Jaiman’s RSS Feed- Human and environmental effects of ‘mass-produced agriculture’
- Recent ceramics
- Street art
- Gurgaon Ki Awaaz starts streaming
- Buffaloes on zebra crossings – The Gurgaon story
- Manali to Leh cycling – What does it take?
- Water. For saving lives and changing lives…
- An argument against nuclear power in India
- Every Day Should Be an Earth Day!
- Hunger strike against corruption is over. Time for some introspection?
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Is Kindle 2 about to replace us in our family bed-time ritual?
Will the new Kindle read bed-time stories to our kids? Can it? Will it? Should it? TV has proven its worth as a baby-sitter, across cultures! Social networking has effectively come to represent what we do using a browser and … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, digital content, Education, family, kids, Media, Parenting
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Time magazine says “Content, Once King, Becomes A Pauper”
Has it really? Is content being devalued because of the current economic conditions or is there a larger trend here? Have the accountant got it all wrong? Read the Time article “Content, Once King, Becomes A Pauper”
Advertising on portals/social networking sites Vs niche sites?
The 2009 Online Advertising Attitudes report of UK reports that “22% of British consumers claim to only visit niche sites that are specific to their interests… A further 34% of British consumers spend the majority of their time visiting niche … Continue reading
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Is the news world changing?
When White House press conference doesn’t invite correspondents from The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Time and Newsweek but president Obama fields questions from the correspondent from The Huffington Post, a news blog (or should I call it an … Continue reading
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Is the future of ‘books’ in our palms?
Google is making its database of 1.5 million public domain books accessible from mobile devices for free. Amazon is working to make all its Kindle titles available on mobile devices.Random House Publishing has announced that will make books available for … Continue reading
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Free text books on the internet!
Like the open source movement in software, an open source movements in the textbooks may be afoot. If this movement takes hold it will surely impact the textbook business, which is perhaps the only safe island in a sea of … Continue reading
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Tagged books for children, free books, free school books, textbooks
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Too much screen/media time linked to depression
Kids who are exposed to too much screen time (TV, Computers, video games, iPodsâ?¦) during their teen years are likely to display depression symptoms later. Science News article says: “Exposure to more television and other electronic media during the teenage … Continue reading
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Heard of novel podcasts?
According to Time magazine, novel podcasts, unlike audiobooks “are truncated into segments and may include ambient sounds, music as well a cast of voices playing different characters.” “Evo Terra, the co-founder of Podiobooks.com, says 45,000 episodes are downloaded each day.” … Continue reading
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Wittenberg University professor Dan Fleisch sets a new standard in after-sales service
Professor Dan Fleisch set a new standard in after-sales service when he flew 600 miles on Christmas Day to hand-deliver his book to a buyer who had posted a comment on the Amazon web site that his copy of the … Continue reading →