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I keep working on some experimental projects from time to time as they allow me to put all the theories into action. A number of times these projects work as a wake up call that something that I am confident to be working has stopped working in less than 2 months. That is why I thought I will share my learning or rather failings while working on my phlebotomy certification blog. These post is about things that I have learned about the niche till now. Technical details will follow in a separate post.

What is phlebotomy certification

When I first stumbled upon the phlebotomy niche, I had no clue about what the word means. A quick search showed me that phlebotomy is the act of drawing blood from a patient either for testing or donation. We keep cribbing that the medical expenses in the USA is too high. Well that seems to be because even the smallest tasks like drawing blood is done by experts there. Yes phlebotomists are professionals who have passed the phlebotomy certification exam and specialize in this single task.
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It has been more than three months now since I blogged about my plan of leaving the job for a startup life. In this time I have been working upon a no nonsense search engine for finding and comparing the prices of books across 10 online book stores in India. I am really happy to introduce MySmartPrice.com to the readers of BinaryDay.

If you buy books online then you should use mysmartprice because

1. It is the most comprehensive book price comparison site in India comparing price from 10 stores
2. A google suggest like feature makes it possible to search for the book only in a few key strokes
3. It provides you information about prices of different versions of the same book, helping you make a better decission.
4. Other important decision points like shipping cost and time of delivery is given as well
5. The result is provided in less than 30 seconds for 30,000 top books. If you are looking for an obscure title, then expect a 2-3 minute delay for getting the information. I am working on improving the timeline.

MySmartPrice continues to be a work in progress. I request you to give it a spin and share your views with me.

I am also looking for bloggers writing about books and voracious readers to get their feedback as an end user. I will really appreciate if you can put me in touch with any such person that you know.

Binaryday had been started to act as a place holder for my website about used mobiles. That project did not really take off as expected even though the site has gone on to become the #1 site for second hand mobiles in India. There are not that many people buying or selling used mobiles in India.

Still I continue to be bullish about the potential role of online websites to make real life commerce a lot more efficient and I am working on some really cool idea for enabling efficient price discovery of books. I will ask you for a feedback as soon as the first phase of the project gets completed. Trust me that is one of the best pieces of codes I have written till date and I am really proud of the project.

My theory that a place holder should always be created as soon as you start working on a project that will take more than a month to be completed. That is why I have started a website about prices in India which will work as a place holder for this cool project of mine. This website is going to have pages like Nokia mobile price list in India and Nokia 5230 price in India among other things.

I have a strong hunch that to be truly useful, I need to convert this site to make the prices dynamic. So that post about nokia mobile prices should be able to get the prices updated whenever the price of a model changes, automatically. What do you think is the best way to accomplish the same?

You may be surprised to see me writing about Free CNA training. However I have been working on the topic for quite some time now and I have been really impressed with the concept of free cna training in the USA and I thought it will be nice to share the concept on this blog as well.

What is Free CNA Training

CNA training is a training program that prepares people to become a certified nursing assistant. However because of the recent slowdown in the USA many aspirants have been finding it difficult to affors the cost of the CNA Training. The Free CNA Training  is a really intelligent solution to this problem. Free CNA Training programs are offered by nursing homes and old age care homes. The candidate is allowed to attend the CNA classes for free, however he is expected to pay the organization in kind either in the form of free service during the course or by agreeing to work with the organization after completing the CNA certification.

Are free CNA Training courses a fraud?

Some organizations have brought bad name to free cna training courses by promising a free training to candidates while they actually charge an exorbiant fee later. However according to me such people are few and you need not worry about them. Do your homework and basic background check well before joining any free cna training course and you shall not have to worry.

How do I get a Free Red Cross CNA training?

Looks like you are confusing two of the most popular forms of CNA training. Red Cross CNA Training is a CNA training offered by the red cross and it is NOT free. While free cna training are offered by a number of nursing homes and hospitals in America. Many people get both these concepts mixed up and try to look for free red cross cna training. To the best of my knowledge there is nothing like a free red cross cna training though.

I hope you found the information provided above useful. Let me know if any clarification is required and I shall help you out.

I had recently written about most viewed video on youtube. Related research shows that there is a massive demand for free bollywood movies onine. There are many websites that allow users to download free bollywood movies. There is also no dearth of websites to watch online bollywood movies. I have been trying to figure out a feasible business model for starting a website where users can watch free movies. I am not able to find much content related to the legal aspects of the topic. If any of you happen to have any experience in the topic, then please drop me a mail.

Also do you know if working on a seo project for a website which may be illegal is legal or not. My previous posts about romantic hindi songs and romantic hindi movie may get me a project from a site about bollywood hindi movies. I am not sure if it is legal though. What should I do?

My project for second hand mobiles is doing quite well. I have got more than 70 second hand mobile phones for sale already. While I await the second hand mobiles market to pick up, I am starting work on a price comparison site for mobiles.

As the first step of this new project, I was researching about online stores for buying mobile phones. Thought I shall just share the list with you.

1. http://www.themobilestore.in
2. http://www.gadgetsguru.com
3.  http://www.futurebazaar.com
4. http://www.9tech9.com
5. http://cafegadgets.com
6. http://www.homeshop18.com
7. http://www.shopmania.in/
8. http://shop.in.com/

I am looking at traditional sites like rediff and indiatimes as well. Though have not quite figured them out yet.

Please let me know if you are aware of any other online shopping site or any other site where I can find information about offers, discounts etc for mobile phones.

By the ways there are more than 70 second hand mobiles available for sale at contacthello.com. Do give it a visit to see if you may be interested in any of them.

I have been working on contacthello for the last 1 month. The basic idea of contacthello is very simple. It will allow people to  sell second hand mobiles   and  buy second hand mobiles online.

contacthello was very simple to build. Actually this consists of hardly 3 php pages only. The main challenge will be getting users to the site. I was confident that it will be easy as the quality of result on google for second hand mobiles is quite bad. But now looks like it is going to be a difficult task. Because people do not seem to be searching for second hand mobiles on google

I shall have to start the process from zero without the help of my good freind google. But then what is the fun without challenge?  And I am ready for the challenge. It is going to be exciting to start from ground zero all over again. Anyways I am in a better position since we started mywalkin I have the traffic of mywalkin and I have made some good freinds with many really good bloggers in the meantime. I will keep all of you updated on my progress with contacthello. Happy selling your second hand mobile phone.

You might have noticed that this blog has not been updated in quite sometime. That is because I have been busy with developing my new website that will allow users to buy or sell used mobile phones in India.

I always refer to the used goods as second hand goods. Most of the people I know also use similar terms. So I was confident that people must be searching for second hand mobile. However as a good webmaster I like to rely on data. So I went to google insight for search and compared 2 terms i.e second hand mobile and Used mobile.

Which one do you think won? (Hint: I was absolutely wrong, as usual ) You can see the result on Google

India searches for Used Mobile Phone and Not Second hand Mobile Phone. However I have still not understood why it is so? Is it really that indians use the term used mobile phone or is it something else? Please let me your view as I am starting work on my new site and this is critical to the success of the site.

I am not sure if Techies in India have realized the oppurtunity that the iphone store presents to us. I think this is one ares that is begging to be dominated by us. Surprisingly I have not seen much enthusiasm about the same in the Indian blogosphere.

Think about it. The apps store has sold apps worth more than 30 million $ in 1 month alone. Even after taking apple’s cut from this the developers have made 21 million $ or 80 crore rupees in 1 month!!!! source

Why do I say this domain is begging to be dominated by us? Because of the long tail phenomenon. The top 10 apps accounted for only 9 million or just 30% of the total.

It means that there are lot of apps that made small amount of money. What is one strength that is required to win a fragmented market like this?? It is the ability to be the low cost producer. Which country has that capacity in abundance?? That is the logic for my conclusion that the iphone apps market shall be completely dominated by Indian techies.

Only if we wake up to the oppurtunity fast enough. The window of oppurtunity remains open till the apps market gets its dominant player.

SMS prices might have dropped. However who does not like an option to send free sms messages? Here we profile some websites that allow you to send free sms in india. Bookmark this page now. You will need more than 1 of these sites as they have a restriction on number of free sms you can send daily.

way2sms.com: This is one of the earliest players amongst the free sms service providers. The best part is it allows you to send messages upto 110 characters long. Really hassle free registration.

160by2.com: This is one of the newest players amongst the free sms service providers. However it allows you to send messages upto 80 characters long. However they are getting a lot of traction among new users.

www.jaxtr.com Jaxtr provides many more solutions apart from free sms. It is functional in countries outside india as well. However it works quite well in India. It even gives 50 free credits to make free calls.

www.spicesms.com: They support a imited number of service providers. As a matter of fact they do not support any of the 3 mowas using to check out the free sms services in india.