Job Openings at Compare Infobase and MapXL August 27, 2010
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I have never used my blog to work for me, almost never, but this time it must. Compare Infobase Limited has few openings in New Delhi office & in its wholly owned subsidiary MapXL Inc.
- Project Managers (3) BCA/ BE + MBA (IT/Marketing) with at least 2 years of independent website management experience – (Salary Range Rs. 700,000/- to Rs 1,000,000/- P.A) for CIL
- SM Technology Specialists (2) BE/ BTech Computer Sciences/ IT with independent team lead experience in handheld/ mobile devices and FB/ Twitter applications PHP/ J2ME/ J2EE (Salary Range Rs. 600,000/- to Rs 1,000,000/- P.A) for CIL
- Site Optimization Specialists (6) BCA/ BE + MBA (IT/Marketing) with at least 2 years of experience in managing sites with more than 10 million PVs per month. (Salary Range Rs. 8,000,000/- to Rs 1,200,000/- P.A) for CIL
- Content Writers US Economy (1), World economy (1), World Politics (1), Geography (1), Travel (2), Technology/ Gadgets (2) 16 to 40 hours a week (Compensation $ 10/- to $ 40/- per hour, initial contract for 6 months) for MapXL MapXL team would offer the compensation on the basis of experience and qualifications.
- Senior PHP programmer – Minimum 3 years experience (Compensation $ 65,000/- to $ 90,000/- (Payroll) PA, initial contract for 12 months)
You may send your resume to (nivedita at infobase dot in) and you may send me a DM at (twitter dot com slash simarp)
All vacancies are current and are on the basis of first right candidate gets the job. this blogpost is to supplement openings displayed at Compare Infobase site on Naukri.com
Google Realtime Experiment August 26, 2010
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It looks like someone just decided to do a 100 Meter dash at Google. My first take is that the Google realtime search requires higher degree of integration and needs help on interpreting embedded results on tweets.
The results look neat but they are currently populated heavily by Twitter, the other sources are contributing to a very limited degree.
http://google.com/landing/realtime is the best place to experiment it.
Currently the site is very basic & limited on features, I couldn’t see the advanced feature button, neither i could play around or tweak the results.
I couldn’t trace any 2009 entry, that means potential of going back is limited.
The synonym database is not up yet so simarp & simarprit give different results, the results are not getting mapped with identity name.
Geolocation and date filters are working fine and help in narrowing down results.
The T3 Terminal – New Delhi – A Review August 15, 2010
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- The roads are painted with vehicle lanes but proper light doesn’t fall on them.
- Entrance and Airlines Gates require some more order.
- Approach to the Departure terminal was obstruction free.
- Airline (BA) staff looked lost amidst challenge.
- Hand baggage tags can become a big issue if you miss at Airline counter.
- The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Lounge has issues, needs to put its act together.
- Immigration was hassle free and smooth.
- There is still work going on.
- There is more English & only English usage at T3 than even at BA’s T5 in London.
- You don’t get a feeling of “‘too many of us” the terminal is BIG.
- As a first impression the terminal looks more like a big Shopping Mall & a 100 restaurant food court.
- Overall the experience was a pleasant change.
15th Social Media Breakfast August 6, 2010
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We just came back from the 15th Social Media Breakfast event hosted by www.TwitSnaps.com #SMBTS as the event is tagged, has added tremendous value to what all I know and at the same time it has also provided me with an opportunity to share what all I know. The topic today was on Role of Media Sharing in Social Media, the way topic was unfolded and the flow of thoughts was a learning in itself.
The thought moved from YouTube & Flickr and their attempts on becoming social media hubs in their verticals and moved on to SlideShare, TwitPic, TwitSnaps and others. While we were at it we got a chance to share knowledge on emerging technologies and how they plan to make more transit websites hub of social media activity.
#SMBTS is evolving and I am confident that by the time we reach 100th SMBTS it would become one interesting place for Social Media amateurs and professionals.
Dalhousie India – Review June 14, 2010
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We reached here on June 11, 2010 and as we were approaching the city I heard the air whisper to my ears – mixed bag. On day four I can say firmly the air was right, Dalhousie the hill town/station in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India is a mixed bag.
My random thoughts:
- Great weather, superb.
- Clean air, cleanest in 500 – 600 Km range from New Delhi, which also has better weather than Delhi.
- Dalhousie is not a priority with the State government based in Shimla. The state of Himachal Pradesh has given up on Dalhousie and Dalhousie has given up on the state.
- The town in parts is dead, I call it town because its own population is below 10,000.
- The town is just two roads and two chowks (squares/ nodal points) – Subash Chowk and Gandhi Chowk (GPO).
- Dalhousie is 80 Km from Pathankot, the gateway to Dalhousie is you are coming from Delhi/ Punjab side.
- Dalhousie has no petrol pump, the nearest is in Banikhet 13 – 15 Km away.
- Bakrota is 3-4 Km away from Dalhousie and is a great place to stay (not budget), it is at an altitude of 8,000 ft.
- There is practically no public transport.
- At Gandhi Chowk the statute of “Father of the Nation” is lost between a Church and Police Post
- “Downtown Dalhousie” is dirty, filthy and smells
- The climb to Dalhousie is not tough
- If you have a choice, small powerful car would always be the best choice
- You can’t get “garam pakoras” in Dalhousie no one makes it
- Khairati at Gandhi Chowk is a good grocer
- Novelty Stores in “The Mall” Gandhi Chowk is a decent multi-purpose store
- D.C. Khanna is a good outlet if you are looking for stuff which you can get in big cities
- Tata Sky works well
- Airtel is a big fail, it doesn’t work in Dalhousie and surrounding
- Vodafone charge cards are available against ID
- BSNL is the best network
- Tata Photon is great internet connection in Dalhousie area
- There is a Gurdwara near Subash Chowk
- Khajjiar can be a disappointment
- Yes, you can do amateurish Zorbing in Khajjiar
- Trek to Kala Top is good
- Trek to Dan Kund is great
- Chamba to Dalhousie road via Khajjiar is not wide enough for big cars, it becomes tough in stretches
- Raavi river has good flow in Parel near Chamba
- The petrol pump in Banikhet has bad reputation
- The first bus leaves from Dalhousie for pathankot at 6:00 AM in summers
- Kwality restaurant serves great food, prices are OK
More to come…
Portrait of an Indian Citizen June 12, 2010
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This gentleman earns an honest living, someday Rs 20/- (less than 0.5$) and on a great day little more, say around Rs 150.00 (around $3.00). His services begin with Rs 2/- about 4 cents for fixing detached sole to the shoe and go up all the way to Rs 10/- (20 cents) for complete “cream polish’ of black/ brown shoes.
Every component of his makeshift workshop talks about his approach to honest living:
- The broom behind him is to keep his place of work clean
- The broken board and the polythene cover are to protect his “establishment” from rain
- Jute bag (Bori) is at an arms length to wind-up the shop if its rains hard
- Bottle of “cream” for the Cherry Blossom shine
- Shoe Horns to reshape shoes while polishing
- Cobbler’s Farrier/Hand
- Cobbler’s threads
- Neutral and Black Polish
- The hand tools
- Brown and Black brush
- Spare soles
- Nails
- Cobbler’s stone
He has everything and no customers, advent of sports shoes have brought a dead end to his profession. On some days he waits for four hours for a customer who will pay him Rs 10/- Sad but true. Every Indian is not an entrepreneur, but every Indian needs to live.
All Over A Sandwich June 6, 2010
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Last Friday, on our 6th Social Media Breakfast meet-up a strange thing happened, the keynote speaker couldn’t make it. #SMBTS as we call it has gained so much traction that the meet-up was a bigger success than the previous five.
Here in picture we have Roomy Naqvy (@roomynaqvy), Roomy is learned, a great listener and an avid critic. In his first participation in #SMBTS he added immense value to all participants and beyond the meet-up he shared takeaways very candidly. His comments on “pace of change” fundamentally altering due to social media was an interesting takeaway.
Now we have over 25 members in the #SMBTS and the interaction level is rising, I can see few of us preparing and structuring our thoughts. For any meet-up to become a permanent value creator it is important that new members join and existing members keep on raising the bar when it comes to substance.
We would like to make keynotes and social media strategy reviews a regular part of the meet-up. Things are looking up and we look forward to suggestions.
Day Hundred Twenty Three – SBMBW June 5, 2010
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This one is for those really special people in my life who have been following and reading this post regularly. I would like to inform all of you that this is the last post of this battle in this daily series. The battle continues but the post is discontinued. The battle is well fought and I am sure it would continue to be.
Fight, I must… Because, Some Battles Must Be Won.
Day Hundred Twenty Two – SBMBW June 4, 2010
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Not on top of the world, not on the mat either. Not at all happy with the way things have moved in last 24 hours. There is confusion and it threatens to lead to chaos and worse, maybe even a mayhem. A sad state of affair, much avoided but encountered, unimportant has taken over the important and is dictating the agenda. Life has changed. The battle is threatening to rage again. It is important to remain calm and focused, sudden change has dipped the morale to a fairly deep low. However, the fact remains that if the battle is not won yet, it is not lost either.
Close eyes, let the nerves relax, take strategic call, do whatever… Because, Some Battles Must be Won
Day Hundred Twenty One June 3, 2010
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Once the battle is over, many more battles will start, I am sure. I am bound to be held liable for breaking all the rules and for doing exactly opposite of the obvious. There would be many who would love to be killjoys, sad, I have noticed them struggling with their inability to hold me back. All that and more would be handled later. I still have to chase the light, I still have to be wary of the unknown, the battle is still on, what if the adversary just can’t be seen. It is never over till the flag is hoisted and the anthem sung.
It is always important to move away from the unimportant, and at this stage of my battle I must ensure that i don’t forget this, the battle is not yet won. Because… Some battles must be won.
