I am back from my Diwali Holidays and it was fun especially if you belong to Delhi. My parents shifted to a new house recently. So naturally this Diwali was spent in introducing me to the new neighbors. There is a signature style of talking that distinguishes a Delhite from a non Delhite and it goes like this. And here goes Iphone to my rescue.
// Neighbour of my age who is a programmer in Delhi //
Smartass Boy: So what do you do in Haiderabad... are you a programmer?
Me: No I am a User Interface Designer (hoping that he understands.. but no)
Smartass Boy: I didn't get it... (next question is the typical question they ask when they don't understand anything)...ahaan.. konse pletform par kaam karte ho?
Me: (platform no. 12 coolie no. 420).. actually our job is platform independent..
(Not so)Smartass Boy: (Now that all his concepts are shaken..aggressively) Now does you application run on Java or .Net?????
Me: I design how users will interact with the product... on the desired platform (I add this extra bit for his convenience).
(Not so)Smartass Boy: Accha (ye to bavakoofon ka kaam hoga) to aap GUI banate ho? ... Koi course kar rakha hai ismein??
Me: (yea that's wat girls do right..course!! wtf) I studied in NID, Ahmedabad and the "course" is called Software and User Interface Design..
(Not so)Smartass Boy: GUI design (in a comtemplating pose as if he is the personal advisor of Narayan Moorthy) .. hmm.. ye to bada easy kaam hai... ismein aapne course kiya??
Me: (no... i just went to NID to make out with my BF).. itna easy nahin hai... we measure and improve the usability of the product...it requires user research and design skills.. its the basic difference between an iPhone and any other phone.
Smartass Boy: (happy on listening about iPhone).. iPhone! My friend just came from US and got an iPhone...u should see it... its amazing... blah blah blah...
Me: (thank you iPhone!!! .. You are my Hero.. :D)
Smartass Boy: Nice Meeting you .. give me your number.. see I have a Samsung.. I like its usability... its very good to look at and see now how i enter your number... the navigation is great too.. blah blah blah.
Thanks God there are some people in the industry who have done their designer's worth of job. People now know what a designer is capable of doing after the iPhone...
