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Recently, the OpenGardens blog was rated amongst the top 10 mobile blogs as per technorati stats.
Rated 8/10 on Blogged.com
I (Ajit) founded the blog on May 26, 2005 based on my vision and philosophy of OpenGardens i.e. the philosophical opposite of 'walled gardens' especially as applicable to the mobile data industry.
Today, the OpenGardens blog is one of the few blogs that span both the Web and the Mobile domains.
The blog covers wireless/mobile applications, open networks and mobile web 2.0. My vision behind the OpenGardens blog has been :
Ajit Jaokar is the founder of the London based publishing and research company futuretext (www.futuretext.com) focussed on emerging Web and Mobile technologies -including Web 2.0 and Mobile Web 2.0.
His thinking is widely followed in the industry and his blog, the OpenGardensBlog (www.opengardensblog.futuretext.com), which was recently rated a top 20 wireless blog worldwide
In 2009-2010, Ajit was nominated as part of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet by the world economic forum. He hopes to use this opportunity to further extend the pragmatic viewpoint of the evolution of Telecoms networks in an open ecosystem.
(Note: The Network of Global Agenda Councils plays a significant role in shaping the global agenda by monitoring global issues and elaborating recommendations to address them. Each Council, comprised of 15-20 Members, serves as an advisory board to the Forum and other interested parties, such as governments and international organizations. The Global Agenda Councils also act as the intellectual drivers of the World Economic Forum's Global Redesign Initiative, an unprecedented international, multistakeholder and multimedia dialogue that aims to develop a 21st-century vision of global cooperation. Members of the G20, the UN and other International Organizations have pledged their support for this initiative. )
Ajit is best known for his books Mobile Web 2.0, Social Media Marketing. Two new books ('Open Mobile' and 'Implementing Mobile Web 2.0') are being released in 2009.
His consulting activities include working with companies to define value propositions across the device, network, Web and Social networking stack spanning both technology and strategy. He has worked with a range of commercial and government organizations globally including The European Union, Telecoms Operators, Device manufacturers, social networking companies and security companies in various strategic and visionary roles
His recent talks and forthcoming talks include: CEBIT 2009;MobileWorld Congress(2007, 2008, 2009); Keynote at O Reilly Web20 expo (April 2007);Keynote at Java One; European Parliament – Brussels – (Electronic Internet Foundation); Stanford University's Digital visions program;MIT Sloan;Fraunhofer FOKUS ; University of St. Gallen (Switzerland); Mobile Web Strategies (partner event of CTIA in San Francisco)
Media appearances include BBC – Newsnight – 3phone launch; CNN money; BBC digital planet
Ajit chairs Oxford University's Next generation mobile applications panel and conducts a course on Web 2.0, Social networking, Mobile Web 2.0 and LTE services at Oxford University.
Ajit lives in London, UK, but has three nationalities (British, Indian and New Zealander) and is proud of all three. He is currently doing a PhD on Privacy and Reputation systems at UCL in London. Ajit is a fan of animation especially Tom and Jerry, Tintin and Asterix and likes the music of ZZ Top and other rock bands
You can contact me at ajit.jaokar at futuretext.com
You can follow me on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/AjitJaokar
See a video of my talk at CEBIT in Hannover
(intro in
german - presenttion in english)
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Travelling globally and living in airport lounges and hotels has it’s share of humour 
I was in Portugal this week .. and I asked for a pineapple juice ..
The lady looked at me a bit perplexed but went on to get the drink ..
When it turned up .. it looked very different from what I expected ..
‘What’s this’ I asked her?
It’s a ‘pint of apple juice’ as you requested .. she says ..
What are your travel stories?
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Hey Ajit how are you.
Mine is this: In Tokyo Narita, I was starving and asked someone where the restaurants are, and he kindly led me to restrooms.
Comment by Chang — May 15, 2009 @ 2:27 am
Hi Chang, I am well.
yes its always tricky with accents, travels etc etc i.e. in my case as well – my own accent is unique(and a combination of multiple places). Good to hear from you as usual! kind rgds Ajit
Comment by Ajit Jaokar — May 15, 2009 @ 8:25 am
That picture is so clear and sharp. How did you take it?
Comment by Patrick — May 15, 2009 @ 9:51 am