Straight Reads

In this video, we discuss about Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
How despite being a children's book, it has touched the adult us in numerous ways. A very good read. Highly Recommended even to brand new readers.
In Straight Masala, we dive deep into everything that Apple announced in the much maligned WWDC'21.

Links:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated Edition  - https://www.amazon.in/Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Stone-Illustrated/dp/1408845644
Pottermore/Wizarding World - https://www.wizardingworld.com/
WWDC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TD96VTf0Xs&t=580s
Samsung Note 20 Ultra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h4_sJbnRsI

Music:
Intro - https://www.youtube.com/user/thegrahamgarn
Background - Epidemic Sound
Outro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5eBZaxXPY

Hosts : 

Abhishek (left) - @__heyabhi  

Hiteshwar (right) - @hiteshwarmehla   

Send us your feedback or book recommendations on [email protected].

Hosts 

Abhishek (left) - @__heyabhi 

Hiteshwar (right) - @hiteshwarmehla  

We discuss User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play authored by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant. A fresh perspective to an underdiscussed area of the world around us.  

Book Topics 

02:09 - Brief Overview

03:28 - What is User-Friendly?

04:53 - 3 Mile island nuclear story

11:55 - Real life bad designs examples

19:43 - Design over practicality? 

25:00 - Design for Error

26:51 - Self Driving Cars - Ain't no trust?

30:47 - India: Good luck self driving here

31:47 - The Deadly Duo - Driver less and silent electric cars

Straight Masala 

37:24 - Fiction vs Non Fiction 

46:27 - Shorts taking over YouTube?

Links 

User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play

https://www.amazon.in/User-Friendly-H... 

Send us your feedback or book recommendations on [email protected].

Hosts

Abhishek - @__heyabhi

Hiteshwar - @hiteshwarmehla

We discuss Ken Kocienda's Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. The legend of Ken is very well known but we are critical of some aspects. A good read overall.

Book Topics

1. The Safari Saga

2. Heuristic Approach. Does it work? 

3.Oversimplification of working at Apple. Was burnouts a reality? 

4. Donut Design. Banging your heads in glass

5. The mystery around Ken's Exit

6. Cook and the next 10 years in tech

7. Summary

Masala

1 : Apple vs Tiles Ft. Amazon

2 : The Aftermath of Covid : India's Brain Drain is coming(again)?

Links

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs https://www.amazon.in/dp/1529004713/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_glt_fabc_FDTWY54S4PM71QKTA2K5

Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success https://www.amazon.in/dp/067092119X/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_glt_fabc_4QP0Y5VTMQSTJS06PNK2

Amazon partners with Tile

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/07/amazon-partners-with-tile-to-compete-with-apple-airtag

People getting hurt in Apple office

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/05/apple-park-workers-hurt-glass-walls-norman-foster-steve-jobs

Apple Employees not enjoying the new open office

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/apple-employees-hate-apples-5-billion-open-plan-o.html

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We discuss some points from the books "Show your work" by Austin Kleon. Then finish off with our opinion on the design of the new iMac and the fun we are having setting up this new podcast.