Musings of a Married Manager

on 5 Feb, 2007 in personal | 0 Comments

“One Kg tamarind is Rs. 69? What the heck…! Has it always been this costly?” raced my mind through the grocery stand in the neighbourhood supermarket. “Lets buy this 2kg surf excel no? we get a bucket free” urged my wife. I mused for a while trying to keep me afloat in the fmcg quicksand [...]

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The Art of Imitation

on 27 Dec, 2006 in Seoul | 0 Comments

Last minute Christmas shopping frenzy combined with determination to buy a nice handbag to my fiancee made me wander the already crowded Myongdong streets on Sunday night. To say that the street is busy is a huge understatement. I actually relived the crowded Mumbai local train experiences on Sunday. So much so that the always [...]

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Cameras: Most Popular vs. Most Clicked

on 26 Sep, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

A couple of days I guess S.Anand has given this link to Flickr’s Top Digital cameras. The funda is simple. The site tells you what are Top camera models in Flickr based on the EXIF data available using some Flickr API.
I was wondering if the same cameras are also most sought after by people. So [...]

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2 seconds to go!

on 29 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

2 seconds, thats the time we generally spend on a print ad. For that matter I dont spend more than 10 mins in the monring to go through the news paper. Most of my reading is done from a blog reader in office during free time. When I go back home in the night, I [...]

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Orbit Musings and other things

on 3 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

>>> How come chennai doesnt have any English / Hindi FM channels? I think (correct me) all other metros have them. The only FM channel where you can hear something in Hindi is All India Radio’s FM Channel.
>>> I am planning to buy a TV. My budget is 10k. The TV must be flat screen, [...]

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Bas Dimag Lagao!

on 14 Apr, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

Reliance Mobile’s latest Bas Button Dabao is an excellent example of how brand managers sometimes under the heavy influence of a stylish tagline/product name forget the important thing called “relevance”. I have been using Reliance mobile for almost 2 years and I can tell you that it is not so simple to access ringtones/cricket [...]

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Absolut Shift

on 18 Jan, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

Looks like companies are bitten by the rebranding bug. First there was Intel changing its logo. Then there is Kodak following the suit. Now we hear one of the most famous campaigns of ad world, Absolut vodka - bottle campaign is being shelved.
The absolut ads have always been one of my most [...]

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