NYT has a story on how video is entering traditional radio stations: The nation’s commercial radio stations have seen the future, and it is in, of all things, video. As a result, the stereotype of a silken-voiced jockey like Mr.…
Now Video in Radio
Steering Wheel and Search as a conversation
I had a chance to hear a presentation by John Battelle at Fast Forward on the last Thu, Feb 8 in San Diego. He argued that we need a steering wheel for search (Thanks, John for continuing to talk about…
Video will bring Facebook and Comcast closer
Accorfing to a story published in News.com (orginally from Reuters) Facebook is going to make video more central to their site and will partner with Zidillo (a Comcast company) to bring prominent video to TV. Facebook.com, the social-networking Web site, said…
India’s Education System
Amartya Sen has some interesting things to say (pointed out to me by Neil Jain) about education system in India. It is common for us Indians to brag about our education system, without realizing that we are taking less than…
Jim Gray
Jim Gray has been a very respected name not only in databases but in whole computer science. In addition to his technical competence, he has always been a very enthusiastic researcher eager to address challenging problem and a very friendly…