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Dec 15, 2019

Building user-centered products from a remote office

How Instawork’s Bangalore team builds empathy and products for users half way around the world — User-centered design is an iterative process that focuses on an understanding of the users and their context in all stages of design and development. If you’re a designer, you’re probably familiar with the different design techniques around this — user interviews, surveys, card sorting, focus groups, prototype validation, etc. …

Product Design

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Building user-centered products from a remote office
Building user-centered products from a remote office

Published in Viky portfolio

·Sep 5, 2018

About me

I’m a Bangalore-based UX Designer, with 5 yrs of experience at product startups. Read more… — I’m a UX Designer from Bangalore (India), with interest in psychology and in general — understanding human behaviors. After getting a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Engineering, I started my career as a developer at a gaming startup called Hashcube. …

Portfolio

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About me
About me

Published in Viky portfolio

·Sep 4, 2018

Guided workflows for recruiting software

UX case study of adding a layer of “smartness” to Recruiterbox ATS to guide users throughout the hiring process. — Recruiterbox is an “Applicant Tracking System” that helps small- and medium-sized companies manage their hiring process — including sourcing candidates, screening, scheduling interviews, collecting feedback, etc. In this project, we set out to add a layer of “smartness” to the system, to make it highlight action items based on the…

Recruiting

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Guided workflows for recruiting software
Guided workflows for recruiting software

May 29, 2018

My Own Persona for GoodReads

I’ve been using GoodReads for a few years, and I’ve always cringed at how badly it’s designed, especially the mobile app. I’m mostly… — I’ve been using GoodReads for a few years, and I’ve always cringed at how badly it’s designed, especially the mobile app. I’m mostly concerned about the interactions and not so much about the look-and-feel. Before I get to do a complete redesign of the app, with proper research and validation, I just thought I’d — as a fun exercise — create a persona definition based on myself.

Mobile Application

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My Own Persona for GoodReads
My Own Persona for GoodReads

Published in theuxblog.com

·Dec 10, 2017

Psychology and design

The more design-related articles and blog posts I read, the more I feel that they fall under these two categories: — The more design-related articles and blog posts I read, the more I feel that they fall under these two categories: Design Artefacts — the visible components that constitute your app-screen/web-page. This includes choice of UI elements, colors and typography. Design Process — the steps you follow to make various design…

UX

3 min read

Psychology and design
Psychology and design

Published in theuxblog.com

·Dec 6, 2017

Should we really kill the hamburger button?

About 2 years ago, TechCrunch wrote this post titled Kill The Hamburger Button. If you take a look at a bunch of mobile apps today, it… — About 2 years ago, TechCrunch wrote this post titled Kill The Hamburger Button. If you take a look at a bunch of mobile apps today, it would seem as if most of them listened, at least the iOs ones. It may not take long for the once-favorite hamburger menus to…

UX

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Should we really kill the hamburger button?
Should we really kill the hamburger button?

Aug 26, 2017

Appreciation from colleagues

Originally published at viky.in on August 26, 2017. —

Appreciation

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Appreciation from colleagues
Appreciation from colleagues

Published in theuxblog.com

·Oct 19, 2016

The myth of simplicity

During a recent trip, I found this faucet-control in one of the hotels we stayed at. It looked elegant. When I tried to use it is when the… — During a recent trip, I found this faucet-control in one of the hotels we stayed at. It looked elegant. When I tried to use it is when the confusion started. There was a shower above this and another tap-like outlet below. Now, how do I turn the shower on? I…

UX

3 min read

The myth of simplicity
The myth of simplicity

Jul 1, 2016

What is UX?

Just dumping my thoughts from a recent discussion… — Just dumping my thoughts from a recent discussion… You have something that you want your users to do. It could be signing up for your product, giving you their contact number, getting more productive using your product, or clicking on a particular button inside your app. …

User Experience

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Published in inside-recruiterbox

·Apr 7, 2016

Can a smart app have consistent UI too?

While designing user experience at Recruiterbox, there have been many instances where people say “Hey.. isn’t that inconsistent?” My… — While designing user experience at Recruiterbox, there have been many instances where people say “Hey.. isn’t that inconsistent?” My typical immediate thought would like “Dude! I’m trying to make the system smart here.” I would immediately ask myself the question “Can’t a smart system be consistent?” One part of me…

Design

4 min read

Can a smart app have consistent UI too?
Can a smart app have consistent UI too?
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