What if density is not the evil it is often cited to be? Cities by their very nature are the epitome of human interactions and innovations; and in doing so, they have made a remarkable contribution to improving the state of our lives and communities. No other platform enables a critical mass of humans to …
We are already naked, to some of the tech giants. Now before you signup with another new service or install another new app on your phone that asks for a lot of unreasonable access, you must think twice, before you undo your pants to yet another company. There are two approaches for amateurs for hiding …
Some technology just won’t pick up! Bluetooth being one of the prime examples. It is there, with an uncomfortably inept attitude in the technology world. Bluetooth is not dying anytime soon, it is not picking up the momentum either, for quite a long time, almost ever since its birth in 1994 at Ericsson. Without going …
If yes, then what is it based on? What are the parameters? I read faces. I profile based on facial expression, and appearance. And I am almost always correct. I do not know how do I do it, I do not know what’s the rational a technique. This is somewhat the pure work of intuition. …
The existence and use of the word ‘culture’ has a fundamental problem. It is inherently selfish and the brewing ground of stereotypes. The word culture, quickly makes us self-conscious, defensive and proud. We jump into defining the boundaries of it and desperately try to promote its uniqueness. I want to question the fundamental necessity of …
Trump is an unfortunate accident, no matter what. But the question is whether it was a planned accident or it just happened and slipped through the cracks of democracy? The first few chapters of Fire and Fury indicates that the campaign didn’t even want to win the election! They were genuinely surprised by the win …
The whole idea of search engine optimization is fundamentally lame. As the moral of the story is, search engines are still stupid and illiterate. They need to grow up, and they need to learn how to aggregate the content that I put up on the web the way I want, not the other way around. …
Dhaka Art Summit is a rare festival of artists and curators from all over the world. The phrase ‘all over the world’ is not an exaggeration here! A group of around 60 artists and curators signed up for a tour of architecture by Muzharul Islam in Dhaka. Two of his masterpieces were in the list …
আমাদের দেশ এমনই ডিজিটাল যে আজ পর্যন্ত ম্যাক এবং আইফোনের জন্য নির্ঝঞ্জাট বাংলা লেখার কোন উপায় বের হলো না। কোন রকমে, ঠেকাঠুকা দিয়ে লেখা যায়। কোন উন্নতি নাই অ্যাপগুলোর। আইফোনে রিদমিক ভালো ছিল, আপডেটের অভাবে এখন অকেজো। ম্যাকের জন্য যে অভ্র তারও একই অবস্থা। আপডেট নাই, কিবোর্ডের নির্দিষ্ট বিন্যাসগুলো অপরিচিত, ব্যবহার করা দূরহ, আমি ফনেটিক …
No the above ranking is not an average. It is the situation of a specific time, right now at 22:43, February 3rd, 2018. But it is 492 in PM2.5 air quality index! It means you need industrial-grade mask to breath outdoor, anything else is doing serious harm to yourself. Don’t take this lightly. Check the …