Global Warming is a coffee discussion these days. The discussion takes twists and turns. Instead of suggesting what government should do, we should ask ourselves what are we doing. Instead of asking the world to turn vegetarian, we have to ask ourselves what are we doing? To see a change, we have to be the …
Author Archives: Atul
User experience hierarchy of needs
User experience hierarchy of needs
Culture
I keep hearing from my founder friends about many aspects of startups. Sometimes the conversation boils down to culture. The definition of culture differs from founder to founder. For some, it reflects in every action of theirs: sales, hiring, product. Running a startup is like watching the game of thrones, surviving in chaos. Marty Cagen …
Chaos
Going by media: newspaper, television and internet streams it seems we are all in some chaos. Everything looks messy, screwed up and worrisome. The movies, TV series portrays how bad corruption is and how lawmakers are sucking our blood. We humans react more to negativity. So media, Bollywood and the internet sell it. The attention …
Scar
We were not born perfectionist. We are slaves to our desire and ego. As we progress in life journey, we learn, adapt and get better. Some of us improve our self, become a better version of self. Some continue living like an animal, on ego and desires. Charlie Munger says learn from others mistake and …
Teacher
What credentials or degree one requires to become a teacher? An Ivy league degree, exit from a successful startup or having millions of followers worshiping like a god on social media? I don’t know. What I do know is that a teacher can be anyone, without any pedigree or affiliations. The barista who taught you …
shut down
There are few days in my life when I want to get away from humanity. The days without books/pen/paper diving in my thoughts, observing things around. This does not mean being anti-social. Only if I had Scotty to beam me somewhere. That would have helped me in avoiding traffic.
Behavioral model
In the book Seductive interactive design, the author talks about the behavioral model prescribed by BJ Fogg. Fogg explains how modern-day applications like facebook, e-mails keeps us hooked. I found it worth sharing the section of the book.
Life lie
We are constantly fed with milestones and goals. At times they can be seductive and make us go out of our comfortability zone, make us think, build and believe. This is all good. What about us living a life constantly on the edge: worried about future and carrying past biases. The constant urge to seeking …
criticize
It is easy to criticize someone, some architecture or art. It is extremely difficult to understand creators rational behind it. We, humans, are loaded with our own biases, past experience, and expectations. We like to be always correct and get our opinions to stand corrected. We live in an imperfect world and not everyone gives …