Flying is a very boring experience these days and heard about how JetBlue a carrier based in the U.S. was addressing basic issues. The Airline industry has been losing money for years and does little to improve the customer experience. Passengers are constantly dealing with delays, getting bumped, lousy food, long check-in lines, boredom and [...]
Archive for March, 2004
JetBlue : The customer experience
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Enabling Ideas by Arun Shourie
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2004 | 1 Comment »
(via Indian Express) Arun Shourie talks about innovative no-cost solutions developed by people who have little or no means. The ability to think should be inculcated. Download file
Music Trends : Ringtones and Online Music
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2004 | 1 Comment »
As music revenues fall because of rampant file sharing on the internet two new healthy trends are emerging. Ringtones now are 10% of the music market and Apple itunes sold 50 million songs to date, with 2.5 million being downloaded every week. Its not that people are listening to less music but want more convenience [...]
3 stages of Globalization
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2004 | 7 Comments »
Another good one from Friedman, where he talks about the 3 stages of globalization. The first came from steamships that made every part of the world accessible. The last with a billion connected PCs all proliferated around the world connected by deep sea fibre optic cable. [read more .... ]
Global Impact of the internet : Technology and Terrorism
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2004 | 6 Comments »
The following article by Friedman captures the good and bad effects of the internet and technology. Two genetic variants that have extreme impact on society both originating from the world’s largest economy.
Innovation : The secret sauce of America
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2004 | 1 Comment »
What really differentiates America from the rest of the world ? They feared Japan in the 80s came out stronger, China in the 90s came out stronger and now it is India on outsourcing. I think it is innovation and their education system especially the temples of higher education like MIT, Harvard, Stanford etc. The [...]
Wireless ISP : Reliance Rconnect
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2004 | 10 Comments »
I am writing this entry from my notebook connected to the internet using the Reliance Rconnect service. On Dialup in India it is possible to get a range of 14 kbps to 56 kpbs. Currenlty I am enjoying a rate of 115 Kpbs at Re 0.40 pm approx 1 cent pm. Reliance uses the CDMA2000 [...]
