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Manas Karambelkar

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Senior Designer @Microsoft, Previously @Google, @Amazon | @CIIDnews alum

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So what does the inverse look like? Start the company with the goal to be the best for something (@linear is the best tool for software teams to plan and build). Each market can only support 1-2 winners, so if you are not going to be the best, you probably have already lost.

Probably a host of reasons: - pm/teams make decisions based on a/b testing/data - engineers and designers are not listened or contribute to the product direction - teams are incentivized by “y metric go up” so vision arguments are not listened - hiring those people who say…



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India as seen by Japanese painter, Hiroshi Yoshida.... ( Thread🧵) 1. Ghats of Benaras.

Gemsof_Bharat's tweet image. India as seen by Japanese painter, Hiroshi Yoshida.... ( Thread🧵)

1. Ghats of Benaras.

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I was running peacefully in rain this morning till I saw this hoarding!! Why??? Why? It is my petition to save 🙏🏽 #puranpoli


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NEW: Swiggy has gamified health insurance for its food delivery workers. Divided into gold, silver & bronze, their insurance changes weekly as per the category they fall under that week based on the points earned. My latest for @restofworld: restofworld.org/2024/swiggy-he…


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"Concise" doesn’t mean "short." You can have a 1,500 word memo that’s concise and a 150 word memo that’s meandering. In my opinion, the advice of "be concise" is often misunderstood: 1. 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 "𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲" 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆…


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Rashmika is an ex Google SWE. She quits her job and now a 5 star rated Software consultant at Upwork. She wins a 6 month fixed contract of $250K from an US Client. She plans to buy her parents their dream home with it. But this gig is not typical software development.…


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My country should accommodate to my needs and the needs of millions of disabled citizens. This is extremely unfair, unprecedented, and unexpected. My rights matter! This was a government building and the people in charge of running this country should lead from the front.


Manas Karambelkar reposted

Schrödinger's Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door.

ProfFeynman's tweet image. Schrödinger's Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door.

Manas Karambelkar reposted

Good. I’m sick and tired of classic artists being exempt from the attention economy. They should feel the dehumanizing pressure of engagement metrics just like the rest of us.

Using cameras to monitor people looking at artwork, researchers hope that the data can help define "attraction value" for specific works of art, leading to changes in museum and gallery layout and exhibit scheduling trib.al/dAQZQEV

CityLab's tweet image. Using cameras to monitor people looking at artwork, researchers hope that the data can help define "attraction value" for specific works of art, leading to changes in museum and gallery layout and exhibit scheduling trib.al/dAQZQEV


Do you also clearly sense the idea designers are thinking about from the research surveys they post online?


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How did institutions charged with upholding constitutionally defined duties and responsibilities, and fully understanding the shocking abuse of the law, allow this onslaught of violations? ✍️ Alpana Kishore newslaundry.com/2021/05/13/bli…


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Every part of this project should have been submitted for approval to a standard list of required committees and agencies. But submitting it in a million moving parts avoids easy tracking of what has been submitted, when or how. ✍Alpana Kishore newslaundry.com/2021/05/19/bit…


"Rote learning teaches you to answer the questions, it doesn't teach you to question the answers." - @karthik_econ, The Seen and The Unseen Ep. 225


“It’s all about the delivery. If you deliver a great pizza upside down, it’s still a pizza but you can’t eat it.” - (Paraphrasing) Erich Preach


“Things of consequence rarely happen by accident.” - V.M. Varga (David Thewlis) from Fargo S3E6


In India, not just cash 💵 but paper 📝 is the King!

manasmdk's tweet image. In India, not just cash 💵 but paper 📝 is the King!

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I'm just gonna start posting this during every major wave of current events.

waitbutwhy's tweet image. I'm just gonna start posting this during every major wave of current events.

Manas Karambelkar reposted

There are so many things we can learn from @amazon Here's one for you by @manasmdk on how Amazon's design team communicates and collaborates across geographies! Register- bit.ly/36Jvnac #uxdesign #design #amazon #Zoom #eLearning

hellomeets's tweet image. There are so many things we can learn from @amazon

Here's one for you by @manasmdk on how Amazon's design team communicates and collaborates across geographies! 

Register- bit.ly/36Jvnac

#uxdesign #design #amazon #Zoom #eLearning

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This is what I have up on my desk!

zainabkakal's tweet image. This is what I have up on my desk!

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