and W.C. Williams’s poem of the same title — Flying too Close to the Sun Icarus; his wings; him taking flight are all insignificant overly individualized undignified attempts which can not be replicated for the good of the people except for amazement and slight excitement akin to that of gladiator fights. Both acts of impressions ( the poem and the painting) on the same story…

My First Day at Church of Simplicity Newcomer I was hired as a product designer to be part of a creatively acclaimed team that had proven its worth numerous times already. In awe of Farmazon’s impeccable design, It felt magical (Count me in as a font aficionado.). …

That which we call a Widget... Apple should glance at their own “Human Interface Guidelines”. — … by any other, Label would work as sweet. I have voluntarily hinted to you of my passion for literature because that is what we do. We communicate these bits of tiny details, breadcrumbs about our background and personalities; an antique which Apple apparently ceases to do. Have they become…

What is Random? with Pseudo-Random Numbers — Pick three numbers from 1 to 15. You are most likely to generate along the lines of 9, 3, 12. Present your numbers to a colleague now and you will mutually agree that it looks random enough. As a matter of fact, neither you nor your colleague is good at…

User Interface is a puzzle itself, it looks deceptively simple in finished form. It acts merely as a medium between the user and the device. This correlation doesn’t only apply to software, but it also applies to any device intended to be used by a human being. Be it a…

Brief history of Big Data Heighway Dragon is an ever-growing collection of similar fractal curves. Lindenmayer systems such as these can be generated in various ways. It is possible to end up with numerous iterations just by repeatedly folding them. Each iteration follows certain rewriting rules. Sequentially replacing segments and…

Drop the P titles. — When a purchase is completed that means goods are delivered. You should not seek the assistance of the seller to benefit from the product unless said good is defective. Tangible products may have expiration dates, best before dates or certain amount of life expectancy but the sole owner must be…

Revisiting a classic, The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock, provided me more insight than a thousand Ted talks. There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time for all the…

Enter Dreyfuss. — They had been married for 42 years. He loved his wife. They lived in South Pasadena at the time. She had liver cancer, treatments were just futile attempts postponing the inevitable. It was terminal. Their passion for each other was overcoming everything. She had endured the pain so far, but…