Straight Reads: Recent Episodes
Straight Reads
We discuss books and other things in life.
Hosts: Abhishek - @__heyabhi Hiteshwar - @hiteshwarmehla
Send us your feedback or book recommendations on tostraightreads@gmail.com.
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 tostraightreads@gmail.com.
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 tostraightreads@gmail.com.
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
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The Safari Saga
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Heuristic Approach. Does it work?
3.Oversimplification of working at Apple. Was burnouts a reality?
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Donut Design. Banging your heads in glass
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The mystery around Ken's Exit
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Cook and the next 10 years in tech
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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
Send us your feedback or book recommendations on tostraightreads@gmail.com
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.