The Facebook Status Update Syndrome

Facebook status update syndrome is a disease that has affected and is currently affecting a lot of people. Being a Business Management graduate I am aware of the fact that the phrase - 'a lot' means nothing. Do I mean 70% of Facebook users or one in every five users? I’ve not taken a survey or done too much market research to prove the point either. I'm sorry I don't have any stats so let me just say 'a lot'.  If you think differently please feel free to do so (although I think that might be  a sign that you’re one of the ‘diseased’!! Ha Ha Ha!!!)

Lipstick on a Pig

For those of you who aren't familiar with this phrase, 'lipstick on a pig' is a "rhetorical expression, used to convey the message that making superficial or cosmetic changes is a futile attempt to disguise the true nature of a product" (courtesy Wikipedia). The comparison I want to make is to the recent Commonwealth Games which in the end turned out to be a success although it was anything but a reflection of the state of Indian sport (cricket is of course excluded). I have reservations using adjectives such as resounding, amazing or similar synonyms before the word success. I have my reasons.

Rockmelt – Top, Left & Right

After Flock and the India-specific Epic, Rockmelt, is the latest 'social' browser which was recently launched in a limited beta version. I signed up early and was lucky enough to get to try it. There are already loads of reviews out there on the Chromium based Rockmelt. So I’m not going to dig out too many details but just give you an overview of what I liked about using it. Besides, you'll probably have more fun trying the new features rather than having me force them down your throat.

The Eternal Optimist

I’m definitely not being a whiner when I say that today hasn’t been the greatest day for me. So it might not seem to be the best time to kick start a blog of my own, which I must admit has been on my mind for God knows how long. Well, the procrastination was not because I was lazy; it was because I didn’t know what I wanted to write about (I’m still not entirely clear). 

The string of events today though, prompted me to write this post because I think most of you reading will have definitely encountered at least one similar experience, maybe in slightly different contexts, but similar nevertheless. So where do I begin? Let me just go with the day as it happened.