I always thought interactions are the heart of any training. Here's a confirmation. Even classroom, instructor led trainings are getting remodeled to introduce increasing amounts of interactive periods interspersed with "lecture" ESRI have introduced this model now and finds it very effective. Read about the details via the link.
Esri ArcWatch December 2010 - Esri Charts a New Direction in Training
Monday, December 20, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Android 3.0 Gets Shown Off on Prototype Android Tablet « Specs, Reviews, News and Price Info - MobileWhack.com
Android development is speeding up. The version 2.3 has just been out and comes news that the version 3 is getting ready. Android based phones and the tablets have been identified as a tidal wave that will overtake the Apple devices in the two categories. So, no wonder, Android development will make that happen esily by giving the developers finer tools along the way!
Google Bookstore Opens « SEO and Tech
EBooks are possibly going to be everywhere. They are destined to become the main way people would read books, textbooks as well as for entertainment. The following news is certainly a sign of the times! Kindle and then all kinds of readers started the huge movement to electronic books. Then there was this disruptive device from Apple, the iPad! And what a disruption. Most people think this is going to be the reader of choice and I concur with that. This is the device that can add value. Show off color illustrations. Besides it would be able to use all the multimedia data too. The ereaders are limited by the display they use, that was created to copy the familiar printed page paradigm. Color ereaders will be able to add color too but not animation, not video that really adds value to books!Now Google has opened a store for these electronic books! It was just Amazon followed by Barnes & Noble supplying the static books. I am sure the multimedia books would start coming soon.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Are Amazon, Netflix, Google Making Too Many Decisions For Us?
That article on Forbes focuses on how we depend on technology to take a lot of decisions on technology and corresponding devices. The issue the writer, Joel Delman, asks the question whether we should depend on technology so much and depend entirely on them. To my mind there's another angle to this whole thing. As technology gets into suggesting songs I would like, drives my car, navigates to my destination etc. there is this distinct possibility that all this can be manipulated. Someone van really manipulate the technology to affect many of us in a planned manner. So, you need checks and balances to prevent such eventuality. Usually, these get overlooked in the initial glow of the technology capabilities and developing the checks and balances may take a back seat and be quite late. At the rate technology is moving, there will an overload of these overdue controls. Who's going to manage all these!
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