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Well, that’s interesting!
Every day, we come across many interesting things on the internet. Some make us go “well, that’s Interesting!” At Newton, we share these things with our internal chat group. But, why should all those articles, dribble shots, tweets, videos etc. stay amongst us? That’s why we’ve decided to start a series. Where we would be sharing these amazing finds with our subscribers every week. So that you guys could also ogle at these and go “well, that’s interesting!”
This week we have:
what3words
The team at what3words have divided the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares, and each one assigned a unique 3-word address. For example, let’s say 3m x 3m square right outside your home door is cycle.sugars.buckling. So, when someone asks for your address, all you have to do is give them these three words and voila! They’ll arrive right at your door. Innovative isn’t it? No more arguments with your cab driver for location, Phew!
Sounds cool? You can visit their website https://map.what3words.com/ and explore more. They do have mobile apps for iOS and Android. Also, you can search for a place without an active internet connection; all you need to have is the what3words app.
Now, one could argue; how is it different from google maps plus code? For starters, it’s easier to remember. Isn’t device.tigers.empty easy to remember compared to 7J4VWJG8+PM. Moreover, google maps plus code don’t work in every country :/
A shoutout to Google Design. Please try to incorporate what3words into our beloved maps. It’ll make our lives much much more easier!
Japanese Business Manners
A sweet and short video about Japanese business manners.
It’s a collection of some useful business manners one could learn (even for the non-Japanese.) There is a lot to learn in there for everybody.
The TubeLight — How I learned things years after they were taught to me
Tubelight — A metaphor in India of the 90s, used for someone who’s slow or lights up too late. Basically the last person in the room to get the joke :)
In her Blog, Aditi Kulkarni talks about ‘The Tubelight moment ’ where throughout her design career she learned amazing new things that only truly clicked much later. For instance, she talks about a task of drawing 200 trees; when she was in the design school. Whose importance, she only learnt much later.
Here’s the Blog link give it a read: https://blog.usejournal.com/the-tubelight-how-i-learned-things-years-after-they-were-taught-to-me-a51887412f5b
Can an Interaction Designer Survive Without a Smartphone?
In this blog, Jane Ha talks about what she learnt when she was phoneless for about a month. It’s quite an exciting read because being an interaction design she is generally handcuffed to her phone. Her experience teaches us about what we have lost in today’s world due to tech distortions.
When Jane Ha, a design lead at IDEO, lost her phone. She decided to have an experiment; where she went phoneless for about a month. In her blog, she talks about her experience during that time. Following is one particular block from her blog which made me go — Well that’s interesting!
Much of the reason we share online, is for the reactions we get in return. And by moving from an asynchronous share to a synchronous share, you’re rewarded by actually seeing someone laugh instead of an emoji reply posted 34 minutes later. Mic drop.
Here’s the link: https://www.ideo.com/blog/can-an-interaction-designer-survive-without-a-smartphone
Who knows after reading this you might as well try this out as an experiment and learn to see beyond the pixels. If you do so, please let us know what you felt.
That’s all for now folks. Hope you liked it. See you next week.
