Happy New Year

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Zoozimps - cool gmail theme

2 weeks before I saw the "new theme" feature at gmail and didn't like anything from that list. Because i am happy with the classic layout what gmail has by default(light blue color)..

Today again i have checked that page and found this theme called "Zoozimps" ..

This is really cool theme..especially I liked the image above the gchat window(inside gmail)..



And when playing in the gmail settings page, I found one more interesting area where you can add your igoogle widgets..

I have added daily toon widget in the gmail !!!!! ..if you want to add, please try the below procedure..

1. gmail -> click on "settings" link in the top -> press "labs" tab-> go to "Add any gadget by URL" area - > enable the check box - > save the changes.
   
2. This will add "Gadgets" tab in the settings.
   
3. Again go to "settings" link in the top -> click "gadgets" tab->
   paste the below URL and click "add" button..that's it.
   http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/102996670912639543582/DailyToon.xml

:-)

Congrats, Mr.Change !!!!

checkout more pics here ...

and read this cool blog post about this topic,
I DIDN'T VOTE FOR OBAMA

Celebration Time

Design Coding

Wow!! Superb Video....



lyrics:Your site design is the first thing people see
it should be reflective of you and the industry
easy to look at with a nice navigation
when you can't find what you want it causes frustration
a clear Call to action to increase the temptation
use appealing graphics they create motivation
if you have animation
use with moderation
cause search engines can't index the information
display the logos of all your associations
highlight your contact info that's an obligation
create a clean design you can use some decoration
but to try to prevent any client hesitation
...
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Weekend special

I have spent last weekend by surfing the below posts & enjoyed reading each and every comment in these post..This is what called really really crowd pulling writeups.....techcrunch used that in a perfect way!!!!!

Its all long posts..please read all the post & its really worth to waste your time in these kind of posts..

main post->
http://www.calacanis.com/2008/03/07/how-to-save-money-running-a-startup-17-really-good-tips/
http://www.calacanis.com/2008/03/07/can-you-have-a-life-and-work-at-a-startup-company/

techcrunch ->
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/08/startups-must-hire-the-right-people-and-watch-every-penny/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/calacanis-fires-people-who-have-a-life/

37-signals - > http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/902-fire-the-workaholics

Zoho - >http://blogs.zoho.com/general/toondoo-office-unproducitivty-suite/

Zoli Blog -> http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/08/oops-they-fired-all-their-workaholics/

Scobleizer ->http://scobleizer.com/2008/03/08/calacanis-is-right-startups-cant-afford-slackers/

I am not a bigshot to write my comment about this debate !!!!..if you have anything to say, please write it here as a comment..

btw, i watched couple of DVDs too,
a) Mr.Brooks -
b) Run Fat Boy Run

both are wonderful moives..I have decided to go to gym(regularly!!! :-)) after watching the second movie..!!!! overall, it was a nice weekend!!!!

Happy Valentines Day

GYM(google-yahoo-ms) will become GM

There is a Flickr group against the recent hot deal in the web(Microsoft bid for Yahoo).
I love their creativity..checkout more pictures here.

my favorite picture from that list,


original picture,
http://flickr.com/photos/gnal/2234037367/in/pool-microsoft-keep-your-evil-grubby-hands-off-our-flickr

Best Free Presentation tool in the WEB

Web will become a platform soon(or is it already arrived that stage???!!!). So at that time, everything will be a WEB application only.

My friend used to say
" web1.0 era - If we stuck at anywhere in the application, we used to do the restart the system & everything will work fine afterwards.
web2.0 era - If we stuck at anywhere in the application, we used to do the restart the browser & everything will work fine afterwards "

So that's how our web life has changed now.

For a long time, I have been thinking to explore zohoshow tool.Finally I did it now....its really cool & easy..checkout my presentation using that tool ( last year mobile shots with this year calendar details)

Pongal Wishes to All

If you don't know any thing about this festival, checkout this blog post..

Happy Pongal.