Thoughts from the heights of an abyss
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Today I discovered the weblog of Rob Weir called “An Antic Disposition“. Rob is a member of the OASIS ODF TC amongst others. The blog has been a delight so far - be it the technical content, the perspectives that are revealed or even just the list of books from his library, all indicate an [...]
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A colleague of mine, Baskar Jayaraman, told me about WikiMindmap. A flash-based site that allows you to search and explore the results in a mind map format.
For those of you unfamiliar to mindmaps - its a technique invented by Tony Buzan, basically allowing one to pictorially represent various characteristics of an idea, thought, thing, whatever. [...]
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What a book! I have barely covered the preface and the first chapter and am already smitten.
There are two kinds of technical books
Ones that give precise directions to accomplish a certain task, the scope is narrowly defined and immediate outcome is emphasized
Ones that describe the thought process more than practical steps. These are invariably abstract, [...]
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Serendipity! I had been mulling about the notion of contextual relevance just yesterday in search results and I stumble upon this blog entry from James. Please make it a point to read that blog entry, what was a problem in my mind is clearly and way more technically better articulated than I could manage!
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There is a certain magic when Google comes up with what you were searching for. To a common user it has all the mystique that a poet possesses, to be able to peer within the mind’s eye and see how beauty and truth actually are without the encumbrances of form. This is perhaps the closest [...]
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