The Workstreamr team had a party yesterday. Geoffreys was the venue. Ben was the host and we reached a bit late after the delayed travel. The party had already started when we had reached there and we started out with a Corona each. Abhijat was fasting and did not have any alcohol. Amol joined us later when we ordered a Long Island Ice Tea. Little did I know that this one was going to be one nasty drink. As I understand from Abhilash, it was a mix of Gin, Vodka and White Rum. One nasty combination. I was half way through the drink when I asked Amol about the complexities that were involved in getting into the Product Usability and Design Group.
I consider that every individual involved in a project/class bring a unique set of ideas to the table. Some give more and are able to imagine a situation fast. I consider myself to be artistically efficient. I like to work on Photoshop and Gimp is my favorite. The Workstreamr Client which is in Adobe AIR uses Html, CSS and javascript, was done with some sense of what a typical client would look like. The available clients were also taken into consideration along with great IM clients such as Gtalk and Open Source Gaim ( I am not that into Yahoo! coz it cramps my system sometimes). And I think I did a pretty good job at it.
The point here that I express is how much effectiveness can I as an individual can provide if I were to be in a position designing the usability. programming concepts come into picture here and as per Amol, Web 2.0 applications design often requires this kind of a background. If you are able to visualize a product taking into consideration all its complexities, both technical and usability, then you could shine anywhere. That is what I try to communicate. To think like a normal user, a majorly dumb one, is a main ingredient. That lets you conceptualize more I believe. It is sure that I would not let go of programming. Ten years down the lane I still see myself as coding. But I also would like to explore the designing area, just to get a feel of it. Not taking in too much responsibilities but expressing my ideas so that the end product would gain.
To have an idea is normal but to struggle for the idea makes the thought worth while.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Hectic Schedule
The last 2 days just took the juice from me. After the Workstreamr 0.1 iteration, the focus was towards getting the initial page in html just right. I am a great believer in doing things accurately the first time around so that even if there are changes we would have to do a lot of them. The usage of only divs as the components were one of them. And Joydeep found it very hard to design the html in that way. We fixed a lot of issues, including the floating divs, the problems with the 'IE' engine. And the result looks great. It has all the ingredients which makes a great web application.
The developers in Workstreamr have also done a great job. To look at a working product, even though it has not finished, is a great sight. The processes followed, which by the way I never followed before, is great. Its a little tedious, but worth the time. I still have to get used to logging my work !! Javascript is the core area in this project and I feel the Object Oriented aspects of Javascript should be implemented more consistently.
But the new role, even if the 'official role' does not change works great for me. I like to visualize stuff and thats what I am doing here. Suggesting ideas, listening to new stuff and trying to implement them. For me it doesn't matter if I log work because I develop anyway and the people I talk to know what I am about.
We had a pizza party today and reflected on the great things that happened. Appreciated all the team members, from HR to me. I consider that this is a very important thing to do. This boosts the morale of the team members. More over it generates the feeling of oneness.
The next week would also be pretty hectic as the html has to go in for integration along with other stuff. The rest of the html must be implemented. Javascript must be written. I dont know how Abhijat, Abhilash and Rohan do it !! Kudos to them.
The developers in Workstreamr have also done a great job. To look at a working product, even though it has not finished, is a great sight. The processes followed, which by the way I never followed before, is great. Its a little tedious, but worth the time. I still have to get used to logging my work !! Javascript is the core area in this project and I feel the Object Oriented aspects of Javascript should be implemented more consistently.
But the new role, even if the 'official role' does not change works great for me. I like to visualize stuff and thats what I am doing here. Suggesting ideas, listening to new stuff and trying to implement them. For me it doesn't matter if I log work because I develop anyway and the people I talk to know what I am about.
We had a pizza party today and reflected on the great things that happened. Appreciated all the team members, from HR to me. I consider that this is a very important thing to do. This boosts the morale of the team members. More over it generates the feeling of oneness.
The next week would also be pretty hectic as the html has to go in for integration along with other stuff. The rest of the html must be implemented. Javascript must be written. I dont know how Abhijat, Abhilash and Rohan do it !! Kudos to them.
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