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On a bright sunny morning, no wind anywhere Warm smell of breakfast, rising through the air  Up ahead in the distance, I saw a Zoom call My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim  I had to step up to my desk.  There stood Zoom in macbook; I heard the Slack notification  And I was thinking to myself  'This could be bad or this could be hell' Then I double clicked the touchpad and macOS showed me the way There were voices on the Zoom call,  I thought I heard them say Welcome to the Hotel Corona - Shelter in place  Such a lonely place Such a lonely place Plenty of room at the Hotel Corona - Shelter in place  This time of the pandemic, you can find me here My mind is tech-twisted, I got a lot of gadgets I got a lot of pretty, pretty toys, I call apps  How they dance on my iPhone, sweet spring sweat  Some apps I remember, some I forget  So I called up the Google assistant, 'Plea...

I am saddened by the deaths caused by the coronavirus . At the same time, I am comforted by the humanity's response to the pandemic .  People are concerned for others and are practicing self-discipline. What can we do that this recognition of interconnectedness of all things, concern for the wellbeing of others, and a little sacrifice for the betterment of society continues after the pandemic  is over? Nkonsonkonsom: Adinkra symbol of unity and human relations 

If you haven't figured out that love is the answer then you have been asking the wrong questions...

Context  The last two decades have completely changed the technology (tech) sector. Cloud computing , smartphones, apps, and high wireless data speeds are taken for granted. These developments have created a dynamic tech ecosystem.  Figure 1: Technology Ecosystem abstraction with examples in each layer  Having worked with some very smart people to develop and market new products in all parts of the tech ecosystem - Networks and mobile phones ( SIEMENS ), Network Operators ( T-Mobile ), Semiconductors ( National Semiconductor ), Algorithms/Artificial Intelligence ( Audience ), Cloud-based Applications ( EVER , Moki ), Blockchain and Consumer Hardware ( Open Garden ) - gives me a unique perspective on how the technology ecosystem works and how it might evolve.  In this article, I share my view on what constitutes the technology ecosystem, what are the primary business drivers depending on a company's position in the ecosystem, and how the eco...

Software would be homeless without hardware. 

Valentine's day fixed-menu restaurant meals have a lot in common with romantic relationships: loss of choice, increase in unnecessary expenses, and temporary happiness with the illusion of permanence.  Happy Valentine's day! 

Art that is not challenging the status quo of something is merely entertainment, propaganda, or stimulation. 

An good investor makes more than a dollar from their dollar investment in a company and a good employee of the company makes less than a dollar for every dollar they generate for the company. The investor invests money and the employee invests time. The investor makes more money because they are taking the higher capital risk. 

Art imagines. 

Don’t forget the goal of the goal. 

One of my goals every year is to read 10-12 books. In 2019, I re-read two books which I had read over a decade ago. Surprisingly, it felt like that I was reading them for the first time. Another new thing I did last year was to give up on the books after the first chapter if they did not keep my interest.  Following are a few brief excerpts from the books 12 books I read last year:  1. Seven days in the art world More and more collectors are opening their own exhibition spaces. Their official reasons are philanthropic, but their covert motives have more to do with marketing. The work of living artists needs to be promoted if it is to generate consensus. Moreover, collectors of contemporary art have to be proactive about developing the aura of their collection. In our cluttered multimedia culture, a significant collection does not just arise, it is made.  2. My name is Charles Saatchi and I am an artoholic How can I feel prou...

Is the mind aware of the body movements during sleep? 

Possibility is a function of time. What was impossible yesterday might be possible today.  Happy New Year! 

Written text is read left to right or right to left or top to bottom. Why aren't there languages which read bottom to top? 

The transition from childhood to adulthood is about becoming attention-giving from attention-seeking. Most people don't grow up. 

2019 is coming to an end and continuing my quest to better understand human behavior, I wrote down the twenty trends I have been noticing for a few years. It would be interesting to observe these trends in 2020 to see how they evolve and if they achieve wider adoption. There are multiple reasons why these trends have emerged but in this article we will only look at what the trends are. Unless specified, the trends are for the US.  Source: Wikipedia  Here they are:  1. Phone calls on decline: Millenials and post-millenials do not talk on the phone much. They prefer text or image based messages (SMS, Facebook Messenger, SnapChat, Instagram, etc.) to phone calls and when they do synchronous communication, they prefer FaceTime or other video calls to phone calls. People use different platforms to communicate with different people. Because of the text heavy communication, verbal language is changing. For example, in English, people say OMG inste...