Weekend Dos

Flavorpill

Here's a pill for those who are spending weekends on their couches for the lack of anything better to do. It's a weekly email magazine "covering a handpicked selection of cultural events" in select US cities. A few friends swear by the quality of these "weekly cultural stimuli".

Personally, I'm more intrigued by the concept than the content. It is clear to many that websites like citysearch and fullhyderabad, which often trade quality for coverage, are no longer relevant. These days, it is exclusivity of intent and selectivity of content that creates small yet faithful readership. This explains the growth of tech news sites like GigaOm and TechCrunch (as opposed to say, CNET).

For those who haven't figured it out yet, OG was created with a similar purpose - not so exclusive but selective definitely. Moving onto round two, given the lack of any good event calendars in most Indian cities, why not create an OG (bi-)weekly email/website that would discriminatingly pick and recommend a few weekend events from Indian cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi etc? If it succeeds in getting a sizable readership, this kind of exclusivity can potentially score us some worthy perks and invites. Or, at the least, some community service related resume points. What say?