Monthly Archives: January 2012

4sq Superuser: “With great power comes great responsibility”

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Ever since the “Superuser” was introduced for 4sq users, many users all over the globe cribbed on blogs that they never received their “power” even after they did so much to control the quality of User Generated Content on their beloved 4sq database. It must be massive with the number of absurd places, tips & photos upload every day, minute or second on the 4sq servers.

Though Cafe Coffee Day, the first to offer “Specials” [India-specific] was introduced on 4sq, many managers/staff claimed ignorance of such offers. Not sure of actual numbers of them though. Lot more specials at other brands did get introduced later :-P

Why am i stuck on the app, even after a year? because of all the “tips” my 4sq friends update about food places & their discoveries. The ease of use, badges & mayorships do add up to the delight. The mayorships are sometimes funny though! [probably due to the territorial nature?]

Well to get back to the “Superuser”-ship, will the “Supers” be loyal, non-biased & retain their integrity to get rid of the “scum”? How long will they survive? Will they continue their righteous path in-spite of no benefits?

How to simmer for 20 mins on low flame on an Induction stove?

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It is quite amusing how the knowledge transfer [over the mobile phone] for recipes happens between my mother & me [the new bride] because she uses LPG stove whereas i use the induction & electric cookware.

She would say “Simmer on a low flame for 20 mins” & i would have to relate that with 6 types of induction cooking styles of “Hot Pot”, “Boil”, “Saute”, “Fry”, “Stir Fry”, etc & the temperature variation between 120 degree centigrade to 2000 degree centigrade. Of course over time i.e., burnt spices, asphyxiation, etc [The apartment complex where we live actually upgraded their fire extinguishing equipment] we did get to create edible food :-)

Contextual Aisles anyone?

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Have you ever gone to a supermarket, picked up couple of cans of beans, gone home to find that you have forgotten to buy a can-opener?

Well, i definitely found one supermarket (a kind of a local chain) that actual organises products together contextually! yes, of course, using that word is getting a bit overrated but doesn’t it make sense? Can-openers sold at the same section with the canned food is easier to relate to than remembering to pick up the can opener from the hardware section where otherwise the can-opener would have been sold.

Surprisingly, “larger” chains of supermarkets have not really cracked this yet.