Category Archives: Internet

SlideShare: How to Add an event, Add presentations to that event & Embed all presentations on your website

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Harshad Oak

Slideshare has a remarkably twisted way to create an event, add presentations to it and then get a widget with all presentations from that event. I have created many IndicThreads events on Slideshare and yet I struggle with it every … Continue reading →

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Mobile Software Development

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Harshad Oak

My recent presentation (Jan 2011) on Mobile Software Development at the RSS IT Milan held in Pune. The event was targeted at college students and so the presentation is meant for students and those just starting off with mobile software … Continue reading →

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Internet For Business Development

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Harshad Oak

My presentation on ‘Internet For Business Development’ at Barcamp Pune, Nov 2009. The learning was part of my preparations while designing the Internet For Business Development & Internet Entrepreneurship course for IndicThreads Education.The session gives an overview of how the … Continue reading →

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Google Creates India Loksabha Elections 2009 Website

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Harshad Oak

Google and Hindustan Times have created a very useful site where you can get the latest election news, MP profiles, constituency statistics, candidate quotes, polling booth locations and more, all personalized to your location. Just specify your city or town, … Continue reading →

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Facebook : “Push To Open”

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Harshad Oak

A couple of days back, I wrote about Facebook vs Orkut, where I talked about the rapidly growing popularity of Facebook in India. However despite the success and popularity of Facebook, I haven’t been able to get comfortable with Facebook … Continue reading →

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Fading Orkut – Rising Facebook

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Harshad Oak

Orkut has easily been the most popular social network in India for the past few years. However things are changing and Facebook seems to now have replaced Orkut as the happening network. Orkut users are seemingly migrating in herds to … Continue reading →

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Facebook Privacy Settings Are Unfair And Intentionally Complex

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Harshad Oak

I am not a very active Facebook user, but I am amazed at the number and frequency of alerts and updates I keep getting from friends and family. I doubt if these friends are aware that even their micro changes … Continue reading →

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Lord Ganesha Causes You Telecom Internet Failure

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Harshad Oak

You Telecom’s internet connectivity in Pune has been pathetic for the past 4 – 5 days. I have rarely managed to connect and despite repeated complaints, nothing has been done in the matter as yet. However just now I happened … Continue reading →

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