Damon Darlin has interesting thoughts in NYT on Nicholas Carr’s article on how Google is dumbing us down. As correctly pointed It is hard to think of a technology that wasn’t feared when it was introduced. In his Atlantic article, Mr. Carr says that Socrates feared the impact that writing would have on man’s ability [...]
I try to stay away from politics in my blog, and this is no exception – though it may sound like political. Sara Palin’s interview by Katie Couric on CBS and its satire on Saturday Night Live are something that one must see — you can easily find these on net. In SNL they used [...]
I started teaching Multimedia class today. I am using Li and Drew book on Multimedia as the text book and will use Steinmetz and Nahrstadt as a reference book. These books are not bad, but they are not real text books also. It is surprising that there is no good text book on this topic. [...]
C K Prahalad is a master in articulating powerful new ideas. He is even better in presenting those ideas. I just attended his talk on the new age of innovations — based on some his new book. He emphasized importance of experience in the new world and contrasted that to focus on products. This aspect [...]
Singapore is a unique country. More I know about it, more I find it intriguing and impressive. The Government, under the legacy and mentorship of Lee Kuan Yew, is run more like a top company. I had a discussion with Michael Parekh on this topic today. And he sent me this article from Herald Tribune. [...]