User Experience Design is pretty hot now. Every architecture, design and creative professional wants a piece of this pie. But will it work for you?
If you are constantly finding … Read More
User Experience Design: Is that a good career for me?
Dream big and execute vs. Execute, and dream of scale
Traditional reasoning has boxed science as micro-level thinkers applying reason with keen attention to detail. And humanities as those with a macro-level approach … Read More
Bridge and not a chasm between Core Sciences & Liberal Arts
It is a common and traditional perception that STEM (Science/ Technology/ Engineering/ Math) and Liberal Arts are two divergent paths in a student’s academic progression … Read More
Role of critical thinking in humanities
Logical, analytical & critical thinking, math and numeracy, synthesizing ideas, and problem-solving are the cornerstone of some key humanities courses including economics, linguistics, and sociology. Here are three prime examples to substantiate this thinking – While Linguistics is the scientific … Read More
Data science is an artform
Data has been the domain of science and math majors. Although an objective exercise, the creativity and subjective nature of looking for a needle in a haystack or finding patterns that could be repeatable is an art form. Data has … Read More
Separate wheat (information) from the chaff (data)
Students are bombarded with data (raw facts with no contexts) as opposed to information (organized context with purpose) to help them in their decision process. It is not a good idea to expect students to separate the wheat from the … Read More