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A few days ago, I had the privilege to be on Nightline Dubai with James Piecowye. For those of you who are not familiar with the show, it’s a talk show that airs Sunday – Wednesday 8-10pm (103.8FM), and covers a variety of subjects. James is a great host and also happens to be one [...]

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My blogging hiatus for the last month or so has been the result of long office hours, and extreme repulsion to my laptop when I get home. When I was a blogger I wrote about 70 posts a month, so perhaps I’m also a bit blogged-out. Today I woke up with an ardent need get [...]

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Those of you who missed the recent Ryan Air social media engagement blunder can read about it here. Basically, a web developer called Jason Roe found a flaw in Ryan Air’s website which allowed customers to book a flight for £ zero. He blogged about it and Ryan Air lost the plot in their reply, [...]

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I come home from watching Slumdog Millionaire with a lump in my throat. The blatant truth of the Mumbai slums depicted in the film is unsurprising for Indians, yet horrifying all the same. There are a number of off-beat Indian films that shed light on various issues — like Split Wide Open, Water and Salaam [...]

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One of my 2009 resolutions is to read at least 2 books a month. I’ve just read Man Booker Prize winner  “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga. It spurred a lot of thoughts on different levels, so I thought it was worthy of a review. Start the book and its English is so bad, you [...]

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Today was the first day of IIR‘s New Media Conference in Dubai, and I must say, for how new the industry is, and for how little information there is about online trends and demographics for the EMEA region, the gathering was certainly insightful. There was an interesting mix of people: communication agencies, MEPRA, known local [...]

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Abhinav Bindra just won India its first individual gold medal at the Olympics, and the first gold in 28 years since the Men’s Hockey team won the gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Is there more hope for India? Or will this be a repeat of the 2004 Olympics where India came back with one [...]

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…is Mark Boyle’s execution of the Freeconomy Movement — a movement that is working on creating a world without money. This is the topic of my latest post at Vagablogging. Check it out here.

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“I always believed that those of us who were creating personal media online would win. I still hold out hope that when we do so, it’s not because we were willing to fight dirtier (or work cheaper) than the media that inspired us, but rather because we could do a better job of making media [...]

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