Archive for December, 2008

The best photo blog on the internet

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. You cannot understand it till you read this photo blog. Hands down they have the best slide shows on the internet. Check out their posts on the Greek Riots, Hubble Telescope, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai after the attacks, the sichuan earthquake etc. Breathtaking doesn't ...

The future of search?

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

I published an article on the Kosmix blog on what I believe search will evolve into in the next century and how different players are moving towards that end. It also discusses where Kosmix fits into this.This future search engine is also analyzed in terms of the technology which will ...

My favourite Kosmix results

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

My husband and I spend a lot of time discussing why a page gets my nod and what falls short of my expectations on kosmix.com.  My husband who works at Kosmix emphatically drives the discussion to the solid question of how to make search results better on the website for ...

Yayyyyy The new Kosmix is launched!!

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Welcome to the world of Kosmix My husband works at Kosmix in Mountain View.  I have been trying out searches on the website for quite some time. And they launched a new beta today.  I am writing this post to share my candid opinion on the search experience on www. kosmix.com First ...

Do you know how big Africa is?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

I have been reading Michael Crichton's novel Congo and have been struck by the sheer magnitude of the size of Africa as a continent and my view of it.Africa is larger than North America and Europe combined, almost twice the size of South America. Ofcourse, the standard world map does ...