"eno feelingoo"

"eno feelingoo"

(Photo from floating villages in Tonle Sap, Siem Reap. Cambodia. October 2008)

The moment we got into a boat in Tonle Sap, it was dusky evening. Damn nice sunset was melting into the chocolaty colored waters of floating village. The motor boat was driving like a lost kite into splashing waters of the lake. Cool wind was waving our ear curves. Nikky and me sat stretching our hands in the forefront of the boat. Ah ! what a feeling it was, gulping wind into lungs ! It was the pinnacle conquered moment, slowly moving into the windy water making a way between the shrubs and floating houses made on boats.

And by then Nikhil exclaimed: "eno feelingoo, nakkan" We yelled it like country kids, care free like a lost wind again and again :). Its crude, but can't help ? The traverse across 3 nations was much more than what I could capture in words. The unforgettable voyage criss-crossing South east Asia for last 20 days are crude memories in my heart and soul which left a long lasting travel-addiction-scar inside me.

The stone temples of Angkor,muddy long roads of Cambodia, floating villages in Tonle Sap, high rise buildings of Singapore, high voltage discos of Pattaya, amazing beaches of south skin Thailand , the deadly daring ocean boat journey of Krabi islands, mesmerizing blue waters of Phi-Phi are longer to stay in my moods & forever. It was the longest vacation of my life in abroad, mixed with hip-hop, terrain hiking, plush photography flavor all through. My blog will have the rhythm of experiences of my short travel to South East Asia for few days henceforth.

Think Smart!!

Think Smart!!

If you purchased Rs1,00,000 of Delta Airlines stock 1 year ago, you would have Rs 4,900 today.

If you purchased Rs1,00,000 of AIG stock 1 year ago, you would have Rs 3,300 today.

If you purchased Rs.1,00,000of Lehman Brothers stock 1 year ago, you would have Rs 0.0 today.

But, if you purchased Rs.1,00,000 worth of beer 1 year ago, drank all the beer, returned aluminum cans for a recycling refund, you would have Rs. 21,400!!!


via | Raghu

Filthy Rich Clients and challenges

Filthy Rich Clients and challenges

Let's get to know something about RIA's - rich internet applications v/s convenational web applications. Rich seems nice ? but is that just constrained to new buzz word itself ?

In a traditional Web application, all processing is done on the server, and a new Web page is downloaded each time the user clicks.

In a Rich Internet Application,some processing is transferred to th user’s computer (“the client”).

Interestignly:

The Rich Internet Application reflects the gradual but inevitable transition of Web applications from the simple thin-client model of a traditional Web browser to a richer distributed-function model that behaves more like the desktop in a client/server model. Today these richer user experiences are being implemented with technologies such as Flash, Ajax, and Java, using standard Internet and Web protocols.

Because RIAs are significantly more complex than traditional browser-based Web applications, they pose new design, measurement, and management challenges. To implement RIAs successfully, enterprises must reevaluate their approaches to service level management (SLM) and consider several new challenges.

I'm sure, in one or the other occassion, we all have heard buzz words like: RIA aka rich internetapplications. What are they ? How they are built ? and if at all I want to build one: how they are different from conventional web applications ? Is there any real wall differentiating RIA fromOWP- old web applications ? If 'yes' then what's that key difference ?

Alright cool. But where do I find more info on this interesting topic of -Rich Internet Applications-Design, Measurement,and Management Challenges ?

>> Come right here to Download  Document on the topic

Iron Chrome

Iron Chrome

First round of Google approach to browser: chrome's dust is settling down with the simple feedback across netizen - "its a simple, fast browser, but I think twice to switch over from existing Firefox"

One major concern sounded from all quarters was questions about Google's policies for collecting usage data. I don't understand how schematically Google uses users search data but the concerns about data-collection potential is very evident.

If you're concerned about Google collecting your search data via Chrome, its high time that you download Chrome as Iron Browser. It's purified version of Chrome stripping all possibility of Google collecting users data. A German firm SRWare stripped of all the user ID information transmitting feature of Chrome and presented as Iron.

Iron is essentially the Chrome source code modified to suit user with privacy concern which has :

• No unique user-ID
• No user-specific information is sent to Google
• No alternative error messages
• Crash information is not sent to Google
• No Google updater

>> Try iron now

Wonderful One Minute

Wonderful One Minute

One smart Software engineer and his Project Manager were traveling towards Pune in a train.

Just Opposite to their seat, a beautiful girl was sitting along with her grand ma. With in some time, Eye-Eye interactions started between Our Software engineer & that girl. After some minutes, train started moving in to a tunnel and it was very dark.

Suddenly, every body heard a Kiss sound followed by a sound of slapping.Every body remained silent, when the train came out of the tunnel.

Grand ma thought that," The Guy is a rogue; how dare he? He has kissed my grand daughter! But my Grand daughter is genuine; she immediately slapped that guy."

PM thought that," I can't believe that this guy has kissed that girl! But it is unfair that she slapped me by mistake"

That girl thought that," I feel happy, when that guy kissed me, but I feel sorry that my grand ma has slapped him".

Finally, do u know what our clever Software engineer thought?

"This one minute in my life is wonderful, it hardly comes...because, at a time I have kissed a girl and also I have slapped my PM."

via email | Vanitha

Find yourself as a poster | Photo-funia.com

Find yourself as a poster | Photo-funia.com

Find yourself as a poster of some phirang city as a fan of nice looking chicks kissing you, easy way to publish your life size photo on times square, have your photos painted on the streets, why don't you see your photo hanging in some foreign museum..

Try this:
Photo-funia.com

10 Usability Principles to guide you

10 Usability Principles to guide you

1. Motivate
Design your site to meet specific user needs and goals. Use motivators to draw different user "personae" into specific parts of your site.
2. User task flow
Who are your users? What are their tasks and online environment? For a site to be usable, page flow must match workflow.
3. Architecture – it's 80% of usability
Build an efficient navigational structure. Remember – if they can't find it in 3 clicks, they're gone.
4. Affordance means obvious
Make controls understandable. Avoid confusion between emblems, banners, and buttons.
5. Replicate
Why reinvent the wheel? Use ergonomically designed templates for the most common 8-12 pages.
6. Usability test along the way
Test early in design using low-fidelity prototypes. Don't wait until the end when it's too late.Know the technology limitations Identify and optimize for target browsers and user hardware. Test HTML, JavaScript, etc. for compatibility.
7. Know the technology limitations
Identify and optimize for target browsers and user hardware.Test HTML, JavaScript, etc for compatibility.
8. Know user tolerances
Users are impatient. Design for a 2-10 second maximum download. Reuse header graphics so they can load from cache. Avoid excessive scrolling.
9. Multimedia – be discriminating
Good animation attracts attention to specific information, then stops. Too much movement distracts, slowing reading and comprehension.
10. Use a stats package
Monitor traffic through your site. Which pages pique user interest? Which pages make users leave? Adjust your site accordingly.

via | humanfactors

Google approach to browser .

Google approach to browser .

I am sure you guys are rocking with new born Google chrome. This is my first post out of Google Chrome - The google's approach to browser . you know what, even while composing this I was missing - 'built in dictionary feature of Firefox'.

I've installed it on my vista and first look impressions are awesome. It's very clean and easy to use. Though it's not revolutionary as official blog claims it: it's a blend of google innovation and components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox.

Noticeably, quite fast on google related services ! But what's interesting to note about this browser is :

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful Javascript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers.

The often crash reports in Internet explorer and Mozilla Firefox can be weeded out with this new avatar of browser !

It's the unfortunate fate of google, that people have started to see anything out of google garage with a monopolistic suspicion. Web is already divided over 'Does Google Have Rights to Everything You Send Through Chrome?" and google's own statement "wouldn't it be great, then to start from scratch and design something based on the needs of the today's web applications and today's users ?" Tech experts already started figuring out the negatives of Chrome.

I am hooked to web to weigh the pro's and cons in shifting to chrome from 'beloved' Firefox. Surprisingly I am still using Firefox V2.0, Reason ? My favorite extension 'Tab mix plus' is not officially released to FF 3.0. I feel kind of handicapped without that extension :D

This shows the capacity and capability of google in pushing technology and innovation to the limit. And it's simple: If you can't play the game, change the rules of it !