March 2012
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“The Internet is the greatest legal creation of wealth in history”
– John Doerr, Investor in Google, Amazon (~2000, before dot-com crash)
Mar 8th
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Bell Labs and True Innovation  →
(The Picturephone in 1964 - courtesy AT&T Archives) NYTimes recently published an opinion piece on “True Innovation” by Jon Gertner who has an upcoming book on Bell Labs. I have mixed feelings about the piece. I agree that Bell Labs was great and today’s media/entrepreneurs/VCs seem to be obsessed with end-user applications that have nothing to do with “hard...
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November 2011
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“I never worry about action, but only inaction.”
– Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister (1874-1965)
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October 2011
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The Intuitive Mind
My fascination with the human brain continues. Was watching a TED talk “Iain McGilchrist: The divided brain” yesterday and the above Einstein quote stood out. Finding the right balance between the intuitive and the rational brain might be hard, but definitely worth the effort.
Oct 27th
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“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
– Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture (Sep 2007)
Oct 10th
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Thank You, Steve Jobs
Today was a different morning. You know one of those days when you actually manage to wake up at 6am, and are the first person to enter the library with a fresh cup of coffee in hand. Had no idea, I’d be writing this post later in the evening. For a few seconds, I was too teary eyed to take a snapshot of Apple’s homepage. Then decided to collect this into a memory.  I remember...
Oct 6th
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September 2011
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“The technical man must not be lost in his own technology. He must be able to...”
– Fazlur Rahman Khan, Architect of Sears Towers (1929-1982)
Sep 17th
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NYC Goes From Day to Night →
I love this work by Stephen Wilkes, where you can see the city going from day to night in the same shot. Stephen spent hours taking hundreds of shots to create each one these pieces. The above view of Washington Square is almost what you’d see from the Bobst Library at NYU. You can view more here. 
Sep 16th
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“Leaders are not, as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge...”
– John Holt, Teach Your Own (2003) 
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August 2011
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“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his...”
–  Lao Tzu, Chinese Mystical Philosopher (~600 BC)
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Trieste
I was invited to give guest lectures at the Abdus Salam Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in 2008. Abdus Salam is the first Muslim and the first (and only) Pakistani Nobel Laureate. When the organizers found out that I’m a Pakistani, they took me on a tour of Abdus Salam’s old office. Below are some pictures:                            (Abdus Salam’s Last Office at ICTP) ...
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