Todays's thoughts
The person returns back
The person is walking back and remembers a couplet from a famous Urdu poet, which says "How do I tell the other person that one of us will be lost in the journey; you do not discourage your co-passenger in the journey". In its native it was (with due regards to poet, who wrote it) - "Usey kaise batata ki saath chhot jana jaroori tha, safar me musafir ka hausala nahi toratey"
Person goes into a virtual communication with flower. The virtual communication is like playing chess alone. In solo chess game, you place a move and you only place the counter move. In virtual communication, you state something and you only respond on other person's behalf. But, the virtual communication was not clicking this time.
The person gives up.
And now it is for the flower to decide its destiny (though it is already decided by God) , whether the flower wants the person to return and re-commence the journey or flower is happy now and person should continue on his own path.
A flower returned
Walking through busy streets of life, stumbled upon a flower, which appeared very innocent. Probably, the flower was destined to some place or was in transit or was at it's destination, I am not sure. Probably the flower was with it's destination, but got left out for some reason - probably, it was destined to come in contact with me. I picked up the flower. It was a moment of joy. I had never taken a flower in hand in my life. I was too scared with flowers. Or flowers were scared of me? I walked few steps with the flower, I was trying to establish a connection with the flower. I was becoming overwhelmed. I was getting carried away. I started rushing with the flower in my hand - rushing to take it to a temple. But, then I realised that flower was destined to be somewhere else. But, by the time, I have started loosing the sight, the geography of my path, my current coordinates. Flower is not sure about the journey, I am loosing track.
What is the best to do?
Go back, place the flower back at its place from where I had picked it up - and flower will meet its destination. I am very sure, flower is happy now - I am on my way back on busy streets of life.......
Life has only finite number of days to live. Each day has a purpose to live. On some days, we really feel like that we lived it fully; on other days it appears as if it just passed by without any reason. Some times I feel like a child and I think it is good to be child sometimes. Look at a child, how he laughs - children laugh from stomach and I want to do the same sometimes, if not always. Just open out, have an unscheduled meeting with a friend, break the daily monotonous routine of home & work. Look at a photograph, you like. Speak to the photograph or let the photograph speak to you. Get into a virtual dialogue. Why only allow the IT industry to get into virtualization? let our imagination also get into virtualization.
I dont know
Just took this path, don't know where it leads to. I am wondering why I am not asking me why? Why I am on this path? Indeed my heart rules my brain. But, what does this heart want? looks like I am on this path with a baggage full of questions. No, I think I am enjoying it. But what is there to enjoy in this journey. Journey is distraction and I am on a distracted journey.
Where does this path lead to? and why I am on this path?
Virtual Reality
The technology is fast driving the globe towards Virtual reality (VR). Be it the domain of technology or related developments, all are pointing towards VR. Look at VR, 3D Printing, LiFi , Social media, Video games ..... the industry is getting flooded with all these.
Why? or what are the consequences?
The pace of life is becoming so unsocial that we are tending to live in our own world by creating our own virtual world. We feel comfortable in this locally created world of our own because it runs on our own terms. And if it does not, then we reject it. We are becoming the 9th letter of alphabets "I".
Contradiction - the world getting smaller due to technology and world is also getting smaller due to changing emotions and behavior. We are becoming experts in using smileys, rather than genuine communications, feelings, emotions, attachment .......
Virtual Reality is really virtual
Mind in turmoil
I stand in the middle of valleys. I call myself, I get the echo back. I call YOUR name and echo is silence.
I am wondering, why ?
IBM Apple Union
Today afternoon thoughts
Interesting trends emerging - Baby boomers are deferring retirement and corporates moving towards Digital work place. Turning points in civilization.
New IT is Social, Media, Big data and Cloud computing. Disruptive technologies dominating the industry. Avoidance risk obsolescence.
HP Managed Services Executive Board of Advisors
Attended the Board of advisors in Milano, Italy on May 6 & 7. It was a very productive meeting both with respect to contributing to HP's strategic direction and learning. Since, such deliberations are hels under NDA, nothing much can be revealed.
Just think over....
Where is the Original ?
- Are we copying or "reprinting"?
- Are we sending or "sharing"?
- Are we scanning or "finding" / "annotating"?
- Are we signing or "approving'?
Learnt a new phrase - "Hunter or Farmer" - Hunter does one time kill and farmer is there from seed till fruits - apply it to corporate world - especially marketing and realise.
Evolution of technologies
While preparing to present on the title "Evolution of Technologies", I came across some very interesting quotes, and one of them was "The two most common elements in universe are Hydrogen and stupidity" - author unknown. Why this quote caught my attention? probably at the dry honesty of this statement.
Technology evolution has taken place at different pace during different periods - it is significantly accelerated during later period. Also, in parallel was human population, which has grown at a very rapid place during recent times. World population in 1800 was 1 billion; in 1960 it became 3 billion; 1999 it rose to 6 billion; in 2011 it became 7 billion. The projection is that in 2050 it will be 9.5 billion - extremely rapid growth.
On Big Data in World Cloud Forum MENA
I see tremendous potential & opportunities, Big data is holding for future. I shared my views on Big Data in a session in an event held in Dubai on 14th April (attached video - thanks to a well wisher)
CIO Evolution Summit , Dubai 2014
Watch me in action - as keynote speaker in CIO Evolution Summit
http://cio-evolution.com/home.html
Network World Middle East Award 2014
Network World ME 2014 - as a panel in Judges panel, I am sure I did my best. Congrats to all the winners
http://issuu.com/computernewsme/docs/4_-_267-cnme_april2014?e=2513633/7407977#search
Big Data
Big data has acquired a very audible voice in the industry these days. I am monitoring it closely for quite some time and I am very optimistic about its contribution to corporate world and society at large. Although Harvard Business Review - Dec 2013 issue quotes the economist Herbert "A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention" - I feel that despite such "side effects" this wave of Big data is not likely to turn out as another "typical hype of IT industry".
I am scheduled to talk about it during an event on 14th April in Dubai.