ORKUT

Orkut…the seemingly meaningless word almost a year ago is now familiar as well as popular with every youth in the country. Orkut is an Internet social network service run by Google and named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. It claims to be designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships.
Now what is it that has made orkut so successful?? There are other networking sites 2, but y only orkut??? I had been wondering over 4 quite a time, letz analyze it…
Firstly the concept of scraps…b4 being introduced 2 orkut scrap to me meant a small piece of paper or smthing…nw this has cmpltly changed it.
Y scraps??? Couldn’t they have put an option where u cld just mail ur frns and get replys. Y scraps which can b read by nebde and everybde??? Wht I think is tht these scraps r just meant 2 b an informal way of greeting ur frns…just make them know u remember them and 4 the usual chitcat u wld do if u meet them….. Another important factor is the scraps being public- I have had lots of ma frns complaining abt them being public….but just think ovr it??? Wld u visit orkut as often had u been able to check only ur scraps…here orkut cashes on people’s desire to knw whts gng on with others ppl’s life.
Secondly the concept of ratings and fans….though ppl consider it a secondry feature of orkut, its one of the features which has made orkut the success story it is 2 day. Here orkut cashes in on another of human tendencies…2 knw hw popular one is, and these features seem 2 b the esiest way to get feedback on wht ppl think abt u. Same is the concept of testimonials…
Communities is another of the important features. It helps ppl to connect with ppl having same interests or other common things… these communities on orkut r even helping people unite for causes(so finally sm social gd 2!!!!!)
Whenever I browse orkut I wndr hw cleverly the site has been designed, I smtimes wndr had the founder done a PhD on human nature b4 designing this site. The feature of adding sm1 to crush list-did u knw tht sm1 in ur crush list or hot list adds u to their crush or hot list ull b notified…..so orkut is promoting mutual love!!!!
By limiting the no. of photographs not only does the site saves on the server space but also makes sure that everyone showcase their best.
So tht is wht all I think abt this site….but all the analyzing apart…orkut simply ROX!!!!!

My Parents failed attempts

Everyone of us thinks that our parents are the best. I m also there in the race and think I m close to winning this one....yeah they r surely...THE BEST(best only for the lack of bttr superlative).
But this one is not about what my parents have done for me...this is about what they tried doing 4 me, but i dint let them succeed...
I waz maybe in class 1st or 2nd....a tutor waz called to improve my handwriting....i dnt remember nething xcept i have a blurred vision of him accepting his fees mnth after mnth. I dnt need 2 tell the attempt waz a failure.
Class 3rd came the music classes, to make me learn to play the kyboard(harmonium does not sound standard), again no use.
After that I started attending the drawing and painting classes, I still remember the teacher there complaining to ma parents tht i cm there just to chat with the gals...i still cant believe that bcoz the gals there were almost 2.5 times my age.
Grade 6th and 7th were for sports-Table Tennis and swimming.....in the T.T court i just liked watching the pros play...and in the swimming pool i liked watching the lasses...nah thats a lie....bcoz v didnt have the same timing as the gals. I liked swimming but i cldnt ever build up on the stamina.
Next year I expressed my desire to join computer classes…papa immediately obiliged me….now that waz sum success…but what waz the ultimate use…..I m here wasting my time on orkut, yahoo, rediff and blogging!
Class 8th drawing and painting again….this time for academic purpouses bcoz my art marks were ruining my report card…after the first two months the art teacher literally begged to me not to cum again.
Class 9th the writing master waz bck….this time it waz just bcoz I had said(by mistake)-“I dnt like my handwriting and wanna improve it”….my parents, wonderful as they are, did a lotta hardwork 2 find the same teacher again bcoz he waz the only 1 of his kind in the city…..nobody out there teaches u how to improve ur handwriting. The only improvement over last time waz tht this time I cld remember his name….Sulekh….weird name na???
2002 came the Art Of Living course….so that I can b a bttr human being…..i fnd it interesting…but sluggish as I m I never bothered to practice…
Nebde could have given up after so many failures, but I suppose my parents were well taught King Aurthur’s tale in their school days….they are still ready to support me in whatever I try….my Papa the biggest critic and motivator one can have and my mummy a step ahead of him. I respect them, I fear them and I love them. THANX…THANX A TON.