Author: UltraSpectra

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Developing Study Skills

This is a post by Nadia Ghaffar of Decent-Talk It is a common observation in our country that mostly the students who can not be successful at college or tertiary level think that they lack the necessary intellectual ability to study. Being dejected most of them change the subject and still facing troubles even become ready to leave the idea of continuing their studies unaware of the fact that they only lack well developed study skills. Although, students just like all human beings are different from each other and different strategies work for them in improving their skills however, the subsequent ideas will be helpful in the successful development of your study skills. Although they are minor points but you will notice that they would help you tremendously. State of Mind: The fore most important thing is your state of mind. Inspite of the well known fact that human mind can only concentrate for about fifteen seconds and then gets distracted automatically, tell your self that you are studying and doing the course to “LEARN” which is definitely going to be beneficial for you in future in being a professional. Keep in mind that the more you learn, the more you will understand the world around you and the more self reliant you will be. “Try to make your mind ready and willing to learn”, which will definitely improve your concentration. Maintain Your Concentration: While studying one thing, do not even think about the other course contents or subjects that you have yet to cover. Only concentrate on the one you are studying at that moment. The thoughts of the remaining work load has been proved to be a source of anxiety for the students which effects their performance by distracting the mind and making the studies stressful and worrying. Always keep in mind that studying in stress will make you tired much earlier than normal. Focus Your Self by Setting Goals: An effective way of focusing your mind and energies is to set goals. Goals will help you stay focused and monitor your progress. Simply sitting down to study has little value. You must be very clear about what you want to accomplish at the end of each study session. Time Management: Fix a time for study. It will make studying or reading a part of your daily routine just like sleeping and eating. When that scheduled time comes up during the day you will automatically be mentally prepared to study. Avoid Even Minor Interruptions During the Study Time: It is very important to keep your attention focused and avoid all kinds of distractions. Even minor distractions like SMS and missed calls on your cell phone matters a lot. Firstly they distract your mind and your tempo is interrupted. Secondly, calls or messages from your friends may talk about things that will distract you from what you need to do. The simplest solution is to turn off your mobile during your study time and keep your room locked from inside Take Small Breaks in Between: Do not exhaust your mind and body in one go. After every one and a half or two hours take a small break to freshen up your mind. Go out in the lawn, take a deep breath. Eat something that is of your choice and is readily available. Then after fifteen to twenty minutes start again with a fresh and bright mind. This is very effective for those students who find their studies to be very boring and dry and have got no other option than taking that course. Small breaks give you spanking new energy to cope up with the dry material you have to deal with. Difficult Assignments First: Work on your difficult assignments or course contents first because that is when your mind is fresh. Your difficult assignments require most of your effort. Your fresh mental energy will help you in doing that. Flow Charts and Diagrams: Flow charts and diagrams help you a lot in understanding what u study at a quick glance. Make a flow chart of the text that you are studying if it goes with it. According to Educationists and Psychologists, illustrations, flow charts, maps and diagrams takes a quick and deeper place in the human mind as compared to simple texts. Reviewing and Discussions: Reviewing and discussions have a lot of value in studying. Keep reviewing your notes that you take during the lectures, in your study time. It will clarify what are the points which are not clear in your mind about a topic. Do not feel hesitant in clearing your confusions and taking help of your instructor or friends. This is your basic right as a student. This is basically what discussions are meant for. Discussion is a case when “two heads are better than one”. They are sometimes even more beneficial than attending mere lectures and taking notes. So keep arranging discussions or combine study sessions from time to time. Self Analysis: Analyse yourself by writing what ever information you have in mind about a topic. It will give you a clearer picture of how you will perform in the exam. Secondly, review and carefully analyse your mistakes in your tests. What were the correct answers and how you missed them? Discuss with your instructor how can you improve your studying and test performance. Also discuss your tests with your friends who performed better. It will help you a lot in doing better next time. Just remember, “everything and every one can help you in learning “something”, only if you are eager to “learn”. .

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Sight Of UltraSpectra

Post by: M. Zulfiqar Khalid

UltraSpectra was launched on 25th of January 2010. The ceremony was carried out in boilers room in Jinnah super, Islamabad. A bunch of bloggers and media people were the special invitees. ZunNurain Khalid, CEO at UltraSpectra, gave a presentation of what UltraSpectra is and what UltraSpectra will be doing in upcoming future for the professionals throughout the world and especially of Pakistan. According to him, UltraSpectra will help professionals to be useful for others through blogging besides their job or business they are doing. UltraSpectra will not only teach them blogging but also help them running their blog. Professionals are not ought to have technical knowledge about blogging, they just have to be professional in their own field. It is UltraSpectra which will do all the technical work that includes mainly blog management, post presentation, blog documentation, blog maintenance and many more. In simple words, professional’s worth knowledge will be manifested in the best of its form, meaning and sense, which will be included in the basic duties of UltraSpectra.

But a big question is, why a professional needs a blog? Or why should a professional blog?

I read the answer to this question on ProPakistani given by ZunNurain here:

Why Professionals Don’t Blog? and Why they Should!

My answer is simple and clear, to be recognized and acknowledged, more precisely for ‘self branding’.

Take an example of two persons of same qualification and capability say web developer. Both are doing job in the same software house and at the same post. But one of them runs his blog. Now what makes him different from the other. The one who doesn't blog is known only in his small circle of social life, at home, among friends and colleagues. On the other hand, the other professional is recognized throughout the globe via blog, where he shares his abilities, his proficiency and helps people who want to take his services. Ultimately he creates a much bigger social circle and people starts to recognize him. That is what makes him different from the former one.

It is the vision of UltraSpectra now a Private Limited to persuade professionals and make them aware of blogging.

UltraSpectra Launched

The launching ceremony of UltraSpectra held on January 24 in Boiler Room, Jinnah Super Islamabad. More than 30 professionals from social media, bloggers and telecom industry representatives gathered to network; attended the meet-up and launching session; hear from the UltraSpectra speakers, and look for services offered to them.

“From the launching floor we heard very positive feedback from professionals including top bloggers and telecom representatives,”

said ZunNurain, Chief Executive Officer of UltraSpectra, producer of the launching event.

“The meet-up session was well attended; the buzzes throughout the event were that qualified bloggers and professionals, and they were fully interested and involved.”

He was addressing the attendees earlier about the big idea,

“Every individual professional is a piece of puzzle. We cannot get a whole picture without placing each piece on its exact place…”

Keynote speakers discussed the most pressing issues in local blogging industry and the prime factors to create hype of professional blogging in today’s rapidly evolving world of social media. The theme of all of the presenters throughout the event was to portray the need of professionals to blog and motivate them to join the floor of blogging platform. Muhammad Saqib Hussain, IT Department Head at UltraSpectra, told the audience,

“We are dedicated to provide the knowledge-shared platform for all the professionals”.

He emphasized the importance of blogging and the very need of this platform by further adding,

“We are keen to offer professionals a playground where they can enhance their skills, the same time where a newbie can find a grooming environment.”

Another technology professional, Muhammad Zulkifl Khalid, member of UltraSpectra, stated,

“The opportunity to invest and grow your network is now. Productivity is important for our business,”

And went on to discuss all angles of value in productivity and quality control. A couple hour session was fully branded and the attendees are promised to send follow-up along with their due giveaways. Hi-Tea was served by the end of the session. Attendees gave feedback about the session and promised their full help and support for the platform.

Feedback by attendees

Saad Hamid of Sizlopedia

“It was a kick fly start. The idea is very practical and I am certainly here to support this platform in any way I can. Wish you good luck.”

Hammad Dar of Koolmuzone

“I suggest you to provide sponsorships to local blogs and charge agency percentage. The overall idea is brilliant and sounds wonderful to me.”

Shoaib Khan of XNews

“I think UltraSpectra is a new and great platform. We at XNews try to promote people through our site and services. So I think there is a lot of space where we can collaborate.”

Ali Naqvi of IEEE Behria

“UltraSpctra is an excellent platform for the starters and professionals alike. Blogging is the best way to communicate these days and helping society in many ways. UltraSpectra is linking all the chains.”

Syed Usman Ali

“UltraSpectra is an amazing idea. Its concept is really enterprising and I will like to extend my services to the platform. I wish you good luck and speed.”

Husham Ahmed of UnitedStudentsFederation

“Ultraspectra is certainly a new idea with fresh minds behind it… There is always be a moment to grow further given the impetus it will get on initial stages.”

Miscellaneous attendees

“The logo, branding and marketing is very good. However, I would love to see the working model and bringing out some major blogs emerging from Pakistan from this platform. Wish you good luck.”

“Bravo for making the initiative…Nevertheless, we have so much to learn from your experience and platform. I see you going ahead and creating an example for us!”

“It’s really a nice push to launch a blogging platform that will help in creating blogging awareness in Pakistan. New blood will come in and old ones will be able to enhance their abilities and productivity beyond the visual range.”

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National Anthem of Pakistan

Today is Friday, August 14, 2009. It has been 62 years since Pakistan’s independence and the entire nation is celebrating it with the same zeal and enthusiasm like ever.

The day dawned with thirty-one gun salute at federal and twenty-one gun salute at the provincial capitals. Special prayers offered at the mosques all over the country for the peace, prosperity and solidarity of Pakistan. At 7 am, the traffic stopped for two minutes. Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani addressed the nation live after he led impressive flag hoisting ceremony while national anthem was being played at Jinnah Conventional Center Islamabad. He talked on the strategies he will be working on the coming year and was telling about the progress of until now since his government took over.

Number of functions were arranged to celebrate the day by different organizations, educational institutes, social and literary societies highlighting the Pakistani movement and struggle of the heroes of the movement.

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5. Happy Independence day from UltraSpectra

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What is Google Wave?

Hello Guys! Today lets try to solve a question that is revolving around in the air for quite sometime now Today’s video link that I am sharing will tell you about the very core concept of Google wave. Lets have a look at the video below: