A list of the UX & Design conference that happened in 2017, with link to all videos & few highlights. 1. Convey UX ‘17 All videos from Convey UX: Highlights 2. Interaction 17 …

Lessons from GIEP (Global Information Engagement Program) I was working with a non-profit called “The League of Friends of the Blind”(LOFOB) over the summer in Cape Town, South Africa and these are my learnings. 1. You cannot know what you don’t know We take using gmail, calendar, google suite and other basic things for granted. Now imagine, if…

A 10-day silent meditation retreat Disclaimer: I won’t be responding to any comments between 12th July & 23rd July because I will be meditating. What is Vipassana? Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India’s most ancient techniques of meditation. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more…

This is the first question that I asked myself after getting the design challenge by Google. This question led me to a certain set of assumptions. To get a better idea about the process of learning names I made a list of questions. …

It depends In my last semester I have been reflecting on the things I might have learned at school here at Michigan, and there is one thing that pops out and it is this simple idea of not jumping on solutions. Is it good? Is it the best thing to happen to an…

TLDR: iOS 10 has no guide or structure with their animations, doesn’t meet Google Material Design’s level and is often mis-used. iOS 10 First 30 seconds using iOS 10 almost gave me a seizure with the amount of animations they have added from the previous version 9.3.5. I check the message apps, write “hello” to a friend. The Chat bubble animates The Delivery status animates At that moment notification from animates from the top

I’ve been working as a Product Designer at FarmLogs and it has been one hell of a journey this summer. And while my official title is “Product Designer”, I’ve been fortunate enough to assume some responsibilities of a User Researcher as well (Hint: this is why I’m writing this article). What is heuristics? …

Prototyping inside Sketch — Invision acquired Silverflows and in a month’s time they’ve opened their Private Beta for designers to play with. I was fortunate enough to be invited to the beta (thanks to Sem Schilder) and it has been my favorite, first experience with a prototyping tool. At FarmLogs we’re constantly debating over…

It reminded me of a project that I worked on, mainly as a developer called Deezyn where the value proposition was the ability to customize your clothes with respect to the fabric, collar type and the pattern of clothes. …