I actually never thought that I would be getting bored with my theme so early in it’s lifetime. Ahh, yeah, it’s time for a new theme.

And on “the reason behind the change” .. simple .. I have been doing some RoR coding lately, and now recently moved back to UI, and as always the kick to make beautiful things made me change my mind on my current theme.

And on “the reason why I’m blogging about it” .. simple again .. I haven’t blogged for some time now. Plus, just wanted to know whosoever will read this post, that I (along with a friend of mine) will be launching our cute little app sometime next week or so; why am I saying all this .. I just felt like .. and don’t forget to say “good luck” :)

Yeah, you heard it. Finally, orkut has launched a few selected apps for the general public. It’s been said that the apps are currently available to a few selected users only (maybe developers only, or GOD knows who are the chosen ones), and Orkut needs to first test the stability of the OpenSocial API on their container.

Earlier, Orkut had stated that they plan to roll out the applications in phases, so that they may be able to test and figure out their API, and other issues. Right now there are only a few handpicked apps (and some of them are really addictive I tell you !!), and when the next slot of apps will be available for users is not known as of now.

It’s actually good to be developer, you get all the inside scoop beforehand, and get to use the apps before anyone else on the sandbox :)

Do check out some apps, and let them know your feedback, and if possible me also. The app that we are developing will get you rolling when it comes out in the next slot.

Happy social apping till then :)

I was over at Rashmi Sinha’s (of the slideshare.net fame) weblog and there is a very interesting article that she has written about the possibility of wordpress becoming a social networking platform, and comparable to Facebook.

It’s a must read really. Go checkout the blog entry, and also do some more reading at further links in the article itself. It’s worth spending time lurking on the internet.

I happened to reach Sita’s blog over at Binary Day, and fortunately (or unfortunately) to this article about Seed Funding over there.

It’s such a pity that there aren’t enough VCs or firms that are ready to fund ideas, judging only by the ideas, the people and the motivation. Why the need of business plans ?? I really can’t write a BP, nor can I face the disappointment on my partner’s face (as well as mine) after getting rejected for not really having a good business plan. Did I get rejected because I had no business plan, or I could not write one efficiently ?? The latter is a more appropriate reason.

I had written about it in my earlier post as well that Web-2.0 has not reached India as yet. You can read that post here (about the talent crunch that startups talk about in India right now).

Till the time web-3.0 comes in, and India just about catches up with web-2.0 till then, I guess the best places for Seed Funding or mentoring (or for that fact anything related to a young startup) remain the GenPortal (www.genportal.org) and NEN (nenonline.org).

This one’s good…really good I say. Try and think of the major driving force behind entrepreneurship – as to why you want to be an entrepreneur. Is it the money, fame, freedom, or anything else. What comes to my mind is what I can relate to with this quote.

“There is only one way to live life, and that’s my way”