Tag Archives: Crowdsourcing

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage …

By Tapas | Published: March 12, 2010

Silence on this blog usually means, lots is afoot.
For those who came in late (me included), the jingbang was over at Pluggd.in’s Unpluggd gig. Some hearts were set aflutter because Flipkart sells more than a book/minute. The first day this happened, a couple of us looked at each other, hoping against hope that one of [...]

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Our Cybercafe Has Shifted: The World Book Fair 2010, New Delhi

By Tapas | Published: February 2, 2010

The last time I was at the Flipkart traveling cybercafe was at the Bangalore Book Fair a few months ago. The 19th New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan is on a scale many times bigger (thus explaining the “World” part), but the scale was not the only reason I got lost when I [...]

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The Flipkart Facelift, contd.

By Tapas | Published: January 15, 2010

For those who came in late, we had first poked around a bit sometime 6 months ago.
More than a few kind people chimed in with thoughts and suggestions, as is evident in the comments. We were of course short-staffed and went on a recruiting spree (and as someone once joked, “Looking at Flipkart, one would [...]

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The Very Expensive Caterpillar

By Tapas | Published: January 11, 2010

via @blinkandmiss Re:Paranormal activity on flipkart.com
We tried plugging the dam, but damn, too many leaks too few fingers. To all you people who called and mailed and tweeted, Kudos for keeping us on our toes.
Pankaj coder to the rescue!!!

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