One thing I have observed as my daughter grows up is the number of times kids are subjected to the same questions like
"what is your name?", "what color is this?" "what is your father's name?"
I always thought that kids are a patient lot till my daughter flipped the bozo bit and started answering such questions with meaningless words like kumme, gumme (accompanied by laughter :) )!!
Another side effect is that she repeats whatever question she has tens of times thinking that its the way things work :)!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Unschooling
Got this through a forward, found it interesting (a little ra ra):
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/04/25.html
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/04/25.html
Friday, January 30, 2009
A good paper on design
It is not unusual for us to keep relearning the same thing over and over again in our industry. A friend pointed me to this "old paper" which documents design learnings across many projects. I found it to be a great (but slow) read.
Hints for Computer System Design
Hints for Computer System Design
Monday, January 12, 2009
Story of stuff
An interesting video that got forwarded to me. Definitely worth 20 minutes of your time:
http://www.storyofstuff.com
Shortly after the World War 2, these guys were figuring out how to ramp up the [U.S.] economy. Retailing analyst Victor Lebow articulated the solution that has become the norm for the whole system. He said: “Our enormously productive economy . . . demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption . . . we need things consumed, burned up, replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate.”
And President Eisenhower’s Council of Economic Advisors Chairman said that “The American economy’s ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods.”
MORE CONSUMER GOODS??? Our [economy’s] ultimate purpose? Not provide health care, or education, or safe transportation, or sustainability or justice? Consumer goods?
...
http://www.storyofstuff.com
Shortly after the World War 2, these guys were figuring out how to ramp up the [U.S.] economy. Retailing analyst Victor Lebow articulated the solution that has become the norm for the whole system. He said: “Our enormously productive economy . . . demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption . . . we need things consumed, burned up, replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate.”
And President Eisenhower’s Council of Economic Advisors Chairman said that “The American economy’s ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods.”
MORE CONSUMER GOODS??? Our [economy’s] ultimate purpose? Not provide health care, or education, or safe transportation, or sustainability or justice? Consumer goods?
...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Keyboard stuff..
Was trying to play a song from notes (piyu bole) and since it seemed too fast for such a slow song, I looked up on the web to see how people actually play that song. Found an amazing
version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atAzfF0M44s
Not beginner's stuff :).
version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atAzfF0M44s
Not beginner's stuff :).
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