Yearly Archives: 2011

P.Sainath on Three Major Basis for Corruption

Posted on April 23, 2011 by nadodi

Three major basis for corruption in our society:

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Mapping with Google Fusion Tables

Posted on March 10, 2011 by nadodi

Google’s Fusion Tables, a way to manage large amounts of data online with powerful visualization capabilities built into it, was recently graduated out of Google Labs and became an app available on the Google Apps dashboard. I have used Google’s … Continue reading →

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Let’s Do It: Estonia’s Clean Up Project

Posted on March 3, 2011 by nadodi

Plan: Clean up a country. In one day. Sounds crazy? Watch this video: 10,000 tonnes of garbage was collected in one day. Wow!  “Let’s Do It” campaign was born in Estonia from one idea – what if we clean up … Continue reading →

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Ancient Greece

Posted on March 2, 2011 by nadodi

Photo from Greece trip. Just so I can see the blue sky today. :)

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Exercises in Empathy #1

Posted on February 25, 2011 by nadodi

cc Empathy by [auro] You can try this at your own time and convenience. Do the following in a public space: Do something to help someone you do not know. There are only two conditions to this step: It has … Continue reading →

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Books: Wolf Totem

Posted on February 24, 2011 by nadodi

Wolf Totem a novel by by Jiang Rong A stunning portrait of 1960s Mongolia as seen through the eyes of an empathetic Han ethnographer. This adventurous novel explores the divisions between agrarian/nomadic, warrior/peasant, and tradition/modernity. via http://thereboot.org

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