Web 3.0 and Orbitz

We have been discussing about the online travel industry and have covered Yahoo! Travel, TripAdvisor and Travelocity from a Web 3.0 perspective earlier. Here we take a look at Orbitz’s offering. Orbitz, founded in 2001 is an online travel agency, now owned by Travelport, which in turn is in the process of being acquired by

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iPhone and the Future of Nvidia

I have spent many years in the semiconductor eco-system, and one of the first thoughts I had when the iPod bonanza started, was, “Someone must be making a killing off this on the chip side!” Today, ofcourse, it is a well-known fact that a whole company got built because the iPod took off the way

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Defying Google: Adify CEO, Russ Fradin (Part 1)

I have written about Adify recently in Adify Challenges AdSense. In this series, I have a long conversation with Russ Fradin, an online advertising industry veteran, and currently the CEO of Adify, an innovator in the Online Ad Network space. Presumably, they will help a lot of media companies and upstarts build vertical ad networks,

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As India Builds (Part 1)

In 1989, I left India with two dream-stuffed suitcases for college in Western Massachusetts. This was long before the wave of Information Technology swept the country, dotting business parks across once ox-plowed fields. My Swiss Air flight roared above Bombay, above the rickshaw traffic and stray cows. Despite the 6000 miles, the 23 hour plane

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Designs That Move: Noguchi Lamp

Isamu Noguchi loved working in forms that suggested light and weightlessness. His Akari Freeform column floor lamp is still in production.

Designs That Move: Chanel No. 5 Box

I often use the Chanel No. 5 Box as my design brief to web designers. It is completely white, except for a black border, and the letters.

Designs That Move: Deborah Krupenia Vessel

“The intimate object is always my concern. The small scale of jewelry is an appealing format for my continued research in surface and form development, using my well-established palette of Japanese copper alloys (most of which I make) and colored golds and the technique of married metals.” – Deborah’s Artist’s Statement.

Designs That Move: Noguchi Table

If you’ve ever wondered which designers have inspired Steve Jobs, Isamu Noguchi is one of them. Here’s a famous table by the Japanese master.