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Archive for March, 2007

Towards natural interfaces

Posted by Ramesh on March 28th, 2007

Computing indusrry is definitely due for a new interface technology that will make use of computers more natural.  Mouse and Keyboards have been with us for quite some time.  The attached video (thanks, Arjun Satish for sending me the link) from TED conference does look very promising.  If you like to see exciting interface technology then [...]

Long Tail using Recognition by Crowds

Posted by Ramesh on March 27th, 2007

Virginia Heffernan says in NYT
Et tu, YouTube? The mellow Silicon Valley “video-sharing site,� once styled as nothing more than a converted loft space for oddball videos, is looking more Hollywood by the minute. Back in the day, say, six months ago, YouTube was still meant to be pure NoCal: no judgments, no hierarchies, big bandwidth [...]

Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Bollywood

Posted by Ramesh on March 25th, 2007

Yesterday I had a chance to attend screening of  VV Chopra’s movie Eklavya and hear his interview and question-answers with him on UCLA campus.  This was a great experience.
Mr Chopra is definitely a very different director than others.  This movie is produced and directed so well that while watching the movie, I never thought that [...]

India in Cricket World Cup

Posted by Ramesh on March 24th, 2007

The Cricket World Cup of 2007 has been very disappointing for the two most populous and possibly most fanatic cricket loving countries — India and Pakistan.  Both of them are eliminated (India is almost eliminated barring a miracle) in the first round.  Pakistan’s coach, Bob Woolmer, has been murdered.
I can imagine the mood, disappointment, and [...]

Entrepreneurship and Processes

Posted by Ramesh on March 24th, 2007

News.com has an interview of Fake, the co-founder of Flickr, which has many interesting points for entrepreneurs.  One of the most important point that I liked was:
There are tons of amazing ideas in big companies, and no innovation deficit. But the obstacle to getting things built is mostly process. There is one kind of process [...]