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Usability.Gov is one of the good resources for design and usability of websites. A large chunk of my work deals with the Government especially in the legal industry and I do understand that they have hard time making their websites and web applications usable due to so many unrelated factors like politics and bureaucracy. However, [...]

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Not so recently, Pluto was demoted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) amidst controversy. Members of the public plus academics opposed the decision.
I also felt emotional and saddened by the demotion of Pluto. It may not make a lot of sense to many people but I always like standing up for the ‘underdog’ and [...]

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I really enjoyed the online book, Getting Real which is a collection of 90 odd essays on getting rid of the fluff and coming up with a lean and mean web application. However, the principles found in this book can be used in any aspect of our lives to make it real and simpler.

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The haze caused due to slash-and-burn farming in Indonesia is making the air really unhealthy here in Singapore. The National Environment Agency (NEA) reading of the Pollutants Standards Index (PSI) is 128 today and that is unhealthy level (see http://app.nea.gov.sg/psi/). When will this problem, if ever, will be resolved? I guess the farmers need education [...]

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People waste a lot of time discussing whether meetings are productive or counter-productive. Is that productive? And is my blogging about this topic productive?
Meetings are necessary. Period. It is neither good nor bad. Almost everyone here has been to a totally useless meeting. The converse is also true. It is the people and their [...]

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There is an interesting talk on Google Video by Luis von Ahn. He talks about using games like ESP Game and Peek-A-Boom to label images to make image searches more efficient and accurate.
However, the thing that struck me the most was how spammers break CAPTCHA.

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