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Enjoy Our Food Experience We don't just make food. We make people's experience. Maywood was built on the belief that food should be special, and we carry that belief into everything we do. View our menu OUR STORY Welcome to Maywood Chef Patron Joan Smith and Executive Chef François Lemoine have teamed up to open EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to be DASHBOARD PROS AND CONS Dashboard Pros and Cons. Dashboards themselves don’t do complicated number crunching, but they do offer quick and easy access to tons of real-time data generated by other software. As a result, they are changing financial planning and employee oversight at many businesses. GOOGLE AND NETWORK COMPUTING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. THE MAKING OF ABHISHEK This is the story of one couples dream to have a baby and another couples determination to make that happen. Bhavana and I had been married six-and-a-half years when we first visited Dr. Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani in April 2000. I had known them earlier through interactions I had with them in 1993-94 when I was trying to do an image processing software and needed to analyse ultrasound WAL-MART’S DATA MINING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. TECH TALK: SMES AND TECHNOLOGY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hittingNOVEMBER 1, 2001
1 post published by Rajesh Jain on November 1, 2001. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.HOME – EMERGIC
Enjoy Our Food Experience We don't just make food. We make people's experience. Maywood was built on the belief that food should be special, and we carry that belief into everything we do. View our menu OUR STORY Welcome to Maywood Chef Patron Joan Smith and Executive Chef François Lemoine have teamed up to open EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to be DASHBOARD PROS AND CONS Dashboard Pros and Cons. Dashboards themselves don’t do complicated number crunching, but they do offer quick and easy access to tons of real-time data generated by other software. As a result, they are changing financial planning and employee oversight at many businesses. GOOGLE AND NETWORK COMPUTING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. THE MAKING OF ABHISHEK This is the story of one couples dream to have a baby and another couples determination to make that happen. Bhavana and I had been married six-and-a-half years when we first visited Dr. Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani in April 2000. I had known them earlier through interactions I had with them in 1993-94 when I was trying to do an image processing software and needed to analyse ultrasound WAL-MART’S DATA MINING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. TECH TALK: SMES AND TECHNOLOGY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hittingNOVEMBER 1, 2001
1 post published by Rajesh Jain on November 1, 2001. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.HOME – EMERGIC
Enjoy Our Food Experience We don't just make food. We make people's experience. Maywood was built on the belief that food should be special, and we carry that belief into everything we do. View our menu OUR STORY Welcome to Maywood Chef Patron Joan Smith and Executive Chef François Lemoine have teamed up to open THIN CLIENT-THICK SERVER The CPU consists of a motherboard, an Ethernet connectivity port to connect to the VLAN, 4 USB ports and a serial port for the monitor. Two of the 4 USB ports are used for the keyboard and mouse. Storage, therefore, will exist remotely on a server managed by Novatium. Eachuser gets close to
THE MAKING OF ABHISHEK This is the story of one couples dream to have a baby and another couples determination to make that happen. Bhavana and I had been married six-and-a-half years when we first visited Dr. Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani in April 2000. I had known them earlier through interactions I had with them in 1993-94 when I was trying to do an image processing software and needed to analyse ultrasound GETTING TO THE GOAL OF GOOD GOVERNANCE I gave a talk last week at a Friends of BJP event at Jai Hind College in Mumbai. Here it is. It is good to see middle class Indians all charged up and taking action against crooked politicians and corruption. But first, we need to understand what we are fighting for.What is our goal
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In Netcore, the period from last September to December was marked by many changes – both internal and external. We had a few senior members of our management team quit, and we had new regulations from TRAI which saw a sharp drop in the SMS business overnight resulting in immediate losses. Those were tough months GOOGLE AS OUR INTERNET Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. TECH TALK: SMES AND TECHNOLOGY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. THREE MARK CUBAN IDEAS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG Elections 2009. - What Next for the BJP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Jun) - Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results, , What the BJP did Wrong, What the Congress did Right, What Next for the BJP (May 19-22) - A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA (May 16) - Beyond the Vote (May 14) INDIA NEEDS BIG, BOLD IDEAS India needs a combination of new political leadership and a new set of economic policies. Leadership change will need to come before policy change. In the past year, instead of thinking big and bold, we have been caught in a whirlwind of successive scams. I cannot even think how those in government would be getting EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM About Rajesh. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. I then started Netcore, which is today Asia’s largest marketing technology company. In between, from 2012-2019, I worked as a political and prosperity AIRPORT DYSFUNCTIONS Airports are just one example of where the dysfunctions become much more than nuisances and irritants. They reflect a mindset that says “we don’t care” and “take it or leave it.” Surely, we can do better than that. Even as we need big ideas to speedINVERTISING
Invertising is advertising customers invite into their lives. It is how customers advertise their intent. It is what customers get instantly. Here is an excerpt from an article in MediaPost: THE LATIN ROOT OF “ADVERTISE”–ADVERTERE–LITERALLY means “to turn towards.”. It is the same root for the word “adversary.”. TECH TALK: THE NOW-NEW-NEAR WEB: MICROCONTENT AND One of the key ideas for the N3 Web is that of microcontent. Wikipedia has this to say about microcontent:. The term Microcontent has first been systematically introduced and defined by Anil Dash in 2002: Today, microcontent is being used as a more general term indicating content that conveys one primary idea or concept, is accessible through a single definitive URL or permalink, and is NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to beYET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM About Rajesh. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. I then started Netcore, which is today Asia’s largest marketing technology company. In between, from 2012-2019, I worked as a political and prosperity AIRPORT DYSFUNCTIONS Airports are just one example of where the dysfunctions become much more than nuisances and irritants. They reflect a mindset that says “we don’t care” and “take it or leave it.” Surely, we can do better than that. Even as we need big ideas to speedINVERTISING
Invertising is advertising customers invite into their lives. It is how customers advertise their intent. It is what customers get instantly. Here is an excerpt from an article in MediaPost: THE LATIN ROOT OF “ADVERTISE”–ADVERTERE–LITERALLY means “to turn towards.”. It is the same root for the word “adversary.”. TECH TALK: THE NOW-NEW-NEAR WEB: MICROCONTENT AND One of the key ideas for the N3 Web is that of microcontent. Wikipedia has this to say about microcontent:. The term Microcontent has first been systematically introduced and defined by Anil Dash in 2002: Today, microcontent is being used as a more general term indicating content that conveys one primary idea or concept, is accessible through a single definitive URL or permalink, and is NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to beYET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time THIN CLIENT-THICK SERVER The CPU consists of a motherboard, an Ethernet connectivity port to connect to the VLAN, 4 USB ports and a serial port for the monitor. Two of the 4 USB ports are used for the keyboard and mouse. Storage, therefore, will exist remotely on a server managed by Novatium. Eachuser gets close to
NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to be GOOGLE AND NETWORK COMPUTING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. A BRAINSTORMING FORMAT Brainstorming is very useful to get a set of opinions on different issues from a diverse group. I have tried out this format for getting ideas to bubble up from individuals and groups: Identity 4-5 key questions that needs to be discussed Create a questionnaire which is THE MAKING OF ABHISHEK This is the story of one couples dream to have a baby and another couples determination to make that happen. Bhavana and I had been married six-and-a-half years when we first visited Dr. Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani in April 2000. I had known them earlier through interactions I had with them in 1993-94 when I was trying to do an image processing software and needed to analyse ultrasound ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG Elections 2009. - What Next for the BJP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Jun) - Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results, , What the BJP did Wrong, What the Congress did Right, What Next for the BJP (May 19-22) - A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA (May 16) - Beyond the Vote (May 14) LETTER TO A THREE-YEAR-OLD Letter to a Three-Year-Old. Dear Abhishek, Happy Birthday! You are now three years old. I am not there today for your birthday — am in the US for work. I am continuing the tradition of writing letters to you on your birthday. To refresh your memory, here are the first three letters ( 2005, 2006, 2007 ). This has been a fascinating year. GSMA MOBILE ASIA CONGRESS SPEAKING PROPOSAL I have submitted a proposal to speak at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress later this year. Let's see if I get selected! Here is the abstract that I wrote with a couple of my colleagues. Monetising the Mobile Millions as Value Shifts Away from Voice: The Coming Age of TECH TALK: RSS, BLOGS AND BEYOND: BLOG DIRECTORY Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM About Rajesh. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. I then started Netcore, which is today Asia’s largest marketing technology company. In between, from 2012-2019, I worked as a political and prosperity NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to beINVERTISING
Invertising is advertising customers invite into their lives. It is how customers advertise their intent. It is what customers get instantly. Here is an excerpt from an article in MediaPost: THE LATIN ROOT OF “ADVERTISE”–ADVERTERE–LITERALLY means “to turn towards.”. It is the same root for the word “adversary.”. NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG Elections 2009. - What Next for the BJP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Jun) - Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results, , What the BJP did Wrong, What the Congress did Right, What Next for the BJP (May 19-22) - A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA (May 16) - Beyond the Vote (May 14) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM About Rajesh. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. I then started Netcore, which is today Asia’s largest marketing technology company. In between, from 2012-2019, I worked as a political and prosperity NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to beINVERTISING
Invertising is advertising customers invite into their lives. It is how customers advertise their intent. It is what customers get instantly. Here is an excerpt from an article in MediaPost: THE LATIN ROOT OF “ADVERTISE”–ADVERTERE–LITERALLY means “to turn towards.”. It is the same root for the word “adversary.”. NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG Elections 2009. - What Next for the BJP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Jun) - Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results, , What the BJP did Wrong, What the Congress did Right, What Next for the BJP (May 19-22) - A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA (May 16) - Beyond the Vote (May 14) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha THIN CLIENT-THICK SERVER The CPU consists of a motherboard, an Ethernet connectivity port to connect to the VLAN, 4 USB ports and a serial port for the monitor. Two of the 4 USB ports are used for the keyboard and mouse. Storage, therefore, will exist remotely on a server managed by Novatium. Eachuser gets close to
TECH TALK: THE NOW-NEW-NEAR WEB: MICROCONTENT AND One of the key ideas for the N3 Web is that of microcontent. Wikipedia has this to say about microcontent:. The term Microcontent has first been systematically introduced and defined by Anil Dash in 2002: Today, microcontent is being used as a more general term indicating content that conveys one primary idea or concept, is accessible through a single definitive URL or permalink, and is AIRPORT DYSFUNCTIONS Airports are just one example of where the dysfunctions become much more than nuisances and irritants. They reflect a mindset that says “we don’t care” and “take it or leave it.” Surely, we can do better than that. Even as we need big ideas to speed TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. GOOGLE AND NETWORK COMPUTING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. NEXT MOBILE OPPORTUNITIES I wrote a 5-part series earlier in the week. I have put all five articles together in a single post for easier reading. The Shift from Internet 1 (Portals) to Internet 2 (Search) The early days of the Internet were all eyeballs and monetisation via banner (graphical)advertising. The
IIT MEMORIES (PART 1/5): TWO DECADES ON As I was preparing for the "My Story" talk as part of the IIT-B Alumni Association's "Kal, Aaj aur Kal" event in Bangalore on Saturday, a lot of memories came back about my four years from IIT (1984-88). While I could not describe many of these since the talk became a panel conversation, I thought WEB 2.0 SUMMIT PRESENTATION AND TALK Here is the presentation. Rajesh's Web 2.0 Summit Presentation SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Here is the talk that I had prepared. Emergic: Made in India, Made for the World IntNOVEMBER 1, 2001
1 post published by Rajesh Jain on November 1, 2001. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. GSMA MOBILE ASIA CONGRESS SPEAKING PROPOSAL I have submitted a proposal to speak at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress later this year. Let's see if I get selected! Here is the abstract that I wrote with a couple of my colleagues. Monetising the Mobile Millions as Value Shifts Away from Voice: The Coming Age of EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM About Rajesh. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. I then started Netcore, which is today Asia’s largest marketing technology company. In between, from 2012-2019, I worked as a political and prosperity NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to beINVERTISING
Invertising is advertising customers invite into their lives. It is how customers advertise their intent. It is what customers get instantly. Here is an excerpt from an article in MediaPost: THE LATIN ROOT OF “ADVERTISE”–ADVERTERE–LITERALLY means “to turn towards.”. It is the same root for the word “adversary.”. NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG Elections 2009. - What Next for the BJP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Jun) - Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results, , What the BJP did Wrong, What the Congress did Right, What Next for the BJP (May 19-22) - A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA (May 16) - Beyond the Vote (May 14) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM About Rajesh. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. I then started Netcore, which is today Asia’s largest marketing technology company. In between, from 2012-2019, I worked as a political and prosperity NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to beINVERTISING
Invertising is advertising customers invite into their lives. It is how customers advertise their intent. It is what customers get instantly. Here is an excerpt from an article in MediaPost: THE LATIN ROOT OF “ADVERTISE”–ADVERTERE–LITERALLY means “to turn towards.”. It is the same root for the word “adversary.”. NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG Elections 2009. - What Next for the BJP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Jun) - Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results, , What the BJP did Wrong, What the Congress did Right, What Next for the BJP (May 19-22) - A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA (May 16) - Beyond the Vote (May 14) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha THIN CLIENT-THICK SERVER The CPU consists of a motherboard, an Ethernet connectivity port to connect to the VLAN, 4 USB ports and a serial port for the monitor. Two of the 4 USB ports are used for the keyboard and mouse. Storage, therefore, will exist remotely on a server managed by Novatium. Eachuser gets close to
TECH TALK: THE NOW-NEW-NEAR WEB: MICROCONTENT AND One of the key ideas for the N3 Web is that of microcontent. Wikipedia has this to say about microcontent:. The term Microcontent has first been systematically introduced and defined by Anil Dash in 2002: Today, microcontent is being used as a more general term indicating content that conveys one primary idea or concept, is accessible through a single definitive URL or permalink, and is AIRPORT DYSFUNCTIONS Airports are just one example of where the dysfunctions become much more than nuisances and irritants. They reflect a mindset that says “we don’t care” and “take it or leave it.” Surely, we can do better than that. Even as we need big ideas to speed TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. GOOGLE AND NETWORK COMPUTING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. NEXT MOBILE OPPORTUNITIES I wrote a 5-part series earlier in the week. I have put all five articles together in a single post for easier reading. The Shift from Internet 1 (Portals) to Internet 2 (Search) The early days of the Internet were all eyeballs and monetisation via banner (graphical)advertising. The
IIT MEMORIES (PART 1/5): TWO DECADES ON As I was preparing for the "My Story" talk as part of the IIT-B Alumni Association's "Kal, Aaj aur Kal" event in Bangalore on Saturday, a lot of memories came back about my four years from IIT (1984-88). While I could not describe many of these since the talk became a panel conversation, I thought WEB 2.0 SUMMIT PRESENTATION AND TALK Here is the presentation. Rajesh's Web 2.0 Summit Presentation SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Here is the talk that I had prepared. Emergic: Made in India, Made for the World IntNOVEMBER 1, 2001
1 post published by Rajesh Jain on November 1, 2001. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. GSMA MOBILE ASIA CONGRESS SPEAKING PROPOSAL I have submitted a proposal to speak at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress later this year. Let's see if I get selected! Here is the abstract that I wrote with a couple of my colleagues. Monetising the Mobile Millions as Value Shifts Away from Voice: The Coming Age of EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the trainto the engine.
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM About Rajesh. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. I then started Netcore, which is today Asia’s largest marketing technology company. In between, from 2012-2019, I worked as a political and prosperity NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to beINVERTISING
Invertising is advertising customers invite into their lives. It is how customers advertise their intent. It is what customers get instantly. Here is an excerpt from an article in MediaPost: THE LATIN ROOT OF “ADVERTISE”–ADVERTERE–LITERALLY means “to turn towards.”. It is the same root for the word “adversary.”. NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Yet Another SMS Ban. Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG Elections 2009. - What Next for the BJP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Jun) - Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results, , What the BJP did Wrong, What the Congress did Right, What Next for the BJP (May 19-22) - A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA (May 16) - Beyond the Vote (May 14) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Having travelled to both Bali and Binsar in July, I am convinced that there is a much untapped tourism opportunity within India.. India gets about 18 million foreign tourists each year, according to Wikipedia.China gets three times as many. A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM I have re-started blogging at RajeshJain.com. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to be NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG As we look back at the past six months, here are two key things which stand out: 26/11 and the assembly election results of Delhi and Rajasthan completely turned the momentum away from the BJP. Till then, its twin planks were terrorism and the economy. Both gotINVERTISING
I had written this note sometime ago as a backgrounder on Invertising (invited advertising). I think it is as relevant today as when I had written it. It is one of the anchor services in mobile marketing. The fundamental paradigm shift that we see in the next few years is from 'customer relationship management' (CRM) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha THIN CLIENT-THICK SERVER Bill Burnham writes: trend is the migration of desktop data to the online storage cloud and the fight between Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to control this data because he who controls the data will most likely control the “webtop” and the suite of web-based applications that access that data. AIRPORT DYSFUNCTIONS Airports are just one example of where the dysfunctions become much more than nuisances and irritants. They reflect a mindset that says “we don’t care” and “take it or leave it.” Surely, we can do better than that. Even as we need big ideas to speed TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. TECH TALK: THE NOW-NEW-NEAR WEB: MICROCONTENT AND One of the key ideas for the N3 Web is that of microcontent. Wikipedia has this to say about microcontent:. The term Microcontent has first been systematically introduced and defined by Anil Dash in 2002: Today, microcontent is being used as a more general term indicating content that conveys one primary idea or concept, is accessible through a single definitive URL or permalink, and is GOOGLE AND NETWORK COMPUTING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. IIT MEMORIES (PART 1/5): TWO DECADES ON As I was preparing for the "My Story" talk as part of the IIT-B Alumni Association's "Kal, Aaj aur Kal" event in Bangalore on Saturday, a lot of memories came back about my four years from IIT (1984-88). While I could not describe many of these since the talk became a panel conversation, I thought NEXT MOBILE OPPORTUNITIES I wrote a 5-part series earlier in the week. I have put all five articles together in a single post for easier reading. The Shift from Internet 1 (Portals) to Internet 2 (Search) The early days of the Internet were all eyeballs and monetisation via banner (graphical)advertising. The
WEB 2.0 SUMMIT PRESENTATION AND TALK Here is the presentation. Rajesh's Web 2.0 Summit Presentation SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Here is the talk that I had prepared. Emergic: Made in India, Made for the World IntNOVEMBER 1, 2001
1 post published by Rajesh Jain on November 1, 2001. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. GSMA MOBILE ASIA CONGRESS SPEAKING PROPOSAL I have submitted a proposal to speak at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress later this year. Let's see if I get selected! Here is the abstract that I wrote with a couple of my colleagues. Monetising the Mobile Millions as Value Shifts Away from Voice: The Coming Age of EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Having travelled to both Bali and Binsar in July, I am convinced that there is a much untapped tourism opportunity within India.. India gets about 18 million foreign tourists each year, according to Wikipedia.China gets three times as many. A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM I have re-started blogging at RajeshJain.com. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to be NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG As we look back at the past six months, here are two key things which stand out: 26/11 and the assembly election results of Delhi and Rajasthan completely turned the momentum away from the BJP. Till then, its twin planks were terrorism and the economy. Both gotINVERTISING
I had written this note sometime ago as a backgrounder on Invertising (invited advertising). I think it is as relevant today as when I had written it. It is one of the anchor services in mobile marketing. The fundamental paradigm shift that we see in the next few years is from 'customer relationship management' (CRM) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha EMERGIC – RAJESH JAIN WRITINGS FROM 1997-2012 Having travelled to both Bali and Binsar in July, I am convinced that there is a much untapped tourism opportunity within India.. India gets about 18 million foreign tourists each year, according to Wikipedia.China gets three times as many. A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM I have re-started blogging at RajeshJain.com. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in NET.COLUMNS: 10 NEEDS OF THE INDIAN INTERNET The Internet Policy, as approved by the Cabinet on Monday, calls for a 5-year licence fee holiday and a 10-year licence period. Good Beginning. A bank guarantee of a year’s licence fee is to be NET.COLUMNS: 10 NET TRENDS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s.YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The ELECTIONS 2009: WHAT THE BJP DID WRONG As we look back at the past six months, here are two key things which stand out: 26/11 and the assembly election results of Delhi and Rajasthan completely turned the momentum away from the BJP. Till then, its twin planks were terrorism and the economy. Both gotINVERTISING
I had written this note sometime ago as a backgrounder on Invertising (invited advertising). I think it is as relevant today as when I had written it. It is one of the anchor services in mobile marketing. The fundamental paradigm shift that we see in the next few years is from 'customer relationship management' (CRM) TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. MYTODAY SMS AND MOBILE WEB Continuing with the thinking around the decision to launch free SMS subscription services in October 2006, it seemed such an obvious decision to make given what has happening. But there is always legacy that one has to deal with. In my case, the legacy was wanting to focus on the mobile Internet — I always believed that the way the Internet (fixed line, PC) grew, it was only a matter of time BLOG PAST: THE BJP’S PATH TO 2014 I wrote this a year ago: Let us start with two facts. First, if one actually analyses the BJP’s Lok Sabha performance through the years (and a similar analysis can be done for the Congress), it will be seen that the party has won at least once in about 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha THIN CLIENT-THICK SERVER Bill Burnham writes: trend is the migration of desktop data to the online storage cloud and the fight between Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to control this data because he who controls the data will most likely control the “webtop” and the suite of web-based applications that access that data. AIRPORT DYSFUNCTIONS Airports are just one example of where the dysfunctions become much more than nuisances and irritants. They reflect a mindset that says “we don’t care” and “take it or leave it.” Surely, we can do better than that. Even as we need big ideas to speed TECH TALK: THE PUBSUBWEB: MICROCONTENT AND EVENTS Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. TECH TALK: THE NOW-NEW-NEAR WEB: MICROCONTENT AND One of the key ideas for the N3 Web is that of microcontent. Wikipedia has this to say about microcontent:. The term Microcontent has first been systematically introduced and defined by Anil Dash in 2002: Today, microcontent is being used as a more general term indicating content that conveys one primary idea or concept, is accessible through a single definitive URL or permalink, and is GOOGLE AND NETWORK COMPUTING Visit the post for more. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. IIT MEMORIES (PART 1/5): TWO DECADES ON As I was preparing for the "My Story" talk as part of the IIT-B Alumni Association's "Kal, Aaj aur Kal" event in Bangalore on Saturday, a lot of memories came back about my four years from IIT (1984-88). While I could not describe many of these since the talk became a panel conversation, I thought NEXT MOBILE OPPORTUNITIES I wrote a 5-part series earlier in the week. I have put all five articles together in a single post for easier reading. The Shift from Internet 1 (Portals) to Internet 2 (Search) The early days of the Internet were all eyeballs and monetisation via banner (graphical)advertising. The
WEB 2.0 SUMMIT PRESENTATION AND TALK Here is the presentation. Rajesh's Web 2.0 Summit Presentation SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Here is the talk that I had prepared. Emergic: Made in India, Made for the World IntNOVEMBER 1, 2001
1 post published by Rajesh Jain on November 1, 2001. I am a tech entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. I was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s. GSMA MOBILE ASIA CONGRESS SPEAKING PROPOSAL I have submitted a proposal to speak at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress later this year. Let's see if I get selected! Here is the abstract that I wrote with a couple of my colleagues. Monetising the Mobile Millions as Value Shifts Away from Voice: The Coming Age ofSkip to content
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(May 10)
- India's Silent Majority(Apr 10)
- 2 Questions on India and My Answers (Apr 10) - Friends of BJP Revival(Mar 10)
- Neighbourhood Action Committees(Feb
10)
- Friends of BJP: The Road Ahead, Ideas
,
Communication
,
Engagement
,
Three Qs
,
My Answers
(Jan 10)
- Wanted: An Opposition in India(Dec
09)
- Corruption in India: Part 1, Part 2
, Part 3
, Part 4
, Part 5
(Nov)
- Concept Note: New India Policy Foundation: Part 1,
Part 2
,
Part 3
,
Part 4
(Jul)
_ELECTIONS 2009_
- What Next for the BJP: Part 1,
Part 2
,
Part 3
,
Part 4
,
Part 5
,
Part 6
,
Part 7
,
Part 8
(Jun)
- Post-Results Analysis: Interpreting the Results,
, What the BJP did Wrong,
What the Congress did Right,
What Next for the BJP(May 19-22)
- A Decisive Mandate for the Congress-led UPA(May 16)
- Beyond the Vote
(May
14)
- Low Voting from Middle India - Part 1,
Part 2 , Part 3
(May 5-7)
- Voting Day
(Apr 30)
- A Unique Experience : Part 1: The Decision,
Part 2: Friends' Progress,
Part 3: Writings
,
Part 4: Memories
,
Part 5: Optimism Ahead(Apr 20-24)
- An Assessment
(Apr 10)
- Building a Complement to a Political Party(Apr 8)
- My First Election Rally(Apr 7)
- Three Indias (Apr 6) - A Mission for Friends of BJP: Reclaiming the Successful(Apr 2)
- Up Close
(Mar 30)
- The Digital Connection(Mar 26)
- Life's Different Experiences(Mar 24)
- A Fascinating Contest(Mar 23)
- Indian Political History Books(Mar
11)
- Middle India Needs to Come Together(Mar 9)
- A Manifesto for Middle India(Mar 5)
- Engaging Ourselves(Mar 3)
- An Opportunity to Learn(Feb 24)
- Friends of BJP (Feb23)
- We Can't Look Forward Because We Look Back(Feb 9)
- Vision India 2014
(Feb 6)
- Presentation at Electoral and Political Reforms Conference(Feb 2)
- I Support the BJP
(Jan
29)
- What Can We Do?
(Jan
28)
- President Obama
(Jan 22)
GENERAL
- Ideas and Innovations as a Differentiator(Sep 11)
- Writing One's Obituary Today(Sep 11)>
- Taking Notes in Meetings(Sep 11)
- Business Monitoring Ideas(Nov 10)
- Organising a Better Conference(Oct
10)
- A Brainstorming Format(Jul 10)
- I Wish I Knew Then: Part 1, Part 2
(Apr 10)
- Five Questions on Business and Markets (Mar 10) - Favourite Websites: Part 1and Part 2
(Mar 10)
- One Reason Why Companies Fail(Mar
10)
- An Advisory Board
(Feb 10)
- Venture Investing: Part 1and Part 2
(Oct 09)
- Navigating NetCore - The Past Year: Part 1,
Part 2
,
Part 3
,
Part 4
,
Part 5
(Aug 09)
- Rethinking Education(Jun 09)
- India needs to Think Big (May09)
- IIT Memories: Part 1,
Part 2
,
Part 3
,
Part 4
,
Part 5
(Mar 09)
- Entrepreneurship in India(Feb 09)
- Ideas for India: Part 1Part 2
(Feb 09)
- India needs Ratan Tata as Prime Minister for 5 Years(Dec 08)
PERSONAL
- 2011-12: Looking Back, Looking Forward(Dec 11)
- 43 to 44 (Aug 11) - Letter to a 6-year-old(Apr 11)
- 2010-11: Looking Back, Looking Forward(Dec 10)
- 42 to 43 (Aug 10) - Letter to a 5-year-old, Atanu's Letter to
Abhishek
(Apr 10)
- Life in 5-year Chunks(Mar 10)
- School Memories: Part 1, Part 2
, Part 3
, Part 4
(Mar 10)
- Three 2009 Decisions: Overview,
Decision 1: NetCore
,
Decision 2: BJP
,
Decision 3: Abhishek,
Three Good Books
(Jan
10)
- 41 to 42: NetCore ,Friends of BJP
, Abhishek
, Memories
, Looking Ahead
(Aug 09)
- Letter to a 4-year-old(Apr 09)
- 40 to 41 (Aug 08) - Letter to a 3-year-old(Apr 08)
- On Turning 40
BEST OF 2011
- Digital India
- Entrepreneurship
- Politics
- Personal
- General
BEST OF 2010
- Digital India
- Panels and Presentations- Entrepreneurship
- Politics
- Personal
BEST OF 2009
- Digital India
- My Presentations
- Entrepreneurship
- Politics
- Personal / GeneralBEST OF 2008
- Mobile VAS and Data- Entrepreneurship
- Mumbai 26/11
- Reinventing Indian Politics- My Presentations
- Personal
MY WRITINGS (1999-2007) _These links are not working, so “search” for these titles_ AFFORDABLE COMPUTING AND ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT India's Digital Infrastructure(May 2007)
Envisioning Tomorrow's World(Mar 2007)
Computing for the Next Billion(Jun 2006)
City Wi-Fi Networks
(Apr 2006)
Microsoft Live
(Nov
2005)
Internet Tea Leaves
(Sep 2005)
Next-Generation Networks(Jul 2005)
Disruptions
(Jul 2005)
The Mobile Phone Platform(Feb 2005)
Microsoft, Bandwidth and Centralised Computing(Jan 2005)
Computing for Broadband 101(Jan 2005)
Tomorrow's World
(Nov 2004)
CommPuting Grid
(Nov 2004)
Massputers, Redux
(Oct 2004)
The Network Computer(Oct 2004)
Reinventing Computing(Aug 2004)
Tech Trends
(Jul
2004)
Letter to Arun Shourie(Apr 2004)
As India Develops
(Mar 2004)
My Mental Model
(Dec 2003)
The Next Billion
(Sep 2003)
Transforming Rural India 2(Jul 2003)
The Discovery of India(Jun 2003)
Transforming Rural India(Mar 2003)
The Rs 5,000 PC Ecosystem(Jan 2003)
Disruptive Bridges
(Nov 2002)
India Post: Ideas for Tomorrow(Nov 2002)
Technology's Next Markets(Oct 2002)
Server-based Computing(Jul 2002)
India's Next Decade
(Apr 2002)
The Digital Divide
(Apr 2002)
The Real Wireless Revolution(Mar 2002)
Envisioning a New India(Jan 2002)
Emerging Technologies, Emerging Markets(Jan 2002)
The Indianised Linux Desktop(Nov 2001)
Mass Market Internet(Nov 2000)
ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE AND SMES The Coming Age of ASPs(May 2005)
SMEs and Technology
(Oct 2003)
The Death and Rebirth of Email(Aug 2003)
IT's Future
(Aug
2003)
Rethinking the Desktop(Sep 2002)
Rethinking Enterprise Software(Jun 2002)
Emerging Enterprises and Emergent Networks(Mar 2002)
Web Services
(Nov 2001)
Alt.Software
(Oct 2001)
The Intelligent, Real-Time Enterprise(June 2001)
Enterprise Software
(Mar 2001)
SME Tech Utility
(Feb 2001)
Software and SMEs
(Jan 2001)
The Intelligent Enterprise: Integrating CRM, SCM and EIP(Jan 2001)
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT The Emerging Internet(May 2007)
The Now-New-Near Web(Sep 2006)
Mobile Internet
(Aug
2006)
Video on the Internet(Jun 2006)
India Internet and Mobile(Feb 2006)
Rethinking Newspapers(Jan 2006)
Web 2.0 (Oct
2005)
The Future of Search(Mar 2005)
Web 2.0 Conference
(Oct 2004)
Thinking A New Food Portal(Sep 2004)
Rethinking Search
(Jan 2004)
India.com 2.0
(Jan
2004)
The Publish-Subscribe Web(Jun 2003)
Constructing the Memex(May 2003)
RSS, Blogs and Beyond(Feb 2003)
Blogging (Feb
2002)
Harnessing Information(Oct 2001)
News Refinery
(May 2001)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
On Turning 40 (Aug 2007) When Bad Things Happen(Jan 2007)
Ventures and Capital(Dec 2006)
15 Years as an Entrepreneur(Nov 2006)
Of Blue Oceans and Black Swans(May 2006)
Let's Build a Business(Apr 2006)
The Value of Vision
(Mar 2006)
Vision and Worries
(Oct 2005)
Bootstrapping a Business(Oct 2005)
India Needs More Entrepreneurs(Aug 2005)
Dotcom Nostalgia
(Jun
2005)
When Things Go Wrong(Apr 2005)
My Life as an Entrepreneur(Nov 2004)
An Entrepreneur's Growth Challenge(Sep 2004)
Creating Options
(Sep 2004)
From Employee to Entrepreneur(Aug 2004)
A Tale of Two Summers(Aug 2004)
Crucible Experiences(May 2004)
The Company
(May
2004)
An Entrepreneur's Attributes(Nov 2003)
An Entrepreneur's Early Days(Sep 2003)
Reflections on Ideas and Entrepreneurship(Jul 2003)
Entrepreneur's Enigmas(Jan 2003)
The Entrepreneur's Delights(Sep 2002)
Life as an Entrepreneur(Oct 2001)
Leadership Lessons from Lagaan(Aug 2001)
Entrepreneurial Learnings(July 2001)
Entrepreneurship
(Mar 2001)
The IndiaWorld Story(1997-8)
ABHISHEK (MY SON)
Photos
Letter to a Two-Year-Old(Apr 2007)
Father to Son
(Apr
2006)
Letter to a 2005 Baby(Jun 2005)
The Making of Abhishek(Jul 2005)
MOREOVER
Facebook (May
2007)
Doing Education Right(May 2007)
Reflections from a Dubai Trip(Apr 2007)
Creating India's New Cities(Apr 2007)
India's Challenges
(Mar
2007)
3GSM 2007
(Feb 2007)
Demo 2007
(Feb 2007)
A Tale of Two Covers(Feb 2007)
3GSM Mumbai
(Feb 2007)
2007 Tech Trends
(Jan
2007)
The Best of 2006
(Dec
2006)
Best of Tech Talk 2006(Dec 2006)
Cyworld (Nov
2006)
Two 2.0 Events
(Nov
2006)
Two-Sided Markets
(Nov
2006)
The Rise of YouTube
(Oct 2006)
Gandhigiri
(Oct 2006)
Education and Reservation(May 2006)
Four Blog Years
(May
2006)
Fooled by Randomness(May 2006)
Blue Ocean Strategy
(May 2006)
Revolution on the Roads(Apr 2006)
The MySpace Story
(Mar
2006)
A Presentation at PC Forum(Mar 2006)
Extreme Competition
(Mar 2006)
3GSM World Congress 2006(Feb 2006)
DEMO 2006
(Feb 2006)
India Rising
(Jan
2006)
2006 Tech Trends
(Jan
2006)
The Best of Tech Talk 2005(Dec 2005)
The Best of 2005
(Dec
2005)
Trains, Planes and Mobiles(Dec 2005)
Peter Drucker: Management's Newton(Nov 2005)
India Empowered
(Oct
2005)
Rajasthan Ruminations 2(Sep 2005)
Building a Better India(Sep 2005)
South Korea's IT839
(Jul 2005)
Shift-Ctrl
(Jul 2005)
Best of Future Tech
(Feb 2005)
Multi-Model Minds
(Feb
2005)
The Best of 2004
(Jan 2005)
On Watching Swades
(Jan 2005)
The Best of Tech Talk 2004(Dec 2004)
India Trends
(Dec
2004)
An American Journey
(Aug 2004)
Black Swans
(Aug
2004)
A Train Journey
(Jun 2004)
An Agenda for the Next Government(May 2004)
Two Blog Years
(May 2004)
Rajasthan Ruminations(Feb 2004)
Technology and the Indian Elections(Feb 2004)
2003-04 (Dec 2003)
Random Musings
(Sep 2003)
Useful Concepts
(July 2003)
Dear Non-Resident Indian(July
2003)
Tech's 10X Tsunamis
(July 2002)
An Indian in China
(Mar 2002)
Disruptive Technologies(Aug 2001)
Innovation
(Aug 2001)
A NEW BLOG AT RAJESHJAIN.COM I have re-started blogging at RajeshJain.com Posted on April 1, 2020Categories
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BLOG BREAK
For the past four years, I have been blogging daily. Somewhere, the ideas are becoming repetitive. So, I decided it is time to take a break. I will continue to write occasionally. Blogging has been something I have been doing for the past 12+ years. Perhaps, it is also time to think of a different format. Let’s see. Will think during this break! Thanks very much for your support, and I hope to be back soon. Posted on August 27, 2012 Categories Uncategorized BLOG PAST: INDIA’S TOURISM OPPORTUNITY I wrote this a year ago:
> Having travelled to both Bali and Binsar in July, I am convinced > that there is a much untapped tourism opportunity _within_ India.>
> India gets about 18 million foreign tourists each year, according to > Wikipedia . China > gets three times as many. With better infrastructure and promotion, > India’s numbers can easily match that of China.>
> For example, it is easier for me to get to Bali in Indonesia than to > get to Binsar in Uttarakhand. This needs to change. We need to > upgrade domestic infrastructure – better roads, more airports, > faster trains. This needs to be combined with a bigger promotional > push. More than half the people I mention Binsar toi haven’t heard > about it – and neither had I till a couple months ago. India has > many places of great natural beauty – which feature among some of > best known secrets!>
> Tourism as a services industry can be thus not just a big forex > generator but also a big employer, as Arun Maira wrote in the ET> recently
> .
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WEEKEND READING
This week’s links: * No country for the young:
by Manish Sabharwal in Indian Express. “India’s young care most about jobs. And a narrative that places job creation at the heart of policy synthesises the most important issues: roads, power, labour laws, land reform, education, skills and deregulation.” * Economic slogan for 2014:
by Gautam Chikermane in Hindustan Times. “Sooner rather than later, the vulnerable sections have to become partners in the economic development of India. And that can happen only if the political establishment articulates this idea — Mera Bharat, Ameer Bharat.” * It’s about Freedom, not just Freedom of Speech:
by Atanu Dey. “When the Government is afraid of people, the people are most likely winning the war. Indians still have a chance at real freedom, something that has eluded them for so long.” * TIME magazine’s latest “The Wireless Issue“:
“There’s a smart-phone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you’re going. Thumbs are stronger, attention shorter, temptation everywhere: we can always be, mentally, digitally, someplace other than where weare.”
* Comscore Jun-Jul 2012 Data:
on the Indian Internet Posted on August 25, 2012Categories
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A PASSION FOR PUNCTUALITY Just as the Rajdhani pulled out of the station, it came to a halt almost immediately. Apparently, someone had pulled a chain. There was much activity, and as one of the other engine drivers explained to me, this one is a very special train. It cannot be even a minute late – its performance is monitored centrally in Delhi. I had experienced the on-time arrival the previous day. What struck me was the passion and pride with which he spoke. That point – “It cannot even be a minute late” – stayed with me. And I brought it up in our company sales review the next day — that the focus has to be on achieving our full targets, and not be satisfied with being short by a few lakhs. Seeing the passion in the railway staff brought home the point that much is possible if we have the right mindset — even in a government job. And on that hinges the future of India. How can we transform ourselves into a modern, developed nation in a generation? Posted on August 24, 2012Categories
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SEEING RAJDHANI EXPRESS Abhishek likes trains, so during one of our recent bus-train rides, we decided to go to Mumbai Central station and watch the Rajdhani Express arrive from Delhi. It came in right on schedule at 8:35 am, after a16-hour journey
from Delhi, at an average speed of 86 kms/hour. Abhishek was thrilled – and so was I. Something about trains, especially the long-distance ones, delights the heart! The next day, we decided to watch the train leave the station. We arrived at 4:30 pm for the scheduled 4:40 pm departure. We walked the length of the train to the engine. There, one of the engine drivers invited Abhishek in and showed him some of the controls. It was an amazing experience for Abhishek. What struck me was the friendliness of the railway staff. Seeing Abhishek’s interest, one of the other engine drivers (who was not on the Rajdhani) showed Abhishek more details in a stationary engine across the platform, and even switched in on and showed what happens inside. For Abhishek (and me), it was an experience to savour. It was the first time I had been in an engine, and reminded me of the time around 14 years ago, when I had sat in a Cathay Pacific cockpit when it was about to land in Hong Kong. Posted on August 23, 2012Categories
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AN EMPTY TERMINAL
I had recently gone to pick someone up at Mumbai Airport’s Terminal 1A – the one that serves Air India and Kingfisher. It was like a ghost terminal — a complete contrast to what used to be once upon a time. It was almost like going back in time 15-20 years when there was just a single airline serving the country. The display had only Air India flights with the occasional Kingfisher one. Both airlines have gone through difficult times of their own making. With Kingfisher, one is not sure which flights will go, and with Air India, there seems a general reluctance to now fly it even though flights seem to be operating as per schedule. So, the terminal is there, but the passengers are missing. A huge infrastructure lies in semi-waste, even as the other terminal is jam-packed with flyers. Perhaps, the airport authorities should consider shifting Jet or Indigo to terminal 1A so ease the load on 1D. In the morning, the security check queues are extraordinarily long in 1D, and with 1A largely empty, perhaps some changes are in order given the newrealities.
Posted on August 22, 2012Categories
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YET ANOTHER SMS BAN
Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact that the fear spread was because of P2P SMS, rather than A2P SMS. The government had to be seen doing something, and so hitting a soft target like bulk SMS came easy. What is lost out in this is how critical SMS has begun for so many establishments. SMS has become part of many business processes. A ban like this hurts everyone. And there is no way to protest. It hurts businesses like mine even more since we have to go two weeks without revenue and sustain overheads of a 150-person team for the SMS business. This sort of government interference is just not done. And I don’t think it is going to stop here. The more I think about it, the more I can understand why the perception is that business in India is hard – not just setting up, but also ongoing operations. Over the past two years, the government and TRAI have constantly been interfering in the SMS business with regulation and arbitrary orders. This is not what creates a healthy environment for entrepreneurship and enterprise. Posted on August 21, 2012Categories
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FINALLY, SOME RAIN IN MUMBAI This year has been disappointing for most of India on the rain front. Its been the same in Mumbai. The delight of sitting on a Sunday and watching the rains come down heavy and hard through the window has been almost lost this year. Until yesterday for some part of the day. It suddenly felt like monsoon season rather than an extension ofsummer.
I hope it rains some more. India needs it. But we should also be doing better with the rain water that we get. Much of it just flows away. Water is part of the triad of FEW – Food and Energy making up the other two components. FEW problems are what the world has to gear up for. And perhaps, none more so than Water. This year, potholes in Mumbai seem to also be fewer. Either because of the lesser rainfall or maybe we have genuinely figured out how to do better roads. I think its probably the former! Posted on August 20, 2012Categories
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BLOG PAST: A BOOK AS A CONTEXT TO THINK I write this a year ago:
> I have experienced this so many times. A book that I am reading > helps me think through a conundrum I have been contemplating and > creates the space for coming up with interesting ideas and > solutions. The book doesn’t even have to be directly linked to the > topic – what it does is forces deep thought, and then the > associations in the mind create something that wasn’t there> before.
>
> That is one of the reasons I love to read. Just the act of sitting > for an extended period of undisturbed time with a book is guaranteed > to push the mind in many different directions – some intended by > the author, some unintended by the reader!>
> I don’t necessarily read every book immediately after I buy it. I > let it stay around, and then some day, I will pick it up – and the > book opens up its treasure chest of ideas. It is a wonderful> feeling.
Posted on August 19, 2012Categories
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