Babblings
This personal blog is a portal through which I do my best deep soul snorkeling, about design to relationships, to life.
This piece has been edited from a Toastmasters speech that I wrote. What do you see?A square right. Let’s give this square a bit more power.And it becomes a cube. And you know what …
How does one navigate and organize information?This is the problem I've been tackling within my current role as a VUI designer in the Alexa Info UX org. From a product design perspective, this is …
I decided to share some of my poetry at a South Asian Open Mic Night. Although I signed up with some form of raw adrenaline, I was literally shaking when I read my two …
I originally wrote this as a Toastmasters speech but thought I'd share as it has a lot of thoughts around performance, comedy, and learning. I work on Alexa, a virtual assistant that help users …
This was a year of healing. From moving homes to moving jobs, it was about acknowledgement that I wasn't in a good place and pulling myself out of it. This year was about establishing …
When you start a new job, everyone gives you bits of advice to take your co-workers out for coffee, or study up before your first day. What they don't tell you is how to …
I recently started a job at Amazon and it's been interesting to see people's different reactions to what I do. There's definitely a camp of people that are excited for me to be working …
I promised myself I would write a blog entry about solo travel after my big Morocco / Spain / Portugal trip since it was on my mind as I was traveling. Keep in mind …
As I transition into my next role, I thought it would be helpful to document the whirlpool of decision making that comes into play when choosing a design role in the Bay Area. 1. …
When I first started out in design (and sometimes even now), I get asked to make logos for start-ups or events. Most people are pretty flippant about it assuming that 1. it doesn't take …
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians on whose land I live, play, and work. I pay my deepest respects to all Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging.
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