tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42764660821023669662023-11-16T11:12:45.251+05:00Umair's RandomocityUmairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-880785118840573402012-01-09T17:37:00.000+05:002012-01-09T17:37:27.709+05:00How Social Media can help in growing the Business?<div align="center" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Social media is the use of web based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Social media is the next big thing currently. It is one of the finest ways of marketing your brand, product across the globe using a single click. Social Media giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Digg, Stumbleupon and LinkedIn are making millions and millions of dollars right now. Let’s see how social media is changing our lives.</span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_154" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 96%; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 510px;"><a href="http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Social-Media-Marketing.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="Social Media platforms" class="size-full wp-image-154" height="356" src="http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Social-Media-Marketing.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 98%; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; width: auto;" title="Social Media platforms" width="500" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.6em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Social Media platforms</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Starting it with my article on <a href="http://umair-randomocity.blogspot.com/2011/03/facebookthe-advent-of-new-era_24.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the advent of Facebook</a> as a tool connecting people over the internet, Social media has really reshaped the society. The society, globally, has become more digitalized as people tend to spend most of their time online. People are communicating more often over the internet, getting into relations online and making revenues by Electric commerce. This gives us an insight about the penetration level of Internet in our daily lives. The social media is one of the most happening things over the internet now days and is one of the vital elements for any business.</span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_155" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 96%; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 347px;"><a href="http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social-media-marketing-1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="Social Media Circle" class="size-full wp-image-155" height="307" src="http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social-media-marketing-1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 98%; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; width: auto;" title="Social Media Circle" width="337" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.6em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Social Media Circle</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">What is the role of Social Media in business?</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Branded companies like Coca Cola, Wal-mart, Nike, Gucci etc are spending billions of dollars on advertisement every year. The main aim of the advertisement is to remind the consumer about the brand every now and then. Since these companies are already well established and they don’t even need to advertise still they are spending huge amount of money for making sure that the end user always has the name of their brand in his mind. With the technological advancements in the IT industry people are leaning more towards online world. An <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10421016-93.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">average person spending almost 13 hours</a> on the internet clearly suggests the rapid growth of internet. Companies have learnt this fact and are inclining towards online marketing more. Social media marketing has the same impact as of advertisement.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Why Social Media is the better choice in Marketing?</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Using social media marketing you can create a social presence for your company over the internet and with an average user spending more time on the computer than on TV; you have every chance to get more attention. There are other benefits of that too.</span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_156" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 96%; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; padding-top: 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 410px;"><a href="http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social-media.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="Social Media Features" class="size-full wp-image-156" height="385" src="http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social-media.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 98%; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; width: auto;" title="Social Media Features" width="400" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.6em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Social Media Features</span></div></div><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: url(http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/wp-content/themes/redsignal/images/bullet-gen.png); list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 2.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">The reach is extensive in Social Media. You can target more people from diverse geographical, cultural, economical areas. Because of the reach, things get more viral over the internet.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">The cost per reach is not that high. When you get the chance to reach millions of people through the same banner advertisement the cost automatically gets lower than that spent on TV advertisements.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">More ways of advertisement, you get a variety of ways of advertising your brand including videos, photos, updates etc.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">You can directly interact with your end user and get very up to date Feedback regarding your product. You can ask questions, debate, comment, reply to the consumer’s queries more conveniently and you will be able to know where you product stands.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Blogging is another key feature which helps you in sharing your opinions with your users. You can share your views, reviews and get to know more about your users this way.</span></li>
</ul><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">The importance of Social can’t be denied and I won’t be wrong in quoting that Social media will become the most important part of marketing for every company working. Digital world is progressing rapidly and has a promising future, with a scintillating prospect without a doubt it can become the most significant platform in changing the course of online World making it more interactive and lively.</span></div>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-5753882598746870592012-01-09T17:35:00.001+05:002012-01-09T17:38:35.245+05:00Why Blackberry RIM is losing its market share to other Smartphone manufacturers?<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Blackberry RIM (Research in Motion) is a Smart phone manufacturing Canadian firm operating since 1999. It is currently the fourth most popular smart phone with 11.7% market share of the world behind Ericsson, Google and Apple. Blackberry started as the market leader introducing the push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services back in 2003. It started off as a hardcore professional smart phone manufacturer and soon gained commendable publicity worldwide. Lately Blackberry RIM has been declining significantly and losing its market share especially to Android and iOS. In this blog I’ll talk about the reasons which led to its downfall and we’ll see if BlackBerry has any chance of survival in the coming time.</span> </span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">How Blackberry is losing its market share?</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Starting from the recent outage of Blackberry services in October, 2011; when an open letter to RIM CEOs came up addressing the <a href="http://blog.onpr.com/2011/10/10/an-open-letter-to-rim-ceos-the-epic-blackberry-pr-fail/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="failure of Blackberry PR">failure of Blackberry PR</a>, nothing really turned out good for RIM. New launches were not that successful and nearly 60% of Blackberry RIM users in US are planning to switch to either Android or Apple by the end of next year. Let’s see how it all started. Blackberry was Wall Street’s baby until Apple and Google launched its first iPhone and Android in 2007 respectively. For RIM’s adversity it never felt the need for a real innovation. Blackberry users were using the same technology for years and they needed a change which Android and Apple provided. It all started there and then. Blackberry didn’t realize the need of an hour, which was innovation, and it kept on giving the same services thinking that who’ll mess with RIM. This is where it all begins, RIM never went too far to feel a need of marketing intensely and the other companies made use of its over confidence.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">According to Michael Mace</span></div><blockquote style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 3em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">“In my opinion, RIM’s real problems center around two big issues: its market is saturating, and it seems to have lost the ability to create great products. This is a classic problem that eventually faces most successful computer platforms. The danger is not that RIM is about to collapse, but that it’ll drift into in a situation where it can’t afford the investments needed to succeed in the future. It’s very easy for a company to accidentally cross that line, and very hard to get back across it.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">There’s a lesson in RIM’s situation for every tech company, so it’s worthwhile to spend some time understanding what’s happening.”</span></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Why Blackberry is failing as a product?</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Primarily Innovation was the main reason because of which Blackberry is facing such a rapid downfall. Most of the smart phone users have gone so far and called the upcoming launches of RIM “Boring”. Another reason is the lack of applications in Blackberry. Looks like even the developers don’t like the idea of making Blackberry apps. Since its debut in 2009 only 26,000 applications of Blackberry have been developed as of April 2011. Blackberry’s core competence were its push e-mail and BBM (Blackberry Messenger Service), of late almost all mobile phones have push e-mails and the new iMessage introduced by Apple is gunning for BBM.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">What Blackberry should do to strike back?</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Blackberry OS 7 is already facing the downfall despite the fact that it’s yet to be released. Blackberry’s future looks blurry with no real hope as it also lost its competitive advantage of BBM which ensured its sales in Middle East and Africa mainly. There are certain things which could be done to save Blackberry for all the right reasons. As Michael Mace says,</span></div><blockquote style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 3em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">“To fix their problems, RIM needs to create rigorous up-front planning processes in its software team, with someone who has dictatorial power placed in charge of overall software integration for a device or OS release. Also, the product manager needs to be empowered (actually required) to delay shipment of a product if it’s not right. I’m sure someone at RIM knew about the problems in the Torch. The fact that the company went ahead and shipped it is almost as disturbing as the problems themselves.”</span></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">What Blackberry needs is a visionary innovation that will give RIM a reason to stay in the market and compete at the top level. Along with that the company needs to change its development process to guarantee proper design and integrating all products. There’s a lot of work needed to be done if Blackberry RIM really wants to make sure that it stays in the competition and reclaim its lost market share.</span></div>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-62755973797020462952011-11-22T15:50:00.000+05:002011-11-22T15:50:25.044+05:00Zong to Launch BIG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCnAWlJE4P83cxsH4GnhYSLReQ66jrrbNtcwnhuwp6NumD8y5SVS9qlFl4_ECxvcPh0H6hNaSN91ihgfb4yl3K6-KXHRjvhMBVoVMYg1OuHrmMqLPYfK85XteBMdrl61rNDxd7CzutZ6D/s1600/dp-surprise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCnAWlJE4P83cxsH4GnhYSLReQ66jrrbNtcwnhuwp6NumD8y5SVS9qlFl4_ECxvcPh0H6hNaSN91ihgfb4yl3K6-KXHRjvhMBVoVMYg1OuHrmMqLPYfK85XteBMdrl61rNDxd7CzutZ6D/s320/dp-surprise.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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</span>Make sure it will be a huge surprise!</div>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-82222219396697514672011-10-26T11:28:00.000+05:002011-10-26T11:28:08.174+05:00Patents War;is it only the blame game or Does Patents really matter? | RED SIGNAL Blog<a href="http://www.redsignal.biz/blog/patents-waris-it-only-the-blame-game-or-does-patents-really-matter/">Patents War;is it only the blame game or Does Patents really matter? | RED SIGNAL Blog</a>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-20409623849296668792011-10-22T04:29:00.000+05:002011-10-22T04:29:50.668+05:00Steve Jobs Biography: The Best Excerpts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"></span></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">This is taken from Mashable for more details visit www.mashable.com</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Numerous media outlets got their hands on the highly anticipated Steve Jobs biography Thursday, which won’t be released to the public until Oct. 24.</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Below are excerpts of the book featured in news articles across the web.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlpLOEOuXnb3QJHN1is9mfH3uTU2LAGnpf2s4EWfYeZpnSU8ycRUkwKu_1xcwQR1xpjcq-auDfdDezKRROGeI-PfgwX6REYjVViLXT4dhDff7aXXN29sBxXhsTBmqUbWgysBWRqf5xPYJ/s1600/steve-jobs-mash-360-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlpLOEOuXnb3QJHN1is9mfH3uTU2LAGnpf2s4EWfYeZpnSU8ycRUkwKu_1xcwQR1xpjcq-auDfdDezKRROGeI-PfgwX6REYjVViLXT4dhDff7aXXN29sBxXhsTBmqUbWgysBWRqf5xPYJ/s320/steve-jobs-mash-360-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Biographer Walter Isaacson — who will be interviewed on<a href="http://mashable.com/2011/10/19/steve-jobs-60-minutes/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday night’s <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">60 Minutes</em></a> — had unprecedented access to Jobs as well as his family, friends, colleagues and adversaries for two years leading up to a few weeks before the Apple innovator <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-obituary/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">died Oct. 5</a>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pre-orders for <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Jobs: A Biography</em> spiked after Jobs passed away, hitting number one on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Amazon</a>‘s sales chart. The book will be available in hardcover, audio and ebook formats.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">From <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The New York Times</em> <a href="http://nyti.ms/nj59kZ" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">story</a>:</strong></div><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Mr. Jobs told Mr. Isaacson that he was either going to be one of the first ‘to outrun a cancer like this’ or be among the last ‘to die from it,” wrote <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NYT</em>‘s Steve Lohr.</li>
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“I really didn’t want them to open up my body, so I tried to see if a few other things would work,” Jobs said.“Hewlett and Packard built a great company, and they thought they had left it in good hands. But now it’s being dismembered and destroyed,” Jobs said about HP’s recent decision to discontinue operations for webOS devices. “I hope I’ve left a stronger legacy so that will never happen at Apple.’’</li>
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<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On meeting his biological father for the first time: “It was amazing,” Jobs said. “I was a wealthy man by then, and I didn’t trust him not to try to blackmail me or go to the press about it.”</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“You’re headed for a one-term presidency,” Jobs told U.S. President Barack Obama when they met in 2010.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I wanted my kids to know me,” Jobs said in his final interview with Isaacson. “I wasn’t always there for them and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.”</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We all have a short period of time on this earth,” Jobs said. “We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea how long we’re gong to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I’ve got to accomplish a lot of these things while I’m young.”</li>
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</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What are you most excited to learn about in the biography? Chime in below.</div></span></span></span>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-92124248306679774262011-10-20T22:29:00.002+05:002011-11-09T23:25:40.199+05:00Revolution..Yeah We need that but how? How can we bring a change as an individual?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Enough said about bringing a revolution. In this huge pile of 170 million people everyone loves to talk about bringing a “Change” or a “Revolution” in country but nobody actually knows how to bring one and how to change the country’s situation. That’s been our dilemma lately, we like bitching about our system our politicians but we really don’t know what can we do to make an impact as an individual. No offence but we are equally as bad as our corrupt politicians because we, like them, only talk about changes and policies but we don’t really plunge into anything to make things happen and that includes myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pakistan is on the verge of its worst traumas. Country is running into losses with bad debts, below par living standards and more than 40% still living under the poverty line. Economy is jeopardy, chaos is on the rise and bombings have been a tradition lately. The country still stands where it was in 1947 or I won’t be wrong if I say that Pakistan is at an even worse condition than it was in 1947 because, in 47’ at least we had people who were hungry for a scintillating future. They were united and wanted to cruise this sinking ship in the right direction to make it a successful, peaceful homeland for Pakistanis. But look what we have here; agonizingly frustrated dark era.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Well this is what we have been crying over for so many years but unfortunately for some inexplicable reason we haven’t been able to bring about a change. Now I ask why? We have been facing the same problem from the last 64 years; constitution has been broken more than once, resources not been captivated, economy has been declining consistently but still by hook or by crook one idiot replaces the other to run this country making amendments according to his wish and we bow down to them cursing them in our hearts and waiting for the next idiot, who for some odd reasons always looks like the only hope but as the time goes we start remembering the last one and after some comparisons we come to the conclusion,” Pehle wala banda hi theek tha.” For our great history full of good deeds even God has been giving signs by earthquakes, floods and most recently dengue to the country that we are surely topping the list of detesters. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Starting with the dead spirit of our nation we don’t need a wakeup call now because we have had many. There is the need to really prove that actions speak louder than words because we now need someone to stand up. Imran khan is a reasonable guy, no doubts he is the best we have right now but in my opinion even he is not the one who can really bring a “Revolution” but certainly he can bring some good changes and can be the first step towards the prosper Pakistan. We need to individually help his good cause. He needs to really target the internal affairs first rather than talking about external affairs too much. Drones, US will automatically come to an end when we will have a good system through good people.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">System won’t change on its own since it’s something intangible which is directly influenced by people and here we need to change ourselves to change the system. Maybe start following the traffic signals, at least be a Good citizen first then you might add fuel to the fire of bringing a revolution or a change. Do your work honestly and play your part in making the economy of the country stronger. One thing is for sure, bringing a “CHANGE” doesn’t mean that you have to come out on streets dissing the politicians or others. These politicians are not called from anywhere else, they are the ones picked by us. Don’t blame them; blame yourself for not Voting for the right candidate. Use this most powerful tool given to you as the rightful citizen of Pakistan in the right way; it’s your duty to VOTE.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I would end this debate with a quote hoping that we would try to bring a change to our self first rather than waiting for the system and others to change, “When you can stand for what you believe in, you can change the world.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnEszyLvE5bJ-U5LEs8IsMfMupOfcaRqiDDgFa-AamX7GU30SbRO7Me9YLES5S1c7TFRKokdS8RAXjpWGS6PNqPcGD0QBKVVNgNLdhbrfwzg4PwdJACwoO8wzTWKiE4scrrDaMzh7yV3C/s1600/0803_revolution_Peter_Whitley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnEszyLvE5bJ-U5LEs8IsMfMupOfcaRqiDDgFa-AamX7GU30SbRO7Me9YLES5S1c7TFRKokdS8RAXjpWGS6PNqPcGD0QBKVVNgNLdhbrfwzg4PwdJACwoO8wzTWKiE4scrrDaMzh7yV3C/s320/0803_revolution_Peter_Whitley.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I hope Pakistan will come up as the best country soon, I just hope that we will be able to live with our heads held high, I just hope because Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-46599072632029152922011-04-05T20:16:00.000+05:002011-04-05T20:16:54.528+05:00Why You Should Stop Being Nice and Start Being Helpful | Bits Station<a href="http://bitsstation.com/2011/03/stop-being-nice-be-helpful/">Why You Should Stop Being Nice and Start Being Helpful | Bits Station</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Ron* was up next. As a senior analyst in this investment firm — and a good one — he knew a lot about the company he was about to pitch to the management committee.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">He paused for a minute as he sorted through the pages of numbers in front of him and then he began to present his case.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Even though Ron described himself as a numbers guy, he seemed to really enjoy this part of his job. He was meticulous in presenting his ideas and took pride in the depth of his analysis.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Twenty minutes later, as the meeting ended, Laurie, the head of the firm, thanked him for his work, specifically remarking on his exhaustive research. He smiled and thanked her.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Everyone filed out except Laurie and me. I asked her how she thought the meeting went.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“Oh my goodness,” she said, “What’s the best way to handle an analyst who drones on and on?”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“Who?” I asked. “Ron?”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“He’s a great analyst, a smart investor, and a really nice guy. But he talks too much.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“But you told him he did a great job!”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“His analysis was great. But his presentation . . .” She trailed off with a chuckle.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“Have you told him?”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“I’ve hinted but no, not specifically.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“Why not?”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“I probably should.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">But she hasn’t. And the reason is simple: Laurie is nice.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">I know her socially and she’s a delight. I’ve never seen her do anything that could be remotely construed as mean or rude. And to tell someone that they drone on feels both mean and rude.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">But it’s neither. It’s compassionate.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">If we don’t provide each other with feedback, we won’t become aware of our blind spots. Which means that Ron will continue to drone on and, without ever understanding why, lose his audience and his impact.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Giving people feedback is an act of trust and confidence. It shows that you believe in their ability to change. That you believe they will use the information to become better. And that you have faith in their potential. It’s also a sign of commitment to the team and to the larger purpose and goals of the organization. Because, ultimately, we’re all responsible for our collective success.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Laurie knows this. And yet even for Laurie — a competent and courageous CEO — it’s hard to give someone critical feedback because it still feels aggressive and confrontational. Should you really tell people they talk too much? Or dress poorly? Or appear insincere? Or walk all over others?</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Without question, you should.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">And not just if you’re the CEO. Everyone should offer feedback to everyone else, regardless of position. Because as long as what you say comes from your care and support for the other person — not your sympathy (which feels patronizing) or your power (which feels humiliating) or your anger (which feels abusive) — choosing to offer a critical insight to another is a deeply considerate act.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">That doesn’t mean that accepting criticism is easy. In <a title="How to Manage Surprise Criticism or Feedback" href="http://bitsstation.com/2010/09/manage-surprise-criticism-feedback/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(30, 89, 142); ">How to Handle Surprise Criticism</a> I shared my own struggles with accepting criticism and offered some tips to being open to learning from critical feedback from others.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">But even though it may be difficult, letting someone know what everyone else already knows is the opposite of aggressive. Aggressive is not giving people feedback and then talking about them and their issues when they aren’t around. Aggressive is watching them fail and not helping.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Ironically, when we avoid sharing feedback, it usually comes out at some point anyway, as gossip or in a burst of anger or sarcasm or blame directed at the person. And <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; ">that’s</em> aggressive. Passive-aggressive.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">To avoid that kind of ugliness, it’s critical not to delay.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">On the other hand, if we all strutted around willy-nilly tossing criticisms at each other, things would deteriorate quickly. So how should we do this?</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; ">First, ask permission.</strong> As in: “I noticed something I’d like to share with you. Are you interested in hearing it?” Or simply, “Can I share some feedback with you?” Once they say “yes” — and who wouldn’t? — it evens out the power dynamic, makes it easier for you to speak, and prepares the other person to accept the feedback more openly.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; ">Second, don’t hedge. </strong>When we are uncomfortable criticizing, we try to reduce the impact by reducing the criticism. Sometimes we sandwich the criticism between two compliments. But hedging dilutes and confuses the message. Instead, be clear, be concise, use a simple example, make it about the behavior, not the person, and don’t be afraid of silence.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; ">Third, do it often. </strong>That’s how you create a culture in which people are open and honest for each other’s benefit. If you only offer feedback once in a while, it feels out of character and more negative.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Of course, not all feedback needs to be critical. Positive feedback is excellent at reinforcing people’s productive behavior, encouraging them to use their strengths more effectively and abundantly. Offer it frequently. Just do so at a different time than you share the critical feedback.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“May I offer you a thought?” I asked Laurie as we finished up our conversation.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“Please do,” she responded.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">“Not telling Ron that he drones on is hurting him, you, and the business. I know you feel badly sharing the criticism but in this particular case, choosing not to share this feedback is a selfish behavior. You’re hurting him in order to avoid your own discomfort. He needs — deserves — to know, don’t you think?”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Silence. It was an awkward moment.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; ">Which, it turns out, is a useful catalyst to action. Laurie thought for a moment and then picked up her blackberry and emailed Ron, asking him to meet later that day.<br />*Names and some details changed</p></span></div>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-397132662535822622011-04-04T16:56:00.000+05:002011-04-04T16:56:06.275+05:00Top 5 Facebook Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make<a href="http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/5-facebook-marketing-mistakes-small-businesses-make/">Top 5 Facebook Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make</a>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-3965615020660383542011-04-02T13:11:00.002+05:002011-04-04T16:54:14.626+05:00Kamran Akmal Jokes On Cricinfo<div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Kamran Akmal Jokes which got published on Cricinfo after he dropped 2 consecutive catches of Ross Taylor (New Zealand) in World Cup 2011.</span></span></span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Famous DON movie dialogue in Kamran's way "CATCH ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, Namumkin hey".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Why is Umar Akmal the best batsman in the Akmal family? Because he got the most chance to bat in the back yard as Kamran Akmal kept dropping him."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And why did Adnan Akmal become a keeper? Since too many balls kept going into the bush behind the pitch when Kamran was keeping.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Why can't Kamran Akmal be a Pakistani team selector? Because he will keep dropping everyone from the squad!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Cricinfo is introducing a new section on Akmal brothers, and it's called "Dropplegangers"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="commstext" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Why did Kamran Akmal have to walk back to the team hotel after the match? Because he failed to catch the bus! :)"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Kamran legacy: kamran could be a good brand ambassador for Save water campaign. "Every drop counts"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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Peeping from the window of hopes with a smirk on the face embracing the delusion of a happy ending is what we all ought for, is what we strive to live for. A happy ending, this is all what everybody wants. Once you are gone who will remember you? Your loved ones, yeah maybe for some time they will. But in the atrocities of this life you will end up being nothing for no one. This is the bitter reality. Accept it!<br />
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Kill your expectations as soon as they try to pop up. Live for yourself as no one will give a damn about you once you are gone. Admire everyone but envy no one or you will be a burnt soul with ashes fading away even in your own life.<br />
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Everything I wrote above about life is bullshit, a subliminal phase which comes on and off in our lives and we<br />
get so frustrated that we end up thinking like a maniac. Life is beautiful, a gift from Almighty. Embrace it, accept it and see the colours of it. Don't cry because you had a bad patch, be happy because it's your past now. Remember you will get this life once; make the maximum out of it. Forgive others thinking that one day you will be forgiven, cheer up thinking that this maybe the last time your smiling, help others as you might need some help one day. Love your parents, your friends because they won't be there forever. Who knows where will you end up? Stop worrying about tomorrow, start doing today. Because your tomorrow is your today and ultimately would be your yesterday. Never give up on anything or anyone. The world will remember you, surely they will smile thinking about you and this is what we are made for. Surely you have done your Job.<br />
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Don't question your life and don't hate it. You are only sent to discover the fantasies which are hidden in this enormous system. There is yet to explore a lot, yet to travel a lot. So never give up and hope for the best in every situation because getting frantic won't end the problem but it will indeed add on to your misery.<br />
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"Life is not about the number of breaths you take; it's about the moments that take your breath away."Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-64342708677046978372011-03-24T20:40:00.000+05:002011-03-24T20:40:54.435+05:00Facebook...the advent of a new era<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Yesterday as I logged in my Facebook profile. I got an update that one of my cousins’s having a birthday. I sent a birthday message to her and she was really in a state of shock by receiving a birthday text from me. Honestly speaking it was the first time I was wishing her in her 25 years lifespan so far. I was inclined to think that maybe if Facebook was not there to update me aboutthat I would have spent my entire life without wishing her on her birthday. And the point whichlingers in my mind is that,”Are we so much dependent on Facebook?” The obvious and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">honest reply is,” YES.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Facebook took over Orkut and it got the hype in no time. Even Mark Zuckerburg wouldn’t have thought that Facebook would be such a success while devising it. Nearly 450 million people are connected to each other through this channel. You can talk to people of entirely different origin, place and race by the click of a single button and what fascinates Facebook from different online messengers is its compatibility, user friendly environment and the amount of applications for interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Facebook is really on a roll and is a great medium to get connected to your friends, relatives and even random people. You can find your old friends; can contact your distant relatives, share photos and videos within a blink of an eye. I even know a couple who met on Farmville and later on married. So people are not only communicating, sharing information and playing games they are also getting into a relationship via Facebook. Now you’re talking.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The huge impact which Facebook made on our lives is addictively phenomenal. I used the term addictive because people on our planet would even ask the angel of death to wait a moment so they could update their status just before dying.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Facebook is not only playing its part in making the world literally a global village but it has also worked to make a business out of it. The other day I was discussing about the benefits of advertising your business via Facebook. If we consider Facebook as a country, with a population touching merely 450 million users it would be ranked 6<sup>th</sup> according to population. Targeting these 450 million users using a single banner advertisement is not only cheap as the reach per person will be quite low but will also yield great output as the advertisement can be targeted explicitly.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">With the revolutionising of the world technology has been on the rise every second. Technology promises greater prospects to follow and our dependability on it is increasing by time. And Facebook is just the beginning of an entirely new Digitalised Era.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276466082102366966.post-23298051804659353182011-03-09T20:54:00.001+05:002011-03-11T19:25:58.048+05:00The world of 2012: how do you see it?<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The world is changing. We do read it at various places. It’s more of a metaphor than anything else now days. I ask myself, Alright the world is changing but where and how? It’s been changing since the creation. So that myth takes me to a point thinking that how am I changing with this world? How these changes affect me?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Honestly speaking being a normal human I won’t stop eating thinking that there are 3.7 million people in Somalia who have nothing to eat. I won’t stop drinking thinking there are people who can’t drink or I even won’t stop spending on my luxuries despite the fact that there are a lot of people who lack the basic necessities of life. If nothing’s changing for me then how do I say that it will be a changed world in 2012? Yeah I will probably have my 23rd birthday. Maybe have a better job, a better living standard. But still there will be people dying of hunger, robbing, raping, making a mockery of someone, laughing, chatting, crying or writing for a changed 2013 somewhere on this planet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">So for me that world is not changing. It remains all the same. The only thing which changes is the probability of evil happening here which is increasing at a rapid speed. 2012 will be yet another year of despair agony, frustration and desperation for most people.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqs2uBOCEvZIAg_zfB0LgafD6-6Ok0b_NXYiRLEnOmijqk4jb0fu2anHuRnfB50XyHzN4nEfmQg6AI9QDGhDW2QYt-Pdbeg2eD_JPBXHwmOr9KyKjxMs1DROZiS9sRQEHa9WhwMTbPIXiC/s1600/Space+Art+Wallpapers+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqs2uBOCEvZIAg_zfB0LgafD6-6Ok0b_NXYiRLEnOmijqk4jb0fu2anHuRnfB50XyHzN4nEfmQg6AI9QDGhDW2QYt-Pdbeg2eD_JPBXHwmOr9KyKjxMs1DROZiS9sRQEHa9WhwMTbPIXiC/s320/Space+Art+Wallpapers+02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I can’t foresee the future and I am neither a pessimist, but I rather won’t tell anyone a fairy tale by saying that it will be a completely changed world in a year. I am a realist and for me this world won’t change unless we start changing ourselves individually which we won’t because it’s easy to point your finger and say that is the bad guy rather the pointing it to ourselves. When you can’t stand for what you believe in you can’t change the world and for me the year 2012 will just be another year of hatred and enmity among humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Umairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578105953774831363noreply@blogger.com2