An interesting conference is being organized at UCI by Barbara Cohen and Stephen Franklin. The title is ‘The Book is History’. Indeed we are at an interesting point in the history. I am also participating in this conference. The following…
Year of Events
I was delighted to read a very timely piece by Arun Katiyar in Deccan Herald — http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec312006/finearts19104920061230.asp This piece talks why year 2007 is likely to be the year of Events. I agree with this article strongly and thought of sharing this…
Person of the Year: You
Time’s Person of the Year 2006 is YOU. Possibly inspired by YouTube and User Generated Content, Time nominated ‘you’ to be the person of the year. This indeed is very interesting and significant. The Web brought democracy – or equal opportunity…
Visual Search
Visual search is heating up in start-up area. Venturebeat has an article that talks about increased activity in this area. (see http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/11/xcavator-joins-race-in-visual-search/) The idea behind excavator is something that is intriguing. Many people have talked about it, but it had…
User Generated Content = Self Expression
NYT has an interesting stroy that says: All that material is “user-generated content,â€? the paramount cultural buzz phrase of 2006. It’s a term that must appeal to the technocratic instincts of investors. I prefer something a little more old-fashioned: self-expression.…