Sunday, September 26, 2010

Introduction






I've been way behind the curve in the world of blogs for the last 10 years. It is primarily because I consider myself to be a bad writer. But I have finally decided to pick a pen up and start writing. Quite literally! 

About Me: I’m a human-computer interaction major but also a severe tech nerd. Anything and everything to do with emerging technology interests me. In my field of work, I use new technology to make lives of people around me frustration free. In other words, I make things more usable.

Why I decided to start blogging:
What is the best way to express and document your thoughts, opinions, ideas and all that other crap in your head?
By blogging? Vlogging?  Talking to your friends?
Since I’m a better writer than a looker, I decided to blog instead of vlogging. And a lot of my friends have disowned me because I talk too much. So here I am writing!

Why would people be interested in reading my blog?
Basically, I’m neither a tech writer nor a tech critique. My idea is not to write just another review for a product. There are a lot of good websites that do a much better job at writing reviews than I ever would.
Instead of giving you an expert’s opinion of a product, my analysis will be based on an end user’s perspective. 
More like a movie critic's review versus the Tomatometer


A lot of you might wonder how I plan to get my data. Well, as a User Experience practitioner, I use a few very powerful techniques like Heuristic EvaluationUsability Testing and Personas to analyze a product. This allows me to keep the target user for the product in mind all the time.

Stuff I might also write about other than technology:
I would love to update all of you on the research I am working on as well. I know it sounds boring but I’ll make it as interesting to read as possible!

Finally, I’m only an amateur writer so there might be a lot of things I may write differently from what all of you are used to reading or expect. But hey, I'm here to have a blast writing about stuff and provide useful information at the same time!
That being said, hope to see you around!