Comments by Vijayendra Mohanty

Good overall. I am still waiting for the changes to take effect on my account though.

What I am worried about is the not-so-savvy user. I have had great trouble explaining Twitter to friends who swear by Facebook. I hope these changes bring home the message of the realtime web.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

Mine is on the left. I appreciate the rightist (righteous?) arguments but choose the left because it 'feels' right. Besides, my sidebar is minimal and has links I want the visitor to pay attention to.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

Hi Harshad,

This tweet by you helped me put into perspective something major. http://twitter.com/hiway/status/1169452214

It’s something life-changing. Might seem funny, but I didn’t know this.

I wanted to thank you for it. :)

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

Whether NDTV’s journalism was shoddy or not is not the case in point here.

How justified (and dignified) is a media giant (with an army of lawyers) picking on a lone man just because he is a lone man.

That is all NDTV did wrong. No question about their being a great news channel. No question about Dutt being experienced in her field.

But NDTV deserves the bashing because of the holier than thou attitude.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

The issue is not so much about resumes as it is about brevity. Noticed long-winded explanations (with repetition) in many Indian languages? It’s a culture thing.

Eg: Come come. Sit sit. (aao aao. baitho baitho)

So much so that I have often been called rude because I answer questions as briefly as possible. I am supposed to go into detail.

In some other cultures, people will find that insulting, as if I am underestimating their intelligence.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

Not that I usually comment on a post with 123 comments there already. But I just wanted to tell you one thing.BRAVO!!We need more voices like yours. And I am happy to see there are many coming up.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

This an official ad? Looks too long drawn.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

That is as sugar-coated an ed piece as ever could be expected. Truth is these people have fucked-up prioroties. You can't be an insensitive ass and then say, "hey, it's just my job!". If you act like a vampire, and talk like a vampire, then you ARE a vampire.

And no Meha. I am not safe.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

I couldn't agree more.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

The government does realise this. They just want to play politics.

I say if one is a citizen of the country he better at least respect the law of the land. If they don't, they lose the privileges the country lets them have.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

There's an entity going out of it's way alright. But how much sense does broadcasting covert operation on live TV make? Proactivity is one thing. Sheer insensitivity is another.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

My point exactly.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

This is where citizen media comes in.

Besides, I am not letting the media decide. I am tired of letting them decide. I am just asking them to shut up and try to look beyond their immediate interests.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

Advertising on social media (especially the kind that is not on the sidebar but in the middle of conversations — like magpie) may be likened to setting up hoardings inside people’s living rooms while they have quality family time together or fight or break up or get a divorce.

This will make a nice story.

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

Think of it as watching a movie. When you start, you have no idea who anyone is or what they are doing. Then soon, motives are explained and dialogues are exchanged. You get a hang of the story and start relating to characters.

Any newcomer to the web will doubtless find him/herself flooded with America. But in due course of time, local flavours (no matter the availability) win out.

In the long run, people don’t base their choice of content on what country it is from, but what they can relate to.

There is a lot of America on the web. But that is probably because there IS a lot of America in the world. Look around you.

Having said that, the web is what you make it. I feel every blogger who starts blogging of his/ her own life in his/her own locality, makes it a little more Indian (or Pakistani, or German, or Australian…). Try and focus on what the web can become, rather than what it is (or was).

Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet

1. « Previous
2. Page:
3. 1
4. 2
5. 3
6. 4
7. ...
8. 7
9. Next »