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Oct 29, 2007

Personalization And Education

As I am reading more and more about Vendor Relationship Management, I am convinced that our future is going to go in the direction of more control and personalization for you and me, the user. But this also means that we will have to learn more, to be able to really convert the control and personalization into higher productivity. Simplicity is dependent on our perception, which is a function of our knowledge, experience and skills. [Continue]

Oct 28, 2007

Difference Between Knowing Programming and Knowing Syntax

I keep advocating that one must understand the programming concepts while learning a programming language, and not just be keen about the syntax. And it is not very convincing, especially because there are not visible benefits. Most of the times only the short term benefits are visible, the long term ones are either too far away or we do not have the vision at all. [Continue]

Jun 13, 2007

The Case For Open Source

Jay Pfaffman puts forward the case for open source - Part 1 and Part 2 (via E@zyVG). There have many such articles that pitch for open source, but this stands out because unlike many others, Pfaffman focuses on the free as in speech aspect. Many of us assume that open source is free as in beer, however, its core principle of free as in speech is what provides most value. [Continue]

Mar 29, 2007

The First Program, The Biggest Block

I had not realized this myself, but now while dealing with students it is getting more than obvious. Even after attending most of the classes they lose their confidence when asked to write code. The main reason that I could dig out was that they were still not comfortable writing code. [Continue]

Mar 6, 2007

Open Source In Education

The Online Education Database has an article celebrating the influence of open source on education (via E@zyVG). I think it is a very important perspective and will be critical in the future. In my opinion, educational institutions should adopt open source not only for students but even for their own administration purpose. [Continue]

Feb 25, 2007

Shiksha India Might Boost Open Source Usage

Shiksha E-Learning Portal was launched last month. It is done by Shiksha India is a non-profit organization created by the Confederation of Indian Industry to aid in educating underprivileged students. CII-Shiksha is a non-profit initiative working with schools, colleges and other institutions to enable create a paradigm shift from I.T. [Continue]