Published inBootcamp·Updated Jan 31Powering job search with data-driven insightsHow I used google analytics to optimize my Product Designer job search — I was unfortunately laid off last year. I loved the impactful work I was doing. I got to play and visualize continental-scale geospatial data and build demand intelligence tools around it. A story like mine is familiar to the current economic situation. Someone in the U.S.A. …Product Design5 min readProduct Design5 min read
Published inUX Planet·Apr 27, 2020Sit Straight! — Encouraging a good sitting posture.A posture classifier that blurs out Youtube videos if users don’t sit straight — Summary I built this project as an experiment to understand designing what using the body as input means and way to design for apps where this is applicable. Below is the case study of designing it. You can check the web app here.UX9 min readUX9 min read
Published inThe Startup·Apr 23, 2020Member-onlyDon’t touch your faceA tool that reminds you when you are touching your face — Quick Summary I built Don’t touch my face to alert myself when I am touching my face. As the project expanded I opened it out for others. Below is the case study of the design process. You can check the web app here.UX9 min readUX9 min read
Jan 7, 2019Design Research: The L-Train ShutdownBy Atharva, Amy & Xiran HYPOTHESIS: In fall 2018 took a class on the Design thinking and research methodologies. We discussed different methodologies such as lego serious play, 5 whys? & googles design sprint. …Ltrain7 min readLtrain7 min read
Published inDisintegration Anxiety | Fall 2018·Dec 9, 2018Motion MusicCreating music by movements(p5.js + poseNet) — As part of my course Introduction to Computational media class at ITP I had to build a playful application using Javascript(probably using the p5.js library). I built my final project using a combination of p5.js javascript library and ml5’s pose estimator library(poseNet). EXPLORING IDEAS As part of the 14 week class I…Design6 min readDesign6 min read
Nov 16, 2017Designing checkout flow for chatbots.DEFINING OBJECTIVE & SCOPE I worked as a product designer at MagicX where we built chatbots for e-commerce applications. We had our own mobile app, but we didn’t build any frameworks of our own. We curated different partners & integrated their services into our app. Having multiple partners meant having multiple payment gateways. Adding…6 min read6 min read
Published inUX in India·Jun 20, 2016Designing Payments for Bots.I am a UX designer at MagicX & have been designing bots for the past 10 months. One of my very first designs at MagicX was to design the payments flow. The payments flow has been evolving over the past 10 months. …UX7 min readUX7 min read
Jun 8, 2016A new way to begin conversations with Bots.Facebook recently launched their bot platform where people can chat with bots. The platform offers people to read and discover news, get weather updates and even play chess inside their messenger application. A single Facebook conversation with a bot will let you accomplish a single task which has no relation…Messaging8 min readMessaging8 min read
Published inUX in India·Sep 3, 2015My first year as a designer in a startupimage source unsplash.com Last month I completed a year as a UX designer at Cubeit.io, a startup in Bangalore. My journey began as a young Mechanical Engineering Graduate who knew bits and pieces of Photoshop and had designed poster and flyers for college events. With high hopes from the blissful…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
Published inCubeit | Unbox Yourself·Jul 15, 2015Why is Music Consumption Still Broken?With hundreds of music services out there is anyone thinking of the users? Music is (without a shadow of a doubt) an integral part of our daily lives. Be it humming to “I will walk 500 miles” on a roadtrip, headbanging to “Back in Black” at an AC/DC concert or…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
