links for 2010-01-02

How things have changed on the digital landscape. Too bad not all the Forrester reports are accessible though.

Stumbled upon this article while searching for the "My Fair Lady" song.
'Generally and statistically speaking, men and women have different and sometimes complementary minds and abilities, just as they have different and sometimes complementary bodies.'

Some nice ones with not so nice ones, but a long list nonetheless. Some engineer oughta do a proper study & find out the exact duration & percentage of the book driving the film. It's bound to be in the 5%-70% range.
P.S. I haven't read the book.

'Yes, our education system needs urgent reform. Yes, we need to relook at our exam system. Yes, we need to ensure that parents do not pressurize children. But in the pursuit of educational reform, we cannot allow standards of excellence to be lowered. India's IITs and IIMs must be applauded for the world-class minds they have thrown up, these are institutions that are respected the world over. Lets not start lampooning Indian engineers by showing them as students who deliver babies with vacuum cleaners. Let's get real about higher education, not engage in an escapist fantasy and convince ourselves that education does not matter. After all, Rancho could be a subversive because he was a genius student. For those who are not geniuses, alas, there are no short cuts.'

Some simple but humorous equations

All the flash animation files to make the movie available for download. Now that's open source movie making.

Definitely not a complete list by any means.

Now that's really putting things in context

The case for showmanship vs invisible action…
"Security theater" refers to security measures that make people feel more secure without doing anything to actually improve their security. An example: the photo ID checks that have sprung up in office buildings. No one has ever explained why verifying that someone has a photo ID provides any actual security, but it looks like security to have a uniformed guard-for-hire looking at ID cards.

An interesting bunch of predictions for the rumoured Apple tablet. Let's see how it turns out.

The ideal tool to get the water to the horse. I wonder when someone'll come up with one to make the horse drink it.

'It is impossible to truly learn about our whole Self and grow into more conscious human beings without this kind of internal self-honesty and as Robert Johnson says in the book Owning Your Own Shadow, it takes a great deal of courage.'