tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47005717953477031812024-03-14T02:55:15.468-07:00Do I have something to say?Agile | Scrum | Leadership | Technology | LifeArjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-80473671048162486552018-01-08T16:18:00.000-08:002018-01-11T14:42:45.500-08:00What is Shu Ha Ri in Agile/Scrum ??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sometime back a colleague had shared a post online on the concept and also an interesting scale to measure self as Scrum Master & Agile Coach in #Agile #Scrum methodology.</div>
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This piqued my interest in what is exactly “#Shu #Ha #Ri” in Scrum/Agile context and got me thinking how it will help the Scrum Masters??</div>
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So some quick facts & info about it which I found during my research on this subject:-</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The concept of Shu Ha Ri comes from the Japanese martial art of Aikido</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://alistair.cockburn.us/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Alistair Cockburn</a> introduced it as a way of thinking about learning techniques and methodologies for software development.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shu-Ha-Ri is a way of thinking about how you learn a technique.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Shu Har Ri concept can be used to consider what qualities make a great ScrumMaster? And what does a ScrumMaster do in each state?</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The idea is that a person passes through three stages of gaining knowledge:<ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; list-style: upper-alpha; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shu:</strong> In this beginning stage the student follows the teachings of one master precisely. He concentrates on how to do the task, without worrying too much about the underlying theory. If there are multiple variations on how to do the task, he concentrates on just the one way his master teaches him.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ha:</strong> At this point, the student begins to branch out. With the basic practices working he now starts to learn the underlying principles and theory behind the technique. He also starts learning from other masters and integrates that learning into his practice.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ri:</strong> Now the student isn’t learning from other people but from his own practice. He creates his own approaches and adapts what he’s learned to his own particular circumstances.</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now, this idea in Scrum methodology can be taken up as follows:<ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; list-style: upper-alpha; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the Shu state, the ScrumMaster sets up the process, helps the team get to a sustainable pace with known velocity and uses the Retrospective to introduce a change that improves velocity.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the Ha state, the ScrumMaster has a team that gets software done (all features tested and no bugs) at the end of the sprint and has a good product owner with ready backlog at the beginning of a sprint, has data that clearly show at least a doubling of productivity, and has strong management support. The team is positioned to work on hyperproductivity, the design goal of Scrum.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the Ri state, the team is hyperproductive. But what is the ScrumMaster doing and do you really need one? You need the ScrumMaster but they don’t have to do much essentially.</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It essentially help you on how to make a Scrum Team so self-organized that it can function <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WITHOUT</strong> a Scrum Master also (Yes, quite a radical idea!! J )</li>
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Reference Links and More info:-</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.scruminc.com/shu-ha-ri-what-makes-great-scrummaster-2/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.scruminc.com/shu-ha-ri-what-makes-great-scrummaster-2/</a> – Jeff Sutherland</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://martinfowler.com/bliki/ShuHaRi.html" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://martinfowler.com/bliki/ShuHaRi.html</a> – Martin Fowler</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://alistair.cockburn.us/Shu+Ha+Ri" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://alistair.cockburn.us/Shu+Ha+Ri</a> – Alistair Cockburn</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2014/july/scrum-without-a-scrummaster" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2014/july/scrum-without-a-scrummaster</a></li>
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Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-43195935539542937132012-04-17T23:16:00.004-07:002012-04-17T23:45:15.332-07:00Marshall Goldsmith - One of the world's top Leadership coach gives best leadership advise!<div><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/04466028743085491971">Marshall Goldsmith</a>, the management & leadership <i>Guru</i>, is a <i><b>best selling</b></i> author, his most popular book being "</span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><a href="http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/cim/What-Got-You-Here.php">What Got You Here Won't Get You There</a></b></i><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">" and one of the world's <i><b>top 5</b></i> business coaches </span>according<span style="font-size: 100%;"> to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">Forbes Magazine</a> </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>In the following video interview, he gives the best leadership advise and elaborates on his world famous "<a href="http://www.marshallgoldsmithfeedforward.com/">Feed</a><i><a href="http://www.marshallgoldsmithfeedforward.com/">Forward</a>"</i> Tool which helps Leaders to make better business decisions with confidence and they gain an important edge with proven, effective assessment tools.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5YZoPksYJIk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>He blogs here at <a href="http://marshallgoldsmith.blogspot.in/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">http://marshallgoldsmith.blogspot.in</a> and his talks along with his resources can be found here - <a href="http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com</a></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-25720757237807400122009-09-14T17:27:00.001-07:002009-09-14T18:15:35.928-07:00Puja Tweetup KolkataSo <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga_Puja">Puja</a> is near. That blissful time of the year when there is literally magic in air and people forget everything to get immersed in the spirit of the festival that is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga_Puja">Durga Puja</a>.<br />A time when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata">Kolkata</a> becomes a center of attraction and the city resembles a big mad carnival!<br /><br />A time, when <a href="http://dhoomk2.blogspot.com/2006/04/bong.html">bongs</a> of the world come back to their land of fore-fathers, and <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990701/ile01076.html">bengalis</a> of the city, remember their old.<br /><br />So what would be the best time other than this to have a <a href="http://twitter.com/koltweetup">tweetup</a> for all the <a href="http://bit.ly/twitterbongs">#twitterbongs</a> & non-bongs alike to gather & share fun and the spirit of Puja in <a href="http://bit.ly/4rafz">#kolkata</a> & also enjoy in each others company.<br /><br />So please RSVP for the <a href="http://bit.ly/5VSXX">#pujatweetup</a> here:<br /><a href="http://bit.ly/pujatweetup">Puja Tweetup Kolkata (via @arjunghosh)</a><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="title_tb">Where?</td> <td><strong>Maddox Square</strong><br />Ballygunge<br />Kolkata, India</td> </tr> <tr> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="title_tb">When?</td> <td><strong>Sep 27, 2009</strong><br />2:30pm - 5pm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />After an extensive online voting <a href="http://bit.ly/3yxSJC">here</a> at <a href="http://twitter.com/">@twitter,</a> <a href="http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Maddox+Square,+Ballygunge,+Kolkata,+West+Bengal&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=in&ei=ltmuSsKaEpTctgOZk-HgDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1">Maddox Square</a> was chosen as the best popular location to have the <a href="http://bit.ly/5VSXX">#pujatweetup</a>.<br /><br />Direction to Maddox Square can be found here:<br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Maddox+Square,+Ballygunge,+Kolkata,+West+Bengal&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hl=en&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=in&ei=ltmuSsKaEpTctgOZk-HgDA&z=14&ll=22.526391,88.354744&output=embed" frameborder="0" height="350" scrolling="no" width="425"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Maddox+Square,+Ballygunge,+Kolkata,+West+Bengal&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hl=en&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=in&ei=ltmuSsKaEpTctgOZk-HgDA&z=14&ll=22.526391,88.354744&source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-72817550400187843692009-09-11T07:33:00.000-07:002009-09-11T08:12:02.203-07:00Startup Saturday, Kolkata 12th September,2009So it here finally. After a long time in Kolkata, we are again having <a href="http://bit.ly/fVQBX"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Startup Saturday</span></a>.<br /><br />You can follow the event live on <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> chatter <a href="http://bit.ly/S67K1">here</a>. And also follow the event here at <a href="http://bit.ly/S9pOc">@headstartdotin </a>or <a href="http://bit.ly/hsNjT">@startupsaturday</a> or <a href="http://bit.ly/10H57M">@blogcampkolkata</a> or <a href="http://bit.ly/2w88z">me<br /></a>You can follow as well as live tweet using the <a href="http://bit.ly/3XQv7">hashtag</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/S67K1">#sskol</a><br />If you are on <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> you can get information <a href="http://bit.ly/LHC8W">here</a>. If you follow <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com">Upcoming</a> at <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a> then you can get info <a href="http://bit.ly/496UFw">here</a>. If on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/">Linkedin</a> you get the info <a href="http://bit.ly/ppKau">here</a>.<br /><h2>What? <br /></h2> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/fVQBX"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Startup Saturday</span></a> is an initiative by <a href="http://bit.ly/ThApj">Headstart</a> to provide entrepreneurs in each city with a monthly community driven forum that is structured in agenda but open in discussions. A Startup Saturday provides a forum for entrepreneurs to discuss, present, network and learn from peers, prospective customers, adopters, partners and investors. </p> <p>The fundamental idea is to have all parts of the innovation ecosystem interact with each other with high frequency and through rich conversation. We strongly believe that this would lead to faster evolution of the entire ecosystem.<br /></p><h2>When? </h2> <p>Every Second Saturday of every month. <br />The next is on 12th of September, 2009 at 3:00 PM. </p><h2>Where? </h2> Auditorium <br /><a href="http://bit.ly/3yxlVQ">Globsyn Business School </a><br />Globsyn Crystals, <br />XI, 11 & 12, Block EP, Sector V, <br />Salt Lake Electronics Complex <br />Kolkata<br /><br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Globsyn+Business+School&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=22.585168,88.437109&spn=0.008956,0.01929&z=14&iwloc=A&cid=5673763612725074332&output=embed" frameborder="0" height="350" scrolling="no" width="425"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Globsyn+Business+School&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=22.585168,88.437109&spn=0.008956,0.01929&z=14&iwloc=A&cid=5673763612725074332&source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br /><h2>Who, What? </h2> <p> The September Startup Saturday will host the following talks: </p> <ul><li> <strong>The IT/ITeS Industry & the Ecosystem of Kolkata and its near future</strong> <br />Dr. G.D. Gautama, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Power & Non-conventional Energy Sources </li><li><strong>Launch of seeders, an Angel Fund and Incubation </strong></li><li><strong>Talk by Mr. Abhishek Rungta</strong></li><li><strong>Showcase by Education startup <em>SpiritContinues</em></strong> <br /></li><li><strong>Talk by Mr. Charanjeet Singh</strong> <br />Managing Director, Eastern Energy Limited (New Jersey). Ex-president of IEEE, South Alberta, Canada. </li><li><strong>4 StartupCamp Pitches <br />Investors for September: <a href="http://bit.ly/14roY5">seeders</a></strong></li><li>,<br /></li></ul><h2>Queries? </h2> <p>For any queries or questions, please contact: </p> <ul><li>Manish Sonkar <br />manish@spiritcontinues.co.in <br />+91 9899681684</li><li>Mitesh Ashar <br />mitesh@headstart.in <br />+91 9830988781 </li><li>Arjun Ghosh<br />arjun.ghosh81@gmail.com<br />+91 9007672147</li></ul>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-12782731470561595892009-07-28T12:26:00.001-07:002009-07-28T13:22:16.402-07:00Fight over the pure *Evil* Delight!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephiedasgupta/3763684736/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2462/3763684736_e99337ee53_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">[<span style="font-style: italic;">Picture Originally uploaded by </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://bit.ly/zvlkx">stephiedasgupta</a>]</span><br /><br />Yep....that <span style="font-weight: bold;">*Evil</span>* delight is called "<a href="http://bit.ly/17h2TJ"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sizzling Brownie</span></a>", the one in the center of the table at <a href="http://www.asklaila.com/listing/Kolkata/Camac+Street/Cafe+Coffee+Day/TclAh99u/">Cafe Coffee Day</a> at Camac Street, Kolkata, on which both <a href="http://bit.ly/QliOb">@makghosh</a> aka Arindam Ghosh and <a href="http://bit.ly/6UbgC">@iMBA</a> aka Mitesh Ashar have their eyes on :) and me i.e. <a href="http://bit.ly/2w88z">@arjunghosh</a> aka Arjun Ghosh watching from the center & <a href="http://bit.ly/szLci">@artagnon</a> aka Ram was looking from side.<br /><p>We went to this place after we had our <a href="http://bit.ly/yYZao"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Kolkata Hookah Tweetup</span></span></a><span class="font_larger"> at Aqua Java</span> on Wood St. Now Aqua Java has a Hookah joint upstairs. Believe me or not but this was my first experience with Hookah...atleast any lounge variety-type Hookah. It seemed a bit lame after all that I have already tried! :D But was fun.<br /></p><p>We actually had to cut short our TweetUp there, as the electricity at the place suddenly went off, and the room was slowly seeming to turn into & look like a over smoky den of evil with very very low visibility!</p><p>So when we came outside, <a href="http://bit.ly/lNBDY">@stephiedg</a> [<a href="http://bit.ly/jSLAk">@indradg</a> other half :)] took a fancy to have a ice-cream! And hence we land up at the place above and the pic! :)<br /></p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/yYZao"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content"><br /></span></span></a></p>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-71662025519639599662009-07-23T12:47:00.000-07:002009-07-23T13:26:12.151-07:00US-only limitation on Google Voice bypassed for India!Well at least that's what my friend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sarfaraz.hassan">Sarfaraz Hassan</a> claims he has done! I am yet to verify it personally, but well I trust him on this.<br />Well to tell the truth, he has also not been able to *actually* bypass it - what he though can is receive and make free calls to US from desktop at least for now :)<br />Have to wait for full service to start here in India.<br /><br />So from the horses mouth itself, on what he did to work around the restriction of US-only limitation for Google Voice.<br /><ol><li>Toughest part: Get an <a href="http://bit.ly/3wALDG">Google Voice</a> Invite first :) from <a href="http://bit.ly/FSe4B">here</a><br /></li><li>Find a US-based proxy server (or use <a href="http://bit.ly/F1pBg">ultrasurf 9.5</a> and IE, other browsers wont work) [Mostly not to leave a trail]</li><li>Get a free US incoming number from <a href="http://bit.ly/GQabw">Gizmo5.com</a> or <a href="http://bit.ly/9L637">Sipgate.com</a> using the proxy</li><li>Open <a href="http://bit.ly/3wALDG">Google Voice</a> invitation using proxy and follow instructions</li></ol>Note of caution here: Sipgate client doesn't work in India.<br /><br />So it took my friend 4 hours to do the above, but he claims that it should take anybody just under an hour as the steps are out there now :)<br /><br />So give it a try, and do tell if it worked for you.Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-74457446043433715512009-07-22T21:08:00.001-07:002009-09-12T02:24:42.979-07:00Britain's Got Talent remix 2008 (Indian Dance)<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3oxyGq6KtK8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3oxyGq6KtK8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><p>You just have to love this one. The best tribute to MJ :)</p>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-13716371994384169512009-05-23T04:18:00.000-07:002009-05-23T04:33:45.304-07:00"Terminator 4 Salvaltion" - Its Back!! and its trailer...<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pe2C80_mepk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pe2C80_mepk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />It so Kick Ass!!!... <br />"Terminator Salvation" seems its going to good...at the official trailer seems to indicate. Love the fact that <a href="http://bit.ly/4AbyI">Christian Bale</a> is playing a lead role. He in Batman was awesome and hope to enjoy him in this new version of Terminator too.<br />In fact "<span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://bit.ly/i9uQx">Terminator</a></span>" is one longest running (25 years!) and most successful franchise in movie history created by <a href="http://bit.ly/13ITuQ">James Cameron</a> <br />Who can ever forget dialogue "Hasta la vista, baby!" or "I'll be back." as said by <a href="http://bit.ly/ZTjix">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a><br />Or how those cool Si-Fi concepts and ultra cool Robots, inspired generations to come, to go into science & robotics. Well it did inspire me :)<br />Also (and this may be mundane and trivial to some) my first <span style="font-weight:bold;">*adult*</span> content movie was <a href="http://bit.ly/2ricL8">Terminator 2</a>. Remember the scene between Sara Connor & John Connor's Dad. Yeah that's the one. I still remember the day when me and my cousins sat down to see it just for it :)<br />Also my introduction to world of <a href="http://bit.ly/10R4zA">hacking</a> & <a href="http://bit.ly/Frisc">phishing</a> was through this movie. remember the scene in T2 when John Connor is hacking into some eases ATM account with a portable computer. That was way cool at that time around 90'sArjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-75365715501311500902009-05-23T03:45:00.001-07:002009-05-23T03:45:58.341-07:00How to Post a YouTube Video to Your Blog<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/p-usGX5bzC0' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/p-usGX5bzC0'/></object></p><p>A nice video explanation on "How to Post Video to your Blog?" </p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-17767600902177459182009-05-13T01:45:00.000-07:002009-05-13T02:35:27.812-07:00Twitter has gone loco! Has blocked @repliesOk, the Title of this blog post is not completely correct. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a> has *NOT* blocked @replies. According to this "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Small</span>" <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2009/05/small-settings-update.html">Notice</a> on <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/">Twitter's Blog</a>, well read it yourselves:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">"However, receiving one-sided fragments via replies sent to folks you don't follow in your timeline is undesirable. Today's update removes this undesirable and confusing option."</blockquote>So what it <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">actually</span> means, is that from now on, <span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt1782776548" class="msgtxt en">you can't see<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> @replies to tweeps if u r not following them. This essentially take out the "Social" from the "Social Networking & Discovery" ease of <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">@twitter</a>.<br /><br />Twitter's biggest asset was being able to find & connect to new like-minded people out there very very <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">easily!</span><br /></span></span><br />Three reasons can come to mind - first reason, as per their blog post, people actually gave a <span style="font-style: italic;">feedback</span> that they don't like this feature and its irritating. Now who was <span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt1782776548" class="msgtxt en"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/">@twitter</a></span></span> talking to ?<br /><br />From the barrage of outcry on <span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt1782776548" class="msgtxt en"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/">@twitter</a></span></span> (using the <a href="http://hashtags.org/">hashtag</a> <a href="http://hashtags.org/tag/fixreplies/messages">#fixreplies</a> ) and in <a href="http://www.federatedmedia.net/tech/2009/05/twitter_decides_were_not_smart.php">online</a> <a href="http://tonyadam.com/blog/twitter-taking-the-social-out-of-social-discovery">blog</a> <a href="http://gillyp.livejournal.com/241242.html">world</a>, it seems they have been talking to wrong people. <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23fixreplies">#fixreplies</a> is the top trending topic in <span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt1782776548" class="msgtxt en"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/">@twitter</a></span></span> itself. That should give them some idea what TWorld is thinking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0a27aTqbSQSxHiWrP73ZoOTn2WE-FWv9zSfzH_cl1gOXBatK0O9etQ6P1wfOEBqTFTmUp8oTAsXvAQ0tHBGZHoqK7ZE9xxq6RBMzxivcuBlX_RvDQoZkRAtgeGR0QdAIFBlHcomNWXw6/s1600-h/Twitter+_+Search+-+%23fixreplies-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0a27aTqbSQSxHiWrP73ZoOTn2WE-FWv9zSfzH_cl1gOXBatK0O9etQ6P1wfOEBqTFTmUp8oTAsXvAQ0tHBGZHoqK7ZE9xxq6RBMzxivcuBlX_RvDQoZkRAtgeGR0QdAIFBlHcomNWXw6/s400/Twitter+_+Search+-+%23fixreplies-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335235897978785538" border="0" /></a><br />There is even a website for following all the chatter (damn! it was fast. I should have thought of it sooner) - http://fixreplies.com<br /><br />Second reason may be technical. That something was being done with architecture, that removing this feature was necessary. If so, Why not say so. @twitter you have been truthful and we the fan have been with you through your darkest hours. So why not the truth. Maybe <a href="http://twitter.com/al3x">@al3x</a> can tell us about it.<br /><br />Third reason may be a business decision - maybe due to some secret reason, which will benefit @twitter in long terms, they are doing this. (Though I very well don't see how )<br /><br />Well there can be a last reason also. Like the this blog title says - Twitter has gone Loco!, bonkers, plain STUPID! Well that for <a href="http://twitter.com/ev">@ev</a> & <a href="http://twitter.com/biz">@biz</a> to tell.<br /><br />Well finally, only thing I, <a href="http://twitter.com/arjunghosh">@arjunghosh</a> can say is that - Twitter we are your FANS, not very famous or anything, but still your Fans. Treat us with some respect. Listen to what we have to say. Go <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23fixreplies">#fixreplies</a> soon.Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-30016146819844934542009-04-22T13:55:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:56:00.076-07:00Twitter Ruined My Life!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/NlZcHwsa6CU' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/NlZcHwsa6CU'/></object></p><p>this is absolutely hilarious video on *evils* effects of @twitter! lolz</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-33317617756788082242009-03-30T04:17:00.003-07:002009-03-30T04:17:48.297-07:00Mr.Bean punjabi remix<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/ufHcKeTO6Pw' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/ufHcKeTO6Pw'/></object></p><p>And this is a Punjabi Re-Mix of the below posted Mr. Bean sexy dance :)</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-35444550108124372762009-03-30T04:17:00.001-07:002009-03-30T04:17:18.162-07:00Mr. Bean - Sex Bomb<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/sHpZ8BhbQfo' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/sHpZ8BhbQfo'/></object></p><p>LOLz....This is the original English version of Mr. Bean's Sexy Dance :)</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-40674072461478349602009-03-20T02:50:00.001-07:002009-03-20T02:50:43.328-07:00Happy Birthday says Elvis<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/5FO7XaDs_8Y' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/5FO7XaDs_8Y'/></object></p><p>And this by "King" himself :)</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-16974549351168116492009-03-20T02:43:00.001-07:002009-03-20T02:43:52.369-07:00Happy Birthday - The Beatles<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/glNjsOHiBYs' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/glNjsOHiBYs'/></object></p><p>and this cool too :) so retro</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-66764160935868348672009-03-20T02:42:00.001-07:002009-03-20T02:42:32.225-07:00CRACKER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME PITTSBURGH<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/eOTCc5Ci6BY' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/eOTCc5Ci6BY'/></object></p><p>This is way cool!</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-647656607187403862009-03-20T02:40:00.001-07:002009-03-20T02:40:06.938-07:00Funny happy birthday video!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/UeypOvsY91Q' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/UeypOvsY91Q'/></object></p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-45431881440921414032009-02-27T06:45:00.001-08:002009-02-27T06:45:24.435-08:00Whitest Kids U'Know - Miss March Blow Job Foley Artists<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/bHszppFZnas' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/bHszppFZnas'/></object></p><p>Lolz. This is just hilarious. :)</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-51598415551629995802008-12-10T07:25:00.001-08:002008-12-10T07:25:54.296-08:00God's Wonder or Man's Magic<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arjunghosh/3094856771/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3094856771_e27fbf6db1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arjunghosh/3094856771/">God's Wonder or Man's Magic</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/arjunghosh/">arjunghosh</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Well the title says all - thats what I thought first when I it. Well I should not call it a "it" :0 I felt so humbled when I stood there. I felt the power of "LOVE" of a man for his women. I felt proud to be part of human race and and also an Indian. Even though this monument of love was made by a dynasty which started from Invaders but made this land their home.</p>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-25643049336620783892008-12-10T01:30:00.001-08:002008-12-10T01:30:02.016-08:00A wall-painted animation by BLU<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/uuGaqLT-gO4' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/uuGaqLT-gO4'/></object></p><p>Wow!! this is just super cool...probably the best video on www.youtube.com right now</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-12776835930395249442008-11-26T02:26:00.001-08:002008-11-26T02:26:58.844-08:00Biman Bangladesh Funny Announcement<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/d-8JMMPsVDw' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/d-8JMMPsVDw'/></object></p><p>The is the most hilarious videos I saw in recent time. Well you have to know bengali language. SO all you bongs enjoy. And non-bongs, do ask your bong friends to convert :)</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-88769515211575502412008-10-17T01:13:00.001-07:002008-10-17T01:13:59.666-07:00Joe the Plumber Speaks - Obama McCain Debate - Interview<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/eNlAiEPCQM0' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/eNlAiEPCQM0'/></object></p><p>Another video of Joe the Plumber taking on Obama....</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-36691049272459185272008-10-17T01:12:00.001-07:002008-10-17T01:12:34.621-07:00Joe the Plumber - Obama McCain Debate - Ahhh Joe Famous Now<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/ElPBxiVxVEw' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/ElPBxiVxVEw'/></object></p><p>A Common man took on Obama....</p></div>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-21381225144322011042008-09-19T05:17:00.000-07:002008-09-19T06:07:20.914-07:00Delhi Tweetup - meet for Delhi's twitterati/bloggers/microbloggersThis was on my wish list for long time - a <a href="http://tweetup.eventbrite.com/">Delhi TweetUp</a>.<br />In fact I had been <span style="font-weight: bold;">pestering</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/twilightfairy">@twilightfairy</a> for long for this and that too where else - on <a href="http://twitter.com/arjunghosh">Twitter</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvI8K7H-oAvCDYVJccw2W22vKsWsM1xNyO9kc0U-dJnCrAIO4g_nDmXkXoUTh69M_4fBj16YRDllY4e1TwbtLMnMZfPJ8xrzvcaoMFlBFRzzjtaKDgKkTeAv2Ubx2IjdaJszRJpIjtaVK/s1600-h/twilight1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvI8K7H-oAvCDYVJccw2W22vKsWsM1xNyO9kc0U-dJnCrAIO4g_nDmXkXoUTh69M_4fBj16YRDllY4e1TwbtLMnMZfPJ8xrzvcaoMFlBFRzzjtaKDgKkTeAv2Ubx2IjdaJszRJpIjtaVK/s400/twilight1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247709179341809810" border="0" /></a><br />And recently she granted my wish :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDf6iDY0O9fhHCNOT3yR8JuFi2eMz-13dRk6lcrvefF-TjDWmdSJFoUFjvVvkRhA7uP6UMnTrHZMiWx04Rxy_GDqvOdVry_vuS9LfS4hO_7U9CRZP5qsgF2ny9rl5JBV1HDImNU5rlTJf9/s1600-h/twilight2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDf6iDY0O9fhHCNOT3yR8JuFi2eMz-13dRk6lcrvefF-TjDWmdSJFoUFjvVvkRhA7uP6UMnTrHZMiWx04Rxy_GDqvOdVry_vuS9LfS4hO_7U9CRZP5qsgF2ny9rl5JBV1HDImNU5rlTJf9/s400/twilight2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247709862314412402" border="0" /></a><br />I was introduced to this new "micro-blogging" fairly recently (a few months) due to some work related twitter integration I had to do. Initially was skeptical about twitter, thinking about it as *just another mashup* to integrate via <a href="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/">Twitter API</a>.<br />Well then I realized - I like this new social and new media Tool! It became an alternative to my blogging urges and much easier. In fact twitter is the reason that that I have doing less blogging now. Well its micro-blogging.<br />Also another reason as the instant audience you had for your post or as we say in twitterville - <span style="font-weight: bold;">"tweets</span>". As twitter is like a perpetual chat, I met lot of like minded people and had many many interesting conversation, ranging from music, movies, bikes, girls to technology,gadgets,books,etc.<br />I made for the first time online friends actually. Never did it with other social networking sites like <a href="http://www.orkut.com/">Orkut </a>or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a>. There, it was mostly real-world friends. And now these Twittervile friends of mine connected with me at other places online like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Arjun_Ghosh/683262164">my facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/arjunghosh">my lastfm</a>, <a href="http://www.shelfari.com/arjunghosh">my books</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/arjunghosh/">my pictures</a>, <a href="http://claimid.com/arjunghosh">etc</a>.<br /><br />So I definitely wanted to meet all these interesting people from <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitterville</a>. And everyone shares the same notion as me, can come to the <a href="http://tweetup.eventbrite.com/">Delhi TweetUp</a> tomorrow. If no friends to meet, then just to know about this wonderful social tool called Twitter and make new friends!! :)<br /><strong><br />Date</strong> : 20th September, 2008 (Saturday), 5pm - 8pm <p> </p><p align="justify"><strong>Venue</strong> : Incube Business Centre<br /> 18, Nehru Place,<br /> New Delhi, 110019 , # +91-11-3061 4401</p><p align="justify">You can register <a href="http://tweetup.eventbrite.com/">here</a>, and on facebook too.<br /></p>Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700571795347703181.post-50300673188326190812008-09-19T02:16:00.000-07:002008-09-19T05:02:04.685-07:00Twitter has become a dude. Gone through a Make Over<a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, that loved (sometimes hated) kid on the social networking block, seems growing up into a cool handsome dude. It has gone through a major re-design. Lot more AJAxiness, new UI reflecting better usability. It seems people at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meangrape/2628933389/">Twitter HQ</a> are now putting close attention to details, beside the Scotch!! :)<br /><br />Well the changes to twitter are mostly "cosmetic". The top tabs have gone<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8i-dYRhGqE9txEKhgDxDqXuQD9cZyuGoSlqk5MlSql8kquu6lG76-fyfC2AmmHcCqNAqWISY5XhgEQ5ukSX9Vpl_saNdAt6YXEFOeLh2IlwL-LRYGZ_-ock9qhcUX9sy3bbdAWcct_dI/s1600-h/twitter_com_home.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8i-dYRhGqE9txEKhgDxDqXuQD9cZyuGoSlqk5MlSql8kquu6lG76-fyfC2AmmHcCqNAqWISY5XhgEQ5ukSX9Vpl_saNdAt6YXEFOeLh2IlwL-LRYGZ_-ock9qhcUX9sy3bbdAWcct_dI/s400/twitter_com_home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247694630000167106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />and they are now re-aligned to the right panel, which I think is a intelligent decision. This will give them more "real estate" to expand on future features.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_iaHQ4RtwJ_HliKJWV4D4radCZV63BKTgY6YjLcoxlG4zKe0OFXMjiETlqIXD_yImykpPsykLEITE3H-JonF7QyYCqPOumcicNIW57OtV0GnFE18dvdEGo1WEGNsPJZHSiWjFcpI9FTM/s1600-h/Twitter-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_iaHQ4RtwJ_HliKJWV4D4radCZV63BKTgY6YjLcoxlG4zKe0OFXMjiETlqIXD_yImykpPsykLEITE3H-JonF7QyYCqPOumcicNIW57OtV0GnFE18dvdEGo1WEGNsPJZHSiWjFcpI9FTM/s400/Twitter-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247694631858338434" border="0" /></a><br />Also, I feel that Twitter has now space on the lower right panel for Advertisement, which should start the revenue stream for <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> (Even if they don't need it after their <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-twitter-closing-its-15-million-roun-with-twitter-bit-less-than-100m-val/">last round of investments</a>).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kYU9DQNCkJG3HYqohjKTDUCVFd1M7EKihnoSSRBxnMvhL0LyWKH-ePG61p5oZh_Kn_R5nepgohlMzT7uE4Av03NodFkyICfD1eINJCRRMNKmie-BQKGobx32vU609CkwVpXxIV5n3oJ2/s1600-h/twitter2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kYU9DQNCkJG3HYqohjKTDUCVFd1M7EKihnoSSRBxnMvhL0LyWKH-ePG61p5oZh_Kn_R5nepgohlMzT7uE4Av03NodFkyICfD1eINJCRRMNKmie-BQKGobx32vU609CkwVpXxIV5n3oJ2/s400/twitter2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247698251516468514" border="0" /></a><br />I beleive twitter can have very useful focused advertisements, like for a particular twitter channel/group. This will not even intrude on the overall experience of using the twitter, if place in the empty right hand side "real estate". Intentionally or un-intentionally, this is a better way forward for twitter.<br /><br />You can read about the whole list of changes at the <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2008/09/changes-afoot.html">official twitter blog</a>.<br /><br />But still have some request of mine also for <a href="http://twitter.com/twitter">@twitter</a>: Firstly, want the "re-tweet" facility which most twitter client like <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">Twhirl </a>has. Secondly, want the search for twitter integrated into the dashboard itself. The guys at <a href="http://twitter.com/twitter">@twitter</a> don't even have to create a new feature - just link up the existing site and make it part of the Twitter dashboard.<br /><br />Twitter has been doing a lot well - much less <a href="http://twitter.com/failwhale">@failwhale</a> (though i miss it!!), less data errors, etc. It just need to go that much more. Otherwise, others like <a href="http://www.yammer.com/">Yammer</a>, which is essentially <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Twitter for Business"</span> will move first on new idea, which I feel essentially Twitter should have implemented. Incidentally, Yammer won the <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/yammer-takes-techcrunch50s-top-prize/">top prize at TechCrunch50</a> and thats lost opportunity for Twitter. So this re-design is going to help Twitter, but they have to do more.Arjun Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301832769334747280noreply@blogger.com1