Babblings

This personal blog is a portal through which I do my best deep soul snorkeling, about design to relationships, to life.

Yes, design can solve everything. But should it?

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February 1, 2017
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 …

Happiness Jar

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January 20, 2017
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 …

Images of India

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January 17, 2017
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 …

Reflections of 2016

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January 1, 2017
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 …

The meaning of empathy

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August 5, 2016
I’ve recently been listening to a lot of podcast episodes of Hidden Brain and Invisibilia. The concept of empathy has come up multiple times in the context of the social science research that is …

A (Almost) Year in Reflection

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June 13, 2016
Almost a year ago (11 months to be exact) I started at GE Digital as a User Experience Designer as part of the UXLP (User Experience Leadership Program). Just a little over two weeks …

GE Digital GLM 2016

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March 14, 2016
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Confessions of a South Asian Americanized Half-Generation Child

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March 7, 2016
A couple of weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend about being American. He identified himself as an American, and proceeded to do the same for me, to which I had …

Service Experience Camp 2015

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January 21, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text disable_pattern="true" align="left" margin_bottom="0"] In an effort to better immerse myself in Service Design, I had the chance to go to the Service Experience Camp in Berlin from November 16-17, 2015. The theme …

Reflections of 2015

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January 1, 2016
I usually don't make New Years resolutions. Mostly because I think if you want to see a change in yourself, that you should implement it immediately - or begin the journey towards it regardless …

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