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Jun 10, 2016
Apr 3, 2016
Top 15 Business and Startup Quotes
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Via @urbanoregional
By Anoop Jha
— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) October 25, 2015
Don't be afraid of mere dolfins, you have to tackle big sharks and whales one day. #business #entrepreneur #startups— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) November 15, 2015
You wake up with a purpose only if you dream of success when wide awake. #business #entrepreneur #startups— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016
— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 6, 2015
In market the loudest attracts customers but neighbours reap the benefit. #business #startups #locationmatters— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016
— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016
Like your shadow opportunity always follows you but many fail to notice as people rarely notice their own shadow. #business #startup— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 13, 2016
— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016
— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 23, 2015
— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 6, 2015
Its a good merger where business of Cloud meets Silver Lining. #quote #business #startup #entrepreneur— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) November 8, 2015
Get it right in the first go, you can sip coffee leisurely when second chance comes! #succeds #focus #startup— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) February 7, 2015
Success- if it has not happend yet its due. #business #entrepreneur— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 16, 2014
— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) February 26, 2015
You haven't made somthing worthwhile until you are overwhelmed yourself looking at it. #design #architecture #product— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) February 3, 2015
By Anoop Jha
Its good to be skeptical.
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Why individual and society has to be receptive and
resilient.
So how these individual
idiosyncrasies which is sometimes projected as values and sometimes quoted as
part of tradition, takes shape and gets reinforced forming an inseparable
character of individual?
Its a complete self gratification cycle backed by pseudo-scientific assertion as a social proof, which permits an individual to act in same way time and again and ultimately end up being an integral part of its persona, which neither they themselves question ever in their life, nor they allow others to do so, and when bitter life sometimes put them in a situation when their such idiosyncrasies are questioned they end up being emotionally sore and fragile and sometimes intellectually paralysed.
Its a complete self gratification cycle backed by pseudo-scientific assertion as a social proof, which permits an individual to act in same way time and again and ultimately end up being an integral part of its persona, which neither they themselves question ever in their life, nor they allow others to do so, and when bitter life sometimes put them in a situation when their such idiosyncrasies are questioned they end up being emotionally sore and fragile and sometimes intellectually paralysed.
In the process of evolution of
mankind they seem to forget what differentiate them from animals, they forgot
to pose questions to themselves and to situations before acting or concluding.
They forgot that being skeptical and questioning was the only thing which
differentiated them from primates and wild beasts.
An individual and a society
which shows the mindset to listen to new ideas and opinions and mobilises the
courage to question their own opinions and idiosyncrasies grows by leaps and
bound those who cant gets hurt and get perished. So how these individual
idiosyncrasies which is sometimes projected as values and sometimes quoted as
part of tradition, takes shape and gets reinforced forming an inseparable
character of individual?
Mar 25, 2016
The misunderstood, misinterpreted and misconstrued missing link of education.
In the realm of
monopolistic education lobby!
Does this system of education, either imposed directly through curated structure or implied indirectly through cultivated social wisdom has right to set boundaries of education, or does it has right to dictate handful of
In this highly evolved world of technology which education system are decade System subjects book Education system stable core envelop
Yes Internet and everything tech has to be introduced at the earliest ladder of education. How we filter the content is education system’s burden not kid’s. But just because they are unable to filter the bad content of internet they can’t simply deprive the bright young kids from whole potential and knowledge of internet which they would have used otherwise to understand the subject. Why it is that a students still have to resort to a tiny textbook to know about a
It’s true from all across schools to colleges. Does existing
education system constant stream education system
Whether they will allow them that exposure or not kids will still learn on their own when they will have access to internet after some idiosyncratic prescribed age limit, but the only fear is that by then their most productive learning age period will be over. It’s time to ponder and rethink Education!
Whether they will allow them that exposure or not kids will still learn on their own when they will have access to internet after some idiosyncratic prescribed age limit, but the only fear is that by then their most productive learning age period will be over. It’s time to ponder and rethink Education!
By - Anoop Jha
Apr 17, 2015
What is Art!
Art has three clear purposes it seems. It has to #do with one who makes #art, it has to do with someone who comes in touch with that art, and it has something to do with the impact it leaves behind for #centuries to come, may be the third one is the largest purpose of art.
[Art is adding an exclamation mark after a question. Art is to add random #Hashtags in an artical to make your paragraph look composed.]
More to come...
Mar 15, 2015
This City is made of Epic Stories, said Storyteller to an Artist!
This city definitely loves to Gossip!
#artist #sketching #steps #story #photography #gossip
No such thing as Level Play Field or Even Ground...
You have to learn to master all terrain!
#embankment #slope #goat #kid #children #play #photography
Feb 21, 2015
Scaling of opportunities, a bigger challenge than scaling up urban infrastructure!
Tackling immediate soft urban challenges
through resource prioritization!
Infrastructure
expansion is where the money and interest is and is a never ending process as
well, so it will keep scaling up in background anyway and will be taken care of
diligently, with or without much intervention. Public sector has more of a
catalytic and mentoring role to play in that direction. Skill is what we need
to focus on today.
Like
they say “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach him how to catch a
fish and he will eat for his lifetime”. Scaled
opportunity is what an urban dweller needs irrespective of which Socio-economic
strata they belong. More opportunity to masses means more involvement in the urban
dynamics, and hence being more engaged in the process of building the very city
which provided the new scale and dimensions of opportunities. Scaling of
opportunity are less resource intensive and has higher ROR than scaling or
urban infrastructure and might be more sustainable an approach!
Further
scientific modelling and analysis will be required to validate and assert the
idea.
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Feb 17, 2015
A quick tweet set on robotics!
Handpicked tech tweets from @urbanoregional
1] The next generation of #robotics will be more of transposing #human feelings to robots than AI, logic or senses! #tech #technology
2] We will see "robot rights" group surfacing in coming decad.
3] You are #timetrapped in a #dream, you will only wake up wen a #robot will slap you in your face 10 odd years later! ....#tech #future
4] If you will ever ask a robot to tell a joke it will tell you to look into the #mirror!
Feb 11, 2015
A den of your own in a public realm!
Soon you will be carrying your very own personal space in your pocket or purse!
Yeh true we all like crowd, faceless crowd rather, even the cloistered ones ocassionaly dream of getting lost in the sea of masses. Social animal they call us though everyone's "social" is different. In a crowd called social some prefer dialogue, some monologue, some play observant and some like to withdraw in a safe corner. But for sure everyone's life revolves around this thing "social" and everyone craves for this thing called "personal" (space) at the same time!
Like duality is a natural phenomenon observed in nature, "bittersweet taste for example", this perpetual duality also transposes and gets reflected in human psyche, "should I? Shouldn't I?" Hence as social is natural to our instinct, so is the craving for personal.
While we are busy planning our cities and communities we often tend to forget about individual needs and craving for secure personal spaces. A space of their own in a public realm- A need which was never talked about, never asked, never fulfilled and not intended to be given any time soon by urban planners and designers. If you think you have been considerate enough on this issue as a planner, an urban designer or a landscape architect can you think of when did you last design a chair for a park or street instead of bench? Or for that matter when did you even last see a chair instead of bench in any public space? Why do one has to share a sitting space or bench with some stranger in a park or street, charming or otherwise. A solitary chairs in public space is a rare sight if so exists.
Its unfortunate that a solitary person in public realm usually has threat perception attached to it though this very crowd is made up of multiple individuals, seeking their own private space and identity.
So till the time virtual-reality and holographic spaces takes over the public plaza and streets and parks to cater to personal spaces, we can have an intermediate solution today-Something like a "space foam" or "3d reinforced fiber mesh" or a "statically charged reinforced siderweb polymer" or "anything which is light, structurally stable and yes biodegradable with self ufolding, collapsing, binding or with "Spray ability", any one of these in a pressurised Can, something like Shaving Gel Can or Pepper Spray container.
Imaging you 3d spraying (not 3d printing) your own space, like a Cocoon, a temporary human scale shelter when u feel like running away from the crowd, and all from a disposable refillable container you can carry in your pocket or purse.
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Feb 7, 2015
Urban development is contagious, keep an eye and let it spread!
One gear triggers other and whole
machine gets activated.
Process
of urban development is spontaneous, sometimes sluggish sometimes fast but
always forward looking, if left on its own it will automatically morph and
mutate and expand, to cater, to accommodate, by utilizing whatever little or
more they have, by seeking and digging what and when they require. And we are
not talking about another Squatter!
Left
on its own city might sustain and prosper or it might entangle and be a mess, but
it will grow for sure, that’s how we have made our journey from jungle to
habitat spanning centuries. We need planning upfront today different from mud
house age since our needs have changed and so the externalities, otherwise
natural mutation of habitat or city should technically be sustainable a
phenomenon.
Development
has inertia of growth inbuilt we just don’t know in which direction, though we
really don’t have to push is so hard we have to just push it to keep it rolling
and have to give it a logical direction.
Upfront
capital being a key constraint in urban development sector, an example of mutating
self-sustaining habitat can be an additive model of shelter where you give only
that much of infrastructure which is basic but with provision of ample spatial
flexibility and assistance at disposal, and letting them build further on their
own, based on their capacities, choices and needs. Creating some rules to play
with and giving them an assistive hand when and where they require.
A
favorable environment, assistive and vigil governance and a scientific approach
are what we need to see this natural development phenomenon unfold and sustain.
Dec 16, 2014
Photography = Skill + Timing + Luck
Being there at that very moment is more important than which camera you are using, which reinstate the fact that anyone with a reasonable sense of aesthetics can be a good photographer. #theywalkamile #insearchofwater
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| Ladies with water vessel |
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Aug 19, 2014
A lesson from a drifting feather!
So, while he was walking slowly, lost in casual thoughts suddenly a floating white feather caught his attention, it was tiny but was in its full glory and was slowly drifting in light breeze towards a nearby fountain in a gravity defying act. Anyway it gracefully landed on the clear sheet of overflowing water and suddely its motion was seized but only for a moment, it was like feather finally found its ground only to realise it was a slipping, drifting ground again. It appeared that this otherwise serious flowing water sheet was happy to receive that feather friend. Though in a fraction of second that feather was mobile again with the flow of water, only to reach its next destination. Possibly "keep drifting effortlessly" was mantra by which feather was living, it was full of life in its lifelessness, and possibly it touched the conscience somewere leaving a life lesson - a lesson of effortlessness even in its full dignity, even in its constant motion!
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Aug 4, 2014
Jul 29, 2014
An autonomous "data system" inspired by "life system" would look something like this-
We are probably living in the best times of history when it comes to freedom of knowledge. In very near future a storm of data is going to overtake individual supremacy and idiosyncrasies and going to demolish hard earned monopoly of handful of experts. Knowledge in form of data was never in such an abundance and never so easily accessible. Lets make use of it in best way possible.
A DATA SYSTEM INSPIRED BY LIFE SYSTEM
- Has to be replicable
- Has to be a Non
- Linear System
- Has to be a Non-coplaner System
- With a Beginning and End
- Should mimic external environment without any actual physical threat
- Pyramid as building block with vital information at its Tip and Archive at its base
- Archive plane further arranged in segments of 24 or 54
- Information tissue cubes made of 6 Pyramids joined at Tip
- Volume of Tissue cube arranged in 3d Grid
- Vital information distributed in space
- An auto learning system
- Data mining with sixth sense filtering
- With Functionally adapted parts - Varying activity intensity
- Available on Demand - Customisable to Client's need without intervention
- Waste generation (junk) to maintain the envisaged size of system
- Idle period to revive and conserve energy
- Alerts and Filters are key to system's tangible success
- A mirror backup data-set-" Advantage over living system"
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| Future of Data mining and Data analysis is here! |
Author Brief: Anoop Jha is an Urban and regional Planner with a keen interest in exploring possible role of new Data and Technology in city, social, and economic planning and having vision to take planning to whole new level through integration of Policy, innovation and ever-growing knowledge base of world.
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Jul 24, 2014
Creating dynamic street environment- A cure for repetitive monotony of city!
If you try recollecting past experiences, you will realize that an element of surprise can help you cope with the city stress- traffic, crowd, or simply say hectic repetitive chaos and it need not be scientifically proven.
So can we think of creating everyday surprises - pleasant of course, but can be weird sometimes - along the much traded route of our cities - a suddenly changed striking colored building, pink or florescent or yellow; a sudden surge of artificial wind in a subway, a sudden burst of soft rock music at bus shelter; a glowing bus or a decorated tree and so on, its like taking street performance to the next level which includes whole environment rather than just performer.
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Jul 13, 2014
Jun 24, 2014
If brush doesn't work, just doodle.
Five minutes of digital #doodle is good way to catch up with passion of #art.
May 25, 2014
May 13, 2014
Lets restore the lifeline of city called River! #LetsRestoreRiver
Riverfront
development as a tool for ecological revival.
River-edge development is about confronting the centuries of
neglect towards lifeline of city called river.
It is about restoring the natural dignity of river while
making some commercial sense out of it.
That riverfront was anyway thriving ecologically before city
invaded the river edge.
River edge
development is just an effort to restore the past equilibrium.
[Post by- Anoop Jha]
Apr 26, 2014
Art on Autopilot - Since you dont have time!
Long back read that some sculptor spent his whole life making several sculptures for a large garden, sounds cool but what a waste of life, seriously! In case you paint a Monalisa or something than you might think its worthwhile, since you made a masterpiece for generations to come, but all of us ain't Vinchi.
With whatever capabilities we possess we can have two possible choices to make, one is to make a masterpiece to be remembered or to create abundance of art for yourself and for humanity. Abundance can give you instant opportunity to channelise your creative energy rather than waiting to make that one masterpiece for which you are waiting since last 10 years. And we are not talking about just fine arts, it can be anything, any form of creative affair which you love to be engaged in, you see even pattern of numbers is art for statistician, that's art for her!
So how will you create abundance when art is not your bread n butter and you are ever occupied with inexhaustible to-do list for your lifetime. Solution is to put your art on an autopilot mode. Making art anywhere everywhere, art which consumes least amount of time but is still an art to your satisfaction.
To keep your thinking wheel rotating an example can be like; take a complex peice of sculpture or object or take simply a junk, spill a bucket or mug of water in front of it, see the amazing reflection in water, now click or capture or paint or draw that reflection or the whole environment or simply observe and feel blessed to see your creation, additionally spill some paint in the water or add a mirror in the backdrop if you want or just do anything you like and your are ready with your art piece.
Idea is that it might take substantial time to create that very sculpture or art piece for example, whose reflection you are trying to capture but the moment you added thin film of water or a mirror for example the whole dynamics changed, now the whole setting is complex enough to qualify for an art, your personal art. See Master Artists used to paint pomegranate and guava to create classic masterpiece called “Still Life”, you simply cut them in half and one-click-capture the intricate pattern or just cut-n-shape them in cube and you are ready with your modern piece of art.
The best thing is that it’s you who have created this art, and you own this art; at least it gives you satisfaction to see your creativity manifested, in a blink of eye almost. This shortcut of art is just an example, because you were really running short of time to be devoted to art but you really wanted to create some, now you can think of infinite possibilities to dump the excuse that you could have created something only if you had time. This is how you beat the art!
Apr 17, 2014
Public spaces: transiting from interactive to addictive spaces
They talk about interactive public spaces, yeh, but its been long playing with this concept. Landscape architects, sculptors, Urban designers, everyone has done there bit fulfilling their fantasy of what an ultimate interactive public domain can be. It takes creative genius and sometimes state-of-art technology to make it happen. As for now they have succeeded in making the public spaces interactive enough through different tools like interactive sculptures, screens, kiosks, light, ambiance etc. but as a planner of urban space, as artists, as designers, as software developers and so on, we need to push is further, further to transform the difinition of public spaces from interactive to addictive, afterall addiction of public spaces and landscape and nature and parks and plaza is not a bad habit as such!
If that tiny puzzle, that mobile game, that vedio games, play station, that music can be so addictive, why can't a public space with all its hardware, bandwidth, characters, ambiance, familiarity, nostalgia and infinite possibilities be an addiction. Afterall bringing people to interesting and safe public domain from comfort of their couch is job of those who help design city. Imaging a kid who has spent most of his childhood staring at tv or vedio game screen finally getting in touch with nature getting into public space!
Mar 7, 2014
City of Portrait hunters!
City, such interesting place it is with such interesting people. City, where every day is another odd day for accidental encounter with interesting people, subject of inspiration, portraits!
Every thinking face on a street and every thought engrossed expressions on a public transport here is portrait worthy character it seems. Expressions with hints of accumulated experience still hidden behind unfathomable layers of time, and wrapped under imposed smile, only occasionally revealed by the true talkative eyes. City filled with such inexhaustible supply of interesting characters is a true shrine for portrait hunters whether artists, photographers, writers or movie directors.
Feb 9, 2014
Key traits of future cities! #futurecities
[Post By- Anoop Jha]
A complete new mindset is needed to craft future cities-
Focus on judicious use
of resources rather than creating abundance.
Focus on leveraging
and channelising externalities rather than eliminating it.
Harnessing untapped
second hand energy.
Eliminating wastage by
design rather than repeated appeal and imposing penalty.
Waste to be
increasingly viewed as resource rather than burden.
Focus on eliminatingneed of artificial day-lighting instead of promoting LED.
Engineered to the very
core to sustain.
Decide your own
workplace rather than “walk to work”.
Jan 24, 2014
Unfathomable data: are you still scratching the surface?
Take for instance images!
Just to get the hint of quantum of information that is floating out there freely online, if you are searching for any image for instance on Google you might get few hundred results now if you search using each of those images using this option called "search by image" you will get another few hundred distinct results for each original image now if you use a combination of "search by image" and "text" -any text of your choice - you will get another thousand results now if you keep changing the text or combination of text you will keep getting different new results even if you don't change the image used in "search by image". Easy, we are not done yet. Now if you keep changing the "choice of color" offered by Google search results you will keep getting further unique results. Other option of image search is to use "random" text along with "text of your choice".
Now another way is to search for photographs instead of images. Are they any different? Yes, and we are not even talking about twitter or instagram photograph;we are talking about photograph search through Google. Millions of photographs out there, all you have to do is to search for your choice of text or subject with the several dozens extension names by which different brands of cameras save their files.
True, while still looking for chair, you might not get only "chair" in your search results if you search using above methods but possibility is that you might come across things in course of your search which will inspire you to the core and which might give a whole new direction and meaning to your research, which you can call accidental learning. We haven't talked about ever flowing ever growing image database of flicker, twitter or instagram even. We haven't talked about text search yet.
Its not just about research, its about the real fun part of it. Just take a dip in the unfathomable ocean of data its addictive. Be a smart netizen.
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Jan 20, 2014
Digital art is so convenient
You can paint or draw on a touch screen, on the go, deriving primitive sense of satisfaction by applying paint with your bare hand; without need of arranging the paint brush canvas logistics and all of this without getting your hand wet. Only drawback is that you will miss the fresh raw smell of paint and oil. Go for it!
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