Tuesday, August 25, 2009

My First Telugu Movie Experience


Well... its been 2 weeks now in Hyderabad at ValueLabs and just finished watching my 1st ever telugu movie "Magadeera - the warrior" with ValueLabs colleagues. It was wonderful experience.

1st of all I don't understand anything in Telugu (read & write) but still convinced myself to have a fun with colleagues as it was action packed movie. Additionally, to not feel completely lost with the movie flow, I did my home work well and read Magadheera plot on wikipedia.

Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu language film directed by S.S. Rajamouli. Ram Charan Teja plays the lead role along with Kajal Aggarwal. Though I did not understood the language still could easily be in a flow with the movie. Full marks to actions scenes and cinematography along with fabulous script and crew performance.

I hope, one day I will watch Telugu movie better knowledge over Telugu Lanaguage.

Prash

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Usability Vs. User Experience

Traditionally focused on Usability
> Can do and easy to do
> Effortless

Shift in focus to User Experience
> Still usable but also...
- Powerful
- Persuasive
- Good expression of Brand
- Easy + gives us what we want = "joy"

Source (HFI)

What Turns Shoppers into Customers?




Drivers
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Price
Product Assortment
Trust the Brand
Persuaded to Buy
Can do from my desk
Site knows who I am
Enjoyed the site

Roadblocks
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Difficult to use
Can't find the product
Don't know the brand
Not enough information
No one there to help me
Can't touch the item
Can't get it now

Is your site helping or hurting?

Source: HFI