Posts by: Siddharth Vanchinathan

The Greatest Usability Test

By On November 29, 2009 · 14 Comments

It’s been a while since I wrote something on design. I have been gathering my thoughts recently and this is the result.

User interfaces are everywhere. From the newspaper you read in the morning, checking emails at office, dispensing coffee, visiting a hospital, even your alarm clock. Good user interfaces, well that’s something else!

Imagine [...]

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Idea-lizing: How to sell your idea

By On November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

My good friend Rohonesh and I were recently talking about how to approach implementing an idea that we believe would work. With whatever small experience I have with startups (read: locomi) and all the knowledge I’ve gained by reading blogs about entrepreneurship on the internet and talking about it, this is what in my opinion [...]

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Happy Diwali!

By On October 16, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Notebook from Brand New #whyisketchlogos

By On August 1, 2009 · 5 Comments

A few weeks ago, a popular logo design blog that I follow regularly Brand New put out a contest – write a line about #whyisketchlogos. Here’s what I wrote -

#whyisketchlogos to disguise the fact that the actual logo was already in my [...]

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Seamless Media Home – Part 1: Music

By On July 18, 2009 · 3 Comments

So I’m on this mission lately. I want to make all media sources in my house wirelessly integrated. I listen to a lot of music, different kinds, varying by my mood and where I am in the house. The various sources of music in my house are:

Macbook Pro PC iPhone Sony Hifi Television

And [...]

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Tribute to Michael Joseph Jackson

By On June 27, 2009 · 2 Comments

I was shocked by the news of MJ’s death early Friday morning. I was really looking forward to his comeback this year after all the controversies he has faced. He was one of the icons of the MTV generation, and most people my age grew up listening to his music. Thank you Michael from the [...]

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iPhone 3.0 First Impressions

By On June 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The 3.0 software update released a couple of days ago and almost soon after the generous iPhone dev-team released the updated version of their jailbreaking/unlocking software Pwnage. Now for those of you who are still on 2.2.1 or below and have used pwnage before (I’m talking only about iPhone 2g), go ahead and update directly [...]

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My Tryst with IDC, IIT Bombay

By On June 18, 2009 · 41 Comments

This is going to be a post with strong words so be warned. And to the IDCians I know, I don’t mean any disrespect, this is my personal experience.

It all started with me wanting to become a product designer quite a while back. When I gave my CEED exam the year I was graduating [...]

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To go or not to go?

By On June 17, 2009 · 2 Comments

As I complete one year of working at ergoform I am faced with a dilemma. To put it simply – I have to do my master’s in design, but should I do it in India or do it abroad? As I look at it both have it’s advantages and disadvantages.

India:
After I complete [...]

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