ExpertDabbler

Folks, I’m back!!

For those of you who are wondering what the hell I was doing in Mumbai, I went to attend a training–cum-workshop on Human Computer Interaction Design from Industrial Design Center, IIT Bombay. This entire trip was hanging in the air till the last moment. The course was a 9-day program. Those 9 days should easily go down as one of the most interesting days of my life.

I have to mention one thing here. whenever one mentions the word ‘Design’ many people immediately think about some exotic, romantic, artistic act or output the end results of which are beyond the reach of common man. Or its invariably Multimedia Flash animations which strike their mind. I’ve seen this even with well educated ‘techie type’ people. For them only the BE,MCA,MBA matter. Nothing else comes under the purview of ‘profession’ or ‘occupation’. I have one word of advice for those folks, just flip through Donald Norman’s THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS. Or atleast have a close look at its cover design to understand the meaning of usability.

So what am I going to write??

When I made the goa trip, I had so much to say. I thought I would write it later but that never happened. But I don’t want to miss out this time. I am keen to document my observations about this trip somewhere. As much as I would like to write a lengthy post, I also realize its been sometime since I managed like 6 hours sleep. So going to sleep for now…

So more to come on the future of interaction designers, King Fisher Airlines and their superb service, IIT campus in Powai, Professor Joshi, The origin of software design patterns, Mumbai - Pune expressway, rendezvous with Vada Pav and not to mention the Pagal Kollai in Kottampatti by greedy highway motels and their nexus between bus drivers in Tamil Nadu.

Stay tuned…

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