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Blogs
have
been abuzz
with indications of google launching their online presentation tool soon.
Not something which would have taken their competitors by surprise. The way
they have been launching products, buying companies and hiring people shows
that they indent to have a strong presence here.
Apart from a presentation tool and wiki, I hope they would come up with an
online cabinet system for maintaining such files similar to what is already
provided by jot . Moreover, they need to plug in some
key features into their spreadsheet and docs to make them handy. Not
allowing graphs in their spreadsheets irk me a lot. Their were small issues
as well with copy-pasting jobs also the last time I checked it.

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anurag

You can do a number of things with RSS feeds beyond news feeds.
Here is a list:
http://www.basement.org/archives/2006/01/taking_rss_beyond_headlines_pa.html

A nice read...

There was a lot of buzz regarding the search engine creators of
wikipedia were going to launch. Finally, it has launched today:
http://www.wikiseek.com/

At present, they allow search in wikipedia and the sites linked to it.
Their strategy has been to search using people's perception rather
than automated search. It is interesting to note that they have
provided a link for digg (digg has become the most important site for
news and information dissemination).

There have been talks of jot having an upgrade.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/11/will-jotspot-relaunch-next-week/

I have an account of jot but don't see an upgrade yet. In its present
form, jot is not something which I tend to use. There are better
wiki's available. Only thing which keeps me glued to it is that google
has acquired it. Maybe some day, it will be integrated with other
google products and will become better.

Google analytics is a good product for tracking traffic on your site.
It shows some good data/graphs which none other service gives.
However, it does not show the referrer sites, which limit its usage a
lot. I prefer to know which sites are linking to my sites/blogs and
make updates accordingly. Therefore, I have shifted to mybloglog and
sitemeter.
Here is a hack for finding the site referrer:

http://www.reubenyau.com/google-analytics-hack-obtaining-full-referring-url/

Although Yahoo services have not been competent and have not been able
to match up with times, they have been good with their acquisitions.
Now, I use their acquired products more than their front line products
- especially the ones acquired recently.
A good article is here:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_acquisition_pattern.php

However, they will have to think of ways to integrate these products
into their other services to make it more streamline or their problems
will only increase.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116379821933826657-0mbjXoHnQwDMFH_PVeb_jqe3Chk_20061125.html?mod=blogs

There are fresh news reports of Dr. R. P. Singh taking action against goons and gangsters operating from Lucknow University. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lucknow-univ-sacks-goons-with-phds/top/31117-3.html?xml

Dr. R. P. Singh's effort to clean the campus of gangsters who intend to make a political career from University Campus (taking head on the politicians), has attracted national and international attention and won him Indian of the year 2006 (by Times of India).

While politicians keep criticizing him for not letting Lucknow University be used as their den, media has been reluctant in highlighting his past accomplishments. I got a very rare opportunity of having a very close interaction with him during Indo-German Winter Academy 2004. During his tenure at IIT Kharagpur, he had a fruitful research career and was among the foremost researchers in his domains. He had more than 200 publications and was author/co-author of a number of books. He research interests spanned a number of domains very relevant to India. During the academy, he talked about his works on preservatives for Indian foods like Mangoes and agro-friendly materials.

After retirement, he could have chosen to join any institution at some cosy position. He choose to join Lucknow University, probably because he wanted to change the system there. While it is really heartening to see him taking some bold decisions, it is also unfortunate to see how the system bullies such bravehearts of society.

Reference: http://www.ibnlive.com/news/up-mlas-unite-against-lucknow-univ-vc/28193-4.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Lucknow/Worldwide_support_for_LU_VC/articleshow/1086641.cms

I just bumped into the web-page of IIT KGP. Unlike our days, it looks like people are devoting some time on it. It has got a new clean look.

Link: www.iitkgp.ac.in

Firefox allows you to configure your browser to attach keywords for quickly opening the web-sites by just typing in keywords.

Some details are here: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/geek-to-live-fifteen-firefox-quick-searches-129658.php http://www.lifehacker.com/software/bookmarks/hack-attack-firefox-and-the-art-of-keyword-bookmarking-196779.php

Openbook firefox extension allows you to easily manage these bookmarks.