Weekly Roundup - March 14-20, 2020
In this essay when Vikas talks about how some of the new wave Kannada movies seem to be missing the Kannada soul, it reminded me of a conversation a few years ago with a colleague. We were talking about apps in Indonesia and they mentioned that the language used by the Facebook app felt too formal and hence he preferred using Facebook in English while he would chose to use the Gojek app in Bahasa Indonesia because the copy used was casual and conversational.
Language is core part of the authentic experience and yet it’s easy to forget this when you are designing. If you are building an app for a region or launching your app in a new language, do consider hiring someone in that region who can bring your brand’s tone and voice to life.
Related: Design with love: the creative process behind GOJEK redesign — A UX writing case study
I’ve been excited about the Duniverse since it’s release and glad to see it being brought centre stage into the product flows to give them character.
This was a busy week filled with workshops and Q2 roadmap planning so naturally, I indulged in fiction to bring about balance.
So it was lucky that I came across a R.A. Lafferty story during my bookstore visit last week. My curiousity about the author had been piqued by this story in Wired.
The story I read was Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne and you can find it here. The plot revolves around an experiment to understand if it’s possible to change the past by sending an ‘Avatar’ partly of mechanical and partly of ghostly construction(yeah, Terminator vibes but remember this was written in 1967) to alter the outcome of an historic event. It was such a rollercoaster story that I am definitely looking forward to reading more of his short stories.
I’ve been looking out for good manga to read so it was refreshing to come across this thread of recommendations.
A thread of manga with great writing, unique setting, and detailed artwork.
— Rinaldo Hartanto | 🌋 (@Muntilander) March 4, 2021
Disclaimer:
1. You won’t find One Piece, Berserk, or HxH here
2. This list is subjective
I picked up Witch Hat Atelier based on further recommendations by colleagues and finished it to-date in 2 days. The story is well written and the artwork makes you want to draw it(I obeyed). The manga is written and illustrated by Kamome Shirahama, who has also worked for DC, Marvel and StarWars.
So that’s it for this week’s roundup!