I took NM4210 User Experience Design last semester, and it’s really been a module that has changed the way I think about design. One of the core lessons I’ve learnt from this class is the segmentation of the broad field of user experience design into four main parts- user research, information architecture, interaction design and [...]
The results for this semester was the last thing on my mind when it was released, what with the preparation of NOC and everything. I didn’t think I’d do particularly bad this time around, but at the same time I knew it wouldn’t be a fantastic semester by any means. So it really wasn’t a [...]
Since my provisional acceptance into NCSV over a year ago, the much anticipated subsequent step in the NOC application process was the company interviews, and it’s something I’d been looking forward to this semester. The wait didn’t last longer than mid-October as that was the period of time the companies were scheduled to contact the [...]
The NOC experience means differently to different people, and making the decision to postpone it last semester forced me to reexamine my motivations for applying for this programme. I’ve always found the startup working experience to be the most attractive feature of NOC, and being able to intern for a year at the right company [...]
It’s kind of hard to believe that it’s been more than two years into my tertiary education, and sometimes I feel that I haven’t really learnt much over these last four semesters. It’s like I’ll study really hard for something only to forget it all the moment the holidays come, and this cycle just repeats [...]
The July 2010 batch bound for the NUS Overseas College programme in Silicon Valley left last Saturday morning, and although I was originally destined to be on that flight, I did not. I made the decision to delay my participation in this programme by a semester a few months back, and I’ve been meaning to [...]
So the results were released at the start of the week, and for this semester there wasn’t really any suspense or apprehension preceding it. Having done pretty amazingly for one semester and immediately following up with a flop of results the next, I didn’t know what to expect this time round, although I did have [...]
These last few months have been tremendously busy for me, mostly with the workload of school projects and assignments, but it’s been largely enjoyable which is probably why it seems to have passed so quickly. I haven’t neglected writing, although most of my blogging juice has been spent on writing for a blog for one [...]
Having the chance to develop and deploy a Google Wave gadget as part of a school assignment is something I’d never thought I’ll write about. I begun using Wave pretty much since it was available, but not to the extent that my daily workflow was dependent on it. It has been really convenient to discuss [...]
[Note: This entry was written for the module, CS3216] The ad-hoc lecture on ‘Grades, Scholarships and Meritocracy” was an interesting hour of discussion on the Singapore education system as well as the Civil Service. In a certain segment of the presentation, a pyramid concept was described to explain how the meritocratic system of the government [...]