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Topography of book sales

A full one-third of books sold worldwide are sold in the US. Of the 1.2 million books sold in the US in 2004, Nielsen Bookscan found: * 950,000 sold fewer than 99 copies. * Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies. * Only 25,000 books sold more than

What is so Foreign About Foreign Aid?

A khaki-clad Western aid worker is helping unload a truck in a sun-baked, dusty, barren place surrounded by black (sometimes brown) faces. It could be a scene from any of the countless news clips from the equally countless number of crises that continue to rain down upon obscure parts of

The Future Of Comments

The comments sections of blogging sites suffer from a multiplicity of problems – they are overrun by spam or by repeated entries of the same or similar point, continue endlessly, and are generally overcrowded with grammatical and spelling mistakes. Comment sections that were once seen as an unmitigated good are now

From Satellites to Streets

There has been a tremendous growth in satellite-guided navigation systems and secondary applications relying on GIS systems, like finding shops near the place you are, etc. However, it remains opaque to me why we are using satellites to beam this information when we can easily embed RFID/or similar chips

What Does it Mean to be Literate in India?

A country hailed internationally for its engineers is also home to about a third of the world’s illiterates (UNESCO, 2000). The Indian government defines literacy as the ability to read and write, which is similar to UNICEF’s definition. The 2001 census put India’s literacy rate at 65.

Piracy, the Real Mantra Behind Indian Success

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran an opinion piece yesterday arguing that India is “rapidly evolving into Asia’s innovation center” and “leaving China in the dust” because of its famed intellectual property regime. Not only is the claim patently bogus, but the opposite—that the Indian innovation is surviving

A Ditty for Bush

Pakistani administrators recently inserted a poem titled "The Leader", praising George W. Bush, in the English-language course book for 16-year-olds. The poem spells out President George W. Bush: Patient and steady with all he must bear, Ready to meet every challenge with care, Easy in manner, yet solid

End of Information Hierarchy

Today, people have a variety of ways to explore a collection via the Internet as opposed to carefully orchestrated explorations in a brick and mortar museum with a curated exhibition. A curator comes up with a story along with other contextual information about the exhibit and arranges the exhibition so