Archive for the ‘Unsolved problems’ Category

 

Ritesh on Aug 6th, 2008More Y! - Search for the widescreen

Don’t you hate it that your favorite search engine cannot realize that you are using a widescreen or a theatrical display and still shows you ten measly results ? Well, I do and I sat down yesterday to fix it. The result is More Y! - a widescreen optimized search. Wait, before you make any [...]

Ritesh on Jun 24th, 2008Web Sabbath - think most people need it

Google is giving us pond-skater minds | Andrew Sullivan - Times Online
Read this wonderful article and I realized, we are hooked to the internet!! Not a day goes by without us plugging in. The tools you work with clearly alter the way you do things and not necessarily in the right way. To give you [...]

Ritesh on Nov 29th, 2007Towards Semantic Interoperability

Is it true? Is Indian IT industry surviving because of lack of Semantic Interoperability?
Incorrect Semantic Interoperability describes mismatch in the format and representation of data belonging to two parallel applications which prohibit them from interacting with each other or prohibits possible migration. Take the example of ERPs like SAP and Oracle Apps, they [...]

Ritesh on Oct 8th, 2007The saga of the legacy lovers

Gone are the days of the digital divide, there is a new kind of divide amongst many computer professionals now. Its the generation gap.  Its hard to comprehend this statement, but anybody, whose is exposed to at least 5 years of industry dynamics, will know exactly what I am talking about. Call it Moore’s law [...]

Ritesh on Aug 13th, 2007Personalization is one cookie away

I wrote about personalization some time back and about how we should actually be approaching this problem. Google has got their act into place and are making your own light weight personalization meter, but its for ads
Google is going to put a cookie in your browser that will record information everytime you read [...]