indiahci 2012

indiahci2012

ramesh chandak and rajesh kulkarni

Attended 4th international conference on Human Computer Interaction.The venue was SID pune and the dates were 19-21 Apr'2012.Some of the trivia, impressions, learnings and outcomes i am putting across:

• Mahesh Baxi  Global MD, Thoughtworks quoted steve jobs "Design is not making it look good but how it works", instagram, frugal innovation examples:- gemac 400- portable ecg device, godrej small fridge chotu, tata swatch water filter, m-pesa widel used mobile app in kenya, flipkart, rikshawale.com, justdial and ended with design thinking is here to stay.
• Prof. Masaaki Kurosu  professor at the Open University of Japan quoted: ISO9241-11(1998), Shakel, Nielsen(1993), measures of usability(ISO924211-11 table B.2), ISO9126-1/-2/-3/-4, SQuaRE(ISO25010 2010-FDIS), Jordan P(1997), Norman D.A.(2004, p.22), KANSEI Engineering
• Prof.Anirudha Joshi presented paper on crowdsourcing.
• Abhijeet Thosar Cognizant - design is the new real, onecognizant
• Sukumar rajgopal cognizant - onecognizant, associate delight, timesheet. interesting quote "how many of you attended 4-hr training program by facebook", lean startup, social design- geoffrey moore
• Amit Somani makemytrip.com - instagram, murdoch quote " if you have data, we'll use your's, if you have opinions i'll use mine", tools- html5,css3,wuril,clicktales,usertesting,mouseflow,treejack, technology-chalkmark,clickdensity,user echo, userplus, websort.net,kissinsights, concept feedback,4 suite, navflow, fivesecondtest, ethnio, Google website optimizer, shrienk and wrap product lifecycle, guirilla usability
• Niraj Joshi - lack of common language

               ramesh chandak microsoft and myself were chosen as general chair and co-chair for indiahci 2013 to be held at hyderabad !!!

art of living unvieled - sahaj samadhi

did the second course of art of living - sahaj samadhi. It is a three day course.Two key thing are taught:

1. nadi shuddhan kriya - anulom vilom pranayama technique.
2. mantra- to be recited as per the instructions given by the teacher.  

                       Looking forward to attend the third course i.e; advance course which is a residential course.

jai guru dev