Humour in Uniform

I stumbled upon Simpu Singh the math teacher.... these are very funny channel V ads.

Some humour to cheer up...

A Vision of Students Today

In video recommendation for this week we look at a video developed as part of digital Ethnography class at KSU. A very interesting style of communication. Watch it, it is fun to
see how internet and the digital revolution is influencing our everyday life.

Ethnography (ἔθνος ethnos = people and γράφειν graphein = writing) is the genre of writing that presents varying degrees of qualitative and quantitative descriptions of human social phenomena.(source wikipedia)




a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.

why people do what they do

For the recent few months I have been very curious about why people do what they do. Have been wondering what is it that drives one to work or spend immense amounts of time, energy and beyond. Wanted to find out for myself so I have been talking to people.

Story 1.
I met this very interesting person on my flight. I will call him uncleji respecting his age and the experience in the art of living. For most part of his life he was with the mainstream media the TV world. Seeing all the whos who from practically every field(politics,sports and entertainment).He talked about his media coverage tours with the then prime minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Work on super hit tv serials like "Yeh joh hai zindagi" which had taken the telle by storm in India during the 80s. "Circus" and Shahrukh khan, the reigning king of Bollywood. It was very inspiring to hear him speak with bubbling enthusiasm and sheer passion long after retirement. He said "more importantly it was the team and the kind of people I worked with. It was like hanging out with some good buddies and that was work".
Did it make any difference ... you bet. Millions of people all around India would be glued to their tv sets to watch, to kill their everyday rut. I take this opportunity to thank uncleji for all his hard work in bringing those wonderful shows while I was growing up.

Will write more as I talk to more people. All in the quest of my vocation ...

Video recommendation

I am starting a weekly video recommendation on my blog. Videos featured are intended to have high interest content.

To start with here is a talk by Joshua Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library.



Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects, including the Seattle Central Library, Museum Plaza in Louisville and Dallas' Charles Wyly Theater. Adopting what he describes as a "hyper-rational" approach to architecture, Joshua Prince-Ramus explains how logic can act as the catalyst for extraordinary buildings. He previews an ambitious new theater in Dallas, a hyper-customizable performance space in which everything -- stage, seats, walls, ceiling -- can be altered on the fly. He concludes with an animation of the 1.1-million-square-foot Museum Plaza in Louisville, scheduled for completion in 2010. (borrowed from ted.com)