Thoughts from the heights of an abyss
From the category archives:
What is Bookmarking - , the simple act of storing a URL, whether in a personal store or on a cloud, revolutionizes our online participation. From being passive consumers of information, the act of bookmarking turns us into collaborators in extending this information. Those that we liked, that evoked a reaction in us, something that [...]
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Recently I had visited one of the offices of the company I work for. The office was a networked via walkways between a cluster of buildings over a few streets. Being my first visit, I was confused every time I had to negotiate the journey from point A to B.
This was a modern [...]
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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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Got my beta invite for Spock, the people search engine. And went through the motions of getting myself added.
My initial observations follow:
Upon providing user name, you are given a list of social networking type sites that have a possible match to you
Liked the identity assertion mechanism where you select the site that you are already on [...]
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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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Spock is the new people search service/application/website the world is raving about. What no one seems to have adequately talked about is their challenge. This is to me the programming equivalent of cross the bridge of fire, storm the castle, kill the dragon, climb the highest tower, defeat the evil witch and win the [...]
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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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