Thank You Barry McGee

Persuaded by an outdoor ad for a Barry McGee’s exhibit, I took a trip down to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) to see what the fuss was all about. Inspiring Creativity. That’s what came to me in that moment. Barry McGee, hailing from the Mission district, of San Francisco (a city, I dearly love) showed us the depth of his work. Below are some pictures from the exhibit,... Read More

To Create = To Live

I am a big fan of This is Colossal. A lot of my downtime goes into admiring stuff on it, which as the web site name suggests is truly Colossal! This is Colossal epitomizes ‘creation.’ Few days ago I spotted a music video – RUARRI JOSEPH: Till The Luck Runs Dry. Creation is a natural instinct that we are born with. And to me – to create is to live. All we... Read More

Fred’s Two Cents

I’ve been using the Paper App on my iPad for almost a year and the experience gets better every time. I discover something new always. One of the books I’ve made is called “Two Cents.” I’ve taken a GapingVoid-ish approach to things. It has a character, lets call him Fred for now (other name suggestions are welcome), who exhibits very limited emotions... Read More

The Context That Didn’t Deserve To Die

I saw this ad pop up on my Facebook feed the other day. It was from Adweek. Interesting teaser campaign, but here’s the thing: teasers are meant to create curiosity, get people talking, but this commercial makes them angry. Now don’t get me wrong. If you look at the whole campaign, you might like it, I know I do. But the teaser just has “______ Deserve To Die.”... Read More

What do we see on the Surface?

Couple of days ago, Microsoft launched it’s answer to the iPad – Microsoft Surface. Tech specs seem fine, the tablets seems well designed. With an inbuilt stand and a smart cover /magnetic keyboard, this product seems intriguing at the surface. Now the iPad is a great product and predominantly used for reading books, gaming, browsing the web, etc. When it comes to word... Read More

ASUS’s Social Media Screw-up

You must have read this story on Mashable, if not, please read it. The gist of the story is that ASUS launched its new Transformer AIO at Computex 2012 in Taiwan. And most probably one of their sassy social media interns posted the following tweet: Poor judgement on part of the live tweet-er. ASUS received social media backlash. End of story. Consumers around the world are constantly... Read More

Has Internet Explorer Lost Its Marketability?

I spotted this commercial few weeks ago and have been seeing it again and again. This got me interested in where IE stands in today’s browser market. Now it’s important to understand that browser market shares are subject to change on a daily basis. However, from a big picture perspective, Chrome, Firefox and to some extent Safari are kicking IE’s ass. Being a... Read More

John Malkovich’s New Friend: Siri

Now John Malkovich has been around forever is probably a 100 years old now. I saw these ads on Adweek the other day.   My gripe? It makes John look lonely and pathetic.  Read More

Story of Send on Google Green

Many of you might have already seen this video. It came out yesterday and I saw it on Mashable. The story here is not how your email reaches its destination, nobody cares about that as long as it’s received by the person you sent it to. The story is about Google’s efforts to minimize the impact on our environment. They also have a cool website explaining soap hive... Read More

Good artist copy. Great artists steal.

I’m not the artist. As it’s clear from the photo that I have very limited drawing skills, but I try. The artist here is this man in the drawing, let’s call him John. I was in Harvard Square yesterday enjoying a sunny day after a week of rain, when I came across John who sat there singing some really good songs. He got my attention when he sang a few Beatles numbers... Read More