Category: Technology

Batch transliterating names into Kannada using Google API 3

Batch transliterating names into Kannada using Google API

Some times work at Janaagraha throws awesome challenges. Like as part of BEST project we are cleaning up voters list. Voters list in Karnataka will have names in both English and Kannada, Most of the volunteers have filled up only in English and hence we were left with transliterating names into Kannada. I...

1by2coffee – Voice from Egypt – Iman Bibars 0

1by2coffee – Voice from Egypt – Iman Bibars

Vibha helped me to get in touch with Iman Bibars ( I am extremely sorry for mispronouncing your name) who works with Ashoka.org in Egypt. In this ten minute telephone interview we talk about situation in Egypt, expectations of people of Egypt from rest of the world, mainly India. And of course is...

1by2 coffee – Cup13 – New year resolutions, wikipedia etc 0

1by2 coffee – Cup13 – New year resolutions, wikipedia etc

First episode of 2011 starts with the promise of recording at least 25 episodes this year. We also talk about Wikipedia, Google and other great stuff.

First year end edition of 1by2Coffee 0

First year end edition of 1by2Coffee

Probably the longest episode of 1by2coffee where myself and Veetrag speak about everything. 1. Privacy tools for everybody – TorProject (Android app), Eraser, TrueCrypt 2.  Time Man of the year – Mark and Facebook 3.  Calibri ebook management software 4. Veetragś open letter to Yahoo CEO about Delicious Cup12 – 1by2Coffee First year...

Choropleth maps of Bangalore BBMP Wards 8

Choropleth maps of Bangalore BBMP Wards

“The choropleth map provides an easy way to visualize how a measurement varies across a geographic area or it shows the level of variability within a region.” – Wikipedia Its an easy, colorful, effective and simple data visualization. At Janaagraha we use them visualize ward level data of Bangalore. A week back I...