Components 101 Not all components are created equal. Whether you’re shopping for existing components or creating your own, there are five characteristics that all good components share. Sound interaction design Clean code Ready to use Easy to configure Well documented via uxmag.com What made VB popular in 90s was the availability of rich interactive components […]
Many of the interesting challenges in computer science, nanotechnology, and synthetic biology entail the construction of complex systems. As these systems transcend human comprehension, will we continue to design them or will we increasingly evolve them? As we design for evolvability, the locus of learning shifts from the artifacts themselves to the process that created […]
I did not even know that there is a Journal of Information Literacy till I stumbled upon an article on assessing information literacy at university level. There is a nice table on the topics of information literacy and their relevance that we can all benefit from.
Here’s the thing. I like to write code. I like to write code that most people take for granted. I like to write code to solve hard problems. I like to write simple programs. I like to solve the programming assignments that I set before my students. I like to discover problems to solve and […]
Even when your own needs have been met you can work for the betterment of others has helped me to understand that being a successful businessman can be a powerful way to contribute to society. In building a business, it’s important to remember that you aren’t just acquiring wealth for yourself, but creating value for […]
Our youth is easily influenced. Let’s remind ourselves that programming, no matter what construct you use, is just a means to an end. More often than not the code needs to get the job done and doesn’t need stupid tag lines and catch phrases like “enterprise” and “encapsulation”. via pkaudio.blogspot.com Once in a while, you […]
A Mahout-based collaborative filtering engine takes users’ preferences for items (“tastes”) and returns estimated preferences for other items. For example, a site that sells books or CDs could easily use Mahout to figure out, from past purchase data, which CDs a customer might be interested in listening to. Mahout provides a rich set of components […]
Cognizant believes the evolution of cloud solutions will take two distinct steps. The first will be a better, faster, cheaper way of delivering current IT solutions. An example today is Google Apps with corporate e-mail platforms. The second step, says Coburn, will come “when we can do new things with the cloud model at a […]
Quora represents a bigger technology trend, which is the layering of an interest graph on top of people’s social graph. On Quora, you can follow not only people, but topics and questions. It defines the world by your interests, not just the people you may know or admire. This is a powerful concept and is […]
There are many ways to share information. Some of them may take just a few minutes. You can choose to spend as little or as much time as you want. 1. Tweets – less than a minute 2. Facebook Posts – A couple of minutes 3. Mini-posts (like this one) – About 5 mts 4. […]