Yaay! We finally get our very own comic strip!
Funny stuff from a very gifted artist. The drawing style is somewhat similar to phd comics, which are my all time favorite web comic.
Added to pakdoc as well. Keep up the good work Bilal!
February 28, 2008
January 26, 2008
GeniDo – Granting your first wish (Offline Basecamp)
It was rightly predicted that the next big thing on the Web would be offline support from the web applications that we know and love. More and more offline apps keep popping up everywhere. The latest one to roll out is GeniDo (click to see demo video), a product by GeniTeam (founded by LUMS alumni).
I think it’s a great product idea, given the huge user base of Basecamp (more details at G&W). It’ll be great to see similar products for other web applications like rememberthemilk, backpack etc.
Regarding offline support for web apps, Flex and Google Gears have helped a lot in providing the infrastructure. I personally am really excited about Firefox 3’s offline app support (demo). Will finally have a reason to consider building Firefox only apps …
July 13, 2007
Team Pakistan (AVRiL) – Imagine Cup 07
The 2007 installment of Microsoft’s premiere student technology competition, the Imagine Cup (check out the ad @ YouTube), will be drawing to a close later this year in August when finalists for the Software Design invitational congregate in Seoul, South Korea to determine who will take home the Cup.
The team representing Pakistan this year in the Software Design category hails from LUMS. The 4 man Team AVRiL’s (Automated Video Recording of Lectures) project is about “promoting distance learning programs by reducing the cost of recording lecture videos by removing the human element from the process”. (team profile)
Check out their promo on YouTube:
They’re up against 55 other finalists in the Software Design invitational, so they’ve got their work cut out. Last I talked to one of the team members, they were working on adding the final bells and whistles, as the main core is mostly complete. I’ve had the opportunity of working with a couple of these guys in the past at LUMS; with Yahya during the CodinGuru 2006 and a couple of courses and met Tayyab during Softech ‘06, and I think they’re the best bunch from the 2007 batch at LUMS to be representing Pakistan at the Finals.
I wonder if they’ve got bigger plans for their project after the Imagine Cup. It would be great if they work with LUMS on a customized solution for the campus. During my Senior year at LUMS, I had a course that was having its classes recorded, and having an automated system would be a lot better (and cheaper). Maybe LUMS could provide lecture videos and course material at subsidized rates (or free) to online users (something along the lines of OCW) or provide this material to other schools and colleges for people who can’t afford that quality of education, or maybe strike a partnership with VU or AIOU. I hope team AVRiL can shed some light on their plans.
Good luck for the Finals guys!!
July 4, 2007
LUMS gets its own Radio Station!
LUMS gets its very own Radio Station! Its currently IP based, so you can only access it via a web browser. I hope they come up with something for mobile devices as well, would love to tune in from my phone’s browser while on the move.
A great effort by everyone involved!! Go go LUMS!
