Bits and Bytes

One Laptop per Child in India

noreply@blogger.com (ramki) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:19:00 +0000

According to an an article in business week, the Indian Governement wasnt interested in the OLPC program, which was to bring computers to the Indian Primary Schools. Although the laptop would cost $100, it was never even considered to try on a pilot run by the Indian Government. Finally the Reliance ADA Groups "Digital Bridge Foundation" has taken up the initiative to provide these laptops.

Is this "India Shining" ? i doubt

Mozilla Unveils Aurora Concept Browser

noreply@blogger.com (ramki) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:29:00 +0000

Mozilla has changed the way people access internet using their browsers.

After the release of Firefox Ver 3, which has started capturing the browser market,displacing the Internet Explorer's strong hold, now it is planning to unveil a new concept browser, named "Aurora". The Mozilla Labs foundation is requesting people to contribute ideas and design for its upcoming browser.

The Dabbawalas - A work of Social and human ingenuity

noreply@blogger.com (ramki) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:25:00 +0000

Whenever i read a lot of articles about the Dabbawalas in various Management articles, I always feel proud of this team and sometimes dream of achieving a similar fete along with my team members in the field of my working domain.

The Dabbawalas of Mumbai ,have made a place for themselves in the top business schools of the world .Harvard Business School recently has prepared a case study for the students, presenting them an organisational strategy which is purely dependent on social and human ingenuity , with an accuracy of 99.9999% to convey over 170,000 meals to their destinations each day at right time and place.Their accomplishment does not depend on any analytic models, technology or efficient business practices which most of the corporates follow. This is something extraordinary which they have achieved over 20 years experience with a team of 5000 employees and have been awarded Six Sigma Certification for an error rate of one per 6 million.Amazing isnt it!!!