After reading a paper on Psychology of Curiosity (a pointer from Dan Heath), I was curious to find out whether there was test for curiosity. I found this test and read the opening paragraph. Being intellectually curious is all about…
After reading a paper on Psychology of Curiosity (a pointer from Dan Heath), I was curious to find out whether there was test for curiosity. I found this test and read the opening paragraph. Being intellectually curious is all about…
One of the Top 50 Innovations of 2009 recognized by Times Magazine. Fujifilm, introduced a 3-D digital camera: the FinePix Real 3D W1. The 10-megapixel FinePix has two lenses, set about as far apart as human eyes, which snap shots…
Six types of social media tools: Blogging Podcasting Creating Online videos (including sketch casting and Screen casting) Social networking (participating in popular ones like LinkedIn and Facebook as well as creating your own using Ning) Message boards and comment forums…
Eight Tips on How to be a node in a network from this excellent presentation from Pew Internet Research on Information Ecology Think like a friend Remember your strengths and play to them by being an expert, a filter and…
This is an amazing article. One of those insights compounded by a rich set of comments: The news is being spread in all kinds of vectors: Other news organizations get it and it’s masticated and repeated in print (slow), On…
If you are a product start-up building a web application here is some good advice from Programming Google App Engine: If you delay your launch to build big, you miss the opportunity to improve your product using feedback from your…
While reading How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity , I was struck by the similarity between movie making and building a Software product. Here is a “product version” of one of the most compelling paragraphs in the stories with apologies to…
Principles of Simple Agile is a good read. Here are two principles that I really like: Respect Keep it Simple Here are some snippets from the article. I reformatted the para on Respect and trimmed it a bit. When does…
Readability makes your reading web pages easier and better and completely uncluttered. It removes all the clutter surrounding the text in the page to make reading simpler and easier. It is a bookmarklet It is open source with Apache license…
The Sternins’ work is a good example of how positive deviance and design thinking relies on local expertise to uncover local solutions. From Stanford Social Innovation Review. D E S I G N T H I N K I N…
