SAGARAGAS

Cycorder: One of the many things missing in iPhone is video recording facility. This app lets you record videos is easy and quick way. You can also transfer these videos to your PC. I am still to figure that out.


BiteSMS: Yet another feature we all sorely miss is forwarding messages. BiteSMS is a simple and easy to use app which lets you forward and delete messages. MySMS is another similar and feature rich app. I don’t use it because BiteSMS gives me the basic feature of forwarding sms I am looking for.

MxTube: You Tube app in iPhone lets you bookmark your favourite videos. But each time you want to check out those videos or show it to some of your friends, you need wifi connection. MxTube lets you download your favourite videos right in your iPhone. It also has search option.

Snapture: Mr. Steve, so what if you have not given me a zoom option in my iPhone camera. I now have Snapture. With Snapture you get zoom feature, colour mode feature, and burst option.

MakeItMine: This app lets you customize the carrier logo and the time to any name and number that you want. A simple and no-nonsense app. Check the screenshot below.

iSpazio Dockflow : Do you like the album cover flow feature in the iTunes? Now you can get the same look to your dock. This one is visually stunning. Check the screenshot below.

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Note: There were some alphabets which had more than three brands. Eg: W – Word press. But I have refrained from adding more than three brands for each alphabet.

If you want the answers or have suggestions, just drop in a mail at sagar.sha@gmail.com or a Tweet @sagsha

Disclaimer: The logos used are only for representative purposes. Not for commercial purposes. Please don’t sue me.

There are three tech companies I admire the most, Apple, Microsoft and Google. But when it comes to leadership of these companies, no one comes close to Steve Jobs. What separates Steve Jobs from the rest of the tech entrepreneurs is his ability to blend art and science (read creativity and technology) into one and bring out products which re-defines the category.

Here is a compilation of the best quotes from this Apple Man whom I admire the most for his creativity, vision and leadership. His speech at the Stanford University is also worth reading.

Life and Career

· Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. Most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

· I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

· People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.

· We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.

· I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

· Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

People

· Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview. So, in the end, it's ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they're challenged? I ask everybody that: 'Why are you here?' The answers themselves are not what you're looking for. It's the meta-data.

· When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is -- are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself. They'll want to do what's best for Apple, not what's best for them, what's best for Steve, or anybody else.

Customer

· You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

· Our DNA is as a consumer company -- for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply.

Innovation and Design

· It's not about pop culture, and it's not about fooling people, and it's not about convincing people that they want something they don't. We figure out what we want. And I think we're pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it too. That's what we get paid to do. We just want to make great products.

· Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

My Personal Favorite:

· Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Steve Jobs. Get Well Soon.

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The responses were quite creative, hilarious and also true to some extent. Below are my 30 odd personal favourite tweets.

1. When Kaamwali bais (house maids) create a hashtag and bitch about their memsaabs.

2. When parents say ‘Beta vaha pohachte hi Twitter karna’ [Son, tweet as soon as you reach...]

3. When Amitabh, Aamir and SRK have their own Twitter accounts and it becomes the Breaking News on Aaj Tak.

4. When railway stations will announce via twitter rather than by loudspeakers.

5. When ‘Hand’ is replaced by’@Handle‘ as the new logo of Congress.

6. When our leaders ask for ‘Tweevotes‘ instead of ‘Votes’ during elections.

7. When visitng cards will have Twitter handles (@handle) instead of email ids.

8. When a minister will tweet his resignation and send a DM to CM with plea not to accept the resignation.

9. When #Reliance will launch a company named BIGtwit.

10. When Aamir, SRK and Akshay use Twitter to promote their next big budget films.

11. When a book is released ‘100 Signs of Twitter becoming mainstream in India‘ and becomes a best seller.

12. When every bollywood movie will have a twit version for those who are short of time.

13. When school exams will say ‘Answer in Twitter’ instead of ‘Answer in Brief’.

14. When you set twitter as your homepage of your computer.

15. When Political Manifesto will be ‘Roti, Kapda, Makaan aur Twitter’ for aam aadmi.

16. When MNS will make it mandatory to type all Tweets in Marathi.

17. When Twitter birdie becomes the next face of a brand like #Vodafone Pug but with permission.

18. The channel has a reality show called ‘Kaun Banega TwitterPati’.

19. When people join language courses to learn new language - Twittsh.

20. Some time later an award winnig movie is released, called ‘TwitterDog Millionaire‘.

21. When PM addresses a Tweet Conference to the entire nation on Twitter.

22. When India hands over Tweets of terrorists as proof to Pak and Pak accepts it.

23. When reality shows ask people to vote using tweet instead of SMS.

24. When Ekta Kapoor makes a new serial ‘Kahani Twitter Twitter Ki‘ and will get highest TRPs (Twitter Rating Points).

25. When Mumbai university introduces a new subject in colleges ‘Tweetology‘… and makes it compulsory.

26. When Walkie-Talkies are replaced by Tweetie-Talkies in the army, with paandus, and other events.

27. When Indian Cricket Team has Twitter logo on their T-shirts and bats.

28. SS, MNS start tweeting from the places they are wrecking -> Just broke a shopper’s stops glass door, kaay majja aali [In english - What fun] :P

29. When government applications ask for twitter names along with email IDs and phone numbers.

30. When you name your child as Twitter instead of Ram, Rahul or Raj.

And the best of all “When mainstream media takes cues from this and prints all the ideas along with original twitter handles.”

For a complete list click here.

Now that you have mastered know-me-all keyboard shortcuts its time to move to the next level. Find below the Cool MS Word Keyboard shortcuts which will help you get work done faster. Once you start using these I bet you’ll never have to touch that mouse again.

Cool Shortcuts

1. Ctrl + E : Centre alignment of the paragraph

2. Ctrl + L : Left alignment of the paragraph

3. Ctrl + R : Right alignment of the paragraph

4. Ctrl + J : Justify alignment of the paragraph

5. Ctrl + Right Arrow : Moves one word to the right

6. Ctrl + Left Arrow : Moves one word to the left

7. Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow : Selects one word to the right.

8. Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow : Selects one word to the left.

9. Shift + Down Arrow: Selects the entire line by placing the cursor at the start of the line

10. Shift + Up Arrow: Selects the entire line by placing the cursor at the end of the line

11. Ctrl + ] : Increases the font size by 1 point

12. Ctrl + [ : Decreases the font size by 1 point

13. Shift + F3 : Changes to word / sentence to UPPER case, lower case and Sentence case. (Same as Format > Change Case in toolbar)

14. Ctrl + Enter : Page Break from the point cursor is placed

15. Ctrl + 1 : Single line spacing

16. Ctrl + 5 : 1.5 line spacing

17. Ctrl + 2 : Double line spacing

18. Ctrl + Backspace : Delete one word to left

19. Ctrl + Delete: Delete one word to right

20. Alt + _ (letter underlined below each toolbar word)

The last shortcut will open the toolbar option one wants to select.
For instance, To select File: Press Alt + F. (File) This will open File option.
To select Bullets and Numbering: Press Alt + o (Format) and Alt + n (Bullets and Numbering)….Isn’t this great !!!

So, guys start using these keyboard shortcuts and let your mouse go on a vacation.

Please share tips and tricks you think will make life simple.

I have categorized them into two.

1) Know-Me-All Shortcuts – These are the basic MS word shortcuts which everyone should know.

2) Cool Shortcuts – There shortcuts are the one which are more useful and most of us did not know. You can use these to impress the lovely ladies around you.

So for time being (not sure how long) let's just enjoy the video and say .... WOW!!!

Folks, its time to move from plain vanilla look of your Gmail account to a more classy and attractive grey and blue shade. (Firefox only)

What you will need?
1) Google Account (your Gmail or Orkut account will do)

2) Address list of your favourite websites. (I have taken 5 websites technology sites for demo)

http://lifehacker.com/
http://www.engadget.com/
http://www.techtree.com/
http://www.technobuzz.net/
http://www.macrumors.com/

Steps to use iGoogle
1) Go to http://www.google.com/ig

2) Click on ‘Sign in’ and log in using your Google Account

3) Now that you have signed in, you will see the default iGoogle account like this. (pic below)

4) You will get live cricket scores, horoscope, Google News India and Gmail on this page.

5) Now click on ‘Add Tab’ option next to ‘Home’ Tab > Give a name to your Tab (eg: My sites are on technology hence ‘Tech-know-logy’ (pic below)

Note: If you are using a common name like ‘Technology’ then you will get pre defined site loaded on it. If you do not want this then uncheck ‘I’m feeling lucky, Automatically add stuff based on the tab name.’

6) Now click on ‘Look for new stuff to add’. You will be directed to a page to add gadgets (read websites)

7) Click on ‘Add feet or gadget’ (Orange icon of RSS feed) link to add your favourite websites one by one. (pic below)


8) After you are done adding all the websites click on ‘Back to iGoogle Home’

9) You will find the top three latest posts of each of these websites. (pic below)


You will soon get addicted to this once you start using.

There tons of other things you can do, like add more news items, change the theme, drag and drop the boxes, and much more

ColorfulTabs: Add colour to your tabs. A simple and cool add-on to add different colors to your boring and lifeless Tabs. This one will get you a brownie point from your friends.

Fast Video Download: Now, downloading your favourite videos from You Tube is just a click away. I haven’t tried yet but must be an useful add-on considering it has downloaded 69,43,701 times and has a four star rating.

Flagfox: A good to know type of add-on. In the words of the developer, this add-on displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website's server and provides quick access to detailed location and web server information.
Besides these add-ons check out the ‘Recommended’ and ‘Most popular’ section to find more cool add-ons.

For those who haven’t started using Firefox 3: Download Now!