40 Inspirational Quotes from SXSW 2014

Just because SXSW 2014 is over doesn't mean the inspiration and excitement have to be. Check out these 40 inspirational quotes from SXSW:

40 Inspirational Quotes from SXSW 2014 from Natalia Hatalska

How to manage my phone contacts on the cloud efficiently?

Be it an android, apple or windows, backups are always necessary. Most of us want to change our mobile phone as often as possible to ensure we are in touch with technology and apps. Some of us even do it as a hobby. Contacts are always a growing list and managing them through various devices can be a task. 

We also have different options on every smartphone to sync our contacts on to the cloud. iCloud is a great way to store iPhone contacts. Gmail is awesome for android users. Microsoft uses Sky Drive and Outlook.com. The big players in the market have their own solutions to creating back-up of contacts. There are great apps in the marketplace that provide ways to have a backup in the cloud.

The problem over here is to manage contacts on the cloud efficiently. Cloud is a cool place to store data. But when we have a growing list of data, how can we manage it.

Mobile companies are pushing their sales in every possible way to stay on top of the market. The tables show the sales on mobiles to end users in Q3 2013 and who are the players in the market. (Taken from http://www.ibtimes.com/worldwide-smartphone-sales-q3-2013-samsung-android-maintain-lead-apples-market-share-slips-1471754)

These days, sticking on to one brand becomes questionable as the choices we have are more. Managing contacts on the cloud can be ineffective if we choose to keep changing our phones from different brands every two years or less than that.

Move Contacts on to Online Spreadsheet.

As mentioned earlier, Contacts are a growing list and all mobile phones can import contacts from a .csv format file. If we use online tools such as Google Docs, Zoho Docs, Office 365, CollateBox, EditGrid, etc. the contacts are always available on the cloud and easily downloadable. They are also downloadable in a CSV format which is a common factor for importing contacts. We may not be able to sync our contacts directly from the mobile devices but there are options to add and retrieve the data from the online lists. Sharing, web link, embedding of sheet or online forms are ways to add or update contacts to the spreadsheets. CollateBox has an interesting feature of notifying the user through mail or sms when changes to the lists are made. Irrespective of which device we use or what brand we prefer, the data is safe and secure on a spreadsheet on the cloud.

Managing contacts on an online spreadsheet is safer than managing contacts on the device. If we apply filters on the contacts and share the sheet, the list can keep growing. The sheet can be updated without showing the other contacts by applying filters on it. Sharing can be done through a public url or a web link can be posted on any website or social media site. Think about it and try it.

The Blogger Revolution!

Analytics with Blogger Stats

In one of my previous posts A Rigorous Selection Procedure I had mentioned why I had chosen Blogger over Wordpress; today I feel the decision was quite correct. With amazing new features of Blogger coming out so frequently from the Template Designer to the recent Real Time Analytics, blogging is more fun now.

People who earlier had to depend on Google Analytics for viewing the number of visitors to their blog, which gives 1 day old information can now get real time statistics from their blogger stats - a new feature by Blogger. Blogger has inserted a new tab right beside the Monetize tab for you to visit the Stats section in the Blogger Draft.

The coolest thing about the new Blogger Stats is that it monitors and analyzes your visitor traffic in near-real-time. You can see which posts are getting the most visits and which sites are sending traffic to your blog right now.

A rigorous selection procedure

Welcome to My Blog "The Other Side". As you can understand from the name there is an other side for every story, every situation and every thing that we see and perceive in life. Chill Guys! Not trying to be philosophical about anything.

I came up with this blog site after many days of fighting with my dilemma about Wordpress or Blogger. Finally I chose Blogger; not because I don't like Wordpress or something; instead I love Wordpress alot, but there were some very different issues which I may be wrong - just like the other side.

After some research and testing I found out that Wordpress has a more corporate feel and Blogger is mainly inclined towards freelance bloggers. Wordpress requires hosting if you really want to access all its features and dig deep to make the most use of it. You get only a limited access in the free version. There is no CSS editing, no Plugin installations and not many free templates. But if you can host it in your own location then there is simply nothing like it. You can create a complete website from it!

But on the other side Blogger is completely free with complete access to Layout editing, HTML editing and access to all sorts of amazing free plugins. The new Template designer is just the feature you are looking for. Also it is very easy to use and you can just get started in a couple of minutes.

So here I am!!! Blogger

If someone wants to read more about it you can follow these links and decide for yourself.
Wordpress Vs Blogger 1
Wordpress Vs Blogger 2
Wordpress Vs Blogger 3
Wordpress Vs Blogger 4