Hearing those two words in a fumbled voice made me look up from my phone screen to the world I was a part of. The guard of the building I stay in was looking at me in anticipation. As our eyes met, he quickly performed a salute pose with an…

Since the beginning of 2023, we’re all riding the AI wave. Things are changing at an unprecedented pace and technology is evolving practically every day. Before one could even make sense of what’s in front of them, something new and even better comes up. I’ve personally felt my bar for…

and everything along the way — Almost 3.5 years ago, I made a transition from architecture to the domain of UX. A lot has changed since then from companies to job titles to cities. But something that has remained constant is UX aspirants asking about my journey. Career changes aren’t easy and I appreciate everyone reaching…

Have you ever sat down with intent to write and found it difficult to frame the first sentence? …

With the year 2022 coming to an end, I couldn’t help but reflect on the changes it brought in my life. It was a bitter-sweet year in many ways with many many things to be grateful about and fewer to complaint for. To begin with, unlike 2020 & 2021, it…

Where do we draw the boundary? — These days, if someone says something, others look up their past records to check if their views are consistent with their older selves. Someone will dig up the old tweets or look up old videos just to find something which contradicts what they said now. If a person speaks on…

Disclaimer: I haven’t completed any certificate/degree course in UX till date. I started a few but couldn’t bear them till the end. This article is my point of view for why I’m not a fan of such courses. …

a late night muse — I am not an iPhone fan. Still, I cannot disagree when one says that it revolutionized the industry; it did, and for good. That 4.5" something device took the world by storm and it is tough to think of any other device paralleling the impact it created. Much of iPhone’s…

and whatever went in making that decision — One year ago, on a lazy afternoon of June 2021, I thought of checking the result of NID (National Institute of Design) prelims. The exam happened 6months back and between that time I left my job in a startup and started working in Microsoft as a contract designer. The result…