October 2011
2 posts
“To begin with, I believe with Schopenhauer that one of the strongest motives...”
– The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource: Principles of Research - by Albert Einstein
“Educators in every country except Russia tend to be constitutionally timid, and,...”
– Bertrand Russell, in Education and the Social Order
September 2011
1 post
“Because my only love, the only value I care to live for, is that which has never...”
– ~ Ragnar Danneskjöld, Atlas Shrugged
June 2011
5 posts
“DK Bose has stirred a debate, and rightly so. But worryingly, the reaction is...”
– Why the $#%@ did the lyrics take so long? - Hindustan Times
“You can describe people in words, or you can describe them in numbers. Either...”
– Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Ethics in the data mine
3 tags
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May 2011
1 post
“Probably the worst thing you can do is to decide that you have to be an Amazon...”
– Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry’s vs. Amazon - Joel on Software
April 2011
8 posts
19 tags
something fishy: Taking The Starlet : Go Figure →
ineverest:
We once went into a client briefing. This gentleman – the MD – was wearing a suit…. and sandals. He was seated behind his desk. The sandals were on the floor and he sat cross-legged (like in a Sukhasana).
He wanted us to make a new TV commercial. A famous Bollywood starlet (very, very famous)…
“Film is an artificial medium which goes to considerable lengths to conceal its...”
– Richard Howells, Visual Culture
March 2011
22 posts
Of Today and Tomorrow
Him: What have you learned about education now that you're in that learning environment
Me: Do something today - with the thought that tomorrow can be improved when tomorrow comes. Don't build for tomorrow today and wait for tomorrow to come and allow today to suffer.
vidyax asked: Thank you for the follow of my other blog, good sir!
“Technologies can enrich lives; democracy can be preferable to dictatorship; and...”
– Kentaro Toyama, in Technology Is Not the Answer
“Rightsizing your business is one of the most important decisions you can make....”
– Seth’s Blog: An atomic theory of business size
I feel something about this thought (and the post). I am yet to put my finger on it. Perhaps a post of mine, will emerge.
“There’s no upside in screwing with things you can’t explain.”
– Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Captain Roy Montgomery), in Castle Season 2 (TV Series)
“It is important to stress, however, that neither our intellectual humility nor...”
– Richard Howells, in Visual Culture
vidyax asked: Just felt like saying hello, because I hadn't said that to you in a while. How be? :)
The Bayer Crow Lomo
shauryashaurya:
Pierre Bourdieu →
Got introduced to him while reading about Visual Culture. Interesting thoughts.
“Let your life in the world be nothing but a thinking to yourself.”
– Aphorisms and Maxims of Swami Vivekananda - Frank Parlato Jr.
koltesagar asked: My god, is there any place on the web you don't visit?
February 2011
4 posts
“Ascription theory says, basically, that for a person to ‘have’ a...”
– A lot like love! :) via NDPR Bruno Mölder, Mind Ascribed: An Elaboration and Defence of Interpretivism ~ Stephen’s Web
3 tags
“Online learning appears to be this technology enabler for higher education. It...”
– Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, Louis Soares, Louis Caldera, talk of the Disrupting College. Download the full report at Disrupting College
January 2011
4 posts
“Managers who focus on gross margins will miss the opportunity at the bottom of...”
– The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid By C.K. Prahalad and Stuart L. Hart
“The first instinct of a journalist when they hear your story is to reach for the...”
– Is this how Competition got the Pedastal?
Why You Should Make Your Competitors Your Frenemies | Both Sides of the Table
Chhattisgarh: Call-wait Message
“When our learning is transparent, we become teachers.”
– ~ George Siemens - Learning and Knowledge Analytics
November 2010
2 posts
“Fact is, walls or not, all the world’s a classroom. Fact is, life’s...”
– What’s this classroom thing all about?
“Fundamental rights have themselves no fixed content; most of them are empty...”
– Observations of Prof. Food Bhat
October 2010
2 posts
“Documentary films have often sought to activate a sense of urgency about a...”
– A Sociological Eye on Education | An inconvenient truthiness