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These guys are playing in delhi this sunday (30th nov) in the jazz utsav. I think I better get the tickets fast.

I had written how embeds are a window into other peoples pages in this post: “Embeds are Octopussy“. Some of the things which I had predicted are now online. This screenshot from a youtube embed says a hundred words, so I’ll shut up.

You might have heard Mithun’s disco dancer number called ‘jimmy jimmy’. Now hear these:

An inspired version from M.I.A.

The original son T’es Ok by ottawan, from which bappi lahiri copied the tune (though he got the credit from the makers of ‘you don’t mess with zohan’).

And our own jimmy jimmy

This is the second post where I ponder about design. Here I am thinking aloud my experiences with developers. You can read the first post here.

A good developer is a very good problem solver. You give him a problem and he will give you the most fast, or the most efficient, or the most cost effective solution. Now having said that who defines and words the problem? The right answer would be the designer. The designer would consider different aspects of the problem, among them marketing, usability, etc, and then give a very specific and unambiguous problem statement to the developer.

The problem comes at this point. It seems as if everyone knows what the problem is. From the developer to anyone who knows about the project thinks he knows exactly what the problem is. And this in fact is the main problem. This is the problem which I guess is the root reason of why Open source software is difficult to use and not widely accepted.

There are various facets of this. Lets take an example which I hope will demonstrate this clearly. Clearly when I say developer it could also mean engineer for other fields. So there’s a furniture company called Woodworks. (more…)