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sidyadav: Thinking of getting back to writing on Rev2... it's been a while since I've Web 2.0'd, and amazingly relieving, but I think I kinda miss it.
sidyadav: Just bought the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. Amazing. Surprised to find "Aaj Ki Raat" from the movie 'Don'. Also a great movie + song.
sidyadav: @codie1991 Watch the whole episode, it's fantastic: http://www.ninjavideo.net/video/14918
sidyadav: The Simpsons mocks Apple. Insanely hilarious. http://tinyurl.com/5mh2n2
sidyadav: Some fantastic reporting by the WSJ on #Mumbai incident. Explains all. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809281744967855.html
sidyadav: @sugarcanemoon Send me an e-mail to feedback@memiary.com or DM back with your username and I can reset the password for you.
sidyadav: Reading @jasoncalacanis's response to Randy "Tesla Shouldn't Get a Loan" Stross. 100% with JCal on this one -- Randal Stross is flawed.
sidyadav: Watching "We the People" on NDTV hosted by Barkha Dutt. It's clear: India needs a Barack Obama.
sidyadav: Just had my weekly iPhone gaming session. Played "Scoop" and "touchPhysics" for 1 hour+. Addictive.
wePapers started with the laudable goal of making people smarter by allowing shared information on a university level, the site does all that and then some. Students or those interested in expandin...
sidyadav: Just ordered two new pairs of glasses: a stylishly amber aviators for the summer and a thick geeky rectangle-framed for around the house.
sidyadav: "The general manager lost his whole family in one of the fires in the building,” Tata said,..." http://tinyurl.com/68n69j
“The general manager lost his whole family in one of the fires in the building,” Tata said, referring to Karambir Kang, whose wife and two sons — aged 14 and 5 — were killed. “I went up to him toda...
sidyadav: Just saw 'Hotel Rwanda'. Another amazing, inspirational, and moving picture, and a theme timely with the #mumbai attacks.
sidyadav: RT @Peppery: New Zealanders: Visit http://www.labour.org.nz/ and click the "digg it" button on the left. Many lulz ensue.
sidyadav: "As the events of the terror attack unfolded in front of me, I did something for the first time and..." http://tinyurl.com/5daw56
sidyadav: "But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money, and visit Mumbai..." http://tinyurl.com/5scx3n
“As the events of the terror attack unfolded in front of me, I did something for the first time and one that I had hoped never ever to be in a situation to do. Before retiring for the night, I pull...
“But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money, and visit Mumbai more than ever. Dream of making a good home for all Mumbaikars, not just the denizens of $500-a-nig...
sidyadav: Infact, each and every Indian politician needs to move to Antarctica. They're all a bunch of penguins. Better off where they belong. #mumbai
sidyadav: "In a big city like this, stuff happens," says an Indian politician. Disgusting. Politicians like these need to move to Antarctica. #mumbai
sidyadav: RT @devindra: If this Reddit comment is real it's either totally stupid or downright heartbreaking: http://tinyurl.com/6fn6un
sidyadav: @parislemon It's on Joost and FanCast too! I'm finally able to fulfill my long-time initiative on watching every MacGyver ep ever.
sidyadav: Um, why wasn't Mumbai mentioned in Obama's latest weekly address? Even a quick shoutout? #mumbai
sidyadav: 5 people @ Nariman House says the terrorist. It's absurd listening to the propaganda seeing how many innocent lives were taken. #mumbai
sidyadav: From what I can make out, he is annoyed with the way Muslims are treated in society and wants to make a point thru this shenanigan. #mumbai
sidyadav: Video of #mumbai terrorist speaking (in Hindi): http://drishtikone.com/?q=blog/terrorist-talks-nariman-house-another-punjabi-mumbai
sidyadav: Wow, Wikipedia search *absolutely* sucks. http://bit.ly/Sc2U
sidyadav: Just spoke to family, uncle was staying at Taj Hotel just one day ago (!!!). All fine now.
sidyadav: Italian journalist just gave out floor # of woman and baby @ Trident Hotel. WTF?!?!?! #mumbai
sidyadav: @nano404 @pdileepa Agreed - but the head seems to be acting like he's in control of the hostage situation. #mumbai
Forget Bear and Bull markets. They got nothing on the Simian Market. Portfolio Monkey is an investments tracking and portfolio management site for self-guided investors. The site focuses not on in...
sidyadav: Watching 'Hitler's Lost Sub.' After reading Shadow Divers and watching Das Boot, my fascination into German U-Boats has been ignited.
sidyadav: ...and it was in German. The visuals/story-telling + subtitles were enough to have me rooting for the characters for 5 hours, non-stop.
sidyadav: I watched a 5 hour (uncut version) German U-Boat movie yesterday - "Das Boot". Undoubtedly most enticing, suspenseful movie I've seen, ever.
sidyadav: @a32b Hah! And to top it off, now there are e-mail and Twitter reminders too. Perhaps it should do iCal reminders as well? (for empty days).
sidyadav: @klavr I think moving the midnight date confuses people (got a few e-mails when timezone was wrong.) Perhaps a midnight offset setting?
sidyadav: @codie1991 Just in case it screwed up and bricked... thankfully it didn't.
sidyadav: Wow, Street View on iPhone = amazing.
sidyadav: Wohoo! Upgraded to 2.2. Awesomeness.
sidyadav: Updating iPhone to 2.2... *praying* it works.
sidyadav: Flip Mino -- official camcorder of YouTube Live -- WTF? Since when did the quality get HD-like?
sidyadav: Lent money for the first time on Kiva.org. Absolutely love the of "loaning" to do-good entrepeneurs in an altruistic fashion.
Many of us are big Gmail fans and use it as our email service of choice. One complaint many have had, however, is that for all it’s simplicity and customization options, there has been no way to ma...
sidyadav: @forteller Sure, I'll look into it.
sidyadav: Here's what wrong with film reviewers: they are asked to predict the future audience opinion, not to voice their own true opinion.
sidyadav: Remember Chocolate Rain? Yeah, I just felt the same *cringing* sensation.
sidyadav: Conclusion: usability tests are INCREDIBLY useful and at the same time INCREDIBLY painful to watch.
sidyadav: Trying out UserTesting.com for Memiary -- brilliant concept, excellent price.
sidyadav: RT @jasoncalacanis: "The most innovative thing you can do in 2009 is survive."
sidyadav: Ugh, still don't have Gmail themes. Feel like I'm missing out.
sidyadav: It's so fantastic to know Slumdog Millionaire's soundtrack is being appreciated even in the West. A.R. Rahman is my most favorite composer.
sidyadav: Bill Maher on Sarah Palin: she was a MILF, a Moron I'd Like to Forget. Classic.
memiary: A lot of wishes have been fulfilled with the addition of a few settings. RemindersThere is now an “e-mail” tab under Settings which asks you to officially associate your account with an e...
“Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement,” says Mr. Logsdon. “If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist.” - Obama’s Use of Complete Sen...
“Features tell you what you can do, constraints tell you what to do.” - After a debate I had with a Memiary user this morning, I’ve been thinking about this all day, and I think that phrase sums up...
“Obama has chosen to upload the video of his Saturday address to Google’s YouTube, by far the most dominant video-sharing service, and embed the video on his Change.gov transition site.” - CNET, re...
sidyadav: @lawduck Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it. Check out the latest feature which lets you export in iCal (and subscribe!): http://bit.ly/Memiary
sidyadav: @a32b Thanks! If you have an iPhone, you will find it beyond cool when it turns up in your Calendar app the next day. It did on mine today.
sidyadav: Balsamiq has just changed my life. No more long Photoshop mockup sessions -- I just recreated Memiary in 2 mins. WOW. http://balsamiq.com/
sidyadav: memiary: Memiary was mentioned on this week’s episode of my... http://tinyurl.com/67wkxa
sidyadav: Memiary mentioned on this week's commandN! http://tinyurl.com/6zh92v
memiary: Memiary was mentioned on this week’s episode of my favorite podcast of all time, commandN. When I say it’s been one of my few milestones to achieve for Memiary, I’m not kidding. Thanks, A...
sidyadav: You can now export Memiary into iCal (and subscribe to it in Google Calendar!): http://tinyurl.com/6pgda5
sidyadav: Love how Stewart creamed Oreilly without creaming him. "You look through a prism of.... rational thought!"
sidyadav: @forteller Thanks for suggesting. It's been disabled.
sidyadav: @HarshadJoshi Of course. I'm amazed more by the fact that it happened in Silicon Valley due to startup layoffs than the incident itself.
sidyadav: Sal Khan is really one of the smartest people I'm aware of. Check him out on CNN: http://tinyurl.com/65mwzw
sidyadav: Ashton Kutcher = Really Effin' Smart. Unlike a lot of Hollywood people, this cat knows what he's talkin about.
sidyadav: Whhhhaaaa?!?! http://tinyurl.com/5pn5yo
sidyadav: Watching Bill Maher. PDiddy was great, now Ashton Kutcher.
sidyadav: Ugh, I hate Google URLs. Why can't they link directly to the site?!
sidyadav: Ok, I'm confused. Who's the *real* Al Gore? @TheRealAlGore or @AlGore?
sidyadav: Social Media http://tinyurl.com/5jk8gf
Can I just say? I’ve always thought “social media” has been the worst buzzword coined in the history of the Internet. To me, it refers to a bunch of out-of-job consultants who spend their life on F...
sidyadav: Made some modifications to Memiary -- introduced a day indicator/navigator (shows < Today, < 4 days ago >, etc. etc.) http://me ...
sidyadav: Thoughts on GM from a GM Family http://tinyurl.com/54tmnx
I had no GM was in such a crappy situation. But hey, I’m too busy looking at high potential tech stocks to care about a 100 year old auto company (that number was a guess, but Wikipedia tells me it...
sidyadav: I am so eager for Slumdog Millionaire, I'd do anything to watch it. SERIOUSLY. Too bad it isn't releasing here... at all. :-(
sidyadav: An important entrepreneurial lesson: don't sell a problem, sell a solution.
sidyadav: Idea: if you use Qwitter, make it public. When someone unfollows, tweet it -- publicly humiliate them back for the emotional damage. ;-)
sidyadav: @cziclix You sure can! RSS is supported currently (see RSS icon on past week/month pages), calendar formats coming soon, PDF later.
sidyadav: Just saw 'Man on Wire.' Incredible.
sidyadav: Don't believe me? These are 20 min - 1 hour shows. Click and boom. Don't live in India? No problem. Just wow. http://tinyurl.com/6n4eme
sidyadav: Best news network in the world? NDTV India. They put ALL their shows in FULL format online for EVERYONE in the world to watch. Unheard of.
sidyadav: Wow! New YouTube design. Or at least a revamped tab/search bar. Looking nice.
sidyadav: @michaeldorian Thanks! 'Overwhelming' is the word. :-)
sidyadav: Saw 'Burn After Reading.' WTF??!?!?
sidyadav: Some Memiary stats: 100K pageviews so far in Nov, 15K users. All is uphill! Join the phenomenon: http://www.memiary.com/
sidyadav: E-mail bankruptcy -- talk about a problem we'd all love to have. Having declared it for the first time today, I can tell you it's not fun.
sidyadav: Tweaked the Memiary date bar some more to 'fade out' in order of freshness of memory. http://www.memiary.com/
sidyadav: 3rd weekend of coverage for Memiary -- this time from my favorite blog LifeHacker. Awesom-o! http://tinyurl.com/5t9bmn
sidyadav: Wow, what an amazing service is done by @happytwitday. This is what Twitter was made for. Can you imagine this with e-mail?
sidyadav: New NZ prime minister = John Key. If he doesn't resemble George Bush, I don't know who does.
sidyadav: Most awesome birthday gift just arrived: MacBook battery.
sidyadav: Is it a crime to enjoy 'The View'? Come on! It's entertaining.
sidyadav: Great screencast showing Memiary by DemoGirl: http://www.viddler.com/explore/molzy/videos/174/
sidyadav: I would love to be an American voter and wear this shirt proudly: http://bustedtees.com/yeswedid. Sadly I'm not, but I might still buy one.
sidyadav: @forteller Aware of that bug, seems to be a choice between a ' or ". It's at ' currently. Looking for a permanent fix to the problem.
sidyadav: @marshallk Great job on net@nite!
sidyadav: @raphyque Thanks! Air app is in the works.
sidyadav: @forteller Both great suggestions -- reordering has been crossing my mind lately, but wondering if it'll be hard to do/worth the trouble.
sidyadav: WTF??!?!? NO TAB REORDERING IN FF 3.1? I'm moving to Safari. Seriously, what are they smoking out there?
sidyadav: I love talk like this on Fox News. Maybe they are fair and balanced? http://tinyurl.com/5q54k7
sidyadav: Loved South Park's depiction of the elections - fantastic episode overall. Boy can those guys crank out an episode in a few hours?!?!
sidyadav: Tried to upgrade my Macbook today, and found it was one of those 2007 models with only the 2gb expansion. Reason enuough for a new one? :-)
sidyadav: I thought the fireworks outside were for Obama, and then I remembered that I'm in New Zealand and it's Guy Fox day today.
sidyadav: @therealdvorak How many do you owe? ;-)
sidyadav: McCain gave a great speech and lost very very respectfully. He gets a lot of respect for that.
sidyadav: McCain crowd silent. Hilarious.
sidyadav: So happy right now. Happiest guy @ this KFC, and Just bought another snackbox to celebrate. WoooOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!
sidyadav: OMG. OMG. OMG. Wil.I.Am via hologram on CNN?!??!?! Are we already in the future?
sidyadav: I can't wait to hear the Obama victory speech. 10x DNC in terms of excitement?
sidyadav: http://election.twitter.com/ is the best place to be on the web to follow the elections IMHO.
sidyadav: This map illustrates smart vs. dumb Americans. Hint: blue = smart. :-) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/
sidyadav: Wow, nervous for Obama, but he'll probably grab it?
sidyadav: @AlexandraLynn Thanks! Was worried it might not look right to a few people. Have removed the 'two future days' so now it just looks back.
sidyadav: Note to U.S friends: please vote, and please vote for Obama. Thx.
Americans have a lot of junk. Many of us have so much, that we don’t even know we have it. That explains why we make NetFlix requests for movies we already own, or buy three copies of Thomas Friedm...
sidyadav: @emilyd I have one of those! My stomach gets a bump every time a blue dot is flashed. ;-)
sidyadav: Added RSS to Memiary. Connected Memiary to Tumblr. Had discussions with developers about iPhone... http://tinyurl.com/6bmk2x
Added RSS to Memiary. Connected Memiary to Tumblr. Had discussions with developers about iPhone app. Replied to a ton of feedback.
sidyadav: OMG. Sarah Palin prank call: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsmIJuN22
sidyadav: @MCHammer You need Memiary! http://www.memiary.com/
sidyadav: I just remembered a break. Have been e-mailing, bug-fixing, coding, ego-tracking non-stop for the last 2 days. Bill Maher it is!
sidyadav: Wow. I now officially know what it feels like to be *behind on e-mails*.
sidyadav: That said, there are people out there unbelievable in their level of appreciation, concern, feedback, and thankfulness. They keep you going.
sidyadav: Why do people hate alternatives? If you don't like it, don't use it, but *hating* something which didn't rob your house or elbow you? Pff.
sidyadav: "It could even drive a few people to rethink their lives - I can’t help but envision users suffering..." http://tinyurl.com/5s8bct
“It could even drive a few people to rethink their lives - I can’t help but envision users suffering mid- or quarter-life crises as they realize their days almost invariably consist of the same fiv...
sidyadav: TechCrunch calls Memiary a "micro-diary." I like it. Thanks for the review @techcrunch! http://tinyurl.com/6ywwwm
sidyadav: @michaeldorian Thanks! Unfortunately I'm on a Mac, so I'll try find a equivalent. Learning jQuery reminds me of the time I began HTML. :-)
sidyadav: Wow. Need a morality check? Watch 'A Simple Plan.'
sidyadav: I've voted for Obama in TwitVote -- http://twitvote.twitmarks.com/
sidyadav: @forteller That was original and one I prefer, but I think 90% of users wouldn't know what to do. Case-in-point: mom -tried and tested.
sidyadav: @forteller That's why I'm considering CSV/a format the calendar apps would understand. Wouldn't it be cool to import your past into GCal?
sidyadav: @forteller Sure! Re: data control, working on RSS as we speak. XML/CSV/iCal "full" export soon to follow. Please keep suggestions coming!
sidyadav: @forteller ...but a major focus of mine is simplicity & not over-featurizing. Will look for seamless way to integrate, #hashtags seem best.
sidyadav: @forteller Re:tags, I think it's a great and one that will surface as memories are preserved over time & people need ways to look back
sidyadav: @forteller Have to look at open sourcing. It's not an option I'm considering right now, but definitely something for the future of the serv.
sidyadav: @forteller UTF-8 has been added! Re: #hashtags, what do you propose the use will be? "Categories" of one's life? #Personal/#work/#fun etc.
sidyadav: @forteller Thanks! Some great suggestions. UTF-8 is being worked on now, linkifying URLs will come with "make diary public" feature later.
sidyadav: "Don’t listen to anybody. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next … Better to be contrarian in times..." http://tinyurl.com/5pux8p
“Don’t listen to anybody. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next … Better to be contrarian in times like these than not.” - Max Levchin VentureBeat downturn event: Tightening your belt isn’t enou...
sidyadav: Memiary's new official pronunciation: "memory." http://tinyurl.com/6e62kd
sidyadav: Any iPhone/cocoa developers out there looking for an AWESOME project? Dm or e-mail me at sid@nincha.com.
Glue, the most recent version of AdaptiveBlue’s browser plug-in, is a type of semantic social search innovation. It connects your browsing tendencies to those of your friends, buy using your viewi...
AOL has been gradually rolling out its newly redesigned home page (click here to see it). The final change will be within the next few weeks. Gone are the bland earth tone colors that they copied ...
sidyadav: South Park = Awesome. Don't know how they do it.
sidyadav: Today's Memiary update: you can edit past days + new 'day of week' navigator - http://tinyurl.com/6fess2
sidyadav: Memiary'ing. Some awesome changes around the corner.
sidyadav: Revamped and rewrote 'memory entering' interface of Memiary in AJAX. Jumps magically to next box + new 140 char limit. http://memiary.com/
sidyadav: @Codie1991 Missed that tweet yesterday, thanks for the kind words!
sidyadav: jQuerying. I have been holding off learning AJAX/jQuery for a long time, but everything is calling for it right now.
sidyadav: @d0t Thanks! Among hate, there is love after all. :-) Lots of improvements in the pipeline, hope you'll continue to love it.
sidyadav: @dmje Thanks re:Memiary! Lots of improvements in the pipeline, encouraging comments like yours make my time worth it. :-)
sidyadav: Skimming over tens of e-mails received about Memiary. Wow, people really *do* e-mail feedback. Got a long todo list ahead.
sidyadav: Last time, for my Indian friends, since it is officially now a Twitter meme: happy diwali!
sidyadav: Taking a break and listening to a Dan Ariely lecture. I love this guy.
sidyadav: @lrw I literally built & launched this in 2 days without anticipation for any press. Give me some time & then hope you'll give it a chance!
sidyadav: @lrw Export via XML is my #2 priority right now (after longer than 50 char items), along with a privacy policy.
sidyadav: @TheDLC Export feature is being worked on. What formats would you like your data in? RSS is one, obviously, and maybe XML, are there more?
sidyadav: @forteller Thanks! One thing I was particularly proud of, and I totally agree. :-)
sidyadav: @kmberger I'm just following howisobamadoing.com!
sidyadav: @lrw @hyperradiant What do you have against me? I'm just a guy who made a cute little site for my mom and thought people would find useful.
sidyadav: Woah, I crossed the 1,000 tweet mark 4 tweets ago. Cripes.
sidyadav: "America used to be like Superman, but now we're more like Hancock." - @JoeBresler. Best comparison ever.
sidyadav: Isn't it weird? By this time next week, we'll have clarification that Obama i