It has been a while since we are dealing with the Google panda and penguin update and the minor refresh after that. The Internet is abuzz with news that this is probably the end of SEO marketing. To all those doomsday predictors… this one’s for you! I agree that Google hates unnatural link building to [...]

cOcOn 2012 is an annual event hosted by Kerala Police. cOcOn is aimed at providing a platform to discuss, showcase, educate, understand and spread awareness on the latest trends in information, cyber and hi-tech crimes. This year held at Taj Vivanta Hotel in Trivandrum from 2nd – 4th August, it attracted delegates and presenters from [...]

Build it and they will come. Ever wondered the truth of that statement? Read on. You’re sat in a swanky coffeehouse with your mates on Sunday afternoon. Three espressos later and all present reach the conclusion that the idea is going to work. You’ve even worked out the reasons why it will work, just in [...]

Your organization is more likely to hire a Vendor for your IT needs while you focus on your core competencies. Today, the key question facing SMEs is whether they should hire an Individual Software Vendor or a Software company. The greatest advantage you can get from hiring an Individual Software Vendor is that of complete [...]

Gone are those copy-writer days where I have spent 3 hours on impact analysis document when I’ve changed a few lines of C++ code. When I co-founded XMinds, I was very clear on the process we are going to use and thus we adopted Agile where extreme change is the mantra and adapting to change [...]

My thoughts on IDE’s: 1. Eclipse: (Windows/Mac/Linux) The latest version available is the indigo release. It provides set – infact a lot of tools for developing in a multitude of languages from java, php, python, mobile apps – it has tools for the data modeling, reporting – all most everything you will want for. As I write this, [...]

1. Goal – As an entrepreneur one needs to have a goal. The goal could be an idea or a product that would be helpful for the internet/web world/ social media user as a whole. Having defined goal would help the entrepreneur reach the destination with a plan, without a strong goal it would be [...]

They are more important to you than you are to them I happened to read this wonderful blog by Chris Lynch, the CEO of Thoughtful. He has mainly pointed out the difference between a tech and a sales guy and how one takes rejection. I really enjoyed reading it and thought would share my views [...]

In recent years social media has emerged like never before. Initially social media came into the picture just as a platform where people can meet and share their thoughts which is more or less oriented towards themselves. It was (Technically it is) a place for meeting people whom you already know. During the course of [...]

Idea – The best option to kick start an idea is to follow the lean model, lean model comprises of the (Minimum Viable Product) approach in which you release early and release often. This often maximizes the chance of success by getting as much as feedback as possible and as soon as possible. Design – [...]