::Niraj Singh's iLog::

Movie Poster Design the Hollywood Way::Infographics

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:57:14 +0530

curiositycounts: The one and only Christoph Niemann on the...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:17:49 +0530

curiositycounts:

The one and only Christoph Niemann on the secret of happiness, work, and creativity.

Flogging the Dead Horse Theory

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:50:47 +0530

Flogging the Dead Horse Theory:

Tribal wisdom of Dakota Indians: when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, your best strategy is to dismount.

However, in business and in Government, more advanced strategies are often employed such as:

Buying a stronger (and more expensive) whip.
Changing riders.
Appointing a committee to study the horse.
Arranging trips to other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
Reclassifying the horse as living-impaired.
Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
Harnessing several dead horses together to increase efficiency.
Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horses performance.
Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horses performance.
Declaring that the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than some live horses.
Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.

…and of course:

Promoting dead horse to a supervisory position.

Via Subbu

Halt! Ponder! Advertising Agencies and Advertisers.

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:47:27 +0530

Halt! Ponder! Advertising Agencies and Advertisers.:

Steve Jobs is to corporate world to what Kolaveri D is to Indian facebookers. Not a day goes when you don’t come across rash of new takes and versions of the person or the song. They both share the RDF (Reality Distortion Field). Steve Jobs stories can make anything sound so profound and Kolaveri versions can levitate any thing to heights of levity. Do love them and hate them both for the same reasons.

But I am digressing. Here is an interesting anecdote on Steve Jobs which makes a very fine point very subtly. This is one of the article, where Steve Jobs has not been contexted just to add the gravitas or rigour to business/marketing arguments. Read on at http://goo.gl/35msH

curiositycounts: The team at Visualizing.org do what they do...

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:50:11 +0530

curiositycounts:

The team at Visualizing.org do what they do best and visualize 2011. See also Visual Complexity, the year’s most notable release on the art and science of data visualization.

The Great Indian Show-Off::Aka the New Money Syndrome

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:55:08 +0530

The obvious thing well said by- Neelesh Hundekari of AT Kearney

For many Indians, wealth is a novelty that they “like to flaunt”…

“If they spend money, they want to get social recognition. They are not buying for intrinsic satisfaction - their primary motivation is to show off.”

Utter Nonscience...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:17:10 +0530

Created by: Clinical Psychology

curiositycounts: Google introduces Zeitgeist 2011 – the year in...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:29:50 +0530

curiositycounts:

Google introduces Zeitgeist 2011 – the year in review, examined through how the world searched

Julian Assange: iPhone, Blackberry and Gmail users are 'screwed' - video

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:29:10 +0530

Julian Assange: iPhone, Blackberry and Gmail users are 'screwed' - video

ROFL Robin Williams’ Siri Impression! (by TheEllenShow)

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:48:15 +0530

ROFL

Robin Williams’ Siri Impression! (by TheEllenShow)

The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:37:38 +0530

The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy:

If this can happen to the citizens of the most powerful country, am afraid what they would do to the rest of the world. Conjures up a lot of dystopian vision of the future world.

Goosebump Material- The Dewarists S01E02 - ‘Kya Khayaal...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:32:51 +0530

Goosebump Material- The Dewarists S01E02 - ‘Kya Khayaal Hai’ (by DewarsIndia)

“When I was young, I used to entertain myself this way before...

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:29:55 +0530

“When I was young, I used to entertain myself this way before asleep: In my mind’s eye I would see myself lying in bed. I would zoom back like a camera to include my house in my neighborhood in Boulder, in Colorado, in the United States of America, on the continent of North America. Then I would look at the planet like a globe, including India, where I was born; Tibet, where my father and mother were born; and Scotland, where I learned to speak English. Then I would picture Earth as a beautiful blue sphere floating in blackness. I would make the picture bigger, including other planets in our solar system with the sun in the center. The most amazing thing was to see earth disappearing into the darkness of a speck. Then I would imagine the outer planets of the solar system. The sun would disappear as I imagined all the stars in our galaxy, which seemed endless. I would dissolve our galaxy into one star, one light, and make that light very tiny, surrounded by other lights in the darkness, which weren’t stars, but galaxies. Then I would think about how small I was, and how strange and wonderful it is to have been born.”

- Sakyong Mipham, Turning the Mind into an Ally

Accenture Calls on Clients to Help Make a Statement

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:56:10 +0530

Accenture Calls on Clients to Help Make a Statement:

The consulting and business services company that dropped Tiger Woods has turned to several of its prominent blue-chip clients for testimonials.

Comedian Louis C.K. Thinks Social Media Sucks [VIDEO]

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:53:24 +0530

Comedian Louis C.K. Thinks Social Media Sucks [VIDEO]:

Comedian Louis C.K. is never at a loss for strong opinions, and that holds true for social media. He hates it, and when he visited Conan O’Brien late last week, he made some strong points about the way people are squandering their lives by watching everything through three-inch screen…

Liked the bit on “Men are un-trainable”. Another...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:30:21 +0530

Liked the bit on “Men are un-trainable”. Another inspiring TED talk.

Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement (by TEDtalksDirector)

Now I know why Dr. Rajkumar was so great. Amazing display of...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:37:55 +0530

Now I know why Dr. Rajkumar was so great. Amazing display of Yoga Skills.

New Account. Amazing clients.

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:46:48 +0530

New Account. Amazing clients.:

Assetz Homes brings on board TBWA India as creative partner

Assetz Homes, the residential development arm of Assetz Property Group, has appointed TBWA its creative services partner. The agency has been awarded this mandate following a multi-agency pitch and will work on both the Assetz Homes master-brand and individual project brands. Read More…

gautamramdurai: The99 will radicalize all children — to teach...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:17:37 +0530

gautamramdurai:

The99 will radicalize all children — to teach tolerance.

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Langa Manghaniars Virasat’08

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:00:25 +0530

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Langa Manghaniars Virasat’08