Gurukulam http://balasubramanians.com/blog Learnings and random musings of Raj Balasubramanian Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Happy 2010 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=383 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=383#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:37:09 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=383 It has been a very eventful year and I am looking forward to start 2010.
Love to all for the support and friendships.

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=383 My Son’s creation for SxSW http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=382 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=382#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:12 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=382 Go here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JGEXVOLjPM&feature=player_detailpage

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=382 Speaking in Rotterdam @ SOA Symposium http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=381 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=381#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:52:22 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=381 Book
They will unveil my SOA with REST book as well.
Must be fun..

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=381 quatro-1 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=380 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=380#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:48:34 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=380 pen and paper
with lots of light;
even if i waver,
there’s lots to write…

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=380 Books I should be reading… http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=379 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=379#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:39:59 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=379 CTMCP -
ctmcp
PRML -
book
LtVi -

Retailing -

CotS -

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=379 social alchemy - rant http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=378 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=378#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:31:25 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=378 the point of technology and various disciplines of science (hard, soft and gooey) is to ensure the mundane human behavior, interactions, preferences and day2day stuff can yield insights about ourselves and the circles we influence….as companies start to monetize on this, the academia is off doing their one off pursuits within siloed thinking of staying within areas of expertise (within a specific subject (within a specific department (within a specific school)))..
the real transmutation of the massive pile of data from these human, social and group interactions will require marriage of minds, cross-over artists from various disciplines within science and arts and dedicate/inquisitive souls..
there is hope.

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=378 musings.. http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=377 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=377#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:28:00 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=377 whats the point of social web technology when i dont use it

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=377 Attending the Semantic Web Camp in Austin @ MCC http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=376 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=376#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:56:20 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=376 I am here in a lunch break and took the Nerd test to see if I compared to some of the nerds and got this–

I am nerdier than 100% of all people. Are you a nerd? Click here to take the Nerd Test, get geeky images and jokes, and write on the nerd forum!

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]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=376 Rajeev Motwani dies..very tragic and sudden http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=375 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=375#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:00:44 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=375 Rajeev, as you can read from this article is an amazing inspiration and resource for so many years in the Silicon Valley. He was also one of the peers of my advisor Dr.Ghosh at IITK.
My heart felt condolences to his family - both personal and academic. Rajeev, you will be missed.

]]> http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=375 Costis’ thesis awarded the 2008 dissertation award by ACM http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=374 http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=374#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 00:13:37 +0000 raj http://balasubramanians.com/blog/?p=374 He really deserved it…

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