A 'Serif' existence!

Design Project presentations: This is a note to design students on project presentations: This is a PERSONAL blog, written in my personal capacity as a design educator, based on attending numerous juries in educational institutes across the globe and after seeing students making the same mistakes again and again without anyone telling them what not to do. Standard Disclaimer: Any resemblance to events or persons, living or dead are purely coincidental. The Institution for which I work for: IDC and IIT Bombay, has no relation with the views expressed in this blog and may not subscribe to the views expressed in it. There are generally two types of students who attempt project presentations at design schools. 1. The sincere, ethical student. Puts in hard work. Believes that more than half of the time spent in a design school can be given for learning design, apart from social media, entertainment and time pass. Approaches a design project seriously, spends time in stud...

Making sense of Common Sense! A humble request to job seekers. In this world of internet and high speed communication, job seekers communicate a lot through email with potential employers as well as others who help out with finding a job. On an average, I get about ten requests from people who seek jobs and who are looking out for employees.  Of course, this is a great business opportunity for me, i know! but time doesn't allow me to take this into another venture like "facebook"! I am noticing this common mistake people do for a long time. An alarming majority of job seekers send their resumes with the file named as "resume' or "bio". If you look at a prospective employer's email inbox and a folder he uses to store these resumes, it is a disaster to handle 100 word files with the same file name!! This is not rocket science. Please name the file with your name on it! Second problem: There are people who dont have the latest...