Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Push-to -Talk!!

It was an usual Monday morning and I was finding it hard to keep my eyes open.I was trying
to read a book ,had put my earphones on and at the same time sleeping....wondering how I'm
doing all in the same time!!ahem.. life has its own lessons to teach,especially when you
are pressed for time and when you have to travel quite lonnnnnng distance on a daily basis
to reach your "work place"(you should look at my face as i write this line),:-( is not
enough to describe the sadness on my face.But there is also a positive side to travelling
across the city.We get to see some nice things on the way.One thing that I love to watch while travelling to work is
the advertisement bill boards.They are really colourful,eye catching and also informative
sometimes(If you really want to keep pace with the current trends in the city).
Stop commuting,start sport biking!!Any guesses as to which bike has this tag line??It is
Yamaha's Gladiator. It is really good to watch such bill boards, which make you atleast
feel that commuting to work is not after all,that bad,and such cool ads drive our
imagination and make the journey less tiring.One more interesting ad that I came acroos is that of PROCALL...heard of it?? Atleast I've
never heard of it before.It said "India's first digital PTT service".Now the next question
came to my mind..what is that PTT service?I was really curious to know about it as it was
showing some mobile phones and a "Let's team up tag line". So as soon as I reached office I
googled it out and came to know PTT refers to "PUSH -TO-TALK".Let me just give you a sneak peek of this technology...some excerpts from economic times.
It's a next generation digital wireless (radio) solution featuring Motorola's Integrated
Digital Enhanced Network technology,making it the first digital PTT service in India.
PTT communiction (also called dispatch) on radio frequency allows unlimited number of users
in a closed user group communicate with team members for unlimited time at a fixed monthly
charge.

It has some really interesting applications:)
Users can talk with one or many or all members in the group instantly at the push of a
button. This would help business houses working in teams or those involved in BPO services,
airlines, hospitals, taxi or transport fleet management, call centres, courier services to
keep constantly in touch with their employees and monitor them even on field.
Using just one pocket-size digital handset, the services combines the capabilities of a
digital wireless phone, two-way radio with instant group talk features, integrated A-GPS,
advanced messaging services. The pro tracker facility enables to track a team member's
exact location.
The users would be able to receive traffic alerts, receive or send local advertisements and
have supervisors to monitor employees taking a break(what a killer app it is!!) with a
wireless punch card. Internet browsing, database access, wireless payment gateway, job
dispatches and swipe cards are other features
Ahhh.... Is this technical stuff too much for your brain to assimilate..then relax..
chill..it's after all a technology ,created by man,for mankind.And like all the
technologies,it has it's positive and negative sides.Hehe... you must be knowing why I'm
saying this.If it is allowing your boss to track where you are isn't it a BAD TECHNOLOGY??
That's really bad news for us guys...:-(

Then one more eye catching ad is that of Slice's AAMSUTRA(Kudos to their advertising
creativity).I've become a fan of these bill boards off late...they take me to a different
world and I enjoy that.As a child I've always been fascinated by advertisements while
watching TV and to become a creative director was a childhood dream too.Don't know if this
childhood dream will ever get fulfilled as my life has taken many different turns and am a
computer engineer now.Don't know if Advertising was the right field for me,but still have a
liking towards that.Now i've started contemplating as to what is the right choice for
me.Have I made a wrong choice by taking engineering or is that the right one for me and so
on...sudden rush of thoughts..ahhhh.. i want to stop them...I'm trying to bring myself
under control and calm my mind.Will I be able to come to a conclusion on this???Life is now going in a certain direction ,let me see if I can fulfill my childhood dream in
some way.

I'm sure many would have had such childhood dreams like me.Did somone fulfill their dream
or atleast close to fulfiling it??Or following such dreams is not at all possible or not
worth pursuing in the present day world??Or you didnt have any dream at all(Then you are really lucky)??Looking
forward to hear your comments.Do share your dreams and thoughts here:)

5 comments:

rajaji said...
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rajaji said...

A nice read...

skipping the technical part of what is what, I'd like to comment on the concluding section.

We are all caged... sometimes physically and most of the times mentally... and our 'DREAMS' are only beyond windows...we've been so much into technology/gadgetry/material stuff that there are hardly any moments when the heart truly leaps out of bound to follow its own calls.

(I wouldn't be surprised if people interpret my above comment 'DREAMS are only beyond windows' as having something to do with MS-Windows and not with the windows of our mental cages where we are imprisoned!!!!... such is the pitiful effect of over-abundance and omnipresence of technology!!!)


a good read...
keep writing... :)

karthik said...

hey to add to that, it is Bengaluru that is getting this service first in India. Procall is the only company licensed to roll out this service all over India. Interesting updates are available if you google "Procall services India".

Hey hey....regarding dreams...my perspective goes like this. "Dreams are only beyond windows". It has to be like that. One is expected to break out of the cage and pursue it. Otherwise one cannot term it as a dream. My concern is we are too young to really worry about why we have not achieved it. "Now" is the right time to put some efforts and see how far you can stretch yourself for it. Let me reframe Aks' question... "Are you seriously putting some efforts for your dreams?.....in spite of you being put in the cage????"

Aks said...

Thanks to Karthik for that additional info...Rajaji do you agree to what Karthik says??I think what he has told makes sense...But my question is whether we can really follow our dreams even though they are 'beyond windows'.Aren't we scared of the risks involved(like societal and parental presssures)when we take the untrodden path...?Something pulls us back right??So, what I can infer from this discusssion is,
if we want to achieve our dreams,we need to break ourselves free from our mental cages.And also know how to achieve them despite the risks involved.

rajaji said...

@karthik...
though ur comment, "dreams are beyond windows.It has to be like that" , makes sense, there is something more than that called practicality which akila has touched upon in the name of 'societal and parental pressures'.. but this may not entirely be true.

For the less-determined and the weak-hearted, the societal and parental pressures may be too much to cause them to forsake the dreams of the heart sometimes... unfortunately this is the majority of the cases.
your question "Are you seriously putting some efforts for your dreams?.....in spite of you being put in the cage????" depends on whether you are ready to break the chains of bondage and freely follow the calls of the heart!!!

@akila...
Following our dreams is truly a matter of attitude... as rightly said "attitude determines altitude".. but the problem is that we worry too much about the altitudes without changing the attitude...
Fear of risks is the most dangerous evil for anything... but being a hero/leader takes more than what it seems...RISK!! Forget dreams if there is fear of risk...

a nice video for you two...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y6hz_s2XIAU