Author: Amit Schreiber

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Multi-Touch Interface Video

There has been a lot of hype lately regarding multi-touch user interfaces, which are the natural advancement of touch-screens: they react to multiple touches at once instead of just reacting to a single touch point.

I admit that when I first heard about multi-touch user interfaces I didn’t think it was a big deal until I saw this video demonstrating what you can do with such an interface.

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What is this blog about, anyway?

Lately, the issue of the subject of this blog came up a lot. I guess the blog isn’t so interesting to everyone as it used to be when it came out. So I would like to answer that question as best as I can:

I set up this weblog so I could write both about myself and about things that interest me. It’s a platform for me to share thoughts, ideas and just about anything that manages to catch my eye. I realize that having a blog without a specific subject goes against the “have a subject for your blog” rule for having a popular blog, but I really don’t care if this blog is popular or not. I do wish people would read it from time to time and I’m pretty sure it’ll find its niche.

Additionally, there is a big limitation to having a weblog with your name on it – you can’t post stuff about other people, as it completely exposes them. I realized this the moment I started blogging. It’s very limiting, as most of the good stories include interactions with other people. Sometimes I think about opening an additional, anonymous blog but that won’t be happening anytime soon.

A friend asked me today: “so where is Amit in all the links and articles?” The answer is that I’m the sum of all that’s been posted. It’s hard for me to explain what this means, but if I post something categorized as “Funny” then it means that I laughed when I saw it. There’s a little bit of me there, as well.

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The Caffeine Nap

If you’re very tired and can’t keep your eyes open, researchers at the Loughborough University in Britain found out that the combination of a cup of coffee with an immediate 15 minutes nap afterwards provided the most alertness for the longest period of time.

This is called The Caffeine Nap, and was deemed by the researchers as the most effective method for tired drivers to keep themselves awake.

I’m a big believer in power naps. Snoozing for 20 minutes really gives me a boost after lunch time. Here’s an article that categorizes naps and explains the different benefits of each kind of nap.