"Have you ever seen an inchworm crawl up a leaf or a twig, and then, clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something, to reach something? That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have footing."
~ Albert P. Ryder
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Google plans its own browser
Analysts and several posts on the net suggest that Google is planning a browser of its own.
Obviously...thats the only way to beat MS at its own game. MS has bet on Smart Client technology rather than the applications being delievered over the Network on the browser, because thats how they can keep selling their OS in the next decade.
Several tech evangelist including Larry Ellison of Oracle and IBM with its on-demand buisness have bet on the PC just being a hardware with very little storage and memory and applications being accessed over the browser.
See my earlier posts on the browser wars and how MS has been left out of the race by likes of Safari and Mozilla.
I believe Googles browser will be based on Mozilla.
Obviously...thats the only way to beat MS at its own game. MS has bet on Smart Client technology rather than the applications being delievered over the Network on the browser, because thats how they can keep selling their OS in the next decade.
Several tech evangelist including Larry Ellison of Oracle and IBM with its on-demand buisness have bet on the PC just being a hardware with very little storage and memory and applications being accessed over the browser.
See my earlier posts on the browser wars and how MS has been left out of the race by likes of Safari and Mozilla.
I believe Googles browser will be based on Mozilla.
Product Development goes Collaborative
This is an example of how companies can leverage the strengths of the Net to ensure better sales. Threadless.com, a maker of t-shirts has a member community which participates in the decision of whether to make a t-shirt or not. The designer submits a design for review, and the other members vote for it. If there are enough votes, only then do Thredless manufacture those t-shirt, making sure that the tshirts they produce have a ready market before product launch.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Free Standards Group Announces General Availability Of Linux Standard Base 2.0
This is going to go a long way to ensure that Linux wins a war against Redmond. I think its all about money. Not following standards is lucrative, but I believe this is going to show to the world that Open Standards is also lucrative.
Coupled with support from major venors from Red Flag to Red Hat, this will ensure that developers can have some peaceful sleep.
Coupled with support from major venors from Red Flag to Red Hat, this will ensure that developers can have some peaceful sleep.
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Project Management Rule # 3
Project Management Rule # 3
there can only be so many developers on a project. It's called the Law of Diminishing Returns.
When you have 1 developer on a project and you bring in another the productivity is actually more than double what the original guy was doing. You get to 5 developers, and that only doubles what 2 guys were doing. It takes nearly 15 to double the work that 5 guys were doing, but you also need 1-3 managers to manage that team.
Project Management rule #3: resources are finite. Objectives are not. Throwing more resources at a project does not make it happen faster. Defining the objectives does.
there can only be so many developers on a project. It's called the Law of Diminishing Returns.
When you have 1 developer on a project and you bring in another the productivity is actually more than double what the original guy was doing. You get to 5 developers, and that only doubles what 2 guys were doing. It takes nearly 15 to double the work that 5 guys were doing, but you also need 1-3 managers to manage that team.
Project Management rule #3: resources are finite. Objectives are not. Throwing more resources at a project does not make it happen faster. Defining the objectives does.
Did you know...
...that a green skin on potato is a sign that it has toxin in it?
http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1105
Not only green skin, but also sprouts are signs that potato has higher concentration of toxic glycoalkaloids...
Apparently people can die because of this poison. but for that someone with a bodyweight of 70 kgs have to eat 2 kgs of them.
These glycoalkaloids are produced when potatoes are exposed to light as a protection against the threat from animals who could have eaten them...
Kya concept hai...
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http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1105
Not only green skin, but also sprouts are signs that potato has higher concentration of toxic glycoalkaloids...
Apparently people can die because of this poison. but for that someone with a bodyweight of 70 kgs have to eat 2 kgs of them.
These glycoalkaloids are produced when potatoes are exposed to light as a protection against the threat from animals who could have eaten them...
Kya concept hai...
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Friday, September 03, 2004
perl.com: Hacking Perl in Nightclubs
perl.com: Hacking Perl in NightclubsIn other words, a musical score is a kind of source code, and a musical performance is a kind of running program. When you play from a musical score or run a program you are bringing instructions to life.
I'm a musician who for the last few years has used Perl as my only musical instrument. I've had some successes, with hundreds of people dancing to my Perl, jumping about to my subroutines, whooping as I started up a new script. To this end, I built a whole library of little compositional Perl scripts that I ran together to make music. However, when running my Perl scripts during a performance I grew to feel as if I wasn't really performing -- I was running software I'd written earlier, so to some extent the performance was pre-prepared. I could tweak parameters and so on, but the underlying structure was dictated by my software. So what's the alternative?
I'm a musician who for the last few years has used Perl as my only musical instrument. I've had some successes, with hundreds of people dancing to my Perl, jumping about to my subroutines, whooping as I started up a new script. To this end, I built a whole library of little compositional Perl scripts that I ran together to make music. However, when running my Perl scripts during a performance I grew to feel as if I wasn't really performing -- I was running software I'd written earlier, so to some extent the performance was pre-prepared. I could tweak parameters and so on, but the underlying structure was dictated by my software. So what's the alternative?
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
MoreGoogle -- Its not from Google
MoreGoogle : Search results from Google, Web page preview from Alexa.
I wonder why Google hasnt incorporated preview technology in their search result web pages.
I wonder why Google hasnt incorporated preview technology in their search result web pages.
Monday, August 30, 2004
Is this where it all started?
Info on Erdos number project: "Erd�s Number Project"
In 1995, mathematicians started a new concept. They created a database of all those people who had co-authored a paper with Paul Erdos, "a widely-travelled and incredibly prolific Hungarian mathematician". All these people were given the Erdos number of 1. They then awarded Erdos number 2 to all the people who have co-authored a paper with people having Erdos number 1, and so on and so forth.
The idea was to create "a vehicle for more serious studies of the dynamics involved and a “real-life” fairly large graph for combinatorialists to study. "
I am wondering if, this is where the idea of networks like Orkut, Ryze started?
In 1995, mathematicians started a new concept. They created a database of all those people who had co-authored a paper with Paul Erdos, "a widely-travelled and incredibly prolific Hungarian mathematician". All these people were given the Erdos number of 1. They then awarded Erdos number 2 to all the people who have co-authored a paper with people having Erdos number 1, and so on and so forth.
The idea was to create "a vehicle for more serious studies of the dynamics involved and a “real-life” fairly large graph for combinatorialists to study. "
I am wondering if, this is where the idea of networks like Orkut, Ryze started?
Should phone companies replace POTS with VoIP n/w's?
Clieck here
What does VoIP gives which POTS doesnt.
Some interesting debate from Robert. He says that the total capacity of eye to carry data is 100kbps. Then why should a video transmission require more than 100kbps.
What does VoIP gives which POTS doesnt.
Some interesting debate from Robert. He says that the total capacity of eye to carry data is 100kbps. Then why should a video transmission require more than 100kbps.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Jsmina:: Story of a paralysed Girl from Bombay
Jasmina suffers from Cerebral palsy, but that didnt stop her from getting herself a PG degree from Mumbai university.
Stuff dreams are made of!!!
Stuff dreams are made of!!!
Monday, August 16, 2004
The positive thinking poem
Piyush Hari's mail on i*i*t*r-n*a*c mailing list has stirred a hornet's nest. Some of the replies to it are of the following types:
Little birdy in the sky,
You look up and it shits in your eye.
You don't mind and you don't cry,
You just thank God that cows don't fly.
(This is an humble attempt at humour, and does not necessarily reflects my personal views on this controversy)
Little birdy in the sky,
You look up and it shits in your eye.
You don't mind and you don't cry,
You just thank God that cows don't fly.
(This is an humble attempt at humour, and does not necessarily reflects my personal views on this controversy)
- Under the Tuscan Sun
"I spent the whole afternoon chasing the ladybugs.
Exhausted, I fell asleep on the grass and woke up to find the ladybugs all over me."
(Thanx Alok, for this wonderful quote)
Exhausted, I fell asleep on the grass and woke up to find the ladybugs all over me."
(Thanx Alok, for this wonderful quote)
Thursday, August 12, 2004
Oh gawd!!!Blogger sucks
I tried to post a message to my blog using email...The message contained an image embedded in it.
Blogger cribbed. I expected that it will take care of it automatically...The image will go to Picasa's network, and link will replace the content in my email
or am I expecting too much from blogger? Come on they work with "Google"
-----Original Message-----
From: postgateway@blogger.com [mailto:postgateway@blogger.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:04 PM
To: Me
Subject:
Your message could not be posted because of the following reason(s):
Myidtopostonblogger@blogger.com, Invalid Content Type
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or am I expecting too much from blogger? Come on they work with "Google"
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Who succeeds?
Historically, solutions that succeed in the price sensitive lower end of the market eventually displace products in the high end.
Source: Gartner
Source: Gartner
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Work of HimS
Spent the morning time downloading some more reports from the you-know-who.
Now, the scope of research has become more focussed and some more clarity has emerged after yesterdays session on what we have to do.
I really get charged up and raring to go after the meeting. Its exciting to do the kind of work which I am doing, and which I have always wanted to do. Dont know if it is my own expectation of work that is stopping me from delivering right now. You know the feeling when you dont want to deliver a half baked "delivery". You just want to be perfect. Its a jungle out there. Really dont know till the end if what you have done is good or not.
The insecure feeling in your stomach when you are doing something for the first time is something which is causing the nervousness.
Wish me luck!
HimS
Now, the scope of research has become more focussed and some more clarity has emerged after yesterdays session on what we have to do.
I really get charged up and raring to go after the meeting. Its exciting to do the kind of work which I am doing, and which I have always wanted to do. Dont know if it is my own expectation of work that is stopping me from delivering right now. You know the feeling when you dont want to deliver a half baked "delivery". You just want to be perfect. Its a jungle out there. Really dont know till the end if what you have done is good or not.
The insecure feeling in your stomach when you are doing something for the first time is something which is causing the nervousness.
Wish me luck!
HimS
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Its not as big as I thought
A typical Analyst speak:
HimS
-----Original Message-----
Stats are quite interesting. The age group distribution is a classic bell curve with 15-22 age gp contributing to abt 70%. Female participation being double is another interesting facet. These stats will make more sense once one develops an understanding of how people r actually using it.
-----Original Message-----
http://www.livejournal.com/stats.bml
Dont have stats of other sites
Regards
HimS
HimS
-----Original Message-----
Stats are quite interesting. The age group distribution is a classic bell curve with 15-22 age gp contributing to abt 70%. Female participation being double is another interesting facet. These stats will make more sense once one develops an understanding of how people r actually using it.
-----Original Message-----
http://www.livejournal.com/stats.bml
Dont have stats of other sites
Regards
HimS
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