Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Nassim Taleb and Arianna Huffington on Economic Rescue Plan at CNBC
Nassim Taleb and Arianna Huffington on CNBC talk about the Economic Rescue plan. Especially about the players who got us into this mess and now are the main player in the rescue plan.
Myth of Third World
Dr. Hans Rosling is a Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
He gave a talk at TED about the changing conditions in the part of the world also known as third world. He showed marked changes in different countries that have occurred in the recent years in family size,infant mortality rates, and overall health. He used very innovative techniques from data visualization including animation to present vast amount of statistical data about these human conditions.
The video of his talk at TED
Also his website Gapminder where one can interactively explore the world data as shown in the video above.
He discoverd konzo, a new epidemic paralytic disease, when serving as doctor in Mocambique 1979-81. Two decades of research in rural Africa traced the cause to toxic ill-processed cassava roots, hunger and poverty. Co-founded Médecines sans Frontier Sweden. Started courses and wrote textbook on Global Health. Initiated university collaborations with Asia and Africa. Co-founded Gapminder that unveils the beuty of statistics by turning boring numbers into enjoyable animations that make sense of the world.He writes a blog here
He gave a talk at TED about the changing conditions in the part of the world also known as third world. He showed marked changes in different countries that have occurred in the recent years in family size,infant mortality rates, and overall health. He used very innovative techniques from data visualization including animation to present vast amount of statistical data about these human conditions.
The video of his talk at TED
Also his website Gapminder where one can interactively explore the world data as shown in the video above.
Monday, March 30, 2009
PaperCube a Science Citation Visualization Tool
PaperCube is a javascript based science citation data visualization tool. The tool is developed using all the open technologies of web such as javascript libraries and SVG graphics using Canavas element.
A brief description of the tool is given the video below
Introduction to PaperCube from Peter Bergström on Vimeo
PaperCube can be accessed at the web page
Tools like this become the staple of Cloud Computing.
A brief description of the tool is given the video below
Introduction to PaperCube from Peter Bergström on Vimeo
PaperCube can be accessed at the web page
Tools like this become the staple of Cloud Computing.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Celebrating work -- all kinds of work
It's quite likely that Mike Rowe has held more jobs than any living person. Rowe is a co-creator and the host of the series Dirty Jobs, now in its fifth year on the Discovery Channel. On the show, he learns and performs hundreds of jobs that require, it's fair to say, a little bit of getting dirty -- from chick sexer to mushroom farmer, beekeeper to boiler repairman. He and his show celebrate the sweaty and vital labor that's often hidden behind gleaming office towers.
Mike Rowe talks about jobs more specifically dirty jobs that are not liked by us or are the basis of the jokes. He talks about their importance and how they can actually make people wealthy. He dispels the common misconception that people who perform dirty jobs are unhappy.
The talk shows how media can alter our perception so that fairly common and necessary form of work can be perceived as dirty and below dignity for a person to perform.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Joseph Stiglitz on Economic Meltdown
Nobel Prize winner economist Joseph Stiglitz explains the causes of current economic melt down.
Geithner On Backup Plan
Treasury Secretary Geithner defending the financial plan to rescue the country's financial institutions
His is supremely confident that his plan will work while republican congressman seems to be highly skeptical.
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His is supremely confident that his plan will work while republican congressman seems to be highly skeptical.
Monday, March 23, 2009
World's Cheapest Car Unveiled
"It costs 100,000 Indian rupees ($1,979; £1,366) - about half of its nearest current rival" BBC
The car is designed by the Engineers at Tata, a big Indian Corporation.
A video showing unveiling of the Nano's is at BBC website
In the video below an engineer explains different design choices to keep the cost of the car low.
There is another Indian Car maker Bajaj motors who is also in the process of designing an ultra cheap car to compete with Tata Nano. This competition will eventually create large supply of low cost cars.
Also you can book your car online here.
More problems for the high cost car producers who are already having problems due to a sharp drop in cars sales.
The car is designed by the Engineers at Tata, a big Indian Corporation.
A video showing unveiling of the Nano's is at BBC website
In the video below an engineer explains different design choices to keep the cost of the car low.
There is another Indian Car maker Bajaj motors who is also in the process of designing an ultra cheap car to compete with Tata Nano. This competition will eventually create large supply of low cost cars.
Also you can book your car online here.
More problems for the high cost car producers who are already having problems due to a sharp drop in cars sales.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Faster Web Sites
A presentation about improving the speed of web page loading in the web browsers from Steve Souder of Google
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SXSW: Even Faster Web Sites
View more presentations from Steve Souders.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gives an interview on CBS 60 Minute.
Part I
Part II
Watch CBS Videos Online
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Part I
Part II
Watch CBS Videos Online
Monday, March 9, 2009
Ant and Corporate Management: A Fable
A fable about worker ant and the introduction of management layer to improve ants work productivity.
Please click on full screen icon at bottom right for a full screen view.
Ant and Corporation
View more presentations from Javed Alam.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Stephen Colbert Creates the Doom Bunker
Stephen Colbert on the recent economic gloom and doom and on the end of the economic world.
He plays out several scenarios.
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He plays out several scenarios.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
CNBC Makes Daily Show's Shit List
It is high time when we have to get the fact from a comedy show. We are in the midst of economic melt down of the extra ordinary proportion.
TV news sources are our primary source of news. Most of them have shown very poor judgment in reporting. They failed to report the current problems of financial system. Even at this point they are at total loss to accurately report the gravity of the situation.
Jon Stewart a comedy show host has to set the record straight. Here in this video he takes on CNBC and how they failed in reporting financial news.
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TV news sources are our primary source of news. Most of them have shown very poor judgment in reporting. They failed to report the current problems of financial system. Even at this point they are at total loss to accurately report the gravity of the situation.
Jon Stewart a comedy show host has to set the record straight. Here in this video he takes on CNBC and how they failed in reporting financial news.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Hal Varian on managing Knowledge workers
Google Chief Economist and professor of Information,management and Economics Dr. Hal Varian on managing Knowledege workers at Google