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The newest gadget added to my collection is a Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Desktop external hard drive.

“Designed to live peacefully in your home or office, the FreeAgent external hard drive is extra quiet and takes up less room on your desk than a stapler. Even the cable ports are base-mounted to help keep your desk free of clutter. We even add a little bit of sophistication to your desktop with the unique espresso brown finish and molten amber illumination. To eliminate the slightest bit of worry, we’ve even included technical support and a five-year limited warranty.” - Seagate web site

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On Memorial Day weekend we set off to Boston. A three day trip covered lot of activities including Six Flags, New England Aquarium, Whale watching, Boston city tour and on the way back NewPort Marble Mansion. Some worth sharing snaps are uploaded to my Flickr. You can check out my album by clicking here.

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Getting creative is part of our job. Whatever project we are working on, at some point we need to come up with some nice starting point — some fresh idea which we could explore further, build upon and refine until we have a polished, perfect result. Although having an idea is at least as important as implementing it properly, without inspiration and innovation you just can’t get anything done.

And this is where it sometimes gets messy. In fact, drawing inspiration is not as easy as we used to think of it. Inspiration is not just observing something, analyze it and implement it in one or another way in your work. Inspiration is much more: there is a fine line between inspiration and imitation which is easy to cross and as easy to mix up.

Inspiration means captivate an idea and develop it further. Imitation means identify an idea and use it. As a professional when getting creative, you need to make sure that you pick the right path to follow.

So how do you actually come up with new ideas? I generally visit any of my favorite bookmarked links and get inspired!

The FWA
NetDiver
Deviant Art
Kuler
Template Monster
Cool HomePages
Digital-Web

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Americans send about 38 billion water bottles a year to landfills. Considering the 1.5 million barrels of oil needed to make those bottles, the environmental impact of plastic bottle waste is truly staggering.

That’s why Brita and Nalgene have teamed up to create the FilterForGood pledge. It’s a simple commitment to reduce your personal waste by giving up bottled water, even if it’s just a few days each week. Together, filtered water and a reusable bottle are an ideal solution for going green at home and on the go. It’s an easy change that can make a big difference.

The 10 simple ways to ‘Go Green’

1. Follow the return policy for disposing electronic gadgets.
2. Skip the bottled water at the grocery or convenience store.
3. Compost your food scraps.
4. Change the thermostat setting and install energy saving devices. (CFL lights saves energy)
5. Think twice about new electronics.
6. Add one meatless meal per week.
7. Use your local library and other public amenities.
8. Car Pool.
9. Avoid plastic carry bags.
10. Use less use of office/home printer.

So please Go Green and save our planet earth.

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On last Monday 24th of March 2008, I joined Pfizer as User Interface Designer. Its world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical company. Pfizer Inc discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals and many of the world’s best-known consumer brands.

As a User Interface Designer, my task is to design interface for a tool that is  being developed in-house. This tool act as a face to interact, modify and maintain the whole junk of database.

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