http://www.shahpriya.com/blog I write, You read, We communicate Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:06:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If there is one newspaper that I hate from the bottom of my heart, it's The Times of India. There use to be a time, when TOI was a respected paper that employed people that at least had half a brain. From what I read now it seems like a ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2012/01/stay-ahead-of-the-times-please/ There are times when you feel you are a little totally lost and cannot think. It's like someone robbed all those little creative monkeys that lived in your head. Here's a video for such times. 29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo. http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2011/07/29-ways-to-stay-creative/ Before you watch this video that vividly illustrates the optimum use of QR Codes, remember this: Technology aids your purpose and is not the solution by itself. "Means can never be considered in isolation from their purpose" -Clausewitz The things Tesco got spot on: Graphics: Their purpose was to bring the store ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2011/06/qr-codes-are-here-to-stay/ Cancer is not an easy topic to talk about. Especially, if you want to talk to a 16-year-old teenager about it. While at NYU, I did my practicum (practical training, if you will) with Matthew Zachary and I'm too Young For This Cancer Foundation (I[2]Y). They are the only organisation ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2011/05/dear-16-year-old-me/ Every once in a while, a famous public figure will out do his/her peers in a twitter controversy. Such is the case of our very own Sararika Ghose. On a recent trip abroad, Sagarika, in very blatant terms tweeted about how Indian men are 'ugly'. Such a extreme comment ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2011/02/tweet-that-and-face-the-consequences/ Being a Youtube star can get you some serious mullah! Take for example iJustine, Shaytards, CTFxC and Kassem G. These  Youtube sensations are known for their million view per video vlogs, their crazy celeb style fan followings and the fact that they make close to $85,000 a year. Each of these ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2011/01/rising-indian-youtube-star/ I don't need to be a fortune teller to tell you that this year tablets will spring like wild mushrooms in retail stores. Let's trace the origins of these amazing devices. Don't be surprised if you find that the TABLET dates back a few ..... hundred years. Kudos to you Motorola, ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2011/01/2011-its-the-year-of-tablets/ Politics in India has always tickled me. Why? Because it is nothing less that the television dramas we watch on TV in India. Only difference, decisions made as a result of or directly because of what happens in the political arena has serious repercussions on people. I remember thinking during ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2010/12/political-communication-in-india-and-digital-technology/ Having lived in Colaba for the most part of my life, I consider myself a lucky Mumbai train rider.  Lucky, because I never had to stand between a sea pool of people, fighting to get on to a train that had most probably crossed its legal capacity. I never had ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2010/10/rail-gaddi/ I remember sitting in the lower basement levels of the NYU Library with @jade_mangahis wondering how a brand could ever use ChatRoulette to market. Think about it 1) It’s filled with teenage kids who are raging with hormones 2) Video length depends on both users 3) And the most glaring truth is … there are way too ... http://www.shahpriya.com/blog/2010/08/chatroulette-finally-put-to-use/