Archive for August, 2006

I’m in the The Windy City

My bicycle Originally uploaded by quami77.

So I should flagellate myself repeatedly for not updating my blog in a while.   Things have been heating up here with getting acclimated to a new city.   Chicago is SO much larger than [...]

Capitalism is not zero sum

Lately, I have been bumping into a lot of people who I talk to about my interests in poverty eradication, BOP, and design. We get engaged into a deeper discussion, and then I sometimes hear this bizarre argument surfacing a lot…. from educated people whom I perceive to be sharp (probably what scares [...]

Page visits Aravind

DNA - Money - Google’s co-founder Larry Page has an ‘eye’ on Madurai - Daily News & Analysis visited Madurai, site of Aravind Health Care clinic in India– Google.org is going to be donating to Aravind in the form of engineering time and ads. The first line of this article excited me a [...]

Farewell Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy

Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy Originally uploaded by quami77.
Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful. - Dr. G. Venkataswamy
 
This past weekend, we lost a great man.  In this entry, I’d [...]

Boston

MIT Media Lab Originally uploaded by quami77.
I am in Boston now, visiting Nabeel, who is a 2L summer for Foley Hoag. Since he lives in Cambridge, MA, its really easy to walk around everywhere [...]

Patent Trolls or “Patent Consulting Firms”?

IANAL, nor have I had any business law classes yet, but this issue irks me, so I had to write about it. If you have more training in this field, please step up and educate me.
So there’s this group, Ocean Tomo, that hails itself as a patent consulting firm.. Other people call it a [...]



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