What I learned this week - #03

Remove Google Ad Setting

By now you must have seen the Google alert telling you that they are using your G+ profile name and profile photo for their ads known as "Shared Endorsements".  You can manually unchecked this service from your Google Account setting. It's very easy.

Go to Google Profile Setting  and unchecked it. Don't forget to save the settings.

Fashion is a whole new world!

After cashing out from last week's Amazon cheque I went out and bought a pair of shoes from Zara. This is my first pair from a non-sports brand. Being a curious guy I googled to learn more about the fashion industry and I have become wiser since last week.

I have learned the difference between high street and high end brands. What a designer label is and the word "Haute couture".

To learn more I am reading Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion  by Alan Flusser.

Just for Laugh Gags Youtube channel is the best

If you love comedy and haven't watch any Just for Laugh gags videos. you are missing out on fun. Check out the videos.

 

That’s it folks from my side,  so What Did You Learn This Week?

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What I learned this week - #02

Amazon Mechanical Turk pays Indian users via Citibank

Thought of withdrawing some amount from Amazon's Mechanical Turk account in Indian rupees. Received a cheque from CitiBank.

What will I do with the amount?  Probably contribute some to Rangde and get this shoes!

There is a guy called Arjun and he rocks!

At first I thought this guy was crazy. Then realised he was making more sense than I do. Arjun makes videos and earns money via Fiverr. He performs crazy testimonials for his clients. Check out his videos here.  Have put up one as an example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKVwYxInLx8

Two clean places to start writing.

Just as I thought Medium was the best place to write anything on the internet, I found two more sites where you can edit and practice writing anything you want. The editor is very clean, better than any Windows/Mac document editor I have use. Check out Editorally and Draft.

There is a Firefox Plugin called AdblockPlus.

Someone should have told me about this Plugin long long time ago. This add-on block ads on any pages and help users(includes you and me) surf internet at very fast pace. If you haven't install this, you are making a BIG BIG mistake. Get it here at AdblockPlus.

Google Street View and how to upload images.

Probably the coolest thing I learned this week. We can now upload 360 degree photos via Android on Google Street Views. Some of the streets which I have watched are fantastic. To know more about Google Street view go here.

 

That's it folks from my side,  so What Did You Learn This Week?

Share your learning experiences or other comments on the comment section.

What I learned this Week - #01

Tracking Gmail Messages

We can now manually track our sent Gmail messages. This means we can now know whether our recipient has open our mails or not.

Here is how:
1. You can install a plugin called "Signals" developed by Hubspot. Till the time of writing this blog it only works in Chrome Browser.

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2. Another way is to use Google Analytics. Read this tutorial by Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration.

Gawker Media

Gawker media is BIG and a parent company. Gawker.com, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, io9, Kotaku, Jalopnik, and Jezebel comes under Gawker media.

MailChimp has a great lab

Check out MailChimp's Labs. Love their Tiny Letters and LongReply projects.

New Words

Antithesis: the direct opposite. [anti= against, thesis= position]
Ameliorate: to make better . [ a= to , melior= better ]

 

What Did You Learn This Week?

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Simple lesson a soap taught me

A simply product can teach us many things. This is one of them.

Me at a shop.

Me: "I want a Fiama Di Wills bathing bar".

Shopkeeper: "Out of stock. Try another brand".

Me: "Which one? Is it good?"

Shopkeeper: "Yes, it is. Denver for men. Take it."

Hesitatingly I took  it as he wanted me to try out something different. The shopkeeper even refused to take money as the product I wanted was out of stock and he did not want to disappoint his customers. So I came back and tested it for a week. The product was good. The smell was fine, shape and size were fine. But there was something that didn't click with me. I didn't feel like I was bathing. You know the feeling, right? It was like not having the feel of mint after brushing the teeth for about 3 to 4 minutes.

After a week, I went back to him and asked for Fiama Di Wills again. Fortunately this time it was available.

Me at the shop again:

Me: "The Denver soap you gave me was fine but didn't click like Fiama Di Wills used to do. It must be something with me but now I would like to have only my choice of soap."

I continued.....

Me: "The thing is....I like only the brands I have been using and no matter what happens to other brands....whether it's given for free or cost a premium I don't want to use it."

That moment he interrupted and worriedly said....

Shopkeeper: "Please don't misunderstand us like that. I did not charge money and gave to you....not because it was a bad product but I because I wanted you to try a good brand so that you might like it in the future. This is embarrassing. I guess I will have to stop giving free stuffs to my customers."

I pleaded with no no no.... I didn't mean like that.......but then the damages had already been done.

Lesson Takeaway:

1. In anything you build or produce, build brands. It matters. It's always going to be Fiama Di Wills for me. I don't really care whether Dettol, Lux, Dove or Denver exists or not. For you, it might be different.


2. Think and Say. Very important lesson.  I thought I was saying some cool things by blurting out "whether it's given for free or cost a million..."  but no....that silly dialogue made my shopkeeper look bad in front of his customers.

That's it folks. I learned the hard way. Don't forget to grab the last two takeaways. It will surely come in handy one day.