I am doing a survey. Do you know how many Indian medical doctors who use the Internet blog? well, no one does. Neither do we know how many of us are students, how many are on twitter and how many talk about work online. We most definitely do not know if any of us follow professional guides to using social media written specifically for doctors. I want to find out, and I think irrespective of [...]
Let us make things better: the “Indian medical doctors on the web” survey
Let us make things better: the “Indian medical doctors on the web” survey
Top Criminals in Indian Hospitals
Top Criminals in Indian Hospitals
Image by murplejane Ten years inside hospitals gives you a great instinct to pick out criminals. Oh yes, there are a lot of them in the hospitals. Here are the greatest offenders and how to deal with them. The Poor: They can’t afford the services, yet they come. They never do what we ask them to, want multivitamins and “saline” and never come when we ask them to. They are dirty, and don’t pay even [...]
Kind words
Kind words
Kind words from a stranger often touch and comfort you more than those from a friend. If you are on twitter or similar online forum, you’ve probably told your followers about your sorrows and joys. And if you are like me, you’ve been surprised at how deeply total strangers seem happy for you when something great happens and mourn with you when something goes wrong. I have wondered why this is so. What makes a [...]
Personal names around the world and their Implications in Web design
Personal names around the world and their Implications in Web design
W3 has an interesting paper on personal names and the problems that arise with the west-centric design of web forms, databases and more. Names form one of the basic components of any information storage and exchange on the web. From Comments on blogs to filing your tax returns, there is no escaping the centrality of your name. If you are from India and have a traditional sounding name, then there is a good chance that [...]
Unity Reddit AMA
Unity Reddit AMA
The programmers behind Unity are doing an AMA on Reddit. We are the Ubuntu Unity Development Team. We will be here answering questions about Unity. If you ever wanted to know who does what, why we made certain technical decisions, or just what we had for breakfast, now is your chance! Ask away! We’ll be around for the next 5 to 6 hours but will try to answer what we can. Thanks for participating! Note: [...]
Jhansi Ki Rani by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
Jhansi Ki Rani by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो झाँसी वाली रानी थी।। I grew up in Gwalior and every morning on the way to school we passed by the statue of Rani Lakshmibai, popularly known as Jhansi Ki Rani. Rani Lakshmibai is one of the most remembered leaders of the rebellion of 1957. On May 10, 1857 the Indian Rebellion started in Meerut forcing the British to focus their attentions to the hotspots of rebellion, leaving Lakshmi Bai, [...]
Small steps, large impact: the Linux story
Small steps, large impact: the Linux story
25th august 1991, a nobody named Linus Trovaldis did something bold, without any clue about what he was setting in motion. Hello everybody out there using minix – I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it [...]
The Eight Pillars of Innovation
The Eight Pillars of Innovation
Google’s pillars of innovation are, as expected, great, but do they apply to the little man? A Mission that matters – Check Thinking big, starting small – Check Continual innovation, not instant perfection -check Look for ideas everywhere – check Share everything umm, everything? Spark with imagination, fuel with_data – Both important, depending on type of innovation Be a platform – Check, you are never too small to be a platform. Never fail to fail [...]
Social Media Addiction Confusion
Social Media Addiction Confusion
Social media has taken the world by storm, everyone from my maid to my grandpa seem to know about facebook, and are possibly on it. But I remember till a few years ago how, when I was found glued to my CRT monitor (remember those?) blogging, or reading blogs on wordpress.com, scouring the digg.com front page, it would drive my mom crazy. She could never really understand why I needed to be online all the [...]
Rage Rage Rage
Rage Rage Rage
Rage is the dominant emotion on the Internet. India seems to find new things to be angry about every day, and often multiple times a day. There is corruption, poverty, injustice, Maoists, communalism, educational fraud, freedom of speech, the list goes on. Rage is usually caused by inaction/improper action of others. Because we know we deserve better, we want better and better is achievable, but not happening. Twitter gives you a very good snapshot at [...]
