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I was hearing some Robert Miles music today and was moved by the song Freedom. Here are the lyrics:

Robert Miles – Freedom (Album: 23 AM)

All my life I have searched for clues
This is what they taught me
Every mystery I pursued
Was a secret I already knew
Deep down you know – in your soul
Love is in control
Oh, if you could find the angel within
Time, time to have faith in your wings

Free – everybody’s free
In the new day that’s coming
Freedom for all is our destiny

Every stone that I left unturned
Soon came back to haunt me
Every fall, every finger burned
Was a step on the road to truth
That I am you – my soul
You are not alone
Oh, when your heart is turned to stone
Love, love is the only way home

Free – everyone’s free
In the new day that’s coming
Freedom for all is our destiny

Free – everything’s free
In the new day that’s coming
Freedom for all is our destiny

Freedom from shame
Freedmo from fear
Freedom to live – it’s your right to be here

(Voiceover)
Unity of minds… unity of hearts… one sole sensation… no longer a
coincidence…
Overwhelming energy… channelled… tthrough universal language allows
the personal legend to unfold

I have been thinking about developing a small app for Foss.In/2005. Something similar to IntroNetworks that Macromedia uses at its MAX conferences.

I haven’t started working on this, but here are a few basic ideas:

• Should ideally be cross platofm desktop app – Linux, Windows, Mac. Otherwise a web app
• Allow for viewing list of talks, speakers, speaker bios
• Shortlist and arrange talks in a “personalized” schedule
• Make notes
• Add personal profile details and interest areas
• Search for people with similar interests
• Some mechanism for people to meet like minded people at the event

Would you like to join? Then post a comment here!

I am planning for the following technology mix: PHP5 on the server, Flash & Mono on the client side.

Found these sites about Landmark today:

aboutlandmarkforum.blogspot.com

Great efforts!

If you are interested in tracking the history of Apple, don’t miss this photoset on Flickr. Kernel Panic, an avid Apple fan, has set up an album with screenshots of the Apple homepage over the years. Right from 1996 till date. He covers all major changes – even an instance when the Apple site was hacked for a couple of hours.

Worth a visit!

A lot of posts on Apple and iPod recently, huh

Context is the reference. It is something that’s operating in your mind whenever you are taking any action, or even thinking.

Dictionary.com defines context as: 1. The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. 2. The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.

Context decides the outcomes. If a person has sight problem, and can see only yellow and blue color, everything in life would be either yellow or blue. Probably green, if he would try hard and the senses would be able to mix yellow and blue. Most of the things in our life are driven by the context we have for them.

If I think a colleague is dumb, all my thoughts and actions will be determined by that. The way I talk to him, even if it has a layer of encouragement or knowledge sharing, will always be driven by my context of him being dumb. When I work with him, I will always feel that I will have to do his job because he is not going to be able to do it nicely. And guess what, the colleague would certainly become dumb!

The reality could be different. He may or may not be dumb. Nevertheless, if I change my context, it can bring in very different results. If the context changes to be “he is quite good, but may be stuck on an area or two. What can I do to support him?”, then you can imagine the results it would produce.

Context is decisive. Not content!