While I have attended social and professional meet ups, Open Coffee Kochi is the first information services industry meet up that I’ve attended both in India and else where. I’d like to thank Bridge India for their initiative to start with Open Coffee Kochi and applaud them for the success of the event.  It’s not [...]

While I was introduced to Experience Design in Summer 2007, I have yet to see articles published by South Indians with relation to Experience Design and related fields (Information Architecture, Interaction Design, etc..) Recent searches among Indian publications has not yielded results. While I have adequate awareness about Experience Design and Design Thinking activities as [...]

I see the four South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as a distinct economic/market region from the rest of India. Mumbai (West India) and Delhi (North India) receive the majority of media attention dragging away focus from South India. While language and cultural divides do exist within and between the [...]

In a guest article for the Harvard Business Review, Tim Brown states that Edison implemented Design Thinking while inventing the light bulb.

Tim Brown also states that implementing design during the end stages of development cycle is a tactical use of design and at best "and results in limited value creation" compared to strategically implementing design at the earlier stages of development where design thinking processes can generate the most value.

Link to the original article's excerpt:

http://hbr.org/2008/06/design-thinking/ar/1

Shades of Gray: Thoughs on Sketching by Will Evans is a worthwhile read to understand the role of sketches and wireframes in the software and web design process.

I use an A4/Letter size (or larger) sketch pad to illustrate interfaces and note down thoughts while brain storming interface and communication/interaction solutions before I start producing digitally created wire frames.

The link to the article is:

http://blog.semanticfoundry.com/2010/01/31/shades-of-gray-thoughts-on-sk...

My Mum's side of the family has the Meyn surname. The known family history is that a Dutch Naval Captain decided to settle down (with his wife) in Cochin in the 1600s.

Unfortunately, most of the history after the arrival of a Captain Meyn in Cochin (and the family history before that) seems to have been bottled up and buried.

I have recently discovered that the Meyn surname originates from Ireland, in the county of Leitrim: >>> Read More

I attended (and participated by asking questions and having conversations in) the UX and UI training sessions held by Atul Joshi of Design Incubator.

Certificates:

Introduction to User Experience Design:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25058738

Web and Desktop Software User Interface Design:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25058760 >>> Read More

I've enabled disqus comments for blogs. Certain advances on the disqus commenting platform cemented my decision to enable disqus for blog comments.

The ability for disqus users to like comments and the ability to track commenters across multiple sites makes commenting (both reading and writing) a more interesting and socially interactive activity.