I am currently building a learning portal and a few courses. Our motto is Learning by Doing. So the courses do not have a lot of material. A set of projects and the skill requirements for each project. We point to some good sources of information – tutorials, documents, wikis, videos on the web. Our […]
A gripping and exhilarating read for anyone who likes to spend time Thinking About Thinking. What is computational thinking? Computational thinking is a way of solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior that draws on concepts fundamental to computer science. Computational thinking is thinking in terms of abstractions, invariably multiple layers of abstraction at […]
Steve Rubel tracks the meme behind the success of The Four hour Work Week, by Tim Ferris. A meme is a “unit of cultural information” which can propagate from one mind to another in a manner analogous to genes (i.e., the units of genetic information). Go where bloggers go Be there with a message and […]
Clean Technology Bigger Than Internet? At least Bill Joy, thinks so. A global response to climate change will spur a business revolution bigger than the internet, said co-founder of Sun Microsystems Bill Joy. “Solar cells are semiconductors, heat to electricity is semiconductors, software to manage systems comes out of Silicon Valley,” said Joy, who is […]
One of the ways to track trends is to see what kind of people industries are hiring. From Networks World: Five cool future IT positions: 1. Information steward 2. Service delivery manager 3. Technology-business relationship manager 4. Outsourcing relationship manager 5. Mobile-application developer Jobs in Information definitely seems like a trend. This makes me happy […]
I changed the title from Cool Tools for the web to broaden it a bit and include the date in the title. Wink – Tutorial and Presentation Creation Software Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink […]
Your opinion may vary. But here is a thought provoking list from Information Week. I will give you the partial list but will let you get the top 5 from the original post. 12. The Morris worm 11. Google search rank 10. Apollo guidance system 9. Excel spreadsheet 8. Macintosh OS 7. Sabre system 6. […]
Triples and the congruence of triples are recurring patterns in life. Here are a few ( a random collection). Mother, Father and Teacher In India there is a saying Mother, Father and Teacher are your visible Gods. They also happen to be your first teachers. I did not realize it at that time, but this […]