Archive for July, 2008
Let’s get started – how do you rate Vista from (1 –10).. mostly people would say around 4.. and the loudest would say 0… or maybe even –1..
And now we present a new Operating System from MS called Mojave… What do you feel about it?
most of you would be curious to know how it looks like and then move into what it can do? and this will be primarily driven by what do you use your PC for most of the time? what is likely to be your rating after you’ve seen this – around 8..
well i didn’t make this up!
this is what researchers found out when they conducted interviews with people with the same methodology.. and guess what they were shown as Mojave – Windows Vista! Vista may not be getting the WOW it deserves primarily driven by perception issues…
and the good thing is that researchers documented their study at: http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/
Get there to watch videos of people before and after they saw “Mojave”..
What do I gather from this:
- Many people gather their opinion from hearsay!
- Operating System may be difficult to experience first hand given u got to format ur machine to install it..
- People consider ONLY their usage of devices and rate them accordingly. Scenario based solutions on Vista should work
- Vista is better than it is perceived to be…
For me there were many funny moments from the experiment when people were told about what they were using was really Windows Vista. The one i relished the most was when one bartender compared Vista to cheap whiskey and coke and Mojave to an exotic martini!! what is your personal favourite?
If you are a Vista user who wants to let someone run a single program on your PC with his/ her user credentials, then you are out of luck. Vista by default doesn’t provide you with that option.
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Sysinternals however does have a tool at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc300361.aspx that lets you get the same functionality. here is what you got to do to get the “runas” back to your context menus:
- Download the zip file from the above URL and extract the file to location on your hard disk (e.g. c:\program files)
- Open Command window (Start –> Run –> cmd)
- Change directory to where you saved the program file in step 1
- Type “shellrunas /reg” in command window
- This will add “Run as different user” in your context menu
- Right Click on any executable to get this option
If you have been having issues getting that driver to work with the Vista SP1, help is at hand.
Free, unlimited installation and compatibility support is now available for all customers using Windows Vista SP1. If you are in India, you will get email and phone support. the phone support is available from 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM from Monday to Friday.
All good things must come to an end and so does this offer that will end on March 18, 2009.
More information on this offer is located here:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?LN=en-in&prid=11274&gprid=500921&x=6&y=2
So get your Vista SP1 issues ironed out today! and yes if you do use this facility, drop in a comment here on how it felt interacting with Microsoft Support Services.
Some facts (and not opinions or hearsay) about Vista:
1. Worldwide Reach: Over 140 million licenses sold to date.
2. Adopted as fast as Windows XP: Millions of enterprise seats deployed, and growing on pace to deploy at a similar rate to Windows XP among businesses.
3. Enhanced Security: Less than half the vulnerabilities of Windows XP; a machine is 60% less likely to be infected with malware vs. Windows XP
4. Hardware Compatible: Over 79,000 devices and components are supported out of the box – 47,000 more since RTM.
5. Application Compatible: Over 200 Line of Business applications unblocked, 99 percent of top selling consumer applications are compatible.
6. Solid Performance: In recent tests, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was noticeably more responsive after rebooting than Windows XP on several common business operations.
7. Total Cost of Ownership: Reports show $251 per mobile PC per year in cost savings.
8. Energy Efficient: Energy savings of $38.3 thousand per year for a well-managed 2,500 PC organization.
Some Positive articles about Vista in press:
· CRN, “Shout it from the rooftops: Vista’s more secure,” http://www.crn.com/software/205918138
· CBS News, “Don’t Fear the Vista from Your Windows,” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/30/scitech/pcanswer/main4218082.shtml?source=search_story
· CNET, “Microsoft to businesses: Now is the time to switch to Vista,” http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9959703-7.html
· Wall Street Journal, “Vista Looks to Pioneers,” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119007886334230695.html
· PC World, “Windows Vista: 15 Reasons to Switch,” http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,128656/printable.html
· TheStreet.com, ”Why Upgrade to Vista?” http://www.thestreet.com/funds/goodlife/10356669.html
Reading in TOI online today that Priyanka Chopra wants to blog but doesn’t know when or where or how to blog. So Priyanka, get in touch with numerous blogging groups in the country and ask them to help you.. i am pretty sure that they would be willing to help.. well i can recommend delhibloggers.in to you..
This is an interesting thought that i believe many other celebrities would also be having (after many celebrities took to blogging). Some of the Indian celebrity bloggers i know of (for your reading pleasure):
Aamir Khan:
http://www.aamirkhan.com/blog.htm
Amitabh Bachhan:
Ram Gopal Varma:
http://rgvarma.spaces.live.com/
Karan Johar:
Rajdeep Sardesai:
http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/author/1/rajdeepsardesai.html
Now, if you know of more, please add to the list by leaving a comment here.
Going through a BusinessWeek quiz, i some to know some interesting factoids that i would like to share:
Forrester says that 25% US adults in US read a blog. However, only 11% publish a blog at least once a month. And amongst online youth 21% publish a blog and 37% read a blog.
112 mn blogs are currently being tracked by technorati and could be the universe of blogs. it is estimated that 120,000 new blogs are created everyday.
However the active blogging universe could be closer to 13 million blogs.
On the earning potential of blogs, top 10% of Federated Media Bloggers income per month is around USD 50000.
here are some more names worth knowing from the Social Media space:
Caterina Fake – creator of Flickr
David Sifry – Creator of Technorati
Dave Winer – Creator of Podcasting
Bob Lutz, VC of GM blog is Fastlane
The one trend that is coming up is the blurring of lines between main stream media and the bloggers. Today every major media publication has a blog. many of the online media houses are authoring content in the blog format that people find easy to digest. here is an insight on how publication industry works:
“We come up with an idea. We read, we discuss in-house, and then we interview all sorts of experts and take their pictures. We urge them not to spill the beans about what we’re working on. It’s a secret. Finally, we write. Then the story goes through lots and lots of editing. And when the proofreaders have had their last look, someone presses the button and we launch a finished product on the world.”
but blogs are simple and truthful… what comes to mind is written and that is why they are loved!
The Delhi Bloggers and New Media Society in collaboration with (www.ibnms.com) is pleased to invite you to a 3-day Blogging workshop at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi later this month.
We would be twittering the event live on http://twitter.com/delhibloggers.. start following us to get the real time updates.
Following up on last month’s BlogCamp, this is another effort to enable blogging enthusiasts – both rookie and experienced – leverage this medium for both personal and professional reasons.
All sessions will be highly interactive, allowing participants to raise specific queries and also to try their hand at what is being discussed (Optional – carry a laptop and datacard for this).
Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Date and Time: June 28-30 (from 6.30 – 8.30 pm everyday)
Session I, Saturday, June 28
Blogging Technology: How To Set Up And Manage A Blog
What is a blog? How to set it up on platforms like Blogger, WordPress etc? How do you get your own domain like http://www.myname.com? Hosting on your own severs. Custom options. Adding photos and videos. Adding subscriber sign up boxes. Using tools like LiveWriter. And more…
Session II, Sunday, June 29
Marketing Your Blog
How do you make your blog more visible? How do you generate greater traffic? How do you get comments on your blog? What is SEO? How do you generate advertising for your blog?
Session III, Monday, June 30
Benefits Of Blogging For Executives, Businesses And Professionals; How To Make Money As A Blogger
Using blogs for personal and corporate branding. Using blogs as a PR and communication tool.
HOW TO REGISTER
There is NO attendance or registration fee. You can register on the spot, or in advance by sending a mail to ibnms.in@gmail.com. You may attend one or more sessions.
WANT TO VOLUNTEER / SPEAK?
If you would like to speak or volunteer at future sessions, do write on our mailing listand we will be happy to consider you for the same. And we are always looking for volunteers – write again if you can spare some time.
And do help us by spreading the word around!
when technology is a part of the whole! 