Tech Notes

Create Polaroid Effect in PowerPoint

Create Polaroid Effect in PowerPoint
This tutorial describes how you can apply a polaroid effect with textured paper to your photographs using only the image editing tools available inside Microsoft PowerPoint. Update: Here’s another technique for applying the Polaroid Effectt to your Picture

New TVC for IPL 2011

New TVC for IPL 2011
The IPL fever is on and Sony has launched a new video campaign on TV announcing Bharad Bandh for 51 days. Watch the ads here.

Useful Twitter Tips

Useful Twitter Tips
Marta Majewska of Porter Novelli shares some good tips and suggestions on how you can be ‘awesome on Twitter.’ Some key takeaways: 1. Completely fill your Twitter bio (profile). 2. Your engagement strategy on Twitter should be an equal mix of providing content, retweets and replies.

Keeping your Facebook Account Secure

The Facebook Security team sent the following guidelines to help keep my account secure in future: 1. Password Protection: You should select a unique and complex password for your account and keep this entirely to yourself.

SlideShare Tips – Make your Presentations Go Viral!

SlideShare Tips – Make your Presentations Go Viral!
If you are looking for tips to improve the visibility of your presentations on SlideShare, these awesome tips from @Jesse will come really handy. Jesse suggests that you should make your slides downloadable and that you should upload your deck in PDF – it’s a universal format that can be read on both Mac and Windows machines without further conversion.

Useful PowerPoint Tip: Use One Idea Per Slide

Useful PowerPoint Tip: Use One Idea Per Slide
Nick Smith of advanceyourslides.com offers some excellent tips that you should follow while designing slides for your next presentation: 1. He suggests using only 1 idea per slide else people get distracted.

Barack Obama Meets CEOs of Tech Companies

Barack Obama Meets CEOs of Tech Companies
President Barack Obama recent invited CEOs of top technology companies for dinner at the White House. The guest list included Steve Jobs of Apple, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Scmidt of Google, Larry Ellison of Oracle, Yahoo’s Carol Bartz and others.