Matongini wiped off the beads of perspiration from her forehead with the loose end of her sari as she blew air into her earthen stove. Peeping into the vessel placed on top of the stove, she pushed in the ladle to give the broth another stir. She sat back to let it cook a bit more resting her tired back on the Sal wood stilt that held up her hut. Her eyes tired with age and misery, bore a far-away look. It was as if her body was sitting in…
Category: Technical World
The Holy Nexus
For quite some time I have been feeling this pressing need to describe my innermost emotions about my first ever experience with a Tab. Though it’s been sometime now that we purchased the Tab, but somehow I never got close enough physically to it to recount my experiences effusively. A lot of it is however attributed to my 6 year old daughter who seems to have acquired an authority on it and believes that it has been bought for the sole purpose of loading her own apps. In fact she…
Let’s Talk
Speech or the human ability to speak is the most favorite asset of our species. However, so far as communication is concerned speech will very soon probably take a back seat. Social media along with its tools will render speech a good to have asset and not the only prerequisite to have a conversation. I however believe in the old world charm of holding prolonged conversations over the telephone. The latter which was once considered man’s most ingenious inventions is now passé. We no longer get to hear the shrill…
The Changing Face of SEO Marketing
The Changing Face of SEO Marketing SEO Marketing, the approach used to achieve high rankings on search engines has gone in for a fundamental change in perspective. In the current scenario good is just not enough. Being useable is what makes websites receive the most hits. The fine line between good websites and useable websites is made more pronounced with the launch of algorithm updates from Google namely Google Panda and Google Penguin. Google has involved some of its best engineers in devising these updates which use the principles of…
Cloud Storage – Understanding the Basics
As I watched the latest movie on You Tube I silently thanked its founders for their ingenious creation. Then I stopped to ponder what is it that makes this fantastic website so popular? It is the millions of movies, songs, and video clips uploaded and stored for us to access and use. That is actually what makes it click; the same holds true for others of its kind. We all use repositories like Gmail, Facebook, Googledocs to store our emails, photographs, videos, personal as well as official files; In fact a substantial…
Accessing Assistance
Even if you ignore the alliteration in the title, you cannot really disregard the fact that technology and the opportunity to access it is an essential need in every individual’s life. Similarly, Online and Print formats of User Assistance provided for these applications also need to be tailored to the accessibility standards. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 realized this need and included the Section 508 to encapsulate accessibility standards within its folds. Section 508 – Defining Accessibility Standards Section 508 is a federal law requiring electronic technology used by the…
