Burag CetinkayaUX in Italy: 18 screens to buy a train ticketI was in Cinque Terre region in north eastern Italy for a week last month. It is a UNESCO Heritage Site and I definitely recommend it…Aug 16, 2016Aug 16, 2016
Burag CetinkayaSocial media and attempted military coup in TurkeyI’ve never been a very active user of social media in the past 10 years except for sharing the occasional funny puppy and soccer video with…Jul 16, 2016Jul 16, 2016
Burag CetinkayaTo engineering managers: be a manager not a messengerThis is a pet peeve of mine; every time I see a manager trying to get something done by carrying the message between folks he manages and…Jun 4, 2016Jun 4, 2016
Burag CetinkayaOnwards and upwardsNo, it’s not an April’s fool joke! My last day at EPAM Systems (NYSE: EPAM) was April 1st. I am starting a new position at Meetup.com as…Apr 3, 2016Apr 3, 2016
Burag CetinkayaHIMSS 2016I was at HIMSS with EPAM for the past few days. It’s been fun and exhausting at the same time. Here are some observations:Mar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016
Burag CetinkayaConversational style UIs are gaining more popularity.I would even argue that as speech and video recognition gets more and more accurate, we will have these conversational apps morph into…Feb 11, 2016Feb 11, 2016
Burag CetinkayaBringing F.lux to iOSFor years one of the apps that I constantly used on my MacBook that was not available on iOS was f.lux. F.lux is an app that adjusts blue…Jan 12, 2016Jan 12, 2016
Burag CetinkayaSome Mac apps that I loveI am seeing a bunch of ‘what’s on my mac’ posts lately. I figured I would show and tell my own list.Dec 28, 2015Dec 28, 2015
Burag CetinkayaGraph DatabasesDo you ever think about how data in your organization is connected or what is buried in the tables/rows that your app writes to? Graph…Dec 20, 2015Dec 20, 2015