Zaid Pirwani

an all-round Engineering and Technology Geek, founder EjaadTech and Pop Up Learning – currently, IT Manager at FESF

Month: November 2011

  • Recommended Books [Links to Lists]

    Recommended Books [Links to Lists]

    I am a big fan of reading, reading is what got me here and reading is what keeps me ahead, however reading can be time consuming and down-right boring sometimes. You need to know that whatever yo are reading is worthwhile and will benefit you in more ways than one. I am providing here links…

  • More Free Online Courses [Stanford]

    More Free Online Courses [Stanford]

    With the previous announcement of 6 new online courses starting from January by Stanford University and now here are a few more. Two more Computer Science Courses and two for Entrepreneurs. Looks like I am going to be very busy this January. I only wish if I could get time for all, but selections will…

  • Making Batteries Better

    Making Batteries Better

    If you were asked how to make better batteries, what would you have done..? Whatever your answer maybe but I bet you never would poke holes in it… but oddly enough scientists at Northwestern University are tweaking lithium-ion batteries to last 10 times longer and charge 10 times faster than the battery technology used today…

  • Vote for Me or Else [Self-Promotion]

    Vote for Me or Else [Self-Promotion]

    Blog awards are a new thing in Pakistan and the Pakistan Blog Awards 2011 is the second of such event here. This year, I have a blog and since I have been so good(I think posting on my blog count as being good), I have nominated my-self in the category of Science Blog. So head…

  • Online Courses @ Stanford

    Online Courses @ Stanford

    Great News: More free online courses coming early next year from Stanford University. Some of us have already benefited from the currently running Machine Learning, Intro to Artificial Intelligence, or Intro to Databases classes, I myself am taking the AI and Machine Learning courses and am seeing a whole new way to learn. Here are the new classes…