Category Archives: Technology

Everything’s a Game

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Basab Pradhan

I recently crossed a 100 miles per gallon with my Chevy Volt. For those of you who live in “advanced” societies that follow the metric system, that would be 42.5 km per liter. If you fell out of your chair … Continue reading →

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Aadhaar Under Attack for Specious Reasons

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

A parliamentary committee is about to reject the National Identification Authority of India Bill of 2010. Here is an article from The Hindu about it. Here is my post from a few months ago on the UID project. The success … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Technology | 9 Comments

Robert Scoble ko gussa kyon aata hai

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

With due apologies to my non-Hindi speaking readers. A Bollywood film with a similar title just fit so nicely. It means “Why is Robert Scoble so angry?” And boy is he angry. A couple of days back, Robert Scoble, who … Continue reading →

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What Apple Means to Me

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

On Wednesday, as I trudged out of Oracle Open World after Larry Ellison’s keynote, I learnt that Steve Jobs had passed away. It threw a pall of gloom over me and most of the attendees. The world is poorer without … Continue reading →

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Password Strength and Security

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

xkcd has a cartoon that beautifully explains why strict password rules have brought us to a pass where it remains relatively easy for a computer to hack the password. But very difficult for people to remember them. My company, like … Continue reading →

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The Two State World View and BYOC

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

I rejoined Infosys on June 1 as Head of Global Sales. It’s been quite easy slipping back into the saddle on most fronts. The one that took a bit of adjusting to, was on my gear. Startups don’t have IT … Continue reading →

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IBM Watson – Welcoming our New Computer Overlord

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Earlier this week the quiz gameshow Jeopardy! had a new champion – a computer named Watson. It defeated former champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter with ease. Watson created a wave of good PR for IBM, its developer. And rightfully … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Music – the Android Opportunity

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Can Indian digital music become a legitimate business? Or will it stay stuck with a 20th century distribution model? You might say that Bollywood is already digital. You already get popular music on iTunes and amazon.com outside India. But the … Continue reading →

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The Marginal Cost of Software

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Fellow Enterprise Irregular, Bob Warfield calls me out on my claim that software has no marginal cost in my blog post App Stores Galore. I write about the economics of Information Products often and have used the term marginal costs … Continue reading →

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App Stores Galore

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

The Mac App Store launched yesterday and saw more than 1m downloads on its first day. Evernote, a note taking productivity app, saw 40,000 downloads because of the Mac App Store. Clearly, a nice first day. Nowadays, it seems everyone … Continue reading →

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