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		<title>English &#8211; Language of Problem solving!?</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/english-language-of-problem-solving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No wonder most of the products around are made in China &#8230;Watch this video to see how Chinese are rehearsing English &#8230;However it is interesting thought when Jay Walker  says in his TED speech -
&#8220;&#8230;English is the world&#8217;s second language.Your native language is your life. But with English you can become part of a wider [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siddharths.wordpress.com&blog=272718&post=762&subd=siddharths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>welcome back sid</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/welcome-back-sid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sid was out of action from virtual world &#8230;He stepped into Life Part II &#8230; Link
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		<title>AIG &#8211; Brand destruction by social Media.</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/aig-brand-destruction-by-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>siddharths</dc:creator>
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Above presentation  is a good case study on the Power of social media &#8230; Gone are the days when you can do &#8220;whatever&#8221; in real world and escape.  Watch out! there&#8217;s a conversation happening in the virtual world which is so very well connected and word spreads faster than you can think of &#8230; What are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siddharths.wordpress.com&blog=272718&post=753&subd=siddharths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you *IN LOVE*?</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/are-you-in-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>siddharths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t work out for him in his first relationship. She told him
Dude, I loved you! However I was not *IN LOVE* with you!
 
I think &#8211; Organizations and CIOs who are embracing social media should realize this -
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		<title>Online censorship debate Goes to India</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>siddharths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like governments and legal bodies around the world are onto blogs and social media. Earlier it was Facebook Debate in Australia and this time it is India, where a boy is facing criminal charges for starting an orkut community against a political party (Times of India reports).  He landed up in this situation for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siddharths.wordpress.com&blog=272718&post=736&subd=siddharths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TED in India and TED translation</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/726/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>siddharths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Collins recently came back from the TED conference, and during our discussion around TED he mentioned two things which are worth sharing. So I did some googling to know more about following interesting news pieces  -
1. TED Global will be coming to india this year in November (Link)
2. TED Translation program &#8211; In March [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siddharths.wordpress.com&blog=272718&post=726&subd=siddharths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whats this Facebook debate?</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/whats-this-facebook-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>siddharths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook is in news for al the contentious topics, lots of tweets and updates on Online Privacy and social media. So thought of following up some.
Who is responsible for what is published on Facebook?
Victorian Police suppressed the details of Arsonist during Australian Bushfire, however vigilantes published his details on a facebook group ( Sydney Morning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siddharths.wordpress.com&blog=272718&post=722&subd=siddharths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buzz</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/buzz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>siddharths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New offshoot of  Idea Factory, in coming days I plan to be buzzing more at this new venture -
FinTechBuzz
see you around
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		<title>Evergreen Debate</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/evergreen-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Video

It is an interview of Vivek Bhatia(CIO, COO Wesfarmers Insurance), who was awarded as New CIO of the year 2008 (Link). He achieved this in just one years time of his tenure at Wesfarmers Insurance. This achievement and the dual role of CIO and COO reminded me of an interesting debate i came across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siddharths.wordpress.com&blog=272718&post=710&subd=siddharths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in the color</title>
		<link>http://siddharths.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/whats-in-the-color/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>siddharths</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand Recall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you all for the commenting on last post
As many have already pointed out the correct answer is ANZ
Why that post
When I first landed up on One Direct website, first thing that came to my mind was ING Direct. However i had seen there website earlier so was wondering why this new website, is this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siddharths.wordpress.com&blog=272718&post=700&subd=siddharths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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