Shivam Sharma

[Must Watch Videos] – VW Think Blue campaign (Symphony)

Shivam Sharma — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:42:41 +0000

Its been more than 6 months since I’ve posted anything on this blog. To keep this one active, I’ve decided to share all the interesting videos/photos/links that I stumble upon online, almost every other day. For videos, I’ll be using the [Must Watch Videos] titles, and respectively for Photos/links/music to just about anything.

Hope you guys will like the stuff. Do share your take on the same and feel free to share.

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Video featured in this post is THINK BLUE campaign by VOLKSWAGEN. Pretty neat and interesting:

Google rolls out music service [video]

Shivam Sharma — Thu, 12 May 2011 08:02:45 +0000

Google. Cloud. Music. Sync. Awesome!

Sadly Google Music is available only US for now. Learn more and request an invitation at Google Music.

[Via: AllTop]

Citibank tells women how to fail at business

Shivam Sharma — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:24:51 +0000

The HR department at Citibank (allegedly) put together a (not so) handy list of tips and tricks for women looking to succeed in business. Silly women always applying make-up during board meetings—when will we learn?

In other news, Citibank’s construction costs for reinforcing the glass ceiling have run way over budget.

Full story at Jezebel.

Via: Alltop

Gupchup do baatein – Part I

Shivam Sharma — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:47:21 +0000

Gupchup do baatein..

By: Shivam Sharma & Sugandh Sinha

[Inspired by true story]

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Kaise bitaayein woh din, woh raatein..

KAISE.. bitaayein woh din, woh raate

Kaise bitaayein woh din, woh raatein..

KAISE.. bitaayein woh din, woh raatein.

Baith Mall ki seediyon mein, kar gupchup do baatein.

Kya pyaar tera, kya pyaar mera..

KYA pyaar tera, kya pyaar mera..

Kya rang tera, kya rang mera!

Chhod yeh Duniya ki baatein,

chal kisi Mall mein,karein pyaar ki kar gupchup do baatein.

Kabhi classes chhodi tune, kabhi classes chhodi maine.

KABHI classes chhodi tune, kabhi classes chhodi maine..

Par marks aagaye tere, aur zero lag gaye mere.

Chhod yeh padai ki baatein,

chal kisi Mall mein,karein pyaar ki kar gupchup do baatein.

[To be continued.]

P.s. Just little something a friend of mine and I did while sitting in a boring lecture..

20 things do to before you die

Shivam Sharma — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:44:45 +0000

Life consists of a series of moments loosely strung together. Those life snippets range from the mundane to the monumental, and luckily you can control the volume, so to speak, of your life by cranking up the moments. Get started and get amplified with Almost Organized’s list of twenty experiences to have before you die.

A sampling:

Jump out of a airplane (with a parachute attached)
Learn a martial art
Swim with dolphins
Uncover your genealogy
Walk across fire

Full story at Almost Organized.

Via: AllTop

Extraordinary color photos of Russia snapped a century ago

Shivam Sharma — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:29:10 +0000

In 1909, Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii set out on a three-year photography journey under the blessing of Tsar Nicholas II to capture images of the Russian Empire. Using a specialized camera, Prokudin-Gorskii shot three quick black-and-white shots of his subjects using colored filters. The three images were later combined and projected using filtered lanterns that created near true color images. The vivid shots reveal a fascinating slice of history in a time before the Russian Revolution and World War I.

Full collection at Boston.com’s Big Picture.

Via: AllTop

Collection of photography tips

Shivam Sharma — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:25:52 +0000

Photo Tuts has compiled a list of “100 Helpful Photography Tutorials for Beginners and Professionals” that is super helpful to becoming a better photographer. The subjects covered include:

Composition
White balance
RAW vs JPEG formats
Lighting

Full story at Photo Tuts.

10 Entertaining eBay Facts You Might Not Know

Shivam Sharma — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:26:18 +0000

eBay Inc. is an American Internet company that manages eBay.com, an on-line auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Founded in 1995, eBay is one of the notable success stories of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries.

Mashable has a compiled a list of 10 really interesting facts about eBay. Here’s a sneak peak:

As the world’s largest marketplace, eBay has hundreds of millions of listings live at any given moment. Since its founding in 1995, the company has grown from just one curious computer programmer to over 15,000 employees. Over the past 15 years, eBay has become one of the largest companies in America, consistently ranking in the Fortune 500, and is one of the most recognized brands around the world. Throughout the years, the world has gawked at some of the oddest items listed on eBay, including, among others, old gum, entire towns, and even spouses. The fact that anyone can list almost anything (yes, there are some restrictions), makes this site one of the most interesting places to find rare or outlandish items.
eBay was Originally Called AuctionWeb

The site we now know as eBay was launched during Labor Day weekend in 1995 as “AuctionWeb,” by entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar in his living room in San Jose, California.

AuctionWeb was just one of four sites housed under Omidyar’s umbrella company, eBay Internet. The other three included a travel site set up in loose partnership with a local San Jose travel agent, a personal shopper site, and a site about the Ebola virus. Check out the screenshot above of AuctionWeb, circa 1997. The decision to change the name from AuctionWeb to eBay was made by Omidyar and Jeffrey Skoll, eBay’s first full-time employee and president, in mid-1997. The change was spurred by the fact that most customers referred to the site as “eBay,” and the initial media coverage, though sparse, also used “eBay” more than “AuctionWeb.” The actual name change took place in September of 1997 and involved a migration of existing users to a completely new platform with a more graphical website and home page. It also introduced the world to the multi-colored eBay logo we know today. So, where did “eBay” actually come from? Long before AuctionWeb existed, Omidyar went to Sacramento to register the domain echobay.com for his planned business name Echo Bay Inc., but it was taken. He came up with “eBay” on the spot and registered it instead.
The First Item Listed on eBay was a Broken Laser Pointer

On Labor Day weekend in 1995, computer programmer Omidyar wrote the code for what he called an “experiment.” He wanted to know what would happen if everyone in the world had access to a single global marketplace. To test his idea, he came up with an auction website, where he listed a broken laser pointer that he was going to throw away. In the end, a collector bought it for $14.83. Among the other items sold just a week after Omidyar launched eBay were autographed Marky Mark underwear for $400, a Superman metal lunchbox for $22, and a Toyota Tercel for $3,200.
The Most Expensive eBay.com Purchase: A Jet

A Gulfstream II Jet that sold for $4.9 million in 2001 is the record for highest eBay sale price yet. The record sales price was more than three times the previous known eBay record of $1.65 million. The jet was sold by Tyler Jet (now, Tyler Jet Motorsports), the world’s largest business jet dealer at the time.
Check out all 10 here.

How to be Alone [Video]

Shivam Sharma — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:51:10 +0000

Embrace being alone with a little help from filmmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis.

“If you’re happy in your head, then solitude is blessed and alone is okay.”

So, is being alone overrated or underrated?

Via Reddit & AllTop

Mad magazine’s rejection letter

Shivam Sharma — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:16:06 +0000

Mad magazine doles out rejection with a wink and a smile, as evidenced by this letter sent out to every failed submitter during the time when Al Feldstein sat at the helm of the humor mag. If only all of life’s rejections came in such an amusing, giggle-inducing format. Sigh.