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Generation Is

— Posted by Gagan
Monday, October 1st, 2007

I am part of that blurry-eyed generation that is not neatly defined by world politics what is, war, dreams or the lack thereof what is. Instead I am defined by the desire for the “now” of information

10 Signs You Need a Website Makeover!

— Posted by Gagan
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

This article is broken into several parts because this is a loaded topic, with lots of unknowns to unpack. This month, we look at how to know if it’s time to freshen up your website and redesign it.

Five 80’s songs to make sticky websites

— Posted by Gagan
Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Let’s talk about building stickiness. Sticky like rice. What makes a website sticky? In other words, why do we go back to same site time and again? With this month’s article I am outing myself as someone who grew up listening to 80-ish (one 90’s and one 70’s song thrown in) music. Here are 5 songs about people who come back to websites and help make them sticky.

User-Generated Content & the J.Lo Syndrome

— Posted by Gagan
Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Scenario: I buy a cheap digital camera on eBay. I go out a take a picture of my dog and come back, transfer that pic to my iPhoto library, add a few cheesy effects and upload it to Flickr. I am now a happy prosumer, consuming, producing content as fast as technology [...]

You call it Web 2.0

— Posted by Gagan
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

We have survived that first version of the web. We skipped many a flash intro, used many a sitemap to find our way around marketing hoopla. We even managed to give up old buggy browsers, adopted usability…