The recent debate on the open data standards (between OXML, proposed by Microsoft and ODF from Sun and IBM) has generated many interesting response worldwide particularly from the ‘open source’ proponents. In the age of social protocols for information exchanges & service oriented architecture, this discussion seems more relevant than anything else. Typically in a [...]
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Document Format War: Who’s Listening to Those Rants from Users!
Posted in Business, Philosophy, Technology for masses, User Experience, tagged Access, Data, Debate, Democracy, design, Digital, Document, Document Standard, Exchange, Exclusion, Format, Format War, Information, Migration, ODF, Open Source, OXML, Standard on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Can Television Revolution in India be the Solution to Mass Market Affordable Computing!
Posted in Developing world markets, Emerging markets, ICT for masses, Innovation, Pervasive systems, Technology for masses, tagged Affordable computing, Home Computing, Home Entertainment, Interactive, Interactive Television, IP TV, IPTV, Mass Computing, Television, Television in India, TV, TV viewing on February 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In a country that has a very strong media culture, millions of people with their own views, burgeoning TV reality show audiences, it is hardly surprising that the television industry is going through a major digital revolution and opening up exciting design spaces for a truly ubiquitous, interactive and popular medium. It may not [...]
Is ‘Piracy in the Developing World’ taking a leaf out of U.S. history?
Posted in China, Developing world markets, Emerging markets, ICT for masses, Innovation, Technology for masses, tagged China India, Intellectual Property, IP, IP Piracy, IP Protection, IP regime, IPR, Piracy, Technology Piracy on January 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Despite many regulatory and institutional crackdown, Intellectual Properties often do not hold fort in the mass markets of the developing world. Products that have been designed with millions of dollars and countless man-hours of investments, get completely broken apart and fed into huge thriving ‘technology flea markets’ of the developing worlds like India and China. [...]
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I have been involved, as a user experience researcher with many global design projects by Fortune 100 corporations including HP Labs Asia, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft Research and Intel Research; and academic bodies such as Media Lab Asia (Media Lab MIT), Institute of Design,IIT Chicago and University of Washington. Email me at kaushik.t.ghosh[at]gmail.com
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