Mid last year I quit a full-time career for the startup world. Some thoughts on the journey.
Go Forth – Levi’s Campaign
September 22, 2011 By 9 Comments
Poetry, even when employed to peddle souped up nothing, still carries with it the majesty of the spheres it issues from. Like a flame in the cup of your hand, a thing so fragile, yet so rife with possibilities.
Aphorisms on Graphic Design–Frank Chimero
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
John Maeda linked to a post by Frank Chimero via this tweet. The title of the post by Frank is rather innocuous, “What advise would you give to a graphic design student”. But I highly recommend you don’t take it at face value and head over right away and read it. Some sample quotes, if [...]
Designing for the End
February 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
Often times we value an object based on its durability. Of course aesthetics, utility and usability do play a big role, but even when all these are present, we value an object’s ability to endure contact with and usage by us. In that context I came across this post by Berg about Nike Mayfly shoes, [...]
A Vision is a Lonely Place
January 13, 2011 By 2 Comments
A vision is a curse. The thing not seen sits just behind the screen, coursing through your veins as a fire. Burning down reason and pragmatism in its urgency to be born, to become a material reality. It is a madness, that excludes the mundane from its consideration. You wish to speak out – to [...]
Analogy as the Core of Cognition
December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Since writing the post on creativity I have been trying to make some connections of my own. Something that would explain the mechanics behind creativity and perhaps the nature of the thinker too. And then it struck me, the connections that Steve Jobs was referring to as the origin of creativity is very similar to [...]
On Creativity – Steve Jobs
December 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Steve Jobs on Creativity, via Autocatalyst / Wired. Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had [...]
Optimized for Scarcity
December 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Two quotes that I had come across recently dealt with our human ability to deal, or not deal, with the excess of anything. Do read through. First is from Bruce Chatwin, On the origins of human restlessness: What I learned there—together with what I now knew about the Songlines—seemed to confirm the conjecture I had [...]
Inventing Purpose
February 17, 2010 By 3 Comments
The unhurried ambling. The contemplative discourses at the cafe. Plain old ruminations. Whilst these qualities positively mark out an yogic aspirant or a poet, they spell utter disaster when indulged in by professionals. And I see a lot of them everyday. For the record I define a professional as one who is relied upon to [...]
Origin of Religious Species
January 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The churn of a storm, the lightning that tears open the skies, the wasted colors to beautify a moment’s horizon. Each, in the mind and heart of perceiving man, gives birth to awe. That unique state where, bereft of understanding, there stands a heightened state mingled with fear. And some might argue a state of [...]
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