Category: Technology

  • Modern Man

    Standing on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, gazing out into the bright New York night, one cannot help but marvel at man’s ability to subjugate the world around him. However, looking at what is happening around us today, it seems that we have lost attention to our inner self in the drive towards our scientific advances. I would like to share “Modern Man”, a poem by Muhammad Iqbal, the “Poet of the East” from “The Rod of Moses”:

    Love fled, Mind stung him like a snake; he could not
    Force it to vision’s will.
    He tracked the orbits of the stars, yet could not
    Travel his own thoughts’ world;
    Entangled in the labyrinth of his science
    Lost count of good and ill;
    Took captive the sun’s rays, and yet no sunrise
    On life’s thick night unfurled.

  • Happy holidays!

    I didn’t take much time off during the holidays. I thought I’d rather catch up on some of the stuff that has been pushed to the back of the queue over the last couple of months at work. In the days before Christmas I kept thinking that I should have planned for more time off to wind down, and that a three-day weekend would not be enough.

    The long weekend finally came and I got time to relax. As a habit I kept checking my cell to catch any work related emails and upcoming meetings. It was then that I realized how incredibly relaxing it is to see the two lines on the intro screen of my phone: “No unread messages. No upcoming events”.

    Keep enjoying your time off. Happy holidays!