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Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Working hard, today?

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:41:49 +0000

Vikas, I remember your "My Green Stuff"! And, I know, your time management skills are very good! Keep it up!

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Yahoo! Presence shows my status as offline even when I am online

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:26:05 +0000

@Dark Demon, Thank-you for commenting! I have this issue on a Mac and also on Linux where I don't have Winamp. Irrespective of the client and the Operating System, this persists.

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Working hard, today?

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:11:48 +0000

The only way to be successful, in fulfilling any resolutions such as these, that I have observed is by allowing yourself to survive in a little distaste. Meaning, you cannot always be willing to do something that you really want to and when you have done things like these for a few iterations, you get into the rhythm. Again, once you are into the rhythm, you must not start taking things lightly. I was an avid bodybuilder at a time, working out over 7 hours a day, for many years. Gradually, I started taking things a bit easy and now after 15 years, I don't exercise one bit.

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Website and Web Application Interface Design Companies in Pune

Thu, 14 May 2009 05:41:37 +0000

Thanks! Glad that it is useful.

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Website and Web Application Interface Design Companies in Pune

Thu, 14 May 2009 05:41:12 +0000

Received a message from Dimakh Consultants: also do check - http://www.dimakhconsultants.com/webportfolio.htm search for Website and Web Application Companies in Pune and we are among top five

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : The 10 Commandments of starting-up a new business (in India) during Recession 2.0

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:29:42 +0000

Thanks for reading and commenting, Amit! This is an interesting figure - would be interesting to understand how Redhat defines an SME and what verticals within SME have what kind of distribution (of this figure).

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : The 10 Commandments of starting-up a new business (in India) during Recession 2.0

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:25:07 +0000

Thanks KK!

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : The 10 Commandments of starting-up a new business (in India) during Recession 2.0

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 06:13:45 +0000

Sridhar, Thank-you for reading and commenting on this post! We have a Gujarati saying that says, "It takes 1000 days for any business".

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : The 10 Commandments of starting-up a new business (in India) during Recession 2.0

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 06:11:46 +0000

Saurabh, Thank-you for commenting! W.R.T. Point 6, my observations have been: 1) The proprietor/partners/directors of an SME have a very strong relationship with their hardware vendor. 2) Generally, they have AMCs in place for computer servicing, network maintenance, etc., which allows them to meet face-to-face quite a few times in a year. 3) Obviously, whenever there is a need for adding more computers, replacing some computers, they look towards their hardware vendor for their advice. (This is true even if the owner of the business is computer-literate). 4) Due to their strong relationship, every time, there is a need for introducing new software or replacing existing software, the local hardware vendor is first to receive a call. 5) Over a period of time, the vendors start understanding the typical software requirements and sign-up as dealers with companies such as, Tally, Microsoft, etc. 6) Thus, these hardware vendors provide a range of products and services like computer hardware, setting-up of networks, software for most common requirements, etc. 7) Only in very rare situations, will you notice more than one vendor catering to one customer. Thus, the relationship is one-to-one. That is, One technically sound agency serving all hardware, software, networking and advisory. Because in India, the typical phrase used for these vendors is the “Computer wallah” who provides everything pertaining to hardware and software to the small businesses. People generally tend to ask, “How is your computer wallah? Is he good?”, meaning to say, "Is he technically efficient?".

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : My Twitter Following Policy

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:39:48 +0000

yes, you did :-)

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Yahoo! Presence shows my status as offline even when I am online

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:02:02 +0000

Petronel, thank-you for commenting! I am somewhat of the opinion that this is not related to the client that you use for connecting. Rather, it is a server-side issue at Yahoo!. I am thinking so because I have tried with different clients on different Operating Systems with no improvement. I also do not think that Yahoo! has a solution to this, because if you notice my other post, I have pasted the entire conversation with Yahoo! Messenger support, which has spanned over 2.5 months now and they are totally stumped. Anyways, I have now lost the hopes for this to work.

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Yahoo! Messenger - Brilliant Support!

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:36:20 +0000

I got a response - they aren't closing the ticket yet. --- Hello Chintan, Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Messenger about your online presence indicator. I got your message, and I'm writing to let you know that we are doing everything in our power to resolve your issue as quickly as possible. Although I can't offer you an estimate for when this problem will be fixed, or any other info about how we might resolve it, it's important to us that you know we are aware of what's going on and are doing what we can to take care of it swiftly so that you can use Messenger again without any problems. I know this is likely frustrating and I'm sorry for any inconveniences this might have caused. Please feel free to email me again if you have any other questions and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Messenger. Regards, Cid Yahoo! Messenger Customer Care For assistance with all Yahoo! services, please visit: - http://help.yahoo.com/ New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - better than ever! ---

Chintan Zaveri's Weblog : Yahoo! Presence shows my status as offline even when I am online

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:32:31 +0000

I have been following up with Yahoo! after creating a ticket. After a few emails, they finally asked me to send them a log of Yahoo! messenger. After sending the log to them and sending another 3-4 follow-up emails over a period of 2 weeks, I still haven't heard back from them. Terribly upset with the customer service. :-(