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Between Optimism and Pessimism

It helps to have a positive mindset, especially in a crisis or trying time, since those with a negative mindset crumble quickly. But even optimism and some values have their limits, especially if the related (undesirable) circumstances stretches longer than one’s optimism.

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WT f UX

A bit about UI, UX and the worst kind of UI and UX, the seemingly invisible kind.

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Hyperboles and Statistics don’t Mix Well

Do you use hyperboles often? I do. Mostly with close friends and family, but when necessary, with clients or my students. Helps convey the meaning or gravity of an idea or situation. Like when Gordon Murray says something like, “Why did the chicken cross the road? Because you didn’t fucking cook it!” However, when you’re…

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Better Use of Time

Here are 4 ways in which you can make better use of your time.

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Life is a Highway

India – More highways or Better National & Public Transport?   This is an email I had sent to our Minister for Road Transport & Highways in January this year. Of course I am still optimistic (or delusional) enough to hope for a response or an opportunity to further discuss this topic. Either way, I…

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Segway

With the stopping of production of Segways last year, but its more affordable robotic startup Ninebot doing well, one wonders if affordability must be integral to the success of a business depending on the business model and whom it aims to cater to.

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How much Attention do you pay to Detail?

The sculpture of Moses by Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti shows an inspiring and incredible attention to detail.

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The Paradox of Colour Choices

Many of us are familiar with the paradox of choice, whether or not we have heard of the phrase itself. The paradox of choice, is our tendency to believe that more options or variants or choices in a given situation or purchase event is a good thing. After all, who wouldn’t want more flavours in…

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Towards a Better Mask – 3

An internal project under Rattl has been to try create a better mask for the (Covid) times. This is post #3.

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Towards a Better Mask – 2

CrystalPlanet: An internal project under Rattl has been to try create a better mask for the (Covid) times. This one was part experiment, part fun, always having been fascinated with the idea of using car components for things.