Imagine a screen displaying data in grid view. All details are mentioned as rows and columns. As a UX designer, when I sit down for discussions with stakeholders, i get a lot of comments lately on the number of clicks is equivalent. 💬 Some say that “least number of clicks is directly proportional to good UX” While reviewing the prototy...

I still vividly remember the time I held a magnificent work of art and technology combined, that beautifully fit in my palm. It was the iPhone 4S. I was pretty stunned by the fact that the device actually communicates with you by touch. It was mind blowing as I’ve been using or only exposed to interaction by clicking, pressing on a but...

Hi there, Had started this new series on LinkedIn, with the title 'Mark 'em All'. It's a straightforward crossword puzzle containing list of words hiding there in boxes readyto be found out. Ok, so here's the first edition released on my Linkedin page -> Here Let's checkout: Clue 01: List various options on clicking this,Answer: From u...

Being a UIUX designer, when involved in designing proposals (almost) on a daily basis, you may try to dig deeper in beautifying things day-after-day, proposal-after-proposal, mockup-after-mockup. But, when you become more passionate on your job, you may go further - into nuances. Correcting, fine-tuning & refining your proposals, flow,...

Back to writing this series. Checkout the last one here. To those who don’t know about this series, I write this series called - ‘The “just somethings which is about random things that I’ve come across, that has made an impact on me, could be happy one or a disturbing one. Saw this: I’ve always loved long advertisements and campaigns a...

I’ve never been an avid reader. Never have I liked to sit in a place and read. My dad used to literally make me sit down and ask me to spend time reading the newspaper, but I picked up some good English from his scoldings and his persuasion to read instead of the reading actually. The only favourite parts of my daily newspaper reading ...

And one more checked.. One more year passes leaving me with a new age number and new energy to fight out newer battles. Battles? My battles? Battles that came to me- no, situations that became battles after my action -well, yes to an extent. Abiding with the Tamil saying “Theethum nandrum pirar thara vaaraar” - No good or evil comes to...

Well, the calm before the storm is the time that I spent with myself, cherishing the old memories after a separation and before getting into a new relationship, This helped me realise where and how the good and the wrong stuffs had happened. Separation, in my case, wasn’t toxic, in fact it was a healthy one. We knew we’re going to part...

18-மாசி-சுபகிருது / 02 மார்ச்-2023 “எனது காட்டில் ஜோ-வென காதல் மழை பெய்து, வெறும் பெருமாளாக இருந்தவனை ப்ரிமேல் ஏற்றிவிட்ட என் தேவதை நீ! வரியா ஜொ, செர்ந்து பயனிப்போம்!? ஜோ - பரியேரும் பெருமாள் ❤” (Inspired from Pariyerum Perumal, Trans. பரி - horse) — 01-மாசி-சுபகிருது / 13-பிப்-2023 “நீண்ட நேரம், அல்லது நொடி நிமிடம், வெவ்வேறு விதம், இங...

Sometime, more work in less time gives lesser stress than relaxing from the stress of more work because after relaxing more there is even lesser time to do more work which is more stress to handle. Gautam P, thegautam@hey.com

Not many would know how much love and affection is being poured by parents on us, until a particular age. Well we do feel them sometimes though. I just imagine how’d they’ve felt when they dropped us everytime at our school premises/ bus stops/ rail stations and waving us good bye!? I was riding on my bike heading to the railway statio...

Any ‘good’ product or service is meant to be / or just considered to be “simple” with minimal things to look at or use! When things start off, everything’s reachable, easy, simple and that’s all what we want, at first. We don’t want any additions and we may think that life’s all easy peezy to handle. But, as the famous Tamil movie dial...

Designers follow laws, rules and guidelines (day in day out) to come up with user friendly, usage focused mock-ups, prototypes and models. But, I guess it’s time for some vacation.. Let’s pack our bags to the ‘dynamic island’! Time for some gyan! There’s this old quote in Tamil that we use: “ “vallavanukku pull-um aayudham” ” which mea...

Just a quick disclaimer, you’d understand and vibe to these, only and only if you’ve watched the film. I’ve tried my best to not give out any spoilers. Let’s go visit the peeks of Thiruchitrambalam…. 1. The scene where Inspector Neelakandan (Prakash Raj) reacts fully tensed unable to pour out all his anger on his father because he cann...

All that kept lingering in my head, during the school assembly, math class and when lunch breaks were just about mentioning this dialogue to my friends at school “Unnum illa Mani, en kannu venum kettiyaame” (transl. “Nothing Mani, did you ask for my eye?”) every damn time I get an opportunity! That was 16 years ago, but still is fresh!...

Whenever I start work, my brain and my body have this weird chemistry with each other. I’ve analysed how this works and worst part is I can’t control this but just analyse when it happens. When I start work for the day, my body is super focused, wants to pin down all points that I want to strike off by the end of the day, but the brain...

Here’s a list of all satisfactory things one finds in a day. Check ‘em out: Smell of the soil when the rains hit the earth, Waiter bringing food and you know it’s yours, Warm water flowing through sore throat, Plugging in USB at the very first attempt, Peeling off that extra skin which has been hanging for quite long near the nail, Cle...

How can I forget this day? Still can’t believe that it’s been 7 years having you. I still remember how I used to keep dreaming about when this day would come. And finally I arrived at this date: March 8, 2015. I still remember vividly having you on my arms for the very first time! 🥺 Once I had you, life became different, surely for the...

Glad to be back with the new episode of this series “Just somethings” where I write stuffs that excited me recently. Heard these: This year, I’m trying hard to reduce my screen ON time because I don’t wanna transform into a YouTube zombie by 2023! So, just plugged into my music app and to my surprise I came across these songs, which li...

Design is also about the looks, but just not that! Everyone’s a designer, the only difference is how ‘good are you’? The “how good are you?” question can never be answered fully. The answer keeps evolving. If it doesn’t, you aren’t good! How does a ‘good’ designer’s brain work? Explaining with a simple example: Imagine smiling at someo...

Being the first in your family is already too much pressure because you need to be that guy who sets a ‘good’ example to your siblings, or you end up being that guy who gets pointed out as “or you’ll become someone like him”. Imagine being the first one, not only at home, but to the entire family, both paternal and maternal sides - hig...

Gone are the days when you had non-smokers giving free advise on how wealthy the smokers would’ve been if they really invested all the money which they smoked off! Welcome to the days where most of us are addicted, to scrolling! Two groups: 1. Those who don’t get that “scrolling is actually an addiction”. Let me tell you, it’s not a pa...

Are you a carrot, egg or coffee bean? Confused? . Everyone goes through multiple phases in life. But how does a rough patch shape you? This makes you understand what type you belong to! . Consider some hot boiling water, which is the hardship or the rough phase in your life. When hot water stays in contact with these food items, what h...

It’s nice to be back with writing this soon into a new year! Writing my second episode of this series, find my first episode here Heard this: Ending the 2021 with Rolling Stones, Ratt, Kiss and Aerosmith bands, was just vibing my past December with all classic rock albums! But this year started out quite different. Found this song name...

Getting back with the keyboard and writing panel to put down my thoughts is so meditative and calm.. ah! It’s been so long since I’ve been here. Missed this, I’ll try to visit this place and don’t miss out keying in my thoughts and observations! Just starting this series (hope it’d turn to be a series) called “The ‘Just somethings’” co...

Back then… When education was restricted to only one class of people, When dress had classes and statures, When art forms was segregated to a certain class of people, When owing assets was only to one group of people, When love wasn’t between two hearts but was just arranged after many discussions and negotiations, When budding talent ...

We’re in control, aren’t we? Are we? Was revisiting the Atomic Habits from my shelf, and came across this chapter where the author explains how building habits depend on the environment we need to setup and not the external motivation. It made me curious of how actually taking control of ourselves feels nice. Perhaps, the "All things a...

Just blindly follow. Don’t ask questions. . . Why not? -What did you just hear? No questions. Just follow. . . Uh, but.. -Nope.. it is because it is. . . It’s quite illogical.. -Oh, you’ve grown that big to question? Looks like you know so much. . . Uh.. I just asked why? -Nope. No asking. Cannot ask. Follow or leave. . . Oh.. okay, bu...

Decisions may be big or small, fast or slow, planned or random, whatever.. May be taking a decision is like preparing a cup of coffee, say a milk coffee! ☕ Generally while prepping milk coffee, follow the below steps: 1. Boil milk 2. In parallel, get coffee powder onto the filter with boiling water 3. Wait for the decoction preparation...

Everyone of us have our own set of interests, plans, desires that we’d want to pursue, but that’d surely involve negotiating with someone - your parents, spouse, partner, anybody. Negotiation is all that I can do, but what’s up with getting a whole hearted approval? Because, after repeated intervals of negotiation with your loved ones ...