GPS in India ? Its here.....

Though the GPS (Global Positioning System) technology is widely popular in many Western countries, it is still to make a mark in a fast progressing country like India. But did you ever think that we are lagging behind ? If you are thinking so, you might be wrong.

There is a company named "SatNav", which I have lately discovered, which has been promoting GPS from the past 2 years. They offer you various packages - either you can buy their Handset, which is a PDA with an inbuilt GPS Receiver, or you can have your own SmartPhone/Pocket PC or Windows Mobile to be paired with their Bluetooth GPS Receiver. The company provides their Software + "All India" Road Map + Bluetooth GPS Receiver package for Rs.10,000. So with an investment of around Rs.10,000 you can have a fully functional GPS application which would give you driving directions & other related information within India. If you find this package not suiting your requirements, you could check out other avaialable customized packages.

So what are you waiting for. All those Gizmo crazy people check out for updates on http://www.satguide.in .

"Reply" to E-mails. Do not use "Reply to All"

There is an electronic mess that is prevalent in most Corporate Mailboxes as well as Personal Mailboxes. There are some... so called ignorants, who have a tendency to quickly press the "Reply to All" button in their E-mail Clients. This leads to a lot of Junk Mails floating in our Mailboxes. It should be a practice to reply to only the intended recipient. If there are any other connected people with the E-mail, just mark them a CC. Its utter non-sense to do a "Reply to All" for all E-mails arriving at your Inbox. Use technology in a wiser manner. Your ignorant acts should not become a botheration to others. Remember,when you do a "Reply to All", there are ample number of people who are least interested in reading your E-mail & your ignorant act would be increasing there Mailbox size.

Searching DEFINitions using GOOGLE

We have been using Google to search various topics - right from technology to your taste buds. Have you ever thought that Google can also help you in searching definitions from the web. I am referring to a traditional Google search with slight variations. For eg, suppose you want to search for definitions of GSM, just do a Google search changing the keyword from GSM to define:GSM . So I guess you understood the trick. Just prefix the keyword in Google search with define: & see what Google has in store for you.

Google is everywhere.

Some must watch Bangla Classics

Atlast I have collated some YouTube videos & made playlists out of them. These playlists are from some classic Bangla movies & are my favourites. I will keep updating this post as & when I find more of such classics. "Hirok Rajar Deshe" is a Satyajit Ray movie. As usually, an excellent movie for all age groups. We truely miss this extremely talented person.

Ogo Bodhu Sundori ("Oh! My Beautiful Darling") -




Hirok Rajar Deshe (At the country of King "Hirok") -

Mobile Manners

After getting fed up with Polyphonic tones in Office I'm posting this. Seminars, Meetings, Toilets, Office & offcourse Home..... 1 thing thats following us are our Cell Phones. Its our responsibility to intelligently use the PROFILES built into the Cell Phones depending on the mood & ambience. I have found that even the most educated people are reluctant to use the Profiles feature provided in the Cell Phones. The worst situation happens when inspite of requesting the audience, there are ample number of SO CALLED GENTLEMEN/WOMAN play loud tones during Seminars & Meetings. That era has gone past long time back when Cell Phones & Polyphonic tones where a thing to show off. Loud Cell Phone tones distract the presenter as well as the audience to a large extent & just shows how much ill-mannered you are.

So PLEASE KEEP YOUR CELL PHONES IN SILENT / VIBRATOR / BEEP MODE at public gatherings where you are explicilty requested to do so.

Revealing too much identity on the Net

With Social Networking sites recieving huge responses from the masses, it becomes important for us before revealing our complete identity on the net. I have also read from the Digit magazine that there are sites wherein you can pay & get an inflated profile of yours, in these Social Networking sites, containing huge list of handsome friends & with some lovely testimonials written about you. Cases of identity theft & fake identities have also been reported to the Police lately.

So whenever you register yourself to any Social Networking site like Orkut, MySpace, Fropper, etc., keep the following points in mind:

1. Restrain yourself from revealing your personal details like your Phone No., E-mail ID & other related personal things.
2. Be careful before uploading your personal pic in the Album. Upload only those pics wherein your photos cannot be doctored with. Its best only to upload pics which just contain your face - a pic that helps in identifying you from the huge database. (GIRLS be even more careful)
3. Don't write personal activities in your friends Scrapbook & also tell your friends not to write too much personal. There might be people who can regularly read your Scrapbook & know your complete whereabouts.
4. Restraining from making Net pals until & unless you are confident of your pals true identity.
5. Don't just go about joining /creating innumerable communities just for the heck of doing so.

Though this post talks about Social Networking sites, the same thing holds true to other innumerable Bulletin Boards / Message Boards / Forums floating on the Net.

In my school days I had once participated in a debate on "विज्ञान - वरदान या अभिशाप" (Science - Boon or Bane). With the uncontrolled growth of Internet, I have lately started realizing the importance of the above debatable topic.

Living in a World of Radiations

In todays world we all are surrounded by some or the other kind of radiation. Some of the common radiations we encounter in our day-to-day lives are emissions from our GSM / CDMA Mobile Phones, Microwave Radiations from tall Microwave towers, AM / FM Radio Signals, Wi-Fi / Wi-Max signals at office & many many more such radiations. Do we ever think about the adverse effect of these radiations on our health - I guess NO. Nowadays every technology is attaching the concept of WIRELESS along with it. This wireless approach is increasing the Radio frequencies even further. In fact we cannot imagine a life without our TV / Music System / AC REMOTES.... can we ? Remote Management is the need of the century. Only time will tell whether these radiations take a toll on our health.

Energy Efficient Advertising

This Friday I was travelling across Thane & found something very interesting on the street-side - Solar powered Advertising Boards. This is a novel idea started by TMC (Thane Municipal Corporation) for Outdoor Advertising. It is called "Solar Sign". In a power hungry state like Maharashtra only such energy efficient technologies can save the state from severe power crisis. I always used to feel bad when I used to go past Nariman Point looking at advertising boards consuming loads of electricity for lighting those Halogen lamps. But with such wonderful initiative from the government agencies, things will definitely move towards a brighter future.