Unleashing The Power Of Social Networking

Mini USA, the American branch of BMW’s Mini Cooper line, tracks everything being said about its brand everywhere online–in blogs, discussion groups, forums, MySpace pages and much more–then uses what it learns to guide advertising campaigns.

At Hewlett-Packard (, 50 executives log into their individual blogs each morning to join the ongoing online conversation about each of their product lines, immediately responding to customer problems and concerns.

Ernst & Young recruits many of the 3,500 college graduates

What Entrepreneurs/Nonprofits Execs Need to Succeed

A nice video about Entrepreneurs and what makes them tick…..

Nothing is fair in the free market

The dark side of globalization: A country increases production of a particular product and people in another country lose their jobs. But then politicians arrive on the scene and turn a trifling trade spat into diplomatic chaos. President Obama’s decision to impose a punitive import duty of 35% on Chinese-made tyres (which have claimed more than 5,000 jobs in US) has got Beijing good and angry. China has reacted by hauling the US before the World Trade Organization to defend itself against charges of unfair tariffs. More than 100,000 people in China may lose their jobs if tyre exports fall. Small wonder China is threatening to probe “unfair practices” in US exports of car parts and chicken meat to China. Nothing is fair in free trade.

MIND SET: BE THE CHANGEMAKER

You, India’s young people, have to realize that if we are to change the world, we must start with ourselves, say Susan Stroud and Meenu Venkateswaran

Ayoung girl from Delhi who has worked for community development says Mahatma Gandhi inspired her to become an active citizen. Today, she’s working to ensure her village is included in the malaria prevention programme. All of this is also helping develop her confidence as an independent-minded young woman.

Who are Entrepreneurs are and what makes them tick…

Some interesting facts and numbers about Entrepreneurs and what makes them tick…

40 Years of Unix

It is a long and twisted story that marks the various phases through which the Unix operating system passed. It has been going on for 40 years, and signs show that it won’t end anytime soon.

Sights with me and ‘UNI’

Hey, in continuation with the stress busters post check out these pictures.

(copy and paste this link if the link does not open http://shantanudeshpande.wordpress.com/travelogue/sights-with-me-and-uni/)

This is my way of venting out my stress.

From a fresh Ubuntu Convert….

A friend of mine has been pestering me for days (weeks now actually) to convert to Linux OS system. I’ve used Microsoft all my life, and honestly, I’m not much of a techie person (shameful to be saying that in this generation, I know) – so I didn’t think much of the ‘advice’.

‘Yeah, thanks man, will think about it, just too busy now to learn something new – but yeah, sometime..’

Linux and the GNU Project….

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

Stress busters!

Friends, stress does play a major role in our lives … be it young or old, everybody is adversely impacted by it.
I have keenly observed and found that everybody has his/her own unique way of busting stress.
Once my good friend told me that I was taking too much stress and needed a vent, so develop a hobby…
I was foxed by this suggestion… did that mean I did not have a hobby?