Gross National Happiness Gross National Happiness (GNH) is a unique development philosophy pioneered by Bhutan, emphasising holistic well-being over purely economic growth. Coined by Bhutan’s fourth King, His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, in the 1970s, GNH focuses on balancing material progress with spiritual, emotional, and environmental well-being. Investment in Cryptocurrency In a surprising turn, Bhutan …
Microsoft launched Office 2016 for Mac on 9 July 2015, which is available to Office 365 subscribers. While the new Office for Mac provides users with some wonderful new functionalities it is not a good news for EndNote users. EndNote is currently not compatible with office 2016 on Mac. We highly advise EndNote and Mac …
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Emerging technologies are fast growing. In teaching and learning information and communication technologies (ICT) have advanced the use of video conferencing, search engine databases, cloud and mobile computing, and other technologies in education contexts, with no exception to Social Media as an emerging technology in learning and teaching. In today’s world, as learning is becoming increasingly digital, …
I would like to share this moment of joy with my thesis supervisors, family members and friends that I have now officially graduated with a PhD, Information Systems, from the Information Systems School, Science and Engineering Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The graduation ceremony was held at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane on 24 …
As a responsible citizen of Bhutan, I would like to congratulate Hon’ble Tshering Tobgay, President, and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for winning the second democratic election of the National Assembly of Bhutan 2013. I also congratulate the Hon’ble Jigme Y. Thinley, and Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) on their becoming the country’s opposition party. It …
Recently, my full paper titled “Modelling Users’ Web Search Behavior and their Cognitive Styles” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). The journal paper is co-authored with my PhD thesis supervisors, Associate Professor Dian Tjondronegoro, Professor Helen Partridge and Professor Sylvia Edwards from Information Systems School, …
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There is a bit confusion with regard to Primary round of the National Assembly Election of Bhutan 2013, in particularly how two parties will go on to participate in the general elections. Some say it is the number of votes a party gets in the Primary round that will determine whether they go to the …
Politic is not only about winning the votes but it is also being able to play a game. Read More »
My first conference paper for 2012 on “Human–Computer Interaction: The Impact of Users’ Cognitive Styles on Query Reformulation Behaviour During Web Searching” has been accepted as a long paper for the OzCHI 2012 with overall rating of ‘Strong Accept’ from the reviewers. This paper is co-authored with my supervisors, Assoc Professor Dian Tjondronegoro, Professor Helen …
We are glad that we, the Bhutan Queensland Community in Brisbane, could contribute in our small way to charities in Bhutan. On 24th November 2011, Kinley handed over a sum of Nu. 29,557 to Disabled Persons’ Association of Bhutan (http://www.dpab.org.bt/) on behalf of the community. The fund was raised during the Royal Couple Wedding celebration in Brisbane in …
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