Flash isn’t Dead..YET!

HTML 5

In my earlier post on HTML 5 I had written about HTML 5 being the future (LINK: http://bit.ly/bT40CU) but most people have already believed in their heads that FLASH is dead!! If you are one of those who are rushing to find a programmer to fully exploit the potential of HTML 5 & think that Apple’s mobile toys will kill a platform like FLASH then, hold on to your horses…

Firstly, HTML 5 has already taken forever to be implemented and it is not gonna happen anytime soon. Also, most people I meet are confused with the terminologies and are comparing codec’s (H.264), Platforms (Flash) and Languages (HTML5). What people are actually talking about or are hoping is that H.264 content will put a dent into flash based audio-video capabilities. But how can we forget flash’s web penetration. It’s everywhere and Adobe isn’t gonna sit quietly & with its AIR technology, it’s trying to bridge the gap between flash and the smart phones too.

Finally, Flash videos aren’t dead..yet! One can just risk it all and say that Flash capabilities are being challenged. The war has just begun!

8 Twitter SEO Tips

Twitter

Wanna increase the traffic on your website? Are you worried that search engines are not giving a damn about your website? Do you want new customers but don’t want to spend money on marketing or on SEO based activities? How do you promote your website?The situation at the moment might sound bleak & difficult but it isn’t…Read on….

The answer to all your questions is one word: “Twitter”!

By now you must be wondering as to how twitter could help your company with web page ecommerce or with any kind of promotional activity. Twitter makes this possible because, with more than 100 million users, it has a reach that no other medium can provide. Major search engines like Google & Bing, have also started indexing the tweets which can easily be leveraged by the companies for building their brands.  Few key tips that one must keep in mind are as follows:

1.    Follow the right people
2.    Be a regular tweeter/re-tweeter
3.    Tweet relevant content using pertinent keywords
4.    Create new and exciting content for your followers
5.    Give twitterverse what it wants
6.    Keep your twitter handle short, sweet and relevant
7.    Optimize the content in your Bio
8.    Use hash tags

Starting an Internet Business

Internet Business

Internet is the best thing that ever happened to small business owners. It has offered a level playing field for them since the capital involved is minimal. Today, all you need is an idea to change your life. Once you have an idea; implementation requires a computer with an internet connection and a web designer who would give you an awesome yet affordable web page design. That’s it; you are sorted & good to go. But we know even roses have thorns & likewise there are few downsides of starting an online business. Let’s take a look”

•    Security & Confidentiality:  One of the greatest challenges fronted by any business conducted over the internet is security, especially if it involves financial transactions.

•    Trust Deficiency:  Internet has evolved and has changed the way we deal with our day today life. Most of our time is spent using computer or doing any internet related activity but even after so much customers still have trust issues with online business owners.

•    Copyright Infringement:  The medium is such that it is hard to contain copyright infringement issues on internet, which in turn discourages business owners to initiate e-commerce or trade on the web.

Subterranean Homesick Graphic Design Designer

Psychedelic Advert: All you graphic design designers don’t let this post dishearten you. I’m sure your life is filled with much more excitement and challenges.

Working Desk

This is just my life and for the last few weeks, it has been pretty down! My routine- up…work…lunch…work…chat…still working….down! And invariably the up is just three hours away from the down time. I’ve finished more than a year away from home and all of a sudden I’m beginning to miss it a lot! It seems like ages since I last saw my parents! My only social contact is with the bunch of guys and sometimes the girls in my office, who are busy with their own work anyways. There’s a joke going around that our biological clock here runs on USA time which, in a way is true.

I just absolutely need to get back home, real fast….at warp speed even. Have a lot of catching up to do. Graphic designing can wait, I just can’t.

Experiments with Randomness

Working Man

What do you do when you’re seized by a sudden irrational urge to write about benefits of web page ecommerce? When you know there’s nothing to say that hasn’t been said before, and yet so much, and can’t for the life of sweet Jesus, make sense of anything that comes out of your head?But I’m sitting here in my office; the staccato of busy keyboards and the computer dust around me my only companions in this life. Monochrome. I think to myself, and to you now, by extension, how long has it been since I looked at the sky?Looked, not in a “its a sunny day” way that squeezes itself into a short trip to the office cafeteria , but underscore really underscore looked, at the motes of dust that play around your eyes as you stare into the clouds, or the way the beams of light scatter about a star if you slit your eyes at it! I feel regret at a life bypassed in this mad race for achievement. Next big promotion, (zip zip) next max on some random test, (zipping by still), next time your girlfriend will say how proud she is of you to better your shaky self-esteem…

Don’t get me wrong, I love being a nerd… The problem is, I love it too much.