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Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

May 13, 2017

I Miss the Old Facebook (Part 1)

I knew I was addicted to Facebook when I saw early usage stats stating the average user spent about 10…

Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

Sep 18, 2017

WaaS

The public bathroom experience is the most uncomfortable part of going just about anywhere. I can point to comfortable bathroom experiences in…

Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

May 25, 2017

Slacking in a Suit

My friend and I worked on a Messenger bot called Sunny. It was a chatbot that inquired about a user’s day and reminded them…

Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

Aug 8, 2017

Slacking in a Theater

Over the past few months, I did something I’ve never done before. I planned and organized a short drama production, and…

Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

May 14, 2017

Re-tale Retail

I’m still stuck on this New York Times survey ranking the importance of the big 5 tech companies:

Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

May 19, 2017

March Sadness

Here’s a post-mortem on my bracket this year. I improved from having ~40% correctness in years past to about ~70% this time by…

Dev Chakraborty in Ideas and Words

Jan 17, 2017

Courage

When Apple chose to drop the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7, they cited “courage” as the rationale. As controversial as that decision…

Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

Aug 3, 2017

I Miss the Old Facebook (Part 2)

Facebook is going to create their own content, and that’ll be a nice new venture. What excites me…

Jitesh Vyas in Ideas and Words

Feb 23, 2017

Game Storytelling

Most mobile apps dwindle into obscurity after their 15 minutes of fame — mobile games last about 15 seconds.

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