links for 2010-09-01 September 2, 2010
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Wow! Bullets through water drops.
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Not just the hows, but also the whens.
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Pretty useful guide explaining the basic parameters to consider in a lens.
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Probably jumping the gun & a bit too radical, but an interesting read on the changing times nonetheless. Moreover, a lot of content like video & even P2P does get served through the web.
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Very relevant points to consider when doing a survey & even while looking at the results of one. Quite similar to the points raised in the book "How to lie with statistics"
links for 2010-08-31 September 1, 2010
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Interesting concept of using mobile devices to connect taxis & passengers. The strange bit is that it's tied to the iPhone platform.
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A real wide variety
links for 2010-08-30 August 31, 2010
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As always, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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Kinda reminds me of "First break all the rules". It also has links to detailed posts on each of the points.
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But I have to feed my family, or so the argument goes by the copyright champions.
links for 2010-08-25 August 26, 2010
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Based on per capita stats. Interesting classifications.
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How do you use your information & is there scope to monetize it?
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Chris Anderson's response to Malcolm Gladwell's review of his book "Free" in the New Yorker, in particular to the journalism business model point.
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Quite a different take on free by Malcolm Gladwell with a bunch of examples, summed up thus: "The only iron law here is the one too obvious to write a book about, which is that the digital age has so transformed the ways in which things are made and sold that there are no iron laws."
The thing is free has its costs (however miniscule per unit, can add up to enormous sums) that need to be offset in some way, and this is where your real business model lies. Freemium may not always be the answer – just look at what happened to Ning. -
Pretty interesting way to analyse the fit of an innovation with a company's business model. The method goes beyond the basic core competency compatibility and looks at other parameters like geography, customers, channel & product\service. The author also predicts that Google is likely to trump Microsoft in the mobile space due to the better fit of the platform with its business model.
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Glucose levels have an impact on one's willpower & it's recommended to start small to improve self control.
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Download the original version of VisiCalc for the PC, provided by the inventor himself. The site also includes reference cards and lots of other resources, links & articles
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A handy tool that can enables you to access your desktop media on your portable devices including iPhones. Best of all, it's free. Wonder whether it works with proxies.
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A prototype news search tool from Yahoo! Research Barcelona that currently uses the NYT database & shows trends for the search term (including predictions for the future)
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A dedicated marketplace for publishing professionals to find critical information and unique databases, find each other, and to do business better electronically
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Not good at all. It goes on to show how dissimilar the dynamics of the mobile phone platform is to the PC. The members of the so called OHA seem to have locked up their contributions. So, is this a failure of open-source\free software?
Apple did make some inroads into freeing up the phone from the operator, but that's a different story. Also goes on to show how much better the Indian telecom market is than the US one (for the time being at least).
links for 2010-08-23 August 24, 2010
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OpenBuildings is a new community-driven website that lists architecture from across the globe; be it historic, contemporary or conceptual, enabling a more open way to share architectural knowledge. Includes an iPhone app as well.
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Interesting way to track your time using lego bricks to make graphs. Who says you need software to do this…
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TED seems to be evolving into a global education paltform
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That's a really long list of causes & suggestions to fix them, & I bet it's not even exhaustive.
links for 2010-08-20 August 21, 2010
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A very handy utility to synchronize folders across different locations including network drives. Includes an option to install in the portable form as well.
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Never underestimate the importance of actually meeting & talking to your customers.
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Interesting incident of a case when a Woody woodpecker fan got her Walter's mixed up. Also shows the human side of Disney.
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Will the iPad transform the netbook\notebook industry the same way the iPhone transformed smartphones? The key may be the fact that the level of openess of the respective platforms before the Apple devices came along.
links for 2010-08-17 August 18, 2010
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Now that's called critically analyzing the Disney way. Not exactly the kind of message you would want to pass on to children for sure.
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Has some videos thrown in as demonstrations.
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or as Stephen Covey says, think win-win.
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A very interesting list of experiments that'll make you look & think very differently at yourself and the world around you.
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"Being aware of this can help us avoid falling foul of the most dangerous consequences of cognitive dissonance: believing our own lies." – that's the key.
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Independent learners make up around half of the user base & MIT is fine tuning their approach. Quite a few interesting use cases too.
"OCW must also develop a sustainable funding model. MIT currently covers about half the cost of OCW publication, and grant reserves support the rest of the $3.7 million annual budget. As the grant reserves are depleted, OCW expects to transition to a model similar to that used by U.S. National Public Radio…
Despite the global use of OCW materials and the widespread adoption of the OCW model at universities worldwide, we are still in the early stages of understanding the many ways these materials are being used to improve formal and informal learning, and we believe many opportunities lie ahead for increasing the impact of OCW materials from MIT and the many other schools that have chosen to share their educational resources."
links for 2010-08-16 August 17, 2010
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More or less the truth & I doubt you'd have thought of them this way. As a bonus, also has a similar graphic for the princes\heroes.
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View on analyst integrity from a Gartner analyst. The comments thread is in fact more interesting with a lot of debates & finger pointing, particular at sales who may be in part responsible for giving rise to the "pay for play" allegations.
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A really relevant hype cycle for sure
links for 2010-08-13 August 14, 2010
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Not all images work & it supports exact phrases only, so better have a good memory.
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Quite a lot of ouch moments
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Here too, money matters can be distracting. The key is to guide your mind to the right kind of things & keep them on top & refreshed.
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Resulting in disasters like rockets blowing up & fatal radiation doses
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Interesting take on Yahoo, and where technology startups should focus on. Also, big money distracts.
links for 2010-08-12 August 13, 2010
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One of the more interesting posts in recent times. You have the option to choose the kind of emotions you want to experience depending on the setting you put yourself in. This is especially important to consider if you are seeking to build a brand.
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