7 Pillars of ClassRome – Part 1

I blogged about ClassRome.com some minutes back, have some more time before going to bed so decided to blog yet another entry on ClassRome.

This is my 5th attempt at making a 7 point framework. (Previous attempts were on Information Age, Entertainment Industry and well Rainbow (VIBGYOR) & Music (7 Notes) also.)

The 7 Pillars of any school-2-college-2-higher-college-2-first-job person is:

1. Classroom Bunking
2. Dating
3. Notes Sharing
4. Exams
5. Guest Lectures
6. School/College Events
7. Career Building

All possible student activities revolve around these pillars. As and when I have time, I will be writing more about them.

Why ‘7’

A friend of mine and a colleague at office were asking me repeatedly that why do I choose always 7 as the count for analyzing any projects that come to my table (I work as an Information Architect).

The answer is simple. There are only 7 colors in a rainbow and there are only 7 notes in music. Based on the 7 colors of rainbow and 7 notes in music unlimited amount of color combinations and songs and symphonies have been made.

Isn’t this a simple thought.

🙂

7 Pillars of Entertainment Industry – Part 1

There are 7 pillars of entertainment industry, be it a movie or a theater. They are:

1. Happy & Sad
2. Love (Romance) & Hate
3. Winning (Fight, Sports, War) & Losing
4. Sci-Fi & Animation
5. Horror & God
6. Comedy & Tragedy
7. Action (Fight, Sex) & Suspense

All possible movies, dramas have been built and will be built around these pillars. They might include maybe just one pillar or maybe more than one pillar.

As and when I have time, I will be writing more about them.

7 Pillars of Information Age – Part 8

EDUCATION

What is Education?

It is a blend of communication and dissemination & still a unique entity. There are not any Blue Ocean Pioneers in this branch. The ocean is still blue.

7 Pillars of Information Age – Part 7

AUTOMATION

What is Automation?

Any form of automation in the process or business workflows and computing is  the automation branch.

Who are the players?

On the automation branch we have ERP, CRM , Accounting players.

Who are the Blue Ocean Pioneers?

• ERP – SAP, Oracle etc.
• CRM – SugarCRM, SalesForce etc.
• Accounting – Tally

7 Pillars of Information Age – Part 6

RECREATION

What is Recreation?

Any form of activity like gaming, online gaming, watching videos online, downloading Mp3s etc. is a form of recreation.

Who are the players?

On the dissemination branch we have gaming sites, YouTube, iTunes etc.

Who are the Blue Ocean Pioneers?

• MP3 – iTunes
• Video – YouTube
• Games – IndiaGames, StickCricket

7 Pillars of the Information Age – Part 5

DISSEMINATION

What is Dissemination?

Any form of activity with which you disseminate some knowledge capsule whether by text, picture, audio (podcast) or video (vodcast) is called dissemination.

Who are the players?

On the dissemination branch we have each and every blog engine and Wikipedia and Flickr and YouTube and Podcasts portals.

Who are the Blue Ocean Pioneers?

• Blog engines – WordPress, Blogger
• Wiki Engines – Wikipedia (actually Mediawiki)

7 Pillars of the Information Age – Part 4

TRANSACTION:

What is transaction?

Any form of activity with which you transact which mean you spend money is called transaction. The transaction could be for buying books from Amazon, or for buying an online subscription for Playboy or for buying a .com domain name or for buying a online space at a B2B market space.

Who are the players?

Under the transaction pillar lie we have each and every .com which might be a ecommerce website or any other .com where people are trying to sell goods or services directly online. Any transaction that does not happen online is not under the transaction pillar.

Who are the Blue Ocean Pioneers?

1. eCommerce companies who were on the forefront of the technologies. Amazon.com is the pioneer and the market leader in this segment. Their investment, strategies and returns are in the way of making shopping just a 3 click job, selling more products contextually and a good margin which is there because so many middle man hands are cut off in this way of business.
2. Now eB2b companies are still lacking far behind the game, because they don’t have any standardizations.
3. Then there are sites which help in paying money online by assuring you that your credit card won’t be abused like Paypal, Google Checkout etc.
4. There are sites where in you can trade in stocks e.g sharekhan.com

7 Pillars of the Information Age – Part 3

COMMUNICATION:

What is communication?

Any form of activity with which you express yourself to an acquaintance and get immediate response which is nothing but formation of a loop cycle then it is called communication. Communication is different then broadcasting. So communication in the information age happens via networks which carry the messages across. The networks carry the information in text or audio or video format. When its text it could be an email or a SMS or a chat session on an IM or a chat room. When its audio it could be a phone call from one terminal to another terminal using a telephone, it could be a call from one computer to another computer using VoIP. When its video it could be again through broadband connections using special gadgets otherwise using a computer terminal mounted with camera and a good software to cast it to the receivers computer desk.

Who are the players?

Under the communication pillar, we have each and every telecommunication company and some IM’s who allow text, audio and some times also video communication.

Who are the Blue Ocean Pioneers?

1. Telecommunications Companies…any names(well many..). Their investments and returns are in the way of the networks and gadgets and subscription fees or meter bills respectively.
2. IM’s (Yahoo Instant Messenger, Microsoft Messenger, Google Talk, Skype & iChat). Their investments, strategies and returns are in the way of making great software, giving it for free and advertising & meter bills. They do give lot of offering for free, which is nothing but an investment in getting people aboard on the Information Age and getting them used to this mode of communication.

7 Pillars of the Information Age – Part 2

INFORMATION:

What is Information?

Information is every data that has been tagged upon with some name and has some meaning for the reader. The data could be a recipe for cake, it could be some management principles, it could be college time-table, it could be a movie script or a brochure of a company’s products. It is everything and anything that gives us information and insights into the topic with which it has been tagged or titled.

Who are the players?

Under the information pillar, we have each and every online publisher as the contributor to the Information System. They do have their investments, strategies and returns in their own ways.

Who are the Blue Ocean Pioneers?

Search Engines…any names(Google.com). And their investments, strategies and returns are in the way of data centers, great user experience & contextual advertising respectively.