WT f UX
A bit about UI, UX and the worst kind of UI and UX, the seemingly invisible kind.
Constraints and the beautiful A-10
Constraints and the beautiful A-10. Contrary to oddly popular belief:
1. constraints help make a better product (or service), and
2. a good innovative product or service does not need to be expensive
Exploitative Businesses & Divine (and Tech) Interventions
As some businesses get increasingly exploitative, sometimes other businesses and sometimes a divine intervention comes to counter the effect.
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…
Better Use of Time
Here are 4 ways in which you can make better use of your time.
Design Thinking | Human Behaviour | Life or something like it | Management Mumblings | The known unknown
Don’t Worry, Nothing’ll Happen
What is common between the 2007-08 global financial meltdown and the Covid-19 crisis?
Clue: _ _CK of _ _ _ _ _ITY.
Heroes | In memoriam | Inspire
In Memoriam: Mr. Ramesh C Sarin
One of my mentors, Mr. Ramesh C. Sarin passed away on the 10th of April this year. He was already long retired when I first met him. And he had this rare, dignified personality that reflected a wonderful blend of an unimaginably impressive corporate journey that he had had; and plenty of humility and…
Design Thinking | Human Behaviour | Improve | India | Wheels
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…
The Next Educational Diversion from our normal human behaviour
In my book, I briefly discussed the topic of quality in the world of innovation and automation. My view was that through the quality revolution in the US and Japan and then other parts of the world, logically back then, someone visualizing the year 2021 might have assumed a world where everyone has quality integrated…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin, Bit(e)coin I’ll start by saying that I clearly don’t know much about cryptocurrency. I’ll also add that it would be incredibly beneficial to have a global currency that works securely without the need for intermediaries and their resulting transaction fees. However, I find bitcoin a bit concerning, and here are my thoughts…