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Social Networking – Pachpan Ka Bachpan

Kishore — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:50:48 +0000

Social Networking sites like Facebook, Orkut and many others where you find people from different parts of world, different age. You can meet new people who could be of your interest, discuss on topics which are of common interest. You can also meet your old lost friends after long time and refresh your golden memories.
Here comes an unique Social Networking site called Verdurez, which is not for people like me, but for Indian aged above 55. You can register at this site for free and start making friends. You may be able to meet your old friends with whom you are not in touch or you don’t know where he or she is. This reminds me of meeting my classmates whom I was not in touch for more than 20 years through classmates.com.
This site is promoted by Ishita Sukhadwala, who has dedicated this site to her parents.

The name Verdurez has been chosen from the noun verdure which means greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation, freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigour. We passionately believe that life doesn’t come to a slow grinding halt as you get older. Au contraire, a new phase in life begins which can flourish with vigour and freshness.

The concept looks good, but my worry is how many Indians at this age group in India use computers and Internet. There are many literate people in this age group (above 55) but they do not use computers as during their college time or when they were at job, there were no computers used.
I feel the concept is very good and it should be promoted. We need our elder generation to sit at home and know and enjoy the advantages of getting connected online through such social networking sites. They can get into group discussions, debates, share their knowledge and get to know more and more people of their age.

1000 Posts on my Blog

Kishore — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:35:07 +0000

Today I logged into my blog dashboard, got to notice that I have done 1000 posts on my blog. I started this blog with a different domain name (KishoreAsokan.Com) which I had registered about 9 years back. 3 months back I registered this domain and transferred my blog to this domain. I had been writing very irregularly for the past few years mostly on my daily experience related to Technology, My Travel, India and Maldives, mobile phones, Wordpress, etc.

Akismet has done a great job, catching 15,981 spam comments. Can’t imagine how my blog would have been if there was no akismet.

Wordpress has changed a lot from the time have been using this great tool. I thank the Wordpress team for their regular updates, thanking the plugin authors. I have written a few plugins during this time. In fact I developed these for my use and thought of sharing with others.

I would like to thank my visitors and sponsors to keeping my blog live.

Indian Radio Channels – iPhone Apps

Kishore — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:57:25 +0000

Today I intalled an excellent iPhone application, Radio. You can listen to about 40 channels, all excellent audio quality. You need to have wifi connection or 3G. I tried on edge but did not work for me. You can download this application from the Apple app store for $2.99 which is worth.

Streaming From your iPhone – Live Video Show

Kishore — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:09:03 +0000

I was browsing through Cydia applications (You need to jailbreak your iPhone) and found an interesting tool which can help you in streaming using your iPhone. You can embed the video on your blog and show your visitors, what you are doing. This software is called Qik.

You need to create an account, you can get that done from your iPhone. This service is free.You can chat with your views, make the video private or public and also share it.

The best use of this could be broadcasting events or any breaking news if you are the location and you have access to wifi or 3G. It even works with Edge, but there will a delay.

You can also stay connected with your friends and family. You can stream the videos and they can watch you live online.

Great Solution, do you know anything related to this?

Check this video where the demo is done very clearly so that you can understand well

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25 Surprising things that Google Knows about you

Kishore — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:29:16 +0000

Google is a part of every internet user these days and we cannot imagine without Google Products. Google has wide range of products which is very widely used by most of us. Starting from Google Search for searching the web, Gmail for emails, Google Docs for Documents, Picasa for pictures, Youtube for Videos, Feedburner for RSS Feeds, Google Reader for reading others blogs, Adsense for making money, Adwords for advertising, Ad Manager for managing ads, Knoll for getting information, Chrome for browsing, Android for mobile, Google code for developing scripts, Analytics for tracking your website or blog, Google desktop, Google calendar for managing your task and meetings, Google Health for your health records, GTalk for chatting video chatting, Google Apps for Webhosting.

I came across an interesting post which describes how many things that Google can know about you.

Check this out

Google Won’t Buy Twitter

Kishore — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:22:16 +0000

Why Google Won’t Buy Twitter?

HTC Touch Viva – Review

Kishore — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:43:06 +0000

HTC is one of the top manufacturer of Windows Mobile handsets. I have been using HTC Tytn II before I got my iPhone. HTC handsets are excellent and they are well experienced in making good Handheld devices.

The specifications looks impressive, which includes a ROM of 256MB, RAM of 128MB and processor of TI’s OMAP™ 850, 201 MHz. HTC Touch Viva has a camera of 2 megapixels and Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity.

I have to used this product and don’t know about the Touch Flo of this device. According to the manufacturer

Feel the exhilaration of your first touch all over again… the HTC Touch Viva™ comprises the best elements of the touch screen experience in a device that’s designed to put this latest, intuitive mobile phone technology in the hands of everyone with a passion for communication.

The touch experience of iPhone is something very different and I am not aware of the touch flo feature of this product. If you have used this, please come up with your experience.

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Twitter Search and Related Tweets

Kishore — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:44:06 +0000

I was playing with the Twitter Plugin and thought of implementing a twitter search page for twitter. I just added this function to my Kish Twitter Plugin which many of you are using. This search feature is very beta, so I have not included in the plugin for public download. I will do that as soon as I feel its working fine. You can check this on my Twitter Page. You will find a search box on this page, just enter some keywords and search. You can also create a twitter search engine using the Twitter Search API.

Implementing Twitter Related Tweets for Wordpress Blog Posts

Like the related posts plugin, just thought of adding some related tweets to my post. I used the tags as keywords to search Twitter and display the results. You can re-tweet the posts or reply to the author of the posts (Links Provided).

I checked the performance, I don’t find any change yet. If you find, please let me know. I will post the implementation after a few days if you are interested in testing on your blog.

The idea behind this is to show your visitors related tweets (Latest Ones). Could be interesting to see what’s going around the world related to the topic.

Tweaking Wordpress Blog For Search Engines

Kishore — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Search Engine Optimization for Wordpress blog is not a big deal as Wordpress is search engine optimized. I had done some posts in the past, just thought of sorting it out and posting the links for you.

Search Engine Optimized Themes

SEO Wordpress Plugins

Other Resources

Top Professional Wordpress Themes

Kishore — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:31:41 +0000

There are many professional themes available like WooThemes, WPRemix, Elegant Themes, etc which will really enhance the look and feel of your blog and give a professional touch.