The World As I See It

Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Story of India

Aravind Adiga, 33, won the 40th Man Booker prize on Tuesday night for his debut novel, “The White Tiger,” a vivid exploration of India’s class struggle told through the story of a village boy who becomes the chauffeur to a rich man.



Now that is pretty much the story of India. India is changing from "poor village boy" through "class struggle" to "winning the booker's prize". Bravo Aravind !

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

User Interface Design

Designing Great User Interfaces


The third part of the User Experience presentation.
User Interface Design
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm

I am a big fan of Richard P Feynman, an American physicist, scientist, teacher, raconteur, and musician.



Whenever I come across a complex problem , I follow the Feynman's Problem Solving Algorithm.

The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm:
(1) Write down the problem
(2) Think very hard
(3) Write down the answer

You know, what's the hard part ? Write down the problem.This looks very simple but try it out. You will find your thoughts scattered.

The moment you write down the problem clearly, your mind starts thinking over the problem. It takes few hours to few days(sometimes). You have to sleep on it. If the problem is tricky sometimes it takes few days. But if you think hard, sooner or later you will find a solution. the moment you get the light bulb moment, Write it down.

I think this is a Simple and effective approach for solving almost any kind of problems. And Mr. Feynman, a great inspiration for all times.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Web Usability

Tips on Designing great web pages


The second part of the User Experience presentation.
Web Usability
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

What We Do !

I came across this beautiful quote by John Ruskin, a perfect addition for my common place diary.


"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do !"



Check out The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin

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Monday, July 14, 2008

User Experience - An Introduction

I gave a presentation on User Experience, lately . Here is the slideshow


Let me know what you guys think




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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Creating Vista Gadget: Published - 15th May 2008

Most of you know that I was working on a book for last one year "Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS and JavaScript - Sams Publishing" Well the result, the book got published recently and is available from today 15th May 2008 in all major book stores.


Creating Vista Gadgets
using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript


Front Cover   Back Cover   Author Photo



More about the book at http://www.innovatewithgadgets.com

Get the gadget book free 
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If you are in United States and are interested in getting one of the complimentary copy from my publisher please send me your address and I will send you a free copy. this is limited to first 20 people who send me the address :) [UPDATE] All 20 copies are gone, buy it from the link given below.[/UPDATE] 

http://www.innovatewithgadgets.com/2008/04/get-gadget-book.html 

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