Sunil Lulla, who was the big boss in my previous company said once, "Spend big to earn big. If you dont spend big, you will never do the stuff to earn big. So, spend".
My mother would definitely agree to the first part, and should be waiting to meet Mr Lulla to ask about the other.
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Why I hate my cellphone
No, it is not because of the usual 'doesnt-let-me-take-a-break' complaint but its usability.
I have a Samsung C-100. It has some cool features like a tooltip, but the best feature is that it does NOT have the usual Korean dragon motif on its design! It has more European look and feel than any other Korean product, may be barring Hyundai Getz.
Well, to the usability part. In a certain input method, there should only be ONE right way to do a task. For example, copying text from an application is "Control+C" from the keyboard. You can select the text and right click also -- but from the mouse. The point is, from the keyboard Control+C is ALWAYS copy.
In all cellphones, when SMSing, to get a "?" one need to press "1". Samsung C-100 also does the same, but only in T9 mode. When in normal text mode, pressing the key "1" will not give you a "?". I have no clue why! Sometimes I get really frustruated with it. This is only the beginning, C-100 is full of such unacceptable user experiences hidden amongst its cool features!
Well, it is not just Samsung, I have seen similar horrible usability in Nokia too. In cheaper models of Nokia, if you have to modify a number, you need to arrive at the number from "Edit" mode of the address book. If you just "Browsed" and reached the number, tough luck to you, you cannot modify the number!! Not connecting people well, you see.
I have a Samsung C-100. It has some cool features like a tooltip, but the best feature is that it does NOT have the usual Korean dragon motif on its design! It has more European look and feel than any other Korean product, may be barring Hyundai Getz.
Well, to the usability part. In a certain input method, there should only be ONE right way to do a task. For example, copying text from an application is "Control+C" from the keyboard. You can select the text and right click also -- but from the mouse. The point is, from the keyboard Control+C is ALWAYS copy.
In all cellphones, when SMSing, to get a "?" one need to press "1". Samsung C-100 also does the same, but only in T9 mode. When in normal text mode, pressing the key "1" will not give you a "?". I have no clue why! Sometimes I get really frustruated with it. This is only the beginning, C-100 is full of such unacceptable user experiences hidden amongst its cool features!
Well, it is not just Samsung, I have seen similar horrible usability in Nokia too. In cheaper models of Nokia, if you have to modify a number, you need to arrive at the number from "Edit" mode of the address book. If you just "Browsed" and reached the number, tough luck to you, you cannot modify the number!! Not connecting people well, you see.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Wedding in Trichur
If the month of April was hectic, the first 3 weeks of May cannot be described. I was on the last leg of my travel, this time to Trichur in Kerala for my sister's wedding.
After the first 5 days home, I realised that I can be a good candidate for the next Himalayan Rally -- I drove from 7am to 10pm almost everyday, taking detours on strange and uneven roads to unknown relatives' (certainly unknown to me) houses, only to drive off again to another strange land.
I can tell you one thing: marriage planning is not a simple task. And by the time the wedding happened, I was thinking in terms of minutes (as in, what needs to be done in the next minute. Not after lunch or tomorrow). Probably a good experience for wannabe managers on time management :-)
But when it was all over, to say that there was a big sigh of relief would be the greatest understatement I ever made, here or anywhere. But it feels great; It certainly feels great.
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