I’d stumble upon this URL in my old Google bookmarks. 100 Hands showcases the works of Bangalore based designer/filmmaker/musician Premjit Ramachandran. Quite an array of inspiring works in design, music & film. My only concern is the amount of popups, which some visitor might find it annoying.

But looking beyond the popups, this site is my library of inspiring Indian designer.

Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

Bob Dylan turns 67 on May 2008, and Lou Majaw from Shillong, has been celebrating Dylan’s birthday for the past 37 years. Catch The New York Times coverage of the man, the land and the music.

…he laughed aloud at how Mr. Dylan might react to the news. “Who this Lou Majaw is? What’s wrong with him? He doesn’t have better things to do in life than celebrate my birthday?”

An Outpost of Rock - narrative audio-visual photo story supporting the article. Photos & audio recording by Ruth Fremson from The New York Times and narrated by Prabhat Sawyan, prominent industrialist and architect of the Ri Kynjai resort.

“God has given us a special gift — the gift of singing” - Rev. J. Fortis Jyrwa of the Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Assembly

Screenshot: Seventh Incorporated

Inspiring work, great portfolio from Bangalore based design firm Seventh Incorporated. In my quest to find the best of the web from an Indian perspective. ladies & gent - Seventh Incorporated. In their own words…

Seventh Incorporated is a multi disciplinary graphic design studio, born out of a partnership of several years, between an Information Architect and a Graphic Design Professional.

Firefox 3 will be open for download TODAY. Take the pledge, and help set a Guinness World record. It’s suppose to have more than 15,000 improvements.

If you visit, FWA for kickass websites. You can try out FWA Theatre for the best of creative video showcase.

AT&Ts advertising campaign to support AT&T Wireless International Roaming “Works in over 200 countries”, concept developed by BBDO Atlanta.

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The whole web wide world is buzzing with the 3G iPhone launched at the Apple WWDC08, San Farncisco. And one of my colleague attending the conference got the infectious Steve Jobs RDF. I wish I was there with him at San Farncisco sharing the infection.

Lauching in dozens of countries on July 11, 2008. Launch date for India not yet officially announced. But some reasons to smile about, Bharti Airtel, which incidently is my present carrier announces that they’ll be bringing the 3G iPhone to India. Vodafone is another strong player but no official announcement as yet and here its official media release.

From Bharti Airtel media center:

Airtel Customers can get more information on Apple iPhone by sending an SMS with keyword ‘iPhone’ to 54321

If the price sticks to the Apple announced USD199. India, of course after China, might be iPhone’s biggest market.