Steve Jobs: 1955 – 2011

Posted: October 6th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: My MacBook Pro, Tech and CS | Tags: | 3 Comments »

I bought my first mac, on September 28, 2009. Elegance, power, and ability to have the best of both world (Unix & Great Graphics) simply made my choice of moving to a mac an easy decision. Yesterday on my way back to Minneapolis after WikiSym conference I found out that Steve Jobs lost his battle against the cancer. I am Sad to hear the lost of world’s greatest designer & a visionary. I feel I am lucky to be born in this era to experience Steve Jobs creations. RIP Steve Jobs, You changed the way we think.


Power of Wikipedia: Italian Wiki Shuts down to protest against wiretap

Posted: October 5th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Research Work | Tags: | No Comments »

This shows the power of the wikipedia, Yesterday I was working on putting together some research questions to the project that I plan to work with Paolo Massa and checked my wikipedia user page on italian wiki. First I didn’t understand what was written so I translated and I realized that Italian Wiki has started to protest against the new wire tap act. This shows the power of open collaboration and especially in wikipedia.


Everyone at WikiSym loving the WP:Clubhouse? An Exploration of Wikipedia’s Gender Imbalance

Posted: October 4th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Research Work | Tags: | No Comments »

I am currently attending WikiSym Conference and its great to see that all the hard work that we put on the gender paper getting rewarded. First we won the best paper award and during the paper presentation audience had great questions along with compliments for the work that we carried out.

If you are interest in our paper and haven’t read it here you go : WP:Clubhouse? An Exploration of Wikipedia’s Gender Imbalance


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