Abhishek Rungta

Interesting visualization of Facebook activities

A very interesting visualization of Facebook traffic. Is this the future of web stats? And it can be interesting if the same video is shot over time-line with specific location kept constant. And yes, a facility to fast forward and slow motion won’t hurt. It will really help us understand how the traffic patterns have […]

Street smart strategies for the recession

Hello Friends, Here are some street smart strategies to survive the recession: 1) Invest in marketing. Your competitors are not doing so to save money. You shall go ahead and make the kill to get maximum leads and exposure. As we know offense is the best defense. So it is best to attack recession with […]

My interview at new-web-business.com

Hello Friends, I have recently given an interview to Viraj Sawant of new-web-business.com on my views as "Blogging as a career". I found the interview interesting and have expressed my opinions strongly. Feel free to have a look: http://www.new-web-business.com/internet-entrepreneur-in-india-abhishek-rungta-interview/

Internet strategy for small business

Friends, I have recently written an article for SME WORLD (November 2008 – January 2009) issue of Financial Express. It should be a good read for any small business if they want to put together an Internet strategy for their business. Internet Strategy for Small Business Internet is making the world flatter and giving small […]

Google Chrome does not support Google Toolbar

I thought only Microsoft messes up their products / releases. I could not understand, why will Google release such a major product i.e. a browser to compete against Microsoft and the Firefox without support for their own toolbar. Also, after five days of usage, I find Google Chrome still lacking in many areas: Browser plug-ins […]

Google Chrome – A quick review

I was reading about Google Chrome. > Some blog says that it has snapped up 2.8% market share in 24 hours. Amazing. Isn’t it? > Some feels they have dumped and back-stabbed their partner, Mozilla / Firefox So I decided to try it out. My observations (based on two days of usage) have been: > […]

Quillpad – Type in Indian regional languages

Today I came across an online tool called Quillpad. This online software let you type in most Indian regional languages (including Hindi, of course). The quality of application and usability has blown me away! I think such applications will make vernacular content a reality on Internet. This is how they describe their service: Quillpad is […]

Started using Twitter

I have finally started using Twitter. My twitter page is http://www.twitter.com/abhishekrungta To be honest, I do not think Twitter is a great thing. Micro blogging does not catches my fancy, since it does not help me to add any value to myself or anyone else. It is the last thing that could have happened to […]

Saturation of the social networking fad

There is a mad rush towards online social networking space. Every second person wants to get on the bandwagon with his own social networking website with a silly-sounding name. In my opinion, most of these sites are just a fad and are not built on strong fundamentals in terms of a) revenue sources and b) the […]

The REAL Programmer automates his job

Just a random thought: Programmers are supposed to use their programming skills to automate business process for their clients. Therefore, a good programmer should be one, who takes an initiative of automating his own work and never repeats the line of code he has written once 🙂 Charity begins at home! Unfortunately I have hardly seen many […]