Valley Chai

checking out the grand google experiment with indian entertainment – IPL telecast live on YouTube.com. my guess was right, the live streaming of entertainment events wont work in india, at present. the ‘last mile’ bandwidth is too lacking to support live streaming of any kind of minimum quality. here’s how the stream looks like in [...]

if there are any arguments for algorithmic contextual advertising, this combination of a venerable publisher and a venerable ad-network should demonstrate how futile the model is. Wondering what the relationship is between office humor and “Adulteration Test Strips for SVT Specimens” is.

it appears like the testing system for Common Admission Test (the aptitude test for admission into Indian business schools) crashed on the first day it opened to students.
just look at the load pattern : 250,000 total test takers, taking the test over 10 days, spread across 105 testing centers, where they have 2 test sessions [...]

was shocked and saddened to see this email from my bank, touting a SIMPLE design. my first reaction was you call this simple? is this the state of design expertise in India?
contrast the state of simplicity elsewhere – e.g. designing simple personal web pages made simple -
vimeo DirektSimple Personal Website Design

looks like YouTube is pulling out all stops in making the site overbearing. after the ugly dropdown search box in the video widgets, now they are showing overlay ‘links’ within videos. check out the screenshot. Clicking on the grey box takes you to another related youtube video.