2nd Collective/Demo – UI basics

Just when the Web Analytics collective was about the finish, I again got an SMS from BCB5 which read: “Collectives that just started: starting UI Design Basics in L21, D4, social teach, L12-kickstarting blogging”

I immediately knew where I had to rush to. L21: Cappuccino.
The discussion had already started by the time I figured out where the room was (though it was bang opposite L22, where I previously was). Anyhow, I made myself comfortable in the front row.
Ashish, who works for a startup – CityFind from Yulop, was leading the discussion and was explaining about different types of colors and techniques.
One thing that I really liked about the attitude in the session was that it was never necessary for Ashish to keep standing and keep talking at the podium. He could easily leave the room to take phone call and someone would automatically standup and start leading.

The overall discussion had to cover the following topics:
1. Colors
2. Overall Layout (Whitespace etc)
3. Usability

Learning about colors and site layout was really helpful and interesting.

The one I was most interested in was usability, unfortunately that would happen post lunch now. Will keep you posted for sure.

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Published:: 11.17.07 / 8am

Category:: Barcamp, Barcamp Bangalore 5, UI

Tags:: Barcamp, basics, UI

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I have over 5 years of experience in architecting and developing web applications.

I am currently working at Akamai Technologies as a Sr. Software Engineer responsible for gathering/conceptualizing requirements and architecting the “Media Analytics” product, which is part of the Akamai HD Network. Previously at Akamai, I was working in the portal development team for the “Performance Analytics” suite of products, responsible for feature development and usability enhancements. At Akamai, I have gained an in-depth understanding of the business of online “Analytics”, and building & using large-scale software for it.

Prior to this, I worked as a Technical Architect at Info Edge (I) Ltd (company that owns high traffic portals like: Naukri.com, Jeevansaathi.com, Brijj.com, 99acres.com etc.). I was the first member of the Brijj.com technical team and was responsible for hiring and bootstrapping the complete team; and architecting the product. For Naukri.com, I played a key role in implementing and optimizing Lucene based distributed and scalable Resume Search Engine in Core Java. I was also responsible for performance tweaking (Apache & Lighttpd for high performance and low response time), and taking initiatives to deliver smart, fast and quality products for the company.

Apart from these, I have also undergone six months of extensive training experience at Tata Consultancy Services, responsible for re-writing existing Pro*COBOL code in equivalent PL/SQL scripts.