Consider a possible scenario happening at the advent of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2014 which will start at Dhaka .
The story is about an interaction between the Wisdom Web and a user. Here the user is an Afghan tourist/spectator,'Haseeb Zadran'' (Imaginary...just think of anybody...) who has just arrived Dhaka to watch the inaugural ceremony of the world cup and would like to find a schedule of the matches at Mirpur.
So he walks into the cyber cafe of the hotel he is staying and decides to get some practical wisdom from a public Wisdom Web outlet. He logs in with a user name, “Zadran”, and asks:
“What are the T20 World Cup 2014 matches that will be played at Mirpur stadium ?”
The Wisdom Web thinks for about a second or two and then responds:
“Hello Mr. Zadran!!, may be you are looking for a schedule of Twenty 20 World Cup Cricket 2014 matches at Mirpur Shere Bangla Cricket Stadium . Here it is :
Bangladesh Vs Afghanistan (Qualifying Group A), March 16, 2014 Sunday 3.30 pm,
Pakistan Vs India (Group 2), March 21, 2014 Friday 3.30 pm,
Australia Vs Pakistan, (Group 2) March 23, 2014 Sunday 3.30 pm,
W.Indies Vs India, (Group 2) March 23, 2014 Sunday 7.30 pm,
TBC Vs W.Indies (Group 2) March 25, 2014 Tuesday 3.30 pm,
W.Indies Vs Australia (Group 2) March 28, 2014 Friday 3.30 pm,
India Vs TBC (Group 2) March 28, 2014 Friday 7.30 pm
India Vs TBC (Group 2) March 28, 2014 Friday 7.30 pm
Would you like to go to watch one or two of them?”
Zadran replied, “Yes, I’ll go for the matches at 16th March, 25th March (3.30pm) and 28th March (7.30pm). My home team, Afghanistan is playing the first one and might also play the other two."
Then the Wisdom Web suggests:
“As far as I know, there are still some tickets left and you may purchase some from one of the temporary ticket sales points for the World Cup just beside the SAARC Fountain at Karwan Bazar. That is the closest point to your current position.”
Now he decides that this could be an interesting event for him...
Two days later, Mr. Haseeb Zadran arrives at the cricket ground, but surprisingly finds he forgot to notice that today’s match has been delayed as the ground is wet and unfit for the match due to the heavy rain and the summer storm last night. Luckily the sun is out again...!! Hope fully it will dry up quickly as the ground stuffs are working hard and they have drained out the trapped water already. Suddenly..!!, there is an official declaration on the giant screen that the match has been delayed to get the wet field to be fully match fit and it will start at 6:30 pm local time. That’s exactly 3 hours from now..!!! .As he is a bit disappointed, Haseeb notices a free Wisdom Web Kiosk at a corner of the stadium.
Well, that’s convenient...!!
So, without too much hesitation, he logs on to the Wisdom Web, again as “Zadran”. The Wisdom Web still remembers his conversation two days ago. As soon as it recognizes, it's Zadran, it says to him:
“Hello Mr. Zadran!. So, you are at the stadium compound now!!. But, I have learned that the match has been delayed."
“Yuh!, Now I don’t know how to spend these hours . The local crowd is heading out. Is there any interesting place around the stadium where I can spend some time?” Haseeb asks the web.
Again the Wisdom Web takes two or three seconds to think and then replies, " If you do not have any other plan you can spend some hours at the Mirpur National Zoo before the match starts. It’s just 3 or 4 kilometers away from the stadium. I think you can have a nice time there."
Eyes lit up!, Haseeb gets excited at this, “Great !!!, I think that’s a fantastic idea!” , and asks “How can I get there ?”.
“Well! if you decide to go you can find many zoo bound public transports at stadium's bus stop.” Replies the WW.
“Okay , I’m signing off right now and heading for the bus stop. Thank you very much for the information”. Haseeb Zadran decides right away.
“That’s a pleasure!. Have a good day Mr. Zadran!!” as if it was a five
star hotel receptionist from the other side of the desk..
