Arun Gupta from Sun Microsystems interviewed me at the 4th IndicThreads.com Conference On Java about Java today,  IndicThreads, the IndicThreads Conferences & the software developer communities in India.

src- Arun Gupta’s Blog

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 Internet has changed business and business development activities forever & how today’s entrepreneurs & business development professionals need to harness the power of technology and the Internet to deliver better sales, stronger brands & a larger customer base for the enterprise.

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The 4th IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology is scheduled for 11 – 12 Dec 2009 and will be held in Pune, India. The call for papers is now open. Read the rest of this entry »

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 and get truly on-board. A few reasons why I somehow feel rather wary of Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »

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 Facebook. Orkut seems to have become the network for kids and newbies while Facebook has become the place where the supposedly smart, rich, famous and influential are active. From movie stars to politicians, they all refer to Facebook as their social network of choice.

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The 3rd IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology was held at the Hotel Sun n Sand in Pune, India from 25-27 November 08.

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The conference will be held from 25-27 Nov 2008 at the Hotel Sun n Sand in Pune, India. Please visit http://conference.indicthreads.com for details.

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Oracle Develop, the event for all things Oracle will be held on 16-17 December, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai. If you are a big user of Oracle technologies this certainly looks like an event to attend.