I created this for Dan Boyarski, one of my amazing professors I had a chance to take a class in my time at Carnegie Mellon University. Dan is officially retiring this year (he’s been doing a phased retirement over the last couple years) and he will be sorely missed. Although I had a chance to […]

In my recent work, I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a product designer. Of course, I have to provide Wikipedia’s definition first: Product design as a verb is to create a new product to be sold by a business to its customers. A very broad concept, it is essentially the efficient and […]

At the end of last year (2015), I made a personal promise to myself to dwell in the happy moments. As a designer who is paid to be critical at work, I could see the criticality seeping into my personal life. In an effort to not continuously hold on to negative thoughts, I started a […]

A friend once wrote a little bit about how he goes home every 4 to 6 weeks to see his parents and feel grounded. I had a chance to do that recently, but in a different context. I traveled to India for 2 weeks (1 week in Bangalore and 1 week in Bombay) after 4.5 years. […]

It’s been a year with lots of ups and downs and ins and outs. I started a new job, moved to a new place, and spent a lot of time traveling. The year started off with a bang (and not the good kind) when I got into a large car accident. Thankfully I am alive […]