My Digital Thoughts : Shashi's Diary

The title of this post is  paraphrased from real telegrams that my family used to send when we made our annual vacation visits to my parent's place of birth in a rural village in the suthern state of India Andhra Pradesh . Every year till we went to high school we would make the journey from which ever city we lived in at that time to these adorable villages using autorickshaws , taxis, trains, buses culminating in a bullock cart ride for about 10 kms. There are several points to this post other than nostalgia a) Communications :it was not very long ago that radio(not the car radio) was an important tool for news worldwide. Compare that to today half (47%) of all U.S. adults get at least some local news   and information on their phone or tablet. I have used telegrams into the late 80's in India. T his website i found through a Google search tells you telegrams can still be sent Till I came to the US 12 years ago i was a avid letter writer. Some days i wish I ha...

The Tweetreach blog has a interesting post on tweets during the Oscar Awards night with a nice infographic We tracked more than a million tweets during this year’s Oscars telecast (along with partner Mass Relevance). So what did Twitter think of the show? Here’s our analysis of key moments and tweets from the show. Amplify’d from blog.tweetreach.com Twitter got pretty excited when: Melissa Leo dropped the f-bomb during her Best Supporting Actress speech Toy Story 3 won Best Animated Feature Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won Best Original Score for The Social Network The cast of Harry Potter, Twilight and other films were autotuned Oprah announced the Best Documentary Feature award (and when Banksy didn’t win for Exit Through the Gift Shop) Natalie Portman won the Best Actress Oscar The King’s Speech won for Best Picture Other spikes were when: Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake presented the animated awards James Franco dressed as Marilyn Monroe Christian Bale won Best...

Less than half of Americans admit to getting a good night's sleep.   According to a study released by the National Sleep Foundation, only 42 percent of Americans admit to getting a good night's sleep. That's less than half! Like so many others, bloggers often forego sleep in favor of balancing family, friends, and work. Add on the time spent tweeting, updating Facebook, or checking into Four Square and the average blogger has very little time left for themselves. The makers of the Sound Asleep™ Comfort Pillow are asking bloggers nationwide to join them in celebrating National Sleep Awareness Week by participating in the first ever One Week to Better Sleep Blogger Challenge. Developed with busy bloggers in mind, this weeklong health challenge is designed to help spread the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. Not a blogger? That’s ok, take the challenge anyway! Visit the One Week to Better Sleep Blogger Challenge on Facebook  (Facebook.com/TheSleepChall...