Chilligavva

Pic Courtesy: http://greatandhra.com

How TRUE!

Great artwork, lovely song..

Its a very nicely put video, of life at Manipal. Thanks to my friend, Ashfaque, for pointing me to it.

A song from one of my favourite directors. Lovely film, great music with some excellent cinematography. if you haven’t seen this movie, do see it. Preferably on a 70mm screen.

I was watching TV when I saw a small news clip about this site. The site is a very netflix like service, where you can rent toys for a small period of time.  On one hand this is really nice, as one can introduce variety without breaking the bank.  On the other hand, we need to address a very common situation in this age group - “Falling in love with a toy and refusing to part with it.” I just hope that the business has thought of a contingency in this case.

Miti (my son) and I were thinking on these lines a couple of years ago, when he wanted all the cool toys which I just could not afford to buy. We of course thought more on NGO lines where we could run a free toy library based on donor inputs.

I just thought, wow how neat and about time too!

And for all you neat freaks out there, as per the TV promo, I believe every toy between uses is sanitized and shrinkwrapped in cellophane!

On The Edge: Cola Can Trick

I thought I had seen it all on the net.  I came across this site promoting a  different concept.  The website is not live yet, but is in alpha and soliciting beta testers via e-mails.  Of course I signed up, how could I not be a part of the process?

SRC: a screen capture from  the website http://www.ourmemoryof.com/

On a different note not related to the above, this concept got me thinking.  From a marketing point, this is one way of gauging interest. Develop a website, with a certain product pitch or a concept,with a tag “launching shortly” .  Make sure you have a form for collecting e-mails.  If you think you have enough interest, actually start the site or service, otherwise, you have a database of interested people, and you can pitch your next idea.  I really don’t know what the legalities of such a move might be, or if people have successfully done the same, without losing credibility.  But I think its a good approach.  What do you think? Would love to hear more from my readers on this..