ಭಾನುವಾರ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 20, 2009

Bangalore's Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium

Information about Bangalore's Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium can be viewed at http://www.taralaya.org/

ಬುಧವಾರ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 16, 2009

ಸೋಮವಾರ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 7, 2009

Google's Chrome Operating System

Read all about the Google's Chrome Operating System at http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

ಬುಧವಾರ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 2, 2009

ಶನಿವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 21, 2009

Tech Videos

Hi!
http://www.gotmyidea.com/, an informative portal that hosts tutorials on Javascript,HTML,PHP,C++ programming and the such.
Worth visiting.
The videos shown are with music, so you might want to turn off the speakers while learning
on this link....

ಬುಧವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 18, 2009

Tutorial for Internet,Windows,Ubuntu and Linux

A very useful link at http://www.woopid.com/ which gives information on how to use internet,
Windows and Ubuntu

For Linux learners, http://fosscasts.com is an informative link.
Happy Learning!:-)

ಸೋಮವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 16, 2009

How to check a computer's hardware and opearting system configuration?

Hello,
There is a very easy method to check a computer's hardware and software configuration.
Type"cpuz" in the google/yahoo/bing search engine and download a file called "cpu-z" from any one of the listed websites/urls .
After having downloaded the file, extract the downloaded file using Winzip.
Run the executable of "cpuz" to get the hardware and software configuration

ಶನಿವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 14, 2009

Wake up Sid the movie

Hi!,
The movie "Wake up, Sid" is worth watching. The movie shows a typical college environment and how a college student comes to terms with handling issues that he confronts in day-to-day life.

ಮಂಗಳವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 10, 2009

Shankar Nag & Ranga Shankar

Shankar Nag's contribution to Kannada film industry at www.shankarnag.in

ಭಾನುವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 8, 2009

The Bangalore Stock Exchange

Hello everybody!,
I came across some interesting facts and figures about the Bangalore Stock Exchange at
http://www.bfsl.co.in

Science and Technology!!

Hello,
I came across two very interesting and innovative articles today from the following links:
http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851251100.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110859280200.htm
The first one mentions about Pranav Mistry, an Indian genius researcher from MIT and his
new invention.
The second link talks about General Electric's "Edison Challenge" competition to find innovative
ways to provide electricity in rural India.

ಬುಧವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 4, 2009

Oratorial ability

Hello all,
Oratorial skills can be acquired by watching TV newsreaders and TV hosts and presenters.
This leads to the question, how would one approach teaching the differently abled in a conventional setting?
Teaching presentation skills for the differently abled poses a whole new gamut of puzzles that need to be addressed.
The above mentioned situation should be handled at a psychological level coupled with technology.
Getting sensitized and erasing the social stigma is one of the ways to address the issue.
Sign language ,not necessarily written, could be used as a tool to communicate.
Well, there are standards, protocols and principles for communication.

Just as Microsoft made the PC accessible to everybody, communication skills can be
taught and learnt by everybody.Infact, IBM, Google and a host of other companies, academic institutions and universities have been actively developing speech recognition and face recognition software,which is in a way, bringing all of human kind together, helping bridge the digital divide.

The following blogs are informative :
http://knowledgecaps.com/
http://twitter.com/jmurali

ಗುರುವಾರ, ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 29, 2009

Read&Write

One tends to read a lot about excellent verbal and written communication skills required quite often in newspaper advertisements regarding jobs.
What does the above phrase exactly mean?
I am sure that the phrase points to 'writing and speaking' abilities.
Be that as it may, in any language, good writing and speaking abilities are perceived to be a necessity.
It is more often than not, seen as skills to be acquired by anybody, be it a software engineer,
a businessman ,a home maker, a college professor, a student,a colleague inorder to function efficiently.

I believe good communication ability is a skill rather than a gift. Hence, a skill can be acquired over a period of time rather than winning it like a gift in a lottery!
Grammar and syntax comes to mind while thinking about writing skills, forming sentences and the such......

Speaking ability is a different ability as compared to writing. To build up a rapport, for example, a salessman with a possible client, one must hone skills and communicate in a way that it does not annoy the possible customer but puts him or her in to a comfort zone.......