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..\ | | | Q. | Who are you? (And sum it in one sentence please!) | | A. | I am staying in Pittsburgh, USA and am an engineer with a streak of design and usability in me somewhere (and yeah, some humor too!). | | | Q. | Engineer and usability? (Oh I see, the humorist in you...) | | A. | No serious. I completed my Bachelors of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications (BE E&TC) from Army Institute of Technology, Pune University, India in 1999 and
my Masters in Human Computer Interaction (MHCI) from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. So I have worked on projects from both perspectives, wearing different hats at different
times. My current job has added a bit of | | | Q. | So what are the types of projects that you have done? | | A. | I have done projects that involve hardware and software components, projects that involve brainstorming and developing design innovations, projects that involve usability
evaluations among others. In my software projects, I have used different technologies, such as .NET, XML, XSLT, DOM, Scripting (both client and server side) with many languages
including Java, C#, ASP, PHP etc. and have dabbled in both open-source and Microsoft-based platforms. | | | Q. | So what are you interested in? | | A. | Ohhhhhoooo... You asked the wrong question. You should ask what I am NOT interested in. I am interested in almost everything. Aside from my professional interests,
which include usability, learning new software technologies and visual and interaction design, I am interested on a wide range of topics: from Geography to History, from
escapist fiction novels to movies, from contemporary politics to ancient civiilizations, from Black Holes to Mariana Trench, from facts to mythologies, from... | | | Q. | Duh..., I mean what are you interested in working on? In your work? | | A. | Hmmm... Since I have such wide interests, I am happiest when my work involves doing more than one thing. I like integrating technologies, making them "talk to each other".
I like to work on a problem from finding and designing specifications to implementing and testing solutions. I like a job which makes me think of different approaches, which stretches my creativity and
really taps my potential for finding unique and non-conventional solutions. In my ideal job, I will work with the design team on developing interaction design and software specification, help the software
team to understand the specifications and if need arises then I can code it too. Eventually I would like to be involved with the user-testing to get first hand feedback on our design. | |
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