Ramblings related to Google
the year end google Zeitgeist is here. hurricane katrina and tsunami are right there on the top; tells a lot about how a majority of the people live their lives today - we are still moved by the big tragedies that are taking place around the world. the news channels revisited the tsunami affected areas to see how people have fought back their fates and carried themselves ahead. the reports by TV channel CNN-IBN looked like the best researched ones.
5 of the top 10 searches on Froogle are related to ipod. seems everyone has been buying only ipods these days. did i commit a mistake by going for the creative player? don't forget to checkout the other sections on that page(accessible through the tabs at the top of the page). Google Zeitgeist re-affirms the fun of putting the statistics to good use :)
Google's official blog also has this interesting post about the method developed by an Indian organisation called PlanetRead "which provides automatic reading practice to individuals who are excluded from the traditional educational system, or whose literacy needs are otherwise not being met." it started with a thought from Mr. Brij Kothari that "‘ if they just put Hindi subtitles on Bollywood songs in Hindi, India would become literate.’" indeed putting the hindi subtitles in all the bollywood songs would help provide immense reading practice to a vast majority of children, what with so much of popularity of hindi songs in our country. its an interesting concept which has got high chances of producing the results IMHO. Full Story.
two nice blog posts around the new year eve, follow:
both are insightful and fun to read.
5 of the top 10 searches on Froogle are related to ipod. seems everyone has been buying only ipods these days. did i commit a mistake by going for the creative player? don't forget to checkout the other sections on that page(accessible through the tabs at the top of the page). Google Zeitgeist re-affirms the fun of putting the statistics to good use :)
Google's official blog also has this interesting post about the method developed by an Indian organisation called PlanetRead "which provides automatic reading practice to individuals who are excluded from the traditional educational system, or whose literacy needs are otherwise not being met." it started with a thought from Mr. Brij Kothari that "‘ if they just put Hindi subtitles on Bollywood songs in Hindi, India would become literate.’" indeed putting the hindi subtitles in all the bollywood songs would help provide immense reading practice to a vast majority of children, what with so much of popularity of hindi songs in our country. its an interesting concept which has got high chances of producing the results IMHO. Full Story.
two nice blog posts around the new year eve, follow:
both are insightful and fun to read.
posted by sami at 12/31/2005 09:16:00 PM
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