38. Archaeology - a journey into our past

History is not just a series of events. It is about societies, cultures and ideas that have shaped our present. Archaeologists play an important role in this journey of understanding our origins. They make sense of the past to help us build our future.

We talk to archaeologist Dr. Madhavi Kunneriath. Madhavi has an M.A in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology from Deccan College, Pune., an M.Phil from the Dept of Ancient History and Archaeology at Madras University, and a Ph.D in Quaternary and Prehistory from Paris. She cares about helping people understand how knowing the past can impact the way we think today.

Episode length: 19 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options

Mentioned in the episode

1. Town planning in Harappan civilization - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harappan_architecture

2. Sanitation in Indus Valley Civilization - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation_of_the_Indus_Valley_Civilisation

3. Scientific techniques in archaeology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_science

37. Note Taking and Information Management

To be effective at work these days, you have to make sense of a large amount of information on a daily basis. What strategies and tools can you harness to organize information quickly as you come across it? Can this also help you choose which skills or concepts to learn?

We talk to Chirag Jain about these ideas. Chirag has worked as a Software Developer at Google, Uber, and Directi. He has a keen interest in note taking and personal information management, and shares some of the techniques that have worked for him.

Chirag's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chirgjn/

Episode length: 26 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options

Mentioned in this episode

1. Notion: https://www.notion.so/

2. Chirag's Tech Talk Notes (in Notion): https://chiragj.notion.site/94e9c669e6a24d92ac0b7ebc7a711814?v=9ea352096a8046648d86a797c1a52406

3. Sublime Text: https://www.sublimetext.com/

4. Roam Research: https://roamresearch.com/

5. Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/

6. Zettelkasten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten

7. Tim Ferris: https://tim.blog/

8. Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/

9. GTD (Getting Things Done): https://gettingthingsdone.com/

10. Alan Kay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay

11 Simon Willison's Today I Learned: https://simonwillison.net/2021/May/2/one-year-of-tils/

12. Chirag's Twitter id: https://twitter.com/cjTheDev

13. Chirag's email: hi@chiragjain.com

14. Work At Tech: https://workat.tech/

36. UX Design: A balancing act

User experience design is fascinating in the way that it balances artistic skills, aesthetics, imagination and utility. Have you wondered what it takes to be a successful UX designer and how they strike this balance? How can you break into the field of design?

To enlighten us about the creative as well as the practical aspects of UX Design, we have with us, Brighton Vino Jegarajan, Staff Designer at Nutanix. Brighton has over a decade of experience in the industry, spanning both UX design and software development.

Brighton's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brightonvino/

Brighton's website: https://brightonvino.com/

Brighton’s workshop: https://www.meetup.com/southbayux/events/267899257/

Episode length: 28 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options

Mentioned in this episode

1. Visual Design: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/visual-design

2. Interaction Design: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/what-is-interaction-design

3. Industrial Design: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design

4. 10,000 Hour Rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)