Don't Be Such a Scientist

Talking Substance in an Age of Style!

A good and inspirational book for traditional scientists (traditional… am I right?). It is talking about the importance of communication for scientists and a must read for anyone who cares about science, and the problems we have engaging the public. There are many lessons and advises throughout the book for the scientists... Yes I guess including me!! Furthermore, according to the author, the science has two parts and I agree strongly, the inventions or doing the research and the communicating of science.

Storytelling ability is a must for all scientists!!!!

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woo hoo! it's my sister...

The University Grants Commission released the university cut off marks few days ago in Sri Lanka for 09/10. Apparently, my sister is selected for a BSc degree in Biological sciences. They are yet to process the universities and confirmation letters for each and every scholar. Nonetheless, I am wishing her a bright future and best of luck for her future academic endeavors!!

Google I/O 2010

Wish if I could attend to....

Google I/O keynotes are over! They were absolutely superb! fantastic! inspiring! awesome! brilliant! And I freaking love Google!

Froyo.. Android v2.2.. looks promising.. upto 5x speed with many interesting features... when can I get the OTA update to my Nexus One ..... Froyo: make your handset a portable hotspot & more http://bit.ly/cDl7iq

Open platform, open source collaboration... what Google is more powerful and doing so good... even the Google TV will be open source in 2011.. and open for thousands of developers to build there apps for the next gen TV platform... what fascinating is again it is Android!!!!

The Tyranny of E-Mail – a book by JOHN FREEMAN

Yesterday night around 3AM, I finished the reading of this book recommended by my supervisor professor Adrian. I was inspired and it clearly shows what we are missing in today’s sophisticated communication systems, especially emailing. He compared communicating with emails with face-to-face communication and presented several key points to remember when we are dealing with email. Furthermore, he theorized the importance of physical togetherness and touch for the human beings, especially for children’s.

He has gone through the history of communications and its developments in a nice manner in the mid of the book prior to coming to the current trends in remote communications. In addition, he coined a new term to me “slow communication”, which is a nice and meaningful term for many of the knowledge workers nowadays.

“We are here for a short time on this planet, and reacting to demands on our time by simply speeding up has canceled out many of the benefits of the Internet, which is one of the most fabulous technological inventions ever conceived. We are connected, yes, but we were before, only by gossamer threads that worked more slowly. Slow communication will preserve these threads and our ability to sensibly choose to use faster modes when necessary.”

more information can be found from this article written by the same author

Nexus One........

It was nice nice nice.. for the first time now I m using a smart phone and its not just a smart phone it is the newest Google Nexus One with Android 2.1 build. Amazing features and smooth interactions.... And several friends requesting the phone through me since in Asia only in Singapore and Hong Kong we can order the phone. Finally I ended up with buying 5 sets within two weeks. :P
Now it s time to start writing appsssssssssssssss.......... :)

Prepairing for QE

It was a tough month so far for me. It s time to preparing for my qualifying examination for my PhD. I wrote several proposals and modifying to finalize my thesis title and the content. Now I feel the toughness of doing a PhD and it is always not enough to work hard and doing my best... It is all about do or die... But for now let us say .. so far so good.. :)

Back to business.......

It was almost 2 months where I didn't write anything here. Finally I went to KAIST YoungCT 2009 in South Korea and it was very nice experience. I like their culture as well as their food...... The conference was held in a ski resort in down town Seoul. Specially, I saw real snow for the first time in my life :)
I presented Poetry research work their and it was a nice experience at the end.
Then the Siggraph time.... Although this time it was bit relaxed since I engaged with only one submission and that one also there were many members to work with. Finally i hope it was a success and will see....