Bright Possibilities

Tag: Learning

  • Energy, engagement and early success in startups

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    In the past week, I spoke with founders and co-founders of startup companies. These companies are pursuing projects in diverse areas including internet-of-things, software-as-service for invoices and shipping, robotic games for consumers, novel application of sensors for physical environments, etc. The founders are bright, focused, and exude energy in their missions. They are mindful of the challenges…

  • Low low power connectivity

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    Yesterday during my jog with my friend we were chatting about if there are low powered connectivity solutions for devices. We knew about Bluetooth Low Energy and continuously shrinking WiFi chips. We also knew that WiFi has been focused on enabling higher bandwidth and longer distances. Today I discovered Passive WiFi which promises to reduce the…

  • Model driven APIs and service

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    In the past few months, I had been building a set of services using nodejs. After having dabbled in JavaScript over the past year, I was looking for a way to build service side code as well with REST APIs. voila! I discovered nodejs which fits the bill. There are many tutorials online for how…

  • Internships for High Schoolers

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    Recently I started working with Spark SIP. SPARK Summer Internship Program (Spark SIP) connects business or project owners with aspiring high schoolers. I am excited about the opportunity to help the young kids and project sponsors to meet up and create new ways to learn and contribute. This summer will be a totally new experience. The project…

  • Infinite Innovations ahead

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    It was the perfectly bright weather to admire this unique creation in front of the National Museum of Anerican History. It symbolifies creativity, deft handling of tools, deep understanding of the elements, and pays tribute to the creative mindset of humans. Standing stop a tall and slender tower this metallic creation invites us to walk…

  • 400,000 graduates go missing from the US in Jan 2016. Where are they?

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    Today I discovered that we seem to have lost nearly 400,000 (yes four hundred thousand) graduates from the US. This is based on employment status of civilian population 25 years and older. See the section “Bachelor’s degree and higher” – Civilian Labor Force. Over the past four days there has been a lot of chatter…

  • Think Different – start of something new?

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    We are gifted with the plethora of media and history that is available for us to learn from. Today I watched the video snippet showing internal launch of “Think Different” campaign by Steve Jobs. Very nice talk outlining his thinking to streamline and transform three things – products, marketing, and distribution. And world over, now…

  • Summer Camps are here – let us engage the kids

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    Summer is almost upon us. You are wondering why I say that. Today is the Eastside Camp Fair at St. Thomas School in Medina. Every year I visit the same with my kids – at least for a quick glance. We are excited to learn about the variety of summer camp opportunities for kids. Sometimes I…

  • A world of possibilities

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    Welcome to the Bright Possibilities blog. It feels that many things aligned in the planet for me to arrive here and write some fresh notes. It is incredible to see the amazing collection of software and systems that work together to give us tremendous power to go after new possibilities. I am excited to be here to…