godin’s has a thought-provoking post that looks at the different types of media based on the bandwidth it can support and the immediacy of the exchange.

The bandwidth-sync correlation that's worth thinking about

Check this out. Every once in a while a cool graph pops into my head.

Source: Seth's Blog: The bandwidth-sync correlation that's worth thinking about

Human civilisation started at the top right hand corner on this graph: one-on-one coaching, which is both immediate and high bandwidth.

Since then other forms of communication have been invented. They have been limited on one or both dimensions, although that has often been an advantage. Talented and creative individuals have created profitable enterprises in any quadrant and with any medium.

Hugh MacLeod of http://www.gapingvoid.com/ has discovered how to effectively use even the scrap heap, as Seth calls the bottom left corner.

Seth goes on to challenge:

If you had seen this chart three years ago, you obviously would have invented Twitter. Now that you see it today, what will you create?

Well, it does appear that successful businesses have generally exploited the top-left to bottom-right axis, the one that has been highlighted on the graph. Whereas, individuals are more successful on the axis perpendicular to it.

To answer Seth’s challenge, I think there’s opportunity for people on the axis that is less crowded. For instance, as bandwidth increases and latency drops, there could be money in offering piano lessons over the internet.

Do you observe rules this strictly?

Look carefully at the picture below.

Four pedestrians are waiting for the red light to change, even though the road they wish to cross has been blocked permanently due to security reasons, and the police are guarding it!

Picture taken near Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on September 26, 2008.

In the few minutes that I watched, lots of Berliners acted likewise!

 

Technorati Tags: Berlin,Germany,traffic rules

It’s size that changes the experience

We know that in the government, possibly because of the size, the right hand often doesn’t know what the left hand is doing.

Are are the rest of us better?

Do large, profitable and professionally-run organisations offer a smoother experience than the silos of a bureaucracy. 

Here’s my experience of the Airtel web site that makes me wonder.

 

Retrieving an MMS from the web

It started with the following message from AirTel:

There is an MMS message for you. at http://www.airtel.in/mms/ Your Passcode is: c6s8**

Okay, I knew these were pictures sent by a friend, so I followed the url.

Oops:

The requested URL /mms/ was not found on this server.

---

IBM_HTTP_Server Server at www.airtel.in Port 80

 

Activating MMS on the phone

Maybe the url had changed. We know it happens.  So I look around and find this:

Getting Started
You'll need a compatible mobile phone to send and receive picture messages. To Activate MMS, send "MMS ACTIVE" to 121. Requires MMS enabled handsets. If your friends don't have a picture messaging phone, you can still send them a picture message. They'll receive a text message asking them to go to a web address where they'll be able to enjoy your message online.

:: Airtel :: Postpaid Mobile - Mail & Messaging Services.

 

All right, I send the SMS to 121 requesting activation of MMS, but get this response:

Welcome to My Airtel. Make a selection
1-For Billing
2-For Payments
3-For Bill Plan
4-For Do Not Disturb
5-For Help

Great!

 

Trying something else

 

So I give up on MMS, but continue to look around and discover something different but useful:

Access via PC

Access Airtel Msgr via your PC or Laptop:Instant chat with friends with any mobile number in India. Airtel Messenger on your PC offers many reasons for you to get hooked on. Foremost, it lets you send messages to any Airtel mobile number in India , for free. GET CRACKING, MAN!

Download NOW!
Click here to download AirTel Msgr.

:: Airtel :: Postpaid Mobile - Mail & Messaging Services.

 

OH, but “download AirTel Msgr” link brought in a completely useless zipped folder called mysites! :-(

 

 

Technorati tags: government, organisation size, AirTel, website, service

A “must have” feature from Gmail Labs

You known that Gmail has powerful search built into it.

But after you’ve crafted that perfect query, do you throw it away? Not any more!

You can use an experimental feature in the new Gmail Labs to save the query for as long as you want. It is called “Quick Links” and is extremely easy to use.

How to enable Quick Links

• Click on settings from within your Gmail account.
• Select the last tab on the setting page, called “Labs”. It’s been placed there a few weeks ago.

• Enable Quick Links from a list of dozen or so feature that are currently available. 

Voilà! A Quick Links panel is now added to the left column in your Gmail account. It’s below the panel called Labels.

In this panel, you can place a shortcut to whatever view, search results or individual message you are viewing.

 

Technorati tags: Productivity, Gmail, tips & tricks