Category Archives: Karma

How many identities do you have?

Posted on January 23, 2007 by

I have been thinking about the differences in teenage and adult behavior in the sphere or creating and managing identities. You can read my take over on the Read/WriteWeb (Thanks Richard, for the great job editing and laying out the … Continue reading →

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PowerReviews Takes On Amazon.com With Distributed Model

Posted on January 12, 2007 by

This Tuesday, I was at the NewTechMeetup, where I saw a presentation from Robert Chea, Founder and COO of PowerReviews. You can read my review of the startup over on the Read/WriteWeb (Thanks, Richard MacManus, for the opportunity!).

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CopyBot

Posted on November 22, 2006 by

Great article by Jennifer Granick, on the issues facing Linden labs, the creators of Second life, due to the bursting on the scene of CopyBot. For those not familiar with the havoc a new program called CopyBot, is causing to … Continue reading →

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What is reputation?

Posted on October 30, 2006 by

There has been a lot of discussion about how to define and operationalize reputation for on-line communities. Bob Blakley in his beautifully written post – On the Absurdity of Owning One’s Identity – defines reputation as follows: Your reputation is … Continue reading →

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Karma in the Business World

Posted on October 25, 2006 by

The Times of India has an interesting article on the inflence of Bhagwat Gita on corporate America. Suddenly, says Businessweek magazine in its latest issue, phrases from ancient Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita are popping up in management … Continue reading →

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Social networks and the profit motive

Posted on October 4, 2006 by

The Blog Herald had an interesting review called Diggs for sale in organized fashion User/Submitter is a new service that connects publishers with diggers. Have a story? Then hand over the cash and User/Submitters’ dig users will digg it for … Continue reading →

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Mystery of online community

Posted on September 19, 2006 by

John C. Dvorak, the often controversial and flamboyant columnist at the PC magazine had an interesting post, related to the problems with virtual on-line communities. The problem with on-line communities has been the lack of an identity infrastructure and other … Continue reading →

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Introducing KarmaWeb

Posted on September 15, 2006 by

BIO Jitendra has over 15 years of experience in software technology. He started his career as a software engineer in the EDA industry. In 2000, after his MBA, Jitendra joined Siebel systems as product manager for Siebel web platform – … Continue reading →

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